The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee has asked Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell to provide his committee with a briefing on "the scope of mismanagement and consevation of national and cultural resources" at the National Park Service.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, in his letter to the secretary sent Tuesday, referred to many points made in the Park Service's After Action Review of site desecration at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa in outlining his concerns.
"The fact that such mismanagement could continue for decades with little to no oversight at NPS is particularly troubling given the agency's stated mission to preserve 'natural and cultural resources," the Utah Republican wrote.
Rep. Bishop asked that the briefing be made before 5 p.m. on Sept. 9.
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The National Parks have been mismanaged for far too long. Its time to clean house instead of covering it up.
Not perfect? Its hard to find an attribute or policy that is acceptable. I will take an honest thin skinned narcisicist with the right policies over a lying, deceitful, globalist who thinks and acts as if she is above the law and cost peoples lives in the process.
But back to Bishop. His publically disclosed donations provide no smoking gun. But that won't stop your accusations I am sure.
Smokies, I am curious what those numbers are supposed to be. They are not the enacted budget.
Nevertheless I agree the between Congressional funding, higher visitation and major hikes in fees, the trend has been up.
Right message, wrong messenger.
EC, not sure what docs you're looking at, but over at OpenSecrets.org, they list the following for Mr. Bishop for the current election cycle:
Oil and Gas: $113,616
Casinos and Gambling: $61,000
Defense Aerospace: $38,000
Electric Utilities: $33,000
Those are the top four. More than 90 percent from out of state, too, and 99 percent from out of district.
Remember Parkinson's Law. No bureaucracy is ever satisfied with the money it gets. Mission creep demands new increments of money, which are always labeled projects "in arrears." Would taxpayers accept the mission creep without its being justified as "making up" for some "loss?"
If park roads were still 35 mph, would there be a $12 billion backlog? Think about it.
Yes Kurt, those are the aggregate of all donations. That same source will give you by individual donor.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025292
And of course there is no evidence that Bishop would have voted any differently had he not received any money. The reality is not that people follow the money, rather the money follows the people.
Now, can we see those same figures for Hillary Clinton, Mr. Repanshek? No, they will not be "out of district," but why stop with Mr. Bishop? Or Donald Trump?