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8/31/2009 10:35 am - Angels Landing Trail at Zion National Park to be Closed Briefly on September 1st : Back in 2006, we spent 4 days backpacking the West Rim Trail across the Horse Pasture Plateau. When we came out past Scout Lookout, the toilets were closed! Let's just say we descended Walter's Wiggles quickly because my wife needed one. Better to close the trail than disappoint needy users. ...
1/08/2009 12:41 am - How Many National Park Rangers Does It Take to Cut Down a Tree? : It sounds to me like $600 toilet seats and $100 hammers are a deal compared to the cost of this.
1/08/2009 12:33 am - NPCA, Park Retirees File Lawsuit to Halt Change in National Park Gun Rules : If only I had a dollar for every time I see in the Morning Report something about firearms possession in a park, I could have retired already!
9/19/2008 12:07 am - Trigger-happy Man Shoots Another Rustling in the Brush : Obviously this nut job has not taken any hunter safety course, which I took at age 12. You don't shoot at a sound. You identify your target, check your background, look for the proper spot to place your shot and aim for that point. Sounds like some big city psycho ...
9/01/2008 10:29 am - Is Technology Compatible With The National Park Wilderness Experience? : I think it falls on each of us to determine what experience we want in the backcountry. I just don't want some do-gooder, thinking they know better than anyone else, pushing for a rule to prohibit us from taking along things I think will make the experience more enjoyable for ...
8/28/2008 6:08 pm - Park Police Arrest Men Who Brought a Loaded Submachine Gun to a Playground in National Capital Parks-East : And here I thought it was illegal to have firearms in a national park! Wait..it is against the law. Plus those fully automatic weapons were not legal to possess anywhere. Silly me. Laws only apply to people that follow the law. As this article has stated, the criminals [b]already have[/b] ...
8/10/2008 7:18 am - Backcountry Volunteer Survives 100 Foot Fall While Canyoneering at Zion National Park : What's up with park volunteers and employees going out and getting themselves hurt? I thought that was for us - the dumb park visitors!!! I sure hope Kaitlyn pulls through. When we last visited Zion two years ago, we encountered the gal from the backcountry desk out on the Horse ...
3/11/2008 10:03 pm - Would a Change in Gun Laws Be a Threat to National Park Bears? : News flash today: Mountain lion attacks boy celebrating birthday. Father shoots lion to save son. On Animal Planet: A bird watcher surprises a female grizzly and her cubs and is mauled; a female mountain biker is attacked by a 130 pound mountain lion. And on the Biography Channel: The Yosemite ...
3/04/2008 12:33 am - Would a Change in Gun Laws Be a Threat to National Park Bears? : The park rangers aren't even around to catch poachers cutting down redwood trees. And we are supposed to expect them to be around to protect us from attacks from animals or drug dealers in the back country? My wife and I are thinking of avoiding national parks in the future ...
2/29/2008 11:46 pm - Would a Change in Gun Laws Be a Threat to National Park Bears? : Julie Helgeson and Michelle Koons would probably still alive today if just one person in their party or a nearby party had a firearm available. In fact, many of the persons listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade might still be here. Not all, but many.

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