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Chris "Bugsyshallfall"

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Double Major in Economics and Environmental studies pretty much, and one of the Senior Volunteers at Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Area

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12/24/2008 11:38 am - What Were the Top Stories Across the National Park System in 2008? : [quote]* Death of a Land Bill. When the Omnibus Land Management Act of 2008 died earlier this month, it took with it many valuable legislative tidbits that would have benefited the National Park System in many ways. For instance, the measure would have designated official wilderness in Rocky Mountain National ...
12/12/2008 1:08 pm - Wal-Mart Request Would Put a Super Center Next to The Wilderness Battlefield : Yoy know in terms of being environmentally friendly Wal-Mart is not as bad as many people think. That being said, I was not so sure as what should be done at first. The park has to end somewhere, but the store would very close to the park in fact too ...
12/12/2008 12:59 pm - Petrified Forest National Park is Still Being Stolen One Piece at a Time : I do hope the problem is solve in time, but in the mean time does anyone know what is going on in terms of expanding the park.
12/05/2008 1:33 pm - Leave it to the Beaver : Wow, that's great!
11/17/2008 2:01 pm - Keeping History Honest When It Comes to Sight Lines In Civil War-era National Parks Is Not Without Controversy : I think some clearing is ok and that only some areas of the battlefields should be cleared of non-historic plants if the area has limited other non-historic improvements or removed as well. In addition, not all of the trees have to be removed.
11/13/2008 2:55 pm - Our Only Privately-Owned National Park Celebrates a Birthday and a Vital Conservation Easement : I wonder if this or a National Herritage model would have worked better for Steamtown, even though it would have made a great State Park not a National one for which it is unsuited.
11/10/2008 1:49 pm - Glory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site : I have let it go, I just want to see this piece of history protected.
11/07/2008 4:55 pm - Glory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site : No, I wish The best we have is the Boston Harbor Islands where Indians were held after the war in concenstration camps. There are many problems with this, the name of the park and its focus being the biggest. The Taughton River is another place we have and was the ...
11/07/2008 3:27 pm - Glory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site : I just wish they would do something with Hope Hill in Rhode Island, where King Phillp was shot down. I think currently it is owned by Brown but closed off, I am not sure
11/07/2008 3:24 pm - Election 2008: Fearless Forecasts, Foregone Conclusions, and Prescient Prognostications : I have hope.................................Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not much

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