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08/31/2007 - 2:12pm10 Best Lodges in the National ParksGot to be Charit Creek Lodge in the heart of the Big South Fork. It's an old homstead that is now a walk/bike/horseback-in hostel at the confluence of Charit Creek and Station Camp Creek abot 2miles from the nearest trailheads. Head a mile from the lodge over in one direciton ...
08/31/2007 - 2:08pmShould the NPS Be Given Mount St. Helens?I think it's a little harsh to say that Steamtown isn't 'nationally significant' because it and Golden Spike are the only 2 NPS units that I am aware of that preserve our nation's railroading history. Without railroads, the West wouldn't have been opened nearly was quickly. That being said, there ...
08/29/2007 - 10:32am10 Best Lodges in the National ParksThe larger issue here is that concessionaires should be, in some people's view, returning more money back to the park from which they profit. Lodges run by XYZ company in parks are important, because there are better things for NPS to worry about than changing your sheets. However, XYZ company ...
08/03/2007 - 2:10pmWhat's Your Vision for the Centennial Initiative?I think that one very important point needs to be made: NPS is severely underfunded, and cannot have the same number of interpretive programs that it did in the past, hence the visitation declines. I know that Great Smokies used to have day-long, ranger-guided hikes every Saturday in the summer. ...
08/01/2007 - 6:39amNew Movie for World Ranger Day Today (Jul 31)How can we get a copy of the movie? Sounds like something to show in a Greens or SPEAK meeting.. --- jr_ranger http://tntrailhead.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/north.cascades http://zinch.com/jr_ranger President, CHS SPEAK (CHS Students Promoting Environmental Action & Knowledge) Founder and President, CHS Campus Greens
08/01/2007 - 6:38amWebsite Administrative Note about Comment SpamMy, my such heated debate over something as simple as be nice and don't attack other people. There is a difference between cantankerousness and rudeness. Maybe we should learn that one. --- jr_ranger http://tntrailhead.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/north.cascades http://zinch.com/jr_ranger President, CHS SPEAK (CHS Students Promoting Environmental Action & Knowledge) Founder and President, CHS ...
06/28/2007 - 8:50pmSelling Scions by the SeashoreI wrote letters to my Senators and Congressman - wonder what sort of reply I'll get. I wanted to write the super, but if I applied for a job there after school and someone remembered my nastygram, that wouldn't be too good... --- jr_ranger http://tntrailhead.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/north.cascades http://zinch.com/jr_ranger President, CHS SPEAK ...
06/28/2007 - 9:25amSelling Scions by the SeashoreARGH! Who approved this? I don't like imports to begin with, but imports being sold in a national park is like two stabs in the back..... :( I should write someone a letter. --- jr_ranger http://tntrailhead.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/north.cascades http://zinch.com/jr_ranger President, CHS SPEAK (CHS Students Promoting Environmental Action & Knowledge) Founder and ...
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