A couple years ago, the National Park Service proposed a revision to its management policy that could have allowed naming trails and buildings after corporate sponsors, Gediman said.
A strong public backlash, however, killed the idea.
July 25, 2007
Parks try to avoid ads
North Dakota: Kempthorne to decide on elk management plan for Theodore Roosevelt National Park
N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven today met with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Director of the National Park Service Mary Bomar to discuss utilizing qualified volunteers for elk management in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Disabled access does not mean motorized access
Great article from a disabled Vietnam vet. Thanks for your service, Doug.
One of the worst affronts to the ADA, in spirit and law, is the unbridled attempts of the motorized recreation industry to proclaim vehicles must be allowed everywhere because of the “elderly and disabled.” This is a crock, and a rather smelly one.
Utah: Lawmakers to discuss 1872 law reform
Under the law, private companies haven’t paid royalties to taxpayers for an estimated $245 billion worth of minerals extracted from public lands in the last 135 years. It also allows companies to buy public land for as little as $5 an acre.
Montana: A million acres of wilderness
“The Bob,” as local folk refer to it, is best accessed on horseback, or at least with packing help from our four-hoofed hiking companions. Unless you’ve got a couple of weeks and plan to re-supply at points along the trail, the area is simply too big for wildland pedestrians.
California: Forest Service working on raptor protection
If Jeff Brown doesn’t like raptors, what is he doing climbing in their habitat? It’s like intentionally going to the desert and complaining about lack of water.
“The Cleveland National Forest seems to be pushing forward with a preconceived agenda to . . . create raptor habitat preserves out of our existing recreation areas,” said Jeff Brown, a founding member of Allied Climbers of San Diego.
Arizona: ORV’s to get 4,000 miles
Even though CNF officials propose prohibiting all cross-country motorized travel within the National Forest, their plan will also designate thousands of miles of roads and a large swath of land for ORV use – a plan opposed by a consortium of conservation groups that says it would fragment wildlife habitat, cause erosion, damage watershed and disrupt the natural quiet.