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- 6/04/2009 12:39 am - How Low Is the Bar For National Park System Inclusion When You Add a Gas Station? : Anonymous is right, the old Magnolia Mobil gas station is part of Little Rock Central High School NHS. I assume it was acquired with the rest of the land, but if it wasn't, I believe it would have been a candidate for later inclusion. It is directly across the street ...
- 3/26/2009 2:12 am - Congress Passes Sweeping Public Lands Package, National Parks Will Benefit : I'm very excited that the National Landscape Conservation System now has a permanent place in America's portfolio of protected public lands. The system has some real gems out there, many of them here in my home state of Arizona.
- 3/22/2009 11:35 am - Designations Just One Example of Disparities Within the National Park System. Web Sites Are Another : This is a pretty weak argument, Kurt. I'd love for the smaller parks to have better websites, but there's no way that a smaller unknown unit like Gauley River would ever have a website like Yellowstone's. And, boy, I'd be pissed if they did because I bet the web traffic ...
- 3/20/2009 11:35 am - Federal Judge Issues Scathing Opinion in Blocking "Concealed Carry" In National Parks, Wildlife Refuges : This has nothing to do with 2nd Amendment rights and everything to do with the NRA's voter mobilization strategy for 2008 & 2010.
- 3/17/2009 2:41 am - Should Ocmulgee National Monument Be Transformed into a National Park By Stimulus Funds? : In my opinion, the National Monument status is just fine for Ocmulgee. I'm not sure any place that's only 700 acres should receive the National Park status, and NM status seems particularly well-suited for an archaeology site.
- 2/18/2009 5:04 pm - Secretary Salazar Calls for Review Of Gun Rules in National Parks : Oh please, anonymous... [quote]I don't know one person that visited a park WITHOUT a concealed firearm. This was before CCW holders were allowed to. When you encounter hikers on a trail, I would place money on at least half being armed.[/quote] I would take that bet in a heartbeat. One ...
- 1/31/2009 1:24 pm - Pruning the Parks: Papago Saguaro National Monument : Glad you highlighted Papago Saguaro, which was designated as a sister park to Saguaro National Monument near Tucson (which later became Saguaro National Park). It's a clear case of how being named a National Monument does not necessarily engender protection - it's up to the public to help make sure ...
- 1/06/2009 9:51 pm - How Many National Park Rangers Does It Take to Cut Down a Tree? : Sorry, you lost me on this one. I myself are more than happy that federal agencies, like the NPS, are required to go through such a thoughtful process, because the alternative often seems to result in harm to the parks and resources. This is also the only way that the ...
- 8/11/2008 11:23 pm - Sierra Club Caught Standing Atop Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park : Frank, the Sierra Club is a nonprofit group, and though it's no longer a 501c3 (the club lost its charitable status during its battle to stop the Bureau of Reclamation from damning the Colorado and flooding the Grand Canyon), it still conducts many c3 activities and is supported by its ...
- 7/04/2008 9:46 am - Do You Care About Energy Exploration Near Our National Parks? : Alternative energies ARE ALREADY HERE AND VIABLE. I keep hearing about the cost, which is certainly more than the cost of traditionally subsidized energy sources. But if you remove those old subsidies, or add on similar subsidies to alternative energy production, then the cost different disappears and depending on who ...
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