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09/05/2008 - 9:22amLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemFrank C, you do bring up interesting points but off the topic a bit...wasn't the "Trail of Tears" a form of slow genocide? In my opinion it was!
09/05/2008 - 7:30amLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemHello: This is the only comment on this board that I totally agree with. We cannot change what happened in the past; we can only go on from today. There has to be some means of accommodation that shows respect for the Lakota sacred gounds as well as share the ...
09/05/2008 - 5:50amLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemIt hasn't made the news much yet, but the energy industry and the U.S. government are gearing up for a new mining boom in the Black Hills, this time for not for gold but instead for uranium. Defenders of the Black Hills is trying to get the word out to ...
09/05/2008 - 5:23amLost to Hurricanes, the Flamingo Lodge at Everglades National Park Will be Hard to ReplaceWe have stayed at Flamingo Lodge on two occasions in the past. Both times were in the early spring and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Sorry to hear about the lodge's destruction but perhaps a newer, better place will be the result. Best of luck to them.
09/05/2008 - 5:20amBackcountry Volunteer Survives 100 Foot Fall While Canyoneering at Zion National ParkAnyone wishing to send their support (cmon' and send her some love!) to Kaitlyn can do so at: www.caringbridge.org/visit/KaitlynBohlin She is in our thoughts and prayers and last week left Las Vegas to Chicago and is healing well and has the greatest personality, strength and determination and I am sure ...
09/04/2008 - 9:18pmBig Bend National Park: Is It Ready For A Mountain Bike Trail?I stumbled across this site while researching a trip to Texas for some mountain biking that we want to take in the fall. I appreciate the thoughtful approach the poster and commenters have taken to what is generally a contentious issue. My wife and I (mid-30's) are avid mountain bikers ...
09/04/2008 - 8:57pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemPerhaps we oughta tear up the treaty and re-commission the Calvary. Then finish the job.
09/04/2008 - 7:02pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemDamn right the Black Hills belong to the great Lakota Nation...without a doubt! Plus, Custer had it coming with those giant mosquito sticks. My dear white mother was born in the Dakota's in the early 1900's and testifies about the horrible brutality that the Lakota's suffered under. Slow cruel systematic ...
09/04/2008 - 5:09pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemI have been to the Black Hills a number of times, and I cherish it's beauty. We have it as a result of a grave injustice. That is the truth of it. Is there not some way to share administration / responsibility for that area to acknowledge the Lakotas spiritual ...
09/04/2008 - 4:06pmInterior Officials Want to Allow Concealed Carry in the National ParksPeople are already carrying concealed weapons, getting rid of this rediculous law just makes it legal. 2nd ammendment Duh!
09/04/2008 - 1:10pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemRecommended reading: Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown. Very moving and well written book. I recently visited Mount Rushmore, and it was moving in all the ways one would expect. However knowing its history and the history of American Indians, particularly in the Dakotas, it is hard ...
09/04/2008 - 1:06pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemWhen are we going to finally come to terms with the reality of US history? This constant denial of the aggressive history inflicted on Native Americans, which includes early attempts at biological warfare, genocide, stealing, lying, cheating and rape of a once pristine land; impedes our progress and relations more ...
09/04/2008 - 12:59pmHaving Suffered Severe Storm Damage, a Witness Tree at Gettysburg National Military Park is Unlikely to SurviveAre you sure onetreehillbuzz.com is the right link? That's what pops up when I click on "this site" on your August 11 posting. [Ed. Sorry. I deleted the link to the "after" site because the relevant story about the damaged tree is no longer available at the site.]
09/04/2008 - 12:16pmLakota Gather Peacefully at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, But Still Insist that the Black Hills Belong to ThemI recommend that we give the land back -- to whoever the Indians took it from.
09/04/2008 - 11:57amBrucellosis Solution: Kill All Elk and Bison in Yellowstone National ParkI know everyone has probably seen the article by now. But those wo haven't.... http://www.normantranscript.com/archivesearch/local_story_246001307
09/04/2008 - 11:31amIs Technology Compatible With The National Park Wilderness Experience?So lets leave our cameras behind while we are at it, down with flash lights and plastic cookware! and thermarest mattresses One thing that bugs me about the 'wilderness experience' is us ultralight hikers who are forced to shave weight and carry devices to aid us in our travels such ...
09/04/2008 - 10:21amFind Me, Spot. Staying Found in The National Parksthe problem is not the existance of the device but rather the publics preception as to what a emergency is. This is a great tool and will save many lives. I plan on taking a 3 month road trip to alaska in the future with numerous long hikes and kayak ...
09/04/2008 - 6:52amBig Bend National Park: Is It Ready For A Mountain Bike Trail?Good questions, Kurt. All NPs offer opportunities for some activities; that doesn't mean all/some NPs should accommodate all activities. I love Big Bend, for its open spaces, ruggedness, aloneness. I think it is big enough that a biking trail would not interfere with other uses -- horseback riding (my thing), ...
09/04/2008 - 5:30amPark Police Arrest Men Who Brought a Loaded Submachine Gun to a Playground in National Capital Parks-EastHow come the NPS arrests people like this (which they should) and allows things like what goes on a Fire Island National Seashore (see below). Aren't these actions crimes? Should the NPS be looking the other way and letting this happen in view of visitors, including kids, in a national ...
09/03/2008 - 7:25pmBig Bend National Park: Is It Ready For A Mountain Bike Trail?As an unabashed fan of adding more shared-use trails to national parks, I have to thank "Barky" for a well-considered message. Trail design and construction do more to determine the impacts of recreation than whether the traffic comes from foot travel, bicycles or equestrian use. Adding well-considered mountain biking trails ...
09/03/2008 - 6:07pmPaying To Understand U.S. History in the National Park SystemI think Beamis's comments 9/2 sum up this thread's journey rather well. The upcoming commission is about to examine an organization with an extraordinary mission. In the world of E. O.Wilson, we have a leader and thinker to match the complexity of that mission. I'm looking forward to meaningful results. ...
09/03/2008 - 11:54amBrucellosis Solution: Kill All Elk and Bison in Yellowstone National ParkKurt: "How could you have villages within a national park's boundaries?" Ever been to Yosemite? Seen Wawona? Yosemite Village in the valley? Do you know how many primary schools exist in NPS units, because so many families live there? How about Jasper National Park in Canada? Or Banff? The villages ...
09/03/2008 - 10:11amBrucellosis Solution: Kill All Elk and Bison in Yellowstone National ParkHow many of those cattle are grazing on federal lands which are leased at a ridiculously low price? It seems to me that those ranchers don't have much to complain about.
09/03/2008 - 9:40amBrucellosis Solution: Kill All Elk and Bison in Yellowstone National ParkPlain and simple, whoever wrote this editorial is an IDIOT who obviously knows nothing about the subject !! Not worth any other comments.
09/03/2008 - 8:23amNational Park System Quiz 18: A Potpourri of National Park TriviaI always thought that Mackinac Island National Park was the first NP established east of the Mississippi. Do decommissioned National Parks not count?
09/03/2008 - 6:39amBrucellosis Solution: Kill All Elk and Bison in Yellowstone National ParkNot to mention, that there is not a single proven case of Brucellosis being transmitted from wildlife towards cattle. This whole affair is just about fear of loss in the cattle industry. Not based on any fact.
09/03/2008 - 5:47amHave High Gas Prices Deterred Travel within Theodore Roosevelt National Park?Getting back to Bob's orginal post, here in the Upper Midwest (which includes T.R. National Park) tourism patterns have been shifting in response to rising gas prices. It's not a simple drop in tourism. The tourism industry has been publicly saying that vistors to certain popular parts of northern Minnesota ...
09/02/2008 - 9:01pmA View from Abroad: Don't Let Tourism Overwhelm Our National ParksIt seems our perception of wilderness changes as we become more and more urbanized and we are removed farther and farther from the wild as we become overly dependent upon technologies. To someone raised in the city a farm wood lot may seem like wilderness. I have been to the ...
09/02/2008 - 3:07pmNational Park History: Delisted Over a Half-Century Ago, Fossil Cycad National Monument is a Cautionary TaleThis truly is a sad story indeed. I was born in Hot Springs and am originally from Edgemont, where I lived until 1984. Some of my fondest memories are those of searching for and looking at fossils when I was a kid ( which I still do), including those that ...
09/02/2008 - 12:42pmIs Technology Compatible With The National Park Wilderness Experience?"Personal technology" -- cell phone, GPS unit, iPod, etc. -- in national parks doesn't disturb me nearly as much as loaded firearms would. Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com
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