R. Scott Jones


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  • 1/06/2009 9:51 pm - How Many National Park Rangers Does It Take to Cut Down a Tree? : Sorry, you lost me on this one. I myself are more than happy that federal agencies, like the NPS, are required to go through such a thoughtful process, because the alternative often seems to result in harm to the parks and resources. This is also the only way that the ...
  • 8/11/2008 11:23 pm - Sierra Club Caught Standing Atop Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park : Frank, the Sierra Club is a nonprofit group, and though it's no longer a 501c3 (the club lost its charitable status during its battle to stop the Bureau of Reclamation from damning the Colorado and flooding the Grand Canyon), it still conducts many c3 activities and is supported by its ...
  • 7/04/2008 9:46 am - Do You Care About Energy Exploration Near Our National Parks? : Alternative energies ARE ALREADY HERE AND VIABLE. I keep hearing about the cost, which is certainly more than the cost of traditionally subsidized energy sources. But if you remove those old subsidies, or add on similar subsidies to alternative energy production, then the cost different disappears and depending on who ...
  • 6/16/2008 10:23 am - What's In Your National Park Reading Room? : A good list. I'd add a few others as well. John Wesley Powell's The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons for a unique perspective on the Grand Canyon and tribs. Searching for Yellowstone by Paul Schullery looks at Yellowstone's resources and the outside forces that affect management. Frank ...
  • 2/06/2008 7:26 pm - Modeling Mesa Verde National Park With Lasers : They did some laser scanning of rock art in Agua Fria National Monument (BLM_managed) last year. I haven't seen the results, but the researcher said that it could detect depth changes up to a fraction of a millimeter. It will be great to apply this technology wherever we can - ...
  • 12/14/2007 10:22 am - Are The National Parks Not Part of Our Federal Lands? : I hear what you're saying, but it seems like the first step in rolling back all these user fees should be eliminating them in the remote, "non-destination" areas. At least in national park units you usually get at least some "added value," whether that's ranger led-hikes, a bookstore, or at ...
  • 12/10/2007 4:08 am - Park History: Petrified Forest National Park : Among Arizonans (including myself), Petrified Forest is often overlooked. But, it really is one of the coolest places in a state with a long list of such places. The last time I visited - it's probably been 6-8 years now - we were shocked at the $50 fine for stealing ...
  • 11/05/2007 1:01 pm - Park History: How Volcanics Sculpted Parts of the National Park System : You forgot a couple in New Mexico: both Capulin Volcano National Monument and El Malpais National Monument feature volcanic landscapes.
  • 8/30/2007 8:04 pm - Should the NPS Be Given Mount St. Helens? : [quote]As I mentioned last time this came up, there is enormous pressure on the Forest Service for mining, forest and (intrusive) recreational use within the boundaries of the monument. Because the Forest Service's mission is not about protection of the resource, but best use of the resource, the Forest Service ...
  • 8/04/2007 1:29 pm - RS2477 And the National Parks : RS2477 is a joke, just an arcane tool twisted to undermine necessary protections for special places. It's hard to find a single place that those southern Utah counties believe should remain unroaded. It's amazing to me how much money travelers seeking primitive recreation deposit in those counties' local economies compared ...