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All of the programs cited in this article will disappear when this policy is fully implemented. Not one will survive. Let us hope the next Director of the Service will fight to protect the programs and integrity of the National Park Service.
Don't know where the list came from but it would be a great start for Zinke.
If this policy is fully implemented all of the programs cited in this list will be eliminated. Much will depend on who the Trump Administration names as the next Director of the National Park Service and how willing this person wiill be to fight for these programs. Overall, the future does not look good.
What many don't seem to understand is that the NPS has been tasked by Congress -for better or worse- with many programs that focus outside park boundaries. Perhaps the law should be changed - but neither Trump, nor OMB, nor Zinke can just pull all of these plugs by themselves.
You are correct anonymous, many of these programs have been tasked by the Congress in previous years. This gives us some hope. Thank you for the information. Over all I still think the National Park Service is in for some hard times.
If events at the White House and Mar A Lago in the last week are any indicator of policy, all we need to do is get President Xi to tell Donald that our National Parks are valued by thousands of Chinese visitors, stroke the Great Ego a little and Voila! we'll witness an instant 540 degree spinning flippity flip and the parks will be fully funded, fully staffed and the maintenance backlog will be gone.
If only it was that easy.
Can someone tell me how turning a historic or scenic trail that spans thousands of miles and passes through multiple states, counties, cities, towns, tribal lands, etc. etc, over to state or local or tribal administration can be an improvement? The need for a single administrative agency for these trails who can coordinate among the many partners is essential and it has been working very well for most trails. When that is lacking, such as on the Old Spanish Trail, which is jointly administered by the NPS and BLM, you can end up with chaos. It is been proven to be impossible to get 5 separate BLM state offices to coordinate among themselves and agree on anything. The trail Comprehensive Management and Use Plan that was basically completed years ago and, which the NPS is ready to finalize, remains as a draft due to BLM inability to make decisions.
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/presidents-budget-threatens-land-wa...
The National Park Service's mission to help provide state and local parks and recreation began in the 1930's with the Recreation Demonstration Areas program. The NPS mission beyond national park boundaries is well established.
Maybe I have missed something here but what do the "boundaries" have to do with anything?
Monument designation at risk: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/330172-trump-executive-... Maybe try negotiating and legislating next time, but hey that's the old way of doing things....
ANTIQUITIES ACT vs THE MORMONS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/04/27/president-trump-signs-executi...
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/5ru8ac/public_land_transfer_a...
http://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/mormons-and-native-americans-histor...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/obama-names-utah-nevada-monuments-de...
Ricky - The antiquities act was signed into law in 1906. It ain't exactly a spring chicken.