Traveler's View: Let's Listen To Nature At Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
We, as a society, seem to be losing, or perhaps already have lost, our patience to understand the story of nature.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 17th, 2017 11:41am
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Traveler's View: How Much Of Secretary Zinke's Approach To Conservation Can Public Lands Tolerate?
Trying to understand how Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke views himself as a conservationist cut from the mold of Theodore Roosevelt is an ongoing challenge. While he wants to bolster the ranks of hunters and anglers, the secretary also wants to shrink some national monuments, allow target shooting on as many public lands as possible, and allow hunters to chum for bears with donuts and greasy loaves of bread.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 17th, 2017 1:03pm
Traveler's View: Monument Review Underscores Problem With Politics
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop maintain that they are looking to right problems with the Antiquities Act and how it's used to designate national monuments, but at the end of the day they're simply underscoring how politically divisive this country and Congress have become and are working to cater to special factions.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 25th, 2017 4:00am
Traveler's View: Lost In The Water Bottle Ban Debate Is National Park Service Leadership
What message did the National Park Service send with its statement, after deciding to reverse a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles, that the move reflected "its commitment to providing a safe and world-class visitor experience..."?
Traveler’s View: Interior Department Fumbles Zuckerberg Visit To Glacier National Park
Interior Department officials fumbled an incredible opportunity when they prevented the superintendent of Glacier National Park and a top U.S.G.S. scientist from touring Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg around the park.
Traveler's View: If Secretary Zinke Was An Anthropologist, Would Bears Ears National Monument Be Safe?
When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke declared Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho safe from a recommendation that it be downsized, he flashed his geology chops, which raises an intriguing question: Were his educational background in anthropology or ethnology, would Bears Ears National Monument in Utah be safe as well?
Traveler's View: Psst! Our National Parks Are In Danger
During the past six months, the outlook for the National Park System has grown decidedly darker than it had been. Threats to the system's natural resources have grown with the Trump administration's attacks upon environmental regulations, proposed staffing cuts will be numbing if implemented, and there's a heightened prospect of creeping privatization.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 9th, 2017 2:00am
Traveler's View: Disney's Answer To Theme Park Crowds Should Not Be The National Park Service's
More, and higher, entrance fees to national parks have been in the news lately, and neither is a good idea, frankly.
Traveler's View: Don't Gravel Over Paradise
Yosemite Valley is so crowded, why not build a temporary gravel lot in Cook's Meadow that could handle 75 vehicles?
- By NPT Editors - March 23rd, 2017 3:00am
Traveler's View: Interior Secretary Zinke Should Measure More Than Just Local Support When Weighing Bears Ears And Other National Monuments
A common, and surprising, thread runs through Grand Canyon, Olympic and Yellowstone national parks, as well as through Canyonlands, Grand Teton and Pinnacles national parks. They all faced measures of local opposition when talk arose about designating them.
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