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3/28/2008 8:16 pm - Whatever 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...
2/20/2008 3:08 pm - Grand 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 ...
2/20/2008 2:45 pm - Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Favors Law Enforcement, Maintenance, Interpretation Over Paleontology : This 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 ...
1/26/2008 9:46 pm - Why 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!
1/26/2008 9:42 pm - Another Snake Story from Everglades National Park : Snakes? 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 ...
1/11/2008 7:20 pm - Tar Sands Development Could Impact Canyonlands National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Glen Canyon NRA : The 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 ...
1/11/2008 7:14 pm - NPS Retirees Oppose Carrying Guns in National Parks : You 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 ...
1/10/2008 2:03 pm - Do 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.
1/09/2008 8:25 pm - Do 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". ...
1/09/2008 8:02 pm - Lynx, Long Sought in Yellowstone National Park, Is Caught on Film : Kurt, thanks for the lynx links... :-)

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