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  • 7/16/2007 6:34 pm - Bringing Color to the Public Lands Landscape : [quote]So, empirical studies on these issues would be quite nice, but we have plenty to understand that there is a problem. We don't need to know for sure the general tendencies to see that the specific instances (those anecdotes you deride) are plenty of evidence to work from about the ...
  • 7/16/2007 1:05 pm - Bringing Color to the Public Lands Landscape : None of you have addressed the fundamental issue: [i]Diversity[/i] is a code word for skin color. There is no anger or cynicism behind that comment. Yes, the NPS is overwhelmingly white and male, especially the middle and upper management, and that will continue as long as the NPS remains oligarchial. ...
  • 7/16/2007 9:56 am - Bringing Color to the Public Lands Landscape : [quote]"The real question is what diversity can do for all of us."[/quote] No. This isn't a [i]real[/i] question. It's not a real question because it doesn't have an answer, and Hare poses the question without even attempting an answer. It's meaningless drivel, mindless mumbo jumbo. Diversity. Diversity. Diversity. Diversity. Diversity. ...
  • 7/11/2007 6:25 pm - Park Shuttles, More Than Just A Bus? : The reason I accepted a seasonal position at Zion in 2000 was because it was the park's first year with a shuttle system. The shuttles made life in the canyon much simpler and much safer. Every high-volume park with roads should implement a mandatory shuttle system.
  • 7/11/2007 6:18 pm - Climate Change: What Implications Does it Carry for the Parks? : Old growth giant sequoias receive most moisture through snow melt. If the snow pack in the Sierra Nevadas continues to decrease as scientists predict, old growth sequoias may cease to exist. Their species will continue around the world, but humans in the coming centuries, may not be able to visit ...
  • 7/11/2007 6:12 pm - National Geographic Rates the Best Parks : I'm with Kurt. One of my least favorite questions (aside from "Is it worth seeing?") at the VC was: "What's the best hike here?" "Best" is subjective and requires a value judgment. Guess it's human nature to rank stuff.
  • 7/02/2007 4:42 pm - Repairing Rainier: A Question of Values : The "line between protecting the resource and providing access to people" isn't fine. In the case above, it's a half-mile long scar carved into living forest by a diesel-slurping smoke-spewing monster that does not belong in wilderness. Period. And what is up with the title of this post? Could it ...
  • 7/02/2007 11:20 am - Paying to Enjoy The Parks : Why anonymous? To avoid hate mail. Yes, fees are a threat, but there are much bigger threats, like unrestrained development and environmental degradation caused by autos and fossil fuels. "It's easy to not be bothered by increases in fees when you can pay them. Many Americans can't." I don't know ...