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11/17/2008 - 2:01pmKeeping History Honest When It Comes to Sight Lines In Civil War-era National Parks Is Not Without ControversyI 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 - 2:55pmOur Only Privately-Owned National Park Celebrates a Birthday and a Vital Conservation EasementI 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 - 1:49pmGlory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteI have let it go, I just want to see this piece of history protected.
11/07/2008 - 4:55pmGlory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteNo, 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 - 3:27pmGlory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteI 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 - 3:24pmElection 2008: Fearless Forecasts, Foregone Conclusions, and Prescient PrognosticationsI have hope.................................Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not much
10/30/2008 - 4:52pmHow About Some Economic Stimulus for the National Park System?d-2 I agree
10/24/2008 - 11:26amIMBA: Not Every Park Suitable For Mountain Biking, No Interests, Currently, For Trails in Wilderness AreasDapster [quote]I promised not to digress, yet I feel I must. One last time.... Having worked at Fire Island National Seashore, I recognize the materials used to close beaches TEMPORARILY to protect nesting plovers. While the beaches are closed, again TEMPORARILY, the interdune regions of barrier islands are usually open ...
10/24/2008 - 11:10amHow Will the Next Administration Deal With the Environment?Lone Hiker, As one of the main Volunteers at a NPS unit, I know how you feel as sometimes the simplist of things can take FOREVER to do. P.S. If you find someone, I would like some of that stuff too.
10/24/2008 - 11:06amHow Will the Next Administration Deal With the Environment?There are a lot of "things" that need to happen with the park from the mundane, such as appropriate name changes, to the more serious the $4.5 billion maintance backlog and establishment of new parks. All of these issues are important and need to be addressed sooner rather than later. ...
10/21/2008 - 4:55pmPruning the Parks: Mar-a-Lago National Historic Site (1972-1980) Was a Gift the National Park Service Couldn’t Afford to KeepWhat's funny is that this may have not been a bad thing as it is still a NHL with easements granted to the National Trust for Historic Preservations. It is one the only sites of its knid still left and is in great shape.
10/20/2008 - 1:53pmHow Will the Next Administration Deal With the Environment?It should be Investing in park helped the economy before.
09/30/2008 - 1:54pmA Florida Keys National Park? Good Conservation or Florida Bail-out?Maybe, the area is question should be bought by the BLM and/or the State.
09/30/2008 - 1:51pmAre There Really 391 Units in the National Park System? You Won’t Think So After You Read This!Sometimes Just coming up a a name for a park can be a problem. For Example, At my Park, Boston Harbor Islands, its very name has become an issue. At first look, the park acts and feels very much like a National Recreational Area but it is called officially a ...
09/25/2008 - 2:58pmArchaeological Survey At Big South Fork River National River and Recreation AreaChance is right, Because the people who would pay for the study at my park are NPS (In fact they don't own any land). The Boston Harbor Islands ais really a park that should be owned and operated by BLM, for a lot of reasons, but the owners of the ...
09/24/2008 - 4:49pmHow Did The National Park Service Err So Badly On the Yellowstone Winter-Use Plan?Wow, all this talk when their is a simple answer, Political Pressure.
09/24/2008 - 4:47pmArchaeological Survey At Big South Fork River National River and Recreation AreaHmm......Good for them now only if we could do the same at the park I volunteer at, The Boston Harbor Islands. In fact the lack of action is somewhat sadding in the park because it was the site of concentration camps during the king phillp's war, and qurrantine hospitals. On ...
09/17/2008 - 2:52pmAttendance Shortfalls at Steamtown National Historic Site Prompt Calls for PrivatizationAnonymous, [quote]to Chris BugsyShallFall, I would only observe that Oklahoma City should be no model of anything. The NPS has no real accountability over that site, because once again the money just comes from congressional initiative against any common sense or actual oversight. Again, unlike Steamtown and Cumberland Is, Oklahoma ...
09/16/2008 - 11:00amAttendance Shortfalls at Steamtown National Historic Site Prompt Calls for PrivatizationBeamis is right when he says [quote]All I'm saying is that Steamtown was a dog from the git go and the NPS more or less said so when it was proposed way back when. It was deliberately conceived and forcibly shoved through the legislative gauntlet as an economic development project ...
09/15/2008 - 12:44pmGetting American Youth More Involved in the National Parks is a Difficult Challenge and a Golden OpportunityYou know, maybe we should think about relaxing the advertisings restrictions on NPS.
09/15/2008 - 12:42pmAttendance Shortfalls at Steamtown National Historic Site Prompt Calls for PrivatizationOk, The story on Steamtown is this, the much of the place of the park is historic and worth protecting but "sort off" on a local and regional scope. However, it was the rail yard and headquatersfor one of the first lines in the USA and is one of the ...
09/05/2008 - 11:13amLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemKeep in mind, this park is not the only one with this type of problem.
08/25/2008 - 10:09amThe Economist Warns that America’s National Park System is in Deep, Deep TroubleI think the problem describe in this article is part of a much larger problem with the park system and what defines a "National Park". I agree with Ted on many of his comments, yet environmentalists do bring up some good points. A compromise must be reached but the environmentalists ...
08/25/2008 - 9:34amThe Economist Warns that America’s National Park System is in Deep, Deep TroubleNo, but I think it is the line "less kid-safe" that does it.
08/25/2008 - 9:29amThe Economist Warns that America’s National Park System is in Deep, Deep TroubleIt sounds like the real problem is the lack of money NPS has for operations and imporvements at our National Parks. It is a new spin on an old problem that is only getting worse.
08/25/2008 - 8:43amThe Economist Warns that America’s National Park System is in Deep, Deep TroubleFor Now Most new immigrants go to state parks, but that may change as time goes on as Hispanics are a sort of new part of the population is many parts of the US. One "thing" that may or may not be a problem is how the NPS can't advertises. ...
08/21/2008 - 1:06pmWhat's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore?Folks I messed up my grammer, so I edited it. It was originally posted earlier in the day before the posting above. Sorry Dapster [quote]Chris, Your quote: "As my time as a Senior volunteer at a National Park has taught me "Mitigation funding" is something you come to both love ...
08/21/2008 - 12:59pmPruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently AbolishedBeamis, Keweenaw National Historical Park is an interesting example. First of, the places with in the park were already designated a National Landmark before it became a National Historical Park, second, is economic development really such a bad thing, and third is where a park located really matter. However, I ...
08/21/2008 - 9:30amPruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently AbolishedTed, You make very good points, and agree with you on many points, but we have to be careful what we call and define a National Park. A National Park does not have to be as grand as the Grand Canyon. The current system and definition has created both an ...
08/21/2008 - 7:43amPruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently AbolishedRick, Yes, I agree