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Studies Show Bear Spray More Effective Than Guns Against Grizzlies

Mar 19th - 10:19am | Jason H

I'm not sure Anonymous has though of all the issues. If it's a simple constitutional debate, they why are the National Parks the target for having weapons in? Why not airports, courtrooms and federal buildings too? The simple fact is that guns kill people. I know there's the whole people kill people thing, but the gun really helps a lot.

Mar 19th - 00:19am | Donna

To Kurt, Thank you for the information. I believe that there is no need for anyone to carry a weapon in our national parks. Your response to 'Anonymous' was civil and level headed. I would really rather have 'Anonymous' and Tom (not verified) keep their guns unloaded and out of reach. Our current law is fine.

Mar 18th - 21:58pm | Anonymoustoo

tom,

Mar 18th - 21:47pm | Anonymoustoo

We eventually evolve. They are discussing a country at a time where fewer people were present. They are discussing this between men with male mentality. I have been held up by gun point. Being a female I know that if I had had this gun you so readily rely on that I would not have had the guts or any way to pull this gun out and get out of the situation alive.

Mar 18th - 20:43pm | tom

whoever did this study is insane . theres no way i'd go up against a bear attacking with a bear spray. i would very much like to see a real attack be staved off by bearspray. a grizzly thats mad can run faster than a race horse for short distances . also you don't know when a bear might attack. they can be silent as can be .

Mar 18th - 12:11pm | repanshek

Not about protection against bears? That's one of the issues the NRA has raised in pushing this topic, and one many previous comments have touched on. Beyond that, though, aren't we a "people of laws"? Or should we just be able to pick and choose which laws to obey based on whether we like that law or not?

Mar 18th - 11:25am | Anonymous

This issue isn't about protection from bears. Why do people on this site want to confuse the issue. This is a constitutional issue. Everyone wants to debate on what the founding fathers meant by the second ammendment but no one wants to accept what the thought of the second ammendment and why they wanted it in there. Read this and tell me what there is to debate?

Sen. Obama Non-committal on Carrying Loaded Weapons in National Parks

Mar 19th - 09:33am | tom

How will the NPS handle the carrying permit of gun owners? Easy go by the states regs just like they do with hunting licenses. It comes down to that the few think they should control every aspect of our lives. THEY KNOW WHATS BEST FOR US!

National Park Service Revenues Down $1.3 Million On Transition to America The Beautiful Pass

Mar 19th - 09:13am | Mike in DC

The story here is even worse than it appears at face value. Given the price increase, from $50 to $80, sales completely tanked! Doing some very rough math, NPS sold approximately 440,000 National Park Passes in 2006 (which by the way isn't an anomaly, its in line with the steady increase in sales since the launch of the NPP in 2000).

Battle Mounts Over Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Mar 19th - 09:12am | Harp

A Quote by martin luther. Come now. I have been to the previously mentioned beaches and hate all the vehicles there. I think they should limit the amount of vehicles per day. We are caretakers of the earth but not at the expense of ourselves.

Mar 19th - 09:11am | Ship

i ain't mistaken. after talking to several folks after getting back down this mornin if the shot red posted up was the time yousaid and what you say is right and i dont have no reason to doubt it then there were two diffrent times and foxs cause the shot red posted werent shot by me. ed

Mar 18th - 17:39pm | Anonymous

Ya'll are simply mistaken. I learned about it the day it happened from a reg-neg member who was out there that day when it was shot, as part of a group meeting with representatives of the park. I don't know if they were on the Point, or simply at "the Point." I suggest you check your facts (and dates).

Mar 18th - 12:38pm | tortuga

For the fishermen who complain that it would be inconvenient to lug some tackle gear to the beach, over the sand: You driving right up to the water's edge to fish is as lame as bubba parking on the roadside to shoot deer from his truck. It's too bad Apophis is predicted to miss.

Mar 18th - 08:58am | Ship

anon,

Mar 17th - 17:59pm | Anonymous

Red You're making up stuff now, so it does no good to even discuss this issue. There was no sweep of the dunes for anything that day. According to fishermen who were there, the fox had been there since before sun-up and was still there when the reg-neg group showed up at the Point. Bob E./John C. would tell you the same thing I just did. Good fishin'

Mar 17th - 13:48pm | bigred

Anonymous, The said animal was not hanging out on the beach but had been jumped by the park service along with several other species that were caught up in a sweep of the dune line back. The said fox was lucky enough that it escaped the removal process that occurred behind the dunes. It's luck though ran out when it was trapped between the rangers and the ocean on the beach.

Mar 17th - 08:57am | Anonymous

Big Red

Mar 16th - 22:02pm | bigred

Anonymous, I'm not for more ORV driving on the beaches but I am for informed, controlled ORV driving as dictated by the ever changing seasons and habitat need of the affected areas. Now you mentioned Bonner Bridge!

Mar 16th - 15:50pm | Anonymous

OK, if you think the locals get special privileges guaranteed to them when the seashore was formed, then let the real locals stand up. Pull out your family trees and if you can prove that you are descended from an Midgett, O'neal, Gillikin, Willis, or one of the 10 or so island families let's give you a special pass to continue to have your right to access the beach.

Mar 16th - 07:39am | bigred

Anonymous, Just a brief suggestion that may make you life easier in the future. It is often easier to not sound like a total fool if one knows his / her facts! In the future it would probably serve you in good stead to know things about what one espouses to have knowledge of!

Mar 15th - 23:19pm | Anonymous

Why go to Cape Point to "protest"? It seems if these extremists had any gonads at all, they would be inside the Federal Courthouse on 4/4 and let the judge know how they feel.

Mar 15th - 22:05pm | Anonymous

That fox didn't have any kits in the fall/winter. Fox reproduce in the spring. Why the embellishment?

Mar 15th - 19:31pm | BaitWaster

One other comment. Relook at the pic of Oregon Inlet on Memorial Day clearly a beautiful holdiday weekend and a "worse case" scenerio for ORV congestion.

Mar 15th - 18:20pm | Justwannafish

OK Snowbird, with all of this, you still don't get it. 1) The sportsmen that use the ORV's are the best protection the resource has. They bring more resources and footprints to bear when needed than any other group is willing or able to do. Why do you refuse to akcnowledge that or your lack of knowledge about the situation? Wetlands in Cali are far from the eco-system of the OBX.

Mar 15th - 10:01am | Reel Beach User

Snowbird, you continue to amaze me. So here's some more facts for you to ignore.

Mar 14th - 21:33pm | bigred

Thanks to all the folks that have posted and shown you care on both sides of the issue! Yes even you BW! Big Red

Mar 14th - 16:42pm | Fish Hunter

The Bodie Island Spit is not capable of holding 1000 vehicles as stated at one time. There is not enough land mass to handle that number unless they are stacked upon each other. Someone is using numbers for their own design.

Mar 14th - 14:35pm | Anonymous

I go to the Outer Banks at least 4 times a year. Every year it is the same sight, 100’s of ORV driving recklessly over duns, through nesting grounds which are not marked at all, killing all wildlife in their way…. I even saw one ORV chasing down helpless chicks and killing them just for the fun.

Man Drowns During Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon National Park

Mar 19th - 08:37am | repanshek

Amy, This group did launch on the 10th. The victim was 45-year-old Randall Johnson of Grand Junction, Colorado. That's all the additional information I have. Hopefully your friends are OK.

Mar 18th - 21:24pm | Amy Steinke

Our friends are on a trip that launched March 10th, which I believe is the same date as this gentleman's trip. Can you give us any more information? i.e. the trip leader? That would be enough info to let us know if this is our friend's trip. Our friends have a satellite phone with them, but they have been having a hard time connecting with us for more than 1-2 minutes.

Mar 18th - 11:04am | Marylander

How horribly sad! I went through the grand canyon on a trip of a life time with my entire family 2 years ago and it was truly amazing! I would recommend it still to anybody, despite this freak accident. The trip is not without risks, but then again neither is my morning commute on I-95, and the view on I-95 is nothing comparing to awe inspiring view from inside the canyon.

Like No Other Park in the System (I Hope)

Mar 19th - 06:36am | anunt imobiliar

The park is not one continuous locale, but rather a collection of areas that stretch from northern San Mateo County to southern Marin County, and includes several areas of San Francisco.

Groups Ask Congressmen To Help Halt Killing of Yellowstone National Park Bison

Mar 18th - 09:32am | nlitenall

Hi,

Mar 17th - 20:50pm | Random Walker

Church Universal and Triumphant oops, redundant post...

Mar 17th - 20:43pm | jsmacdonald

There's a lengthy article on this group in wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Universal_and_Triumphant.

Mar 17th - 19:31pm | kat

I have been following this tragic story/scene. Why is it that the federal government (which as I recall is created "by the people, for the people"), is not playing an active role to stop this senseless slaughter? And my biggest question is: who and what is the Church Universal and Triumphant? And who are the leaders of said church?

Crews Remove Garbage From Marijuana Farms in Sequoia National Park

Mar 17th - 20:53pm | Steve Sergeant

Someone wrote:

Mar 17th - 19:22pm | Anonymous

Ah, what the liberalism of the 60's has wrought....

Mar 17th - 17:19pm | rsp1943

This has been going on for years in the Sierra Nevada Mountains...hikers have had encounters with these criminals. The drug cartel from Mexico is involved big-time!

Mar 17th - 14:37pm | Steve Sergeant

This article doesn't mention one of the most interesting aspects of this sad, ongoing story: The non-profit volunteer groups that provided most of the on-the-ground labor to clean up these sites. One of the most active of these groups is the High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew.

Snowmobilers Continue to Roam Illegally Into Yellowstone National Park

Mar 17th - 07:48am | jr_ranger

No one is acting like with nutzo, environazi, quais-religious zeal. Indeed, we are *trying* to have intelligent discourse about the issue at hand, and us liberal crazies have so far refrained from name-calling (sad I can't say the same about others...)

Mar 16th - 15:21pm | Snowbird

Snowbird06

Mar 16th - 13:50pm | Gary

You are right-on "Righteous?"...too many envirowhacko bureaucrats, with the help of junk science has infiltrated our land-use agencies. It's not about protecting wildlife to them...it's about keeping "evil HUMANS" out...as if we are not part of the ecosystem.

Mar 14th - 13:44pm | repanshek

Feel better? I've addressed this quite a few times over the years, but let me try to lay it out for you again. There are more than 450 million acres of public lands overseen by the Forest Service and BLM, and most of that is open to multiple use, ie. mountain biking, snowmobiling, hiking, Jet skiing, etc.

Olympic National Park Releases General Management Plan

Mar 16th - 23:17pm | Random Walker

Link to more information from the Peninsula Daily News: Looking at goals for 14 areas of Olympic National Park

Mar 16th - 14:12pm | jr_ranger

I have nothing against the Port Angeles Regional COC, but to use "they can't pay for what they have now" as an excuse for not expanding the park is pretty lame in my opinion - very few NPS units can pay for what they have now...it's a shame PARCOC couldn't come up with a more original reason for not liking the GMP.

Dinosaur National Monument Cutting Paleontology Staff

Mar 16th - 14:14pm | jr_ranger

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Park History: Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Mar 16th - 09:28am | Rick Martinson

I was a seasona park ranger in Theodore Roosevelt back in the 70's for several summers. A day does not go by that I don't think of the wonderful experiences I had while working there. I am so glad to see how many other people feel the same way about this area as I do. I look forward to getting back there soon.

House Parks Committee To Hold Hearing On ORVs on Federal Lands

Mar 15th - 19:06pm | Barky

Personally, I feel ORVs are a bigger danger to the parks than guns. They damage the flora, muck up the trails, and increase erosion. They're noisy and they disruit & scare off the wildlife. A gun-toter can still responsibly enjoy the parks and not threaten anyone or anything. There is practically no responsible use of ORVs in the NPS, outside of campsites & roadways.

Segways in the National Parks: Do We Really Need Them?

Mar 15th - 04:58am | Anonymous

I think all this hatred towards the Segway is true ignorance. Finally an invention has come along that not only makes life easier, cheaper, and safer, but it asks nothing of us, and here you are rejecting it. The Segway is like that "nice guy who finishes last". Let me make some points of ignorance:

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