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8/27/2008 4:32 am - Grammar Vigilantes Busted in Grand Canyon National Park, Barred from Park System : I think some comments are missing the point. This is not prosecution for correcting a typo, it is prosecution for damaging a historic resource. (Yes, "a" historic). The plaque is part of the original building design. more than 60 years old, and is hand lettered. We would expect the NPS ...
8/19/2008 4:33 am - What's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore? : Re the comment: "No vehicles on the beach = no fishing". Excellent! There should be no fishing allowed in the park or any park. Why do we prohibit killing mammals, birds, and even insects in most national parks but allow killing fish? Aren't they an important part of the ecosystem. ...
8/18/2008 12:28 pm - What's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore? : Wait, that was sarcasm. Motor vehicles have no place on any beach and no place in the natural lands of national parks. These places are our escape from machines. What does this have to do with Marxism? Marxism is a system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ...
8/18/2008 9:18 am - What's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore? : The same arguments regarding the "need" to access a beach by vehicle because it is too far to walk could be used to justify roads in any park. About time! Some parts of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Death Valley are a long way from a road. We need a ...
8/18/2008 5:51 am - Toyota's Donation to Yellowstone National Park: Corporate Greenwashing, or Good Partner? : I see no problem with the dontation. What concerns me, and as I have written about here before, is this is yet another example of the have and have-not park system that is developing. Yellowstone has the largest budget of any park (but not the most visitors). Plus, it takes ...
8/15/2008 8:05 am - Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Reorganization of 1933 Impacted the National Park System Like No Other Event Before or Since : The 1933 Order also changed the name of the National Park Service to the Office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations. A name the employees detested until it reverted to its former name in 1935.
8/15/2008 7:58 am - MSNBC’s Top 10 National Park Lodges List Draws Curmudgeonly, but Gentle Criticism : Lone Hiker - the entire concept of entrance fees is unsupportable. The NPS gets less than $100 million from entrance fees from the 130 parks that charge them. This is wrong on so many levels: 1) parks that do not charge fees are at a budget disadvantage and are left ...
8/14/2008 5:23 am - MSNBC’s Top 10 National Park Lodges List Draws Curmudgeonly, but Gentle Criticism : I agree that including Canadian parks is cheating. And no lodges from Yellowstone? As for Cavallo Point: I know this is an adapted use of Fort Baker buildings, but why was it allowed? The concessions laws say that the NPS should not have concession operations where the service or merchandise ...
7/29/2008 12:23 pm - Why Stop At Golden Gate National Recreation Area? What Other NRAs, Monuments, Etc., Should Be Renamed? : Lepanto - Well, seeing as John Reynolds and I have both been in senior management of the NPS and have been involved in the writing of bills and negotiation of designations with Congressional staff, I would have to counter that we are right in our assertion that the names are ...
7/21/2008 6:43 pm - Why Stop At Golden Gate National Recreation Area? What Other NRAs, Monuments, Etc., Should Be Renamed? : The last few comments have made my point for me. No one knows what the designations mean. There is not hierarchy of parks and a national "park" is not an elevation of any kind. It is a name change and nothing more unless the legislation specific to the park also ...

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