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  • 3/04/2008 8:21 pm - Violent Deaths in the National Parks : Millions of women live in big cities with high crime rates, yet they stay safe without resorting to carrying weapons or staying indoors all the time. You can carry pepper spray, an airhorn or mace. Firearms aren't needed.
  • 3/03/2008 8:12 pm - Of Geologists, Paleontologists, And Science in the National Park System : Science has advanced so much, and there are so many sub-disciplines, that you just can't have all you need on staff. Nor can you have all the equipment, CAT Scan, scanning electron microscope, dating lab, and on and on. If you just make do with the expertise you have on ...
  • 3/03/2008 1:07 pm - Of Geologists, Paleontologists, And Science in the National Park System : The Park service certainly has had an "erratic" performance on science. Budgetary constraints are a part of it and so is the agency culture. But consider how they are under intense scrutiny and immense skepticism if they try a new approach. Flexibility in using and targeting your resources to the ...
  • 3/03/2008 12:46 pm - Of Geologists, Paleontologists, And Science in the National Park System : I'm happy the moderator edited out the personal attacks. Now can we call for a more calm and reasonable tone. The bullying and attempts to intimidate anyone who disagrees does nothing to advance the discussion on this topic.
  • 2/25/2008 11:30 pm - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Growing by 42 Acres : Maybe 42 acres doesn't seem like much land in the overall scheme of the NPS, but that land was paid for long ago in blood and tears. It is better that this hallowed land is set aside now. Otherwise in 50 years it will have a strip mall built on ...
  • 2/25/2008 11:19 pm - Does the National Park Service Need a Quota System for Peak Seasons? : Quotas and lotteries are too cumbersome. Presumably all the people crowing the parks have already found a campsite or accommodations somewhere. The number of visitors is already "set" by the number of accommodations available.
  • 2/25/2008 11:10 pm - National Park Visitation Debate -- Here We Go Again : I wonder if the visitor statistics for the competing recreation activities fluctuate in the same patterns as the NPS visitation,but at different times. People's recreation interests follow trends like everything else in our culture. Maybe low visitation years shouldn't be a worry, its a time to recoup for the next ...
  • 2/25/2008 12:37 pm - Dinosaur National Monument: Paleo's Not The Only Responsibility : Read the story again. The NPCA got letters from those opposing the NPS, including some calling for the Superintendent’s resignation. The NPCA heard from both sides and made a decision about who to support.
  • 2/22/2008 6:17 pm - Dinosaur National Monument Cutting Paleontology Staff : Just what I thought - a small group of friends with a personal agenda. And we’re supposed to believe that a summer intern has all the facts about what the scientists and management do and all the decisions they make and how they spend their time. It seems that a ...
  • 2/21/2008 9:11 pm - Dinosaur National Monument Cutting Paleontology Staff : This discussion on the paleontology program at Dinosaur National Monument has degraded into some kind of personal vendetta. This isn’t discussion - it’s pure vitriol. This kind of post reeks of a private agenda and should call into question his entire argument. The moderator of this site should weed this ...