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IN THE NEWS TODAY: Vacation in Yellowstone This Winter -- by Bruce Gourley Photographing Yellowstone -- by Bruce Gourley Glacier Bay Fishing Proposal Meets with Approval -- by DOI Caribou Decline Blamed on Climate Change -- ENN |
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VACATION IN
YELLOWSTONE THIS WINTER by Bruce Gourley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- Although Yellowstone is a very popular summer destination, few people visit the world's oldest national park in the winter months. For those who do visit, a true winter wonderland awaits: pristine snow blankets the park's valleys, meadows and lakes, while the bison, elk, coyotes, wolves and bighorn sheep marshal their energy and move in slow motion across the landscape. Yellowstone in winter is the experience of a lifetime, and now is the time to plan that experience. Yellowstone Net Vacations offers winter vacations in Yellowstone -- vacations that will be experienced once and relived for a lifetime. Yellowstone Net Vacations offers three, four and five day winter vacations in the Grand Old Park, complete with a personal guide and meals. Whether you would like to see Yellowstone by snowmobile, snowcoach, sled, cross-country skies or snowshoes, Yellowstone Net Vacations has a winter package for your family. Make your plans to visit Yellowstone this winter and let Yellowstone Net Vacations plan the experience of your lifetime.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Ralph Maughn
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PHOTOGRAPHING
YELLOWSTONE by Bruce Gourley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- Yellowstone is perhaps one the most photographed of all places on earth. Professional photographers flock the world over to capture the majesty of Yellowstone's geysers and wildlife. Two photographers who have done an outstanding job of capturing the majesty of Yellowstone on film are Yellowstone Net photographers Russ Finley and Kim Steinbacher. Russ is an accomplished, well-known national park photographer and cinematographer. His critically-acclaimed videos and award-winning photography is sold in Yellowstone National Park and around the world. His work has been featured in dozens of major magazines and television shows. Now, internet users can see some of Russ' finest work firsthand through his Online Multimedia Tour: watch the geysers, see the wildlife and let your spirit soar through the mountains and valleys of Yellowstone. Russ' Online Multimedia Tour is the finest introduction to Yellowstone National Park that is available on the internet. Kim Steinbacher is an up-and-coming national parks photographer whose work is turning heads. Through the lens of her camera, the spirit of Yellowstone and other national parks is captured for the world to see. Landscape photography is her specialty, and her talent in this regard is far beyond many accomplished photographers much older than she. Kim recently gave her website a facelift. If you are planning your first visit to Yellowstone, visit Russ Finley and Kim Steinbacher's websites and catch a fascinating glimpse of the Yellowstone experience before you go to the Grand Old Park. |
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FISHING PROVISION MEETS WITH APPROVAL by Department of Interior GLACIER BAY, Alaska. (DOI) -- Calling it "a fair and reasonable solution," Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt today praised a provision in the Department of the Interior Appropriations Act that addresses the problem of commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park. "We have increased protection for the park's marine resources for the benefit of present and future generations, while also assuring fair treatment for fishermen who have fished Glacier Bay for many years," Babbitt said. Private use of national park resources for personal profit has long been viewed as inappropriate in national parks, their resources belonging instead to all Americans. Commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park has taken significant amounts of living resources from the park's marine waters. The Appropriations Act provision will help to protect park resources by establishing a phase-out of commercial fishing inside Glacier Bay Proper, the heart of Glacier Bay National Park. Only those halibut, salmon, and Tanner crab fishermen with qualifying history of fishing in Glacier Bay Proper will be allowed to continue to fish there. When these fishermen are done, there will be no more commercial fishing in Glacier Bay Proper. In addition, commercial fishing will immediately be closed for the most part in the more recently glaciated northern reaches of Glacier Bay Proper. "These immediate closures will provide unique and exciting opportunities for preserving natural marine communities and carrying out scientific study," Babbitt said. "Glacier Bay will be a model and a valuable natural laboratory for all those who care about or depend on the North Pacific." |
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| CARIBOU DECLINE
BLAMED ON CLIMATE CHANGE (ENN) -- NetworkClimate change in Canada's western Arctic islands may be the cause of a dramatic population decline of the Peary caribou, according to Greenpeace International. Canadian scientist Dr. Ann Gunn has reported a 95 percent decline in the Peary caribou population, a result, she says, of rising temperatures and precipitation in the area. Click here for the rest of the story. |
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