Ted Clayton

On September 13th, 2008

Anonymous (Sept 13) references:

"The General Authorities Act of 1974 says all NPS units regardless of designation will be managed the same... "
Actually, however, there are wide, dramatic & diverse variations in how the resources of many NPS units are handled.

Perhaps the GAA '74 intends a narrower ('technical') application of its language than 'general usage' would suggest. Certainly, there are indeed 'radical' differences in how the various NPS units are regulated. They are obviously not all handled "the same".

One of our recent Presidents had an industrial pallet load of Regulations hauled out for public display, to dramatize the pickle we've gotten ourselves into, 'dog-piling' ever more rules into an increasingly incomprehensible heap.

There is nothing to exempt our Parks from the 'disease' of run-away rule-making. Bottom line: We have laws to serve the needs of the Country & Citizens, and when they become such a mess that folks of ordinary mental means don't know or can't agree what they do or don't mean, they may no longer be capable of filling their intended role, and are not of benefit to either the Country or the Citizens.

Or, they may be used to fill roles for which they were not intended.

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