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06/27/2008 - 6:29pmNational Park System Quiz 8: FirstsThey have all those funny designations so they can justify hunting, harvesting, drilling, and mining in many of them. What bugs me is "Historical Park" as opposed to "Historic Site".
06/27/2008 - 6:08pmPark Advocates Rallying Around Theodore Roosevelt National ParkI'd have to agree with you Barky... probably my favorite too. I rode my bike around the loop road within the park and have never seen so much wildlife (in numbers and variety) in my 45 years. Going back in early August this summer and bringing along my son this ...
06/27/2008 - 6:02pmYellowstone National Park Bison Unhappy With Photo Shoot Tosses Pennsylvania BoyThe moron parade through our treasured National Parks continues. These parents should be put on a month of volunteer duty, wearing a sandwich board and walking up and down the park roads warning of the dangers of getting too close to wildlife (and the dangers of bad parenting). Wasn't there ...
03/28/2008 - 8:16pmWhatever Became of the Decommissioned National Parks?Who the heck is "Claire Burtons"? If you mean Clara Barton and somehow think that her life and story aren't worthy of a central place from which to tell it, you are sadly mistaken. Now Glen Echo Park -- that's certainly a big question mark...
02/20/2008 - 3:08pmGrand Canyon National Park Officials Release Transportation Plan EA"Along with the proposed parking plan, the preferred alternative calls for improvements to Mather Point to open up some of the vistas that have been obscured by vegetation, to make trails more accessible, and provide more interpretive exhibits at the information plaza." ...obscured by vegetation...? So now we're clearing all ...
02/20/2008 - 2:45pmDinosaur National Monument Superintendent Favors Law Enforcement, Maintenance, Interpretation Over PaleontologyThis is nutso -- now we potentially have the influence of a young-earth-believing state government in charge of a national paleo resource? Just what we need... local "control" of what the public sees, doesn't see, and is told about the resources of Dinosaur National Monument. Why don't we just move ...
01/26/2008 - 9:46pmWhy Did The Park Service Agree To Secret Meetings Over Yellowstone Snowmobiling?Kurt, I was just gonna say what the article said in the last sentence, so rather than repeat it.... Well said!
01/26/2008 - 9:42pmAnother Snake Story from Everglades National ParkSnakes? Why'd it have to be snakes? Southern Florida is an ecological mess. There are so many people releasing non-native "things" into the 'glades, canals, swimming pools, and coastal waters. There are thousands of stories like this just waiting to be reported and while entertaining on one level, it's also ...
01/11/2008 - 7:20pmTar Sands Development Could Impact Canyonlands National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Glen Canyon NRAThe first sign to look for is a bill in Congress to change the name of the park to Canyonlands National Park & Preserve. And they'll try to pass it off as this wonderful thing to [b]expand the park's boundaries [/b]and help citizens [b]take full advantage [/b]of the many splendors ...
01/11/2008 - 7:14pmNPS Retirees Oppose Carrying Guns in National ParksYou have the right to protect your homes armed to the teeth. So stay at home where it's safe. Anyone can decide to cross that double yellow line at anytime and take out your entire family packed into the station wagon -- so do we need anti-SUV devices to protect ...
01/10/2008 - 2:03pmDo Professional Hockey And Yosemite National Park Belong Together?Mook -- I tried roller skates at the local roller rink once -- it didn't go over too well. That being said, the two previous Blue Hens before me always wore roller skates and skated around the parking lot before football games.
01/09/2008 - 8:25pmDo Cougars Roam Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?I've seen cougar footprints in the Everglades in '86 and the north unit of Teddy Roosevelt NP in '99 -- and that was exciting enough! As an aside -- we had a strange unidentified creature caught on film in Baltimore a few years back -- it was dubbed the "Hyote". ...
01/09/2008 - 8:02pmLynx, Long Sought in Yellowstone National Park, Is Caught on FilmKurt, thanks for the lynx links... :-)
01/09/2008 - 7:56pmSegways in the National Parks: Do We Really Need Them?There once was a Jetson named Judy, But modernity made her quite moody. Said she, "In Yosemite, You must use each extremity... Yes, to walk in the park is our duty!" (C) 2008, Jon T. Merryman, All rights reversed.
01/09/2008 - 7:41pmPark History: Wind Cave National ParkBeautiful cave, beautful landscape... I was disappointed that I didn't feel any wind when touring the cave though. I got the story about the little blowhole and was somewhat let down. But I'll definitely be back again sometime. Last summer it was Jewel Cave's turn -- another park gem (haha ...
01/09/2008 - 7:36pmDo Professional Hockey And Yosemite National Park Belong Together?Wow, that's a scary picture. Especially since I was the Fightin' Blue Hen mascot in college at the University of Delaware. Freddy looks a bit deranged. I wonder if they gave him a background check before they let him get near the kids!? Actually, if it's a one-time thing, I ...
12/22/2007 - 8:02amPark History: Exploring the National ParkwaysI drive the BW parkway at least four days a week. It's miserable with all the traffic and lack of public transportation in the Baltimore/Washington corridor. Nice on a Sunday morning though, and even though it's always jam-packed, at least there are no trucks!
12/21/2007 - 9:42pmSenators Pushing To Allow Concealed Weapons in National ParksThis is just the same stuff politicians dust off and put out into the public debate when they want to energize their base before an election. And we're all the bunch of idiots who fall for it every time. There are so many more important issues these bozos can't seem ...
12/15/2007 - 9:50pmCape Lookout National Seashore Visitors Seem to Prefer Things RusticThat's exactly what I love about Okracoke Island -- not a lot of people, cold showers at best, and not much else but sand, beach grass, and the incessantly pounding surf. how can you "improve" on something like that? Commercial Services -- BAH HUMBUG!
12/15/2007 - 1:42pmEconomic Greed Tarnishes Our National Park SystemWyoming is a damn big state -- there's plenty of snow to snowmobile elsewhere without abusing the National Parks. Lots of National Forests and lots of BLM land in Wyoming and surrounding states, and Wyoming is the least populous state per square mile, so there's room to rumble just about ...
12/14/2007 - 7:53pmPresident Bush's Dog, Barney, a Junior Park Ranger at White HouseI highlighted this on my website as well, and I have to say that the dogs were the better actors in this flick. Bomar and W were pretty awful. And when Kempthorne was making various points with his index finger pointing here, there, and at Barney, you can tell Barney ...
12/12/2007 - 3:34amConservation Groups Urge National Park Service to Reinstate Jet Ski BansAnd yet, every once in a while, criticism and cynicism are inextricably linked...
12/05/2007 - 3:56amGrand Teton Puts Down Another BearWith all due respect -- BS Frank. There are too many people looking to blame someone else. A journey of a million miles begins with one step. And another. And another. Everyone who works at the park and everyone who visits the park is to blame for not doing enough. ...
12/01/2007 - 6:02pmNational Parks Contribute Holiday Ornaments to White House Christmas TreeI'm just amazed at all the STUFF that the WhiteHouse puts out and probably needs to be stored for posterity somewhere in Oxon Hill or College Park in the mother of all warehouses. But wait! Where's the White House menorah made from Klondike Gold Rush ore? And how about the ...
11/28/2007 - 5:34pmDon Barry Describes Starving the BeastThat's a related problem you're describing, and the two issues are by no means mutually exclusive. The fact that there are fewer dollars to go around yet you claim that superintendents haven't changed their tune when it comes to "museum, we see 'em, plus per diem" is MORE of a ...
11/27/2007 - 6:49pmPark History: How the National Seashores Came to BeIt should be noted that Mother Nature made the acquisition of Assateague Island possible. After the March 1962 nor'easter wiped out the development that had just recently started on Assateague Island, the Feds seized the opportunity to buy it up from the property owners who were pummeled in the storm. ...
11/24/2007 - 8:25pmGrand Canyon Officials Release EA on Bright Angel Trailhead Improvements"Steepest price"... I like that.
11/23/2007 - 4:56amGrand Canyon Officials Release EA on Bright Angel Trailhead ImprovementsI think they should have series of five signs at the entrance to each trail going down into the canyon. Here's what I'd put at BA: 1) Though It's Fun to Tread... 2) Where Others Have Dared... 3) You'll Be Dead... 4) If You're Not Prepared... 5) Got Water? Well, ...
11/21/2007 - 1:32pmPark History: National Parks Built Around Caves and CavernsLet's not forget Russell Cave NM in Alabama - which is primarily a cave dwelling used by ancient North American peoples rather than a geologic wonder like many of the others. The National Forest south of Grand Canyon (vicinity of the San Francisco peaks near Flagstaff) had a few lava ...
11/21/2007 - 5:30amEverglades National Park Asked to Give Manatees Protection From Boaters"...questions that still need to be answered with regard to this fascinating but still poorly understood species." Hmm, to me, this perfectly describes the human species. I often wonder why we do the things we do. Or don't do the things we should do. When I paddled and motored the ...
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