New rules on tourist flights seek to return some serenity to national parks : NPR
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US National Parks
This map shows the location of all the national parks, recreation areas, and historical areas maintained by the National Park Service.
Trump’s military parade diverts $2.5 million away from national parks – Business Insider
Roughly $2.5 million allocated for the National Park Service will be diverted to fund President Donald Trump's "Salute to America" Fourth of July celebration, two unnamed sources familiar with the matter said, according to a Washington Post report published Tuesday. The funds were reportedly diverted from entrance and recreation fees generated by the National Park Service. Denis Galvin, a former Park Service deputy director, told The Post that the Fourth of July celebrations at the National Mall in Washington, DC, normally cost the Park Service around $2 million.
I bet it will be one hell of a party! 🎆
There ought to be a national dialog about why our national parks are so fracture critical, unable to withstand only a minor temporary, reduction in maintenance.
There ought to be a national dialog about why our national parks are so fracture critical, unable to withstand only a minor temporary, reduction in maintenance. We should think about permanently removing infrastructure and roads in the national parks, managing them more as wilderness and managed forest rather than developed recreational lands. National parks are too costly, too environmentally destructive and give a false impression of the natural lands they protect. I believe we should make national parks wild again.
Free admission to national parks this Saturday | MNN – Mother Nature Network
"Free admission TODAY to all national parks."
Fees To Enter Popular National Parks Would Skyrocket Under Interior Department Plan
I don't think there should be any fees for parks. After all, we don't charge fees to use the public libraries. Certainly doubling fees at national parks is the wrong way to go. Why not tap the billions the Department of Interior is bringing in on off-shore leases and Bureau of Land Management Lands from fossil fuels and timber to pay for the needed upgrades of parks? The reason we allow logging, coal mining, oil and gas extraction on public lands after all is to provide a public benefit, namely revenue for the lands upkeep.
How A Surge in Visitors Is Overwhelming America’s National Parks
"The growing crowds at U.S. National Parks have become unmanageable, jeopardizing the natural experience the parks were created to provide. With attendance this summer continuing to shatter records, officials are considering limiting use of the parks in order to save them. "