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Chris

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Double Major in Economics and Environmental studies pretty much, and one of the Senior Volunteers at Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Area

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8/21/2008 11:06 am - What'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 ...
8/21/2008 10:59 am - Pruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently Abolished : Beamis, 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 ...
8/21/2008 7:30 am - Pruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently Abolished : Ted, 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 ...
8/21/2008 5:43 am - Pruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently Abolished : Rick, Yes, I agree
8/19/2008 10:03 am - What's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore? : As my time as a Senior volunteer at a National Park has taught me "Mitigation funding" is something you come to both love and hate, and thanks to the current adminstration the NPS's increasing reliance on it has become a [b]serious[/b] problem.
8/19/2008 9:52 am - Will Second Century Commission Succeed With Its National Parks Assessment and Recommendations? : Michael, I agree with you on the Centennial initiative issue but the fact is NPS needs money, and fast.
8/19/2008 9:44 am - Pruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently Abolished : I think to help solve the delisting problem the National Natural Landmark system needs to be reworked, because there are many places of national value that should be honored and could help greatly from this but probably would not make such a great National Park. Also, a local and regional ...
8/19/2008 7:12 am - Pruning the Parks: Six National Parks Acquired via Transfer in 1933 Were Subsequently Abolished : Now as time went some sites actual were of national value and later became National Landmarks, namely the one in Georgia. I am not a fan of delisting but I will conseed in some areas. For example, the park I volunteer at, Boston Harbor Islands, should be both expanded and ...
8/11/2008 7:26 am - Is It Time to Overhaul the National Park Service and the National Park System? : I don't think that delisting should be an answer, but that NPS is ment to protect not sell of units to others like a bussiness. However, maybe a compromise would be that some parks be opterated as assocatied areas. This means that they still keep their titles, NPS still montiors ...
7/28/2008 12:03 pm - Delaware Can Relax; The New National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Series Will Celebrate “National Sites” Too : I believe that every state should have at least one National Park, and by the way anyone know of any areas in Delaware not yet a state or other type of federally park land that could become a great National Park

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