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06/13/2006 - 2:39pm"Deals Can Still Be Had"Sabbatis, that's great to hear the Mesa Verde special trips have been sold out. How many families bought tickets? Do you really think your "average" park visitor and her/his family of four is going to shell out $800 for a horseback ride? Perhaps if the Park Service was adequately funded ...
09/23/2008 - 2:47pm"Hidden Fire" Continues To Burn In Sequoia National ParkNic, Not all Yellowstone fires are extinguished. The LeHardy fire that started earlier this summer north of Fishing Bridge was pretty much coaxed into the backcountry and allowed to burn there, although it was fought to prevent it from sliding south to Fishing Bridge.
07/18/2006 - 4:39pm"Human-Powered" Recreationalists Applaud Dirk and FranMike, Glad to have your two cents. Obviously, when it comes to national parks we disagree on what is and isn't appropriate. And that's fine. My whole intention is to spur debate. There are a couple things you need to understand so you'll see where I'm coming from. The U.S. ...
08/25/2009 - 5:50pm"Wilderness Wal-Mart" Near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Gets Go-Head From Virginia OfficialsWhile it was a private transaction, local zoning regs came into play that the board had to address, and apparently one required approval of a variance to allow such a large supercenter.
08/28/2008 - 5:00pm**** Viewing National Parks Traveler on Firefox 3.0****Kirby, you don't go to the front page?!?$#?!!! That's where all the juice is! Ted, Bill's paying me to thwart FF. Anon, yeah, we saw the problem with Safari, too. Not sure what became of that. Beamis, flattery will get you nowhere. But remember the sentiment once we get the ...
08/28/2008 - 5:49pm**** Viewing National Parks Traveler on Firefox 3.0****Yeah, but that module usually only contains the five most recent posts. On good days there might be five or six kicked out, and if you rise too late or miss a day, well, you'll miss the juice;-) And don't forget the featured post.
10/01/2008 - 5:37pm**** Viewing National Parks Traveler on Firefox 3.0****Frank, I'm hoping (hopeful?) that I've found a tech who can solve the problem by mid-October at the latest (might be sooner, but I've got travel that could delay things). Thanks for hanging in there....
08/29/2007 - 5:54pm10 Best Lodges in the National ParksOh, I wouldn't be so quick to say "no other lodge" in the park system can foster such camaraderie. There are the backcountry chalets in Glacier that would come close, I think, and LeConte Lodge in Great Smoky Mountains, of course. Both require some relatively significant hoofing it to find ...
02/29/2008 - 5:56pm2007 National Park Visitation Shows 3 Million Visitor IncreaseBill, I've long been suspect of these visitation numbers. You cite an extremely good example. How many folks traveling U.S. 209 between East Stroudsburg and Port Jervis are park visitors and how many are folks on their way to or from work? Much the same can be said of the ...
01/03/2008 - 6:54pm2007 Visitation Across National Park System Projected To RiseGood catch, anon. Not sure what I was thinking. Kurt
12/03/2008 - 4:51pm28 Years Ago, the National Park System Gained Millions of AcresD-2, thanks for providing "the rest of the story." Nothing ever seems to be easily accomplished when it involves the federal government and politicians, does it?
01/23/2009 - 9:32am4-Year-old Dies in Fall off South Rim of Grand CanyonWhoa, Rudee, that's pretty harsh. I agree that many groups of inner city kids (and even from other areas of the country) at times seem to be running like wild packs in the parks. But if they don't even get a chance to experience a park how can they learn ...
01/08/2007 - 1:26pmA Celebration of Life Spurs Parks TourScholar (and all your pseudonyms), You are pontificating, and that shines poorly on the scientific community. The fact that you have to hide behind various names diminishes your arguments as well. Too, your assumption of my beliefs, if indeed you are directing your comments at me, goes against scientific method. ...
09/25/2009 - 9:39amA Conversation With Ken Burns on The National Parks: America's Best IdeaMikeD, Actually, we'll have the podcast loaded Sunday!
09/26/2009 - 5:33pmA Conversation With Ken Burns on The National Parks: America's Best IdeaThanks bfp. Check back tomorrow for the podcast.
12/13/2006 - 7:43amA Little Civility, PleaseJim, Do you reward the dog that bites? Should we applaud the schoolyard bully? The corporate leaders that fleece their employees and customers, do we build monuments to them? No. I wholly agree with your contentions that we as a society have become so disconnected from social interactions with one ...
04/08/2008 - 3:30pmA Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To RangersYou know Fred, in the long run how this issue will be resolved is out of our hands and I've just been interested, primarily, in the debate. That said, what concerns me more than a little, though, is that if the Supreme Court rules either A) that the 2nd Amendment ...
04/08/2008 - 3:58pmA Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To RangersCredence, Fred? I know you've got my back if it ever comes to that.
04/11/2008 - 4:24pmA Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To RangersJoe, I know you're just baiting me, but since you asked.... Your first question cuts both ways. If you're law-abiding, why such an obsessive problem with abiding by or trying to overthrow the existing law? And really, more than a few "law-abiding" CCW holders already have said they broke the ...
09/17/2009 - 8:10amA Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To RangersAnonymous, the only way you legally can carry weapons in the parks is if you're licensed to do so. My guess is that since you live abroad you'd have a hard time qualifying. As for going "deep" into the Rockies and Yellowstone, I've been doing it for three-plus decades and ...
09/25/2009 - 4:22pmA Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To RangersFor what it's worth, the governor of Utah wants to revise his state's concealed weapon permitting system because too many out-of-staters have been applying for them and Utah officials have no means of monitoring those individuals, let alone testing their proficiency. Indeed, apparently the state of Nevada has decided not ...
02/24/2008 - 5:53pmA Winter Visit to Grand Canyon National Park's Phantom RanchDiane, Sounds like you've got a great trip lined up! While I've hiked down into and back out of the canyon, with a stop at Phantom, I have yet to run the river. Not sure how large your CamelBak is, but obviously you want the largest you can get your ...
01/06/2007 - 2:04pmA Winter's Trek to YellowstoneScholar, obviously you need to get a better understanding of sarcasm, spend some more time reading my posts, and get out of the 'burbs a little more often.
02/26/2009 - 8:05pmAbout That Stimulus Package for the National Parks: Nothing Worthwhile Is Easily AttainedThe National Park Service runs the program, the Historic Preservation Fund, that the money is being funneled through.
03/02/2009 - 2:23pmAccessibility in the National Park SystemPreston, Some quick thoughts: [url=http://www.nps.gov/cany]Canyonlands National Park[/url] just might be the [url=http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2008/09/canyonlands-national-park-still-work-progress-after-all-these-years]most rugged in the Lower 48[/url] (though I'm sure there are other candidates for this distinction). Hiking down to the [url=http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2007/11/park-trips-canyonlands-national-parks-horseshoe-canyon]Great Gallery[/url] isn't quite as difficult as the drive out to the trailhead, yet the payoff is incredible. Another ...
07/02/2009 - 5:48pmAll Major Roads at Yellowstone National Park Open for the SeasonThat indeed seems to be the case.
10/04/2009 - 6:55pmAnnual Elk Hunt Scheduled to Begin in Grand Teton National Park Oct 10Well, at Grand Teton the hunt was actually provided for in the park's enabling legislation. There are wolves, mountain lions, and even the occasional grizzly bear in the park, but not in numbers necessary to keep the herd in check.
10/05/2009 - 1:28pmAnnual Elk Hunt Scheduled to Begin in Grand Teton National Park Oct 10Marshall, the "deputizing" is just the way the hunt is provided for in the enabling legislation. For what it's worth, this week's Reader Participation post will touch on such hunts in the national parks.
07/10/2008 - 8:18pmAnother Black Bear Put Down, This One In Yellowstone National ParkPerhaps, just perhaps, the fuel cost comment was intended as sarcasm.
09/26/2009 - 10:44amAnother Cellphone Tower OKed for Kings Canyon National ParkWe've had this debate before, when the tower was first proposed. To some it represents safety, to others connection with family far away, to others just one more tower on a ridge brimming with towers. But what new technologies down the road will also sprout in national parks in the ...
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