Mount Rainier Nat'l Park is now 100 years old as of today.
Many problems face the park including development and pollution.
National Park Service Director Robert Stanton is to announce an initiative for parks to fully monitor their natural resources to protect the parks and put the information to scientific use. The story is on the Seattle Times and is here . The following is press release from News. All images may be copyrighted by the stories source. While we make every effort to ensure that the content of our stories is accurate and useful, we make no warrantees to its content.