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Oh Mike, I got the point of the pious comment and it wasn't what you think. As to his argument, it is SOP for large organizations to funnel comments. What would we have if every DOI employee was expressing their individual opinions to every person that asked - caos. Sounds like Kurt taked with several DOI reps. Perhaps not the person he wanted but thats just tough. I can sympathise with h

Jun 21st - 12:32pm | Mike Painter

You totally miss the point of the comment: It's not the Founding Fathers who were pious, it's the people responding to comments about democracy in this country who are. They always fall back on the "republic" as an excuse to deflect away from the substance of someone's remarks. Dan Blake was simply being pre-emptive. Excellent article, Kurt. Keep at it!

Jun 21st - 12:19pm | ecbuck

Yes, our Founding Fathers were pious in creating a republic rather a democracy.

Jun 21st - 11:18am | Dan Blake

What's amazing about most of the comments above is they totally ignore the main point of the article: That no one at the Interior Department is allowed to talk about their work, except via the PR people. The article wasn't about climate change, per se.

Jun 21st - 10:51am | ecbuck

Rump, I would say that with a Masters degree education and extensive personal research I have the mental capacity to tell when a prediction has come true or not. The predictions made based on AGW models regarding the items listed earlier have been patently wrong.

Jun 21st - 10:27am | rumpelstiltskin

Bucky, you waved your rhetorical hands in the air and made some emphatic assertions; but, you didn't answer, actually used your emphatic rhetoric to deflect from answering, my question.

Jun 21st - 10:12am | ecbuck

Rump - Artic ice cap, polar bears, fires, hurricanes, tornados, water rise and temperature rise are just of few of the predictions that have gone astray. Again, one doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to see when predicted things don't happen.

Jun 21st - 09:36am | rumpelstiltskin

Gosh, Bucky, could you please provide a listing of that "long littany of inaccurate AGW predictions" to which you're referring, as well as some background information on your own education and qualifications relevant to assessing what constitutes an "inaccurate AGW prediction" so that we can all better understand the value of your input.

Jun 21st - 09:35am | Mighty Ike

when we understand what caused cataclysmic global warming 12,000 years ago, we will understand climate change on a microscopic level.

Jun 21st - 08:58am | ecbuck

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the long littany of inaccurate AGW predictions. You do have to pay attention.

Jun 21st - 08:42am | rumpelstiltskin

Gosh, I guess Bob the Science Guy! is one of the "smart people" who can't be fooled. There sure is a lot of that going around.

Jun 21st - 00:15am | Bob the Science Guy!

The world has ended from man made environment catastrophes 15 times in my life. And each time experts are wrong they claim they got the facts right this time. When are you going to admit that you don't have a clue what you are doing. And you are rolling dice. I know you get no money if you tell people you are guessing. Well you may fool most of the people with the moving yardstick.

Jun 20th - 09:09am | Bob Valen

In the age of Trumpism, denile and clean coal, I'd expect noting less than the so called answers you received. I'm sure there are researchers beyond the administation's hold that are watching glaicers, including those at the park.

Jun 20th - 09:01am | Richard Chauvin

It is a shame there is so much emotional sensitivity over natural clilamte cycles that don't care one bit how any of us, scientists or just interested observers, think about them. The truth is, regardless of what has happened to the glaciers in the recent or distant past, tells us little to nothing about whether they will retreat or grow in the future.

Body Of Missing Hiker Found On Mount Whitney In Sequoia National Park

Jun 21st - 02:19am | Kevster

I've had a rental car company call asking me how long I needed to extend the rental. I had returned it to them 4 days prior. It took them 2 days to find it in one of their lots.

Jun 20th - 11:39am | Burls

How did the rental car company make such a big mistake on knowing whether or not their car was returned?

Long Live The Counterculture Movement At Death Valley National Park

Jun 20th - 07:41am | VFosster

Several asspects of your comment clearly indicate your lack of knowledge on the location and situation. Please educate yourself before making generalized "elitist" posts such as this.

Vice President Calls For Legislation To Repair National Park System Infrastructure

Jun 19th - 22:09pm | JohnLen

First, vote out the Trump/Pence Swamp creatures. It's not what they say, it's what they do, and they have done nothing for our public lands except exploit them for monetary gain. Then we can begin to build back up what they have destroyed. We can begin with promoting and supporting Stewardship, a concept all but abandoned by Trump and his toadies.

Jun 15th - 09:56am | Travis

Entrance fees are, and always will be, a drop in the bucket of park funding. Additionally, how do you enforce such a proposal? Are you going to make everyone show a government ID to enter a park or you get charged more? What impact will that have on entrance station lines? (Hint: they'll get a lot longer.) That's a "feel-good" idea which in practice will do nothing.

Jun 14th - 06:13am | Ron

There is plenty of money to go around. Too bad the Park Service is not required to fully just its management of inflated FTE billets each year and spending habits on unnecessary agendas not related to maintenance backlogs. If the department were to focus on true priorities, there would be plenty of money left to make a real impacts on infrastructure within this service.

Jun 14th - 00:13am | Ron Gurth

If USFS and BLM we're charging what they should for resource leases, mining, timbering, and cattle grazing, much of the money needed for LWCF would be there. Those leases are let at super bargain prices, and the ranchers and resource corporations are profiting Big time.

Stone Outhouses On Longs Peak In Rocky Mountain National Park

Jun 19th - 11:53am | Stavros Mitchelides

This is AMAZING. The design is flawless and the technology is FINALLY catching up to the rest of the world, which is DECADES ahead of this country. European toilet technology is so far ahead of the USA that their staff only has to check on their toilets every couple decades! Our National Park staff have to dump ours every single week.

Jun 15th - 20:46pm | Anonymous

Engineering Design at its best! Well done!

Final Stretch Of Foothills Parkway To Finally Open At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Jun 19th - 11:09am | Niki Corvin Scoggins

Absolutly breathtaking! i think by far the best view in the park!

European Rabbits Facing Death Sentence at San Juan Island National Historical Park

Jun 19th - 02:30am | Harold Casados

The high amount of sugar eludes the balance of microorganisms in their gut; Rabbit relies on for digestion. to here: https://hoofia.com/can-rabbit-eat/

Change In Leadership Announced At Yellowstone Forever

Jun 18th - 14:51pm | Kurt Repanshek

Dear anonymous, we did place a phone call to Yellowstone Forever for Megan Boyle to discuss the layoffs and the discounted classes. She never got back to us. Are you with Yellowstone Forever? Could you identify yourself and discuss the situation?

Jun 18th - 14:40pm | Anonymous

I would impolre you to do your research next time you write an article like this. The discounts that this article consistently brings up has NOTHING to do with the recent issues at the organization - absolutley nothing. It was a way to offer a two-week special discount to try and get more people in classes (not for money). Get your story straight.

Jun 17th - 07:00am | Where was Wenk?

So the pages of this site were filled with words of honoring and praising former Supt Wenk and his unfair treatement from politicals and yet he goes unscathed. Thre is an attack on Supt Sholly who inherited a little bit more of a mess than our hero Mr.

Little River Canyon National Preserve: Prime Bear Habitat

Jun 18th - 11:07am | Dan Blake

Nice news about the bears!

Jun 17th - 11:25am | Bob Walkup Colu...

Hyway 35 sounds inviting

Senator From Utah Wants Mountain Bikes In Wilderness Areas

Jun 18th - 09:44am | Anonymous

No for all of the above reasons! Mike Lee's motivations are always for profit and never for protecting wilderness.

Traveler's View | The Haves And Have-Nots Of NPS.Gov

Jun 18th - 07:11am | Lena

While parks may keep 80% of entrance fees, 55% must be spend on deferred maintenance (per congress) what is left must pay collection staff and what is left after that is used for visitor service projects.

Photography In The National Parks: The Armchair Photography Guide To Bryce Canyon National Park – Part 1, Sunrise Point To Sunset Point

Jun 17th - 23:11pm | Ellen

Spectacular photos! Can they be bought as a postcard set??

Golden Eagle Found In Yellowstone National Park Died Of Lead Poisoning

Jun 17th - 08:30am | Anonymous

There is no hunting in national parks. The lead shot comes from area outside parks -- eagles and condors don't recognize park boundaries.

Jun 16th - 12:11pm | Laura Lucas

National Parks belong to the taxpayers and there should be NO hunting, grazing, logging or mining on our public lands!

Jun 16th - 11:00am | rumpelstiltskin

Goodness gracious, right here in this very article by the NPT staff it says, plain as day, "Non-lead ammunition is safer for birds. While the Obama administration banned lead shot and lead fishing tackle, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke overturned the ban in March 2017 on his first day in office" and "Lead shot long has been considered the No.

Jun 16th - 09:58am | Patsy Marx

Yes, it is detrimental that we do Much Better for Our World & the Living Creatures on this Earth. I believe, as well, that hunting in National Parks should be illega.

Investigation Finds Problems With $39,000 Painting Acquisition For Kings Mountain

Jun 17th - 06:43am | Wake up Concern...

https://grandjurytarget.com/2017/02/28/oig-investigations-why-lawyers-an...

Idaho Teen Swept To His Death In 100-Foot Fall At Glacier National Park

Jun 16th - 18:19pm | Sherry

my 14 year old son was in a different less dangerous culvert in glacier last week bc of the acoustics - they are exploring you are right - this is so tragic I can't bear it

Driving the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park

Jun 16th - 08:43am | Annamarie

Great post! Thanks for putting this together

At New River Gorge National River, an Iconic Bridge Attracts Suicide Jumpers

Jun 16th - 08:01am | Edgardo Valenti...

Suicidal act tends to create some issues, like have unsolvable financial problem, long-term painful sickness, etc.. Some of the victims are loner. I think having friend(s) can bring joy and help to suicide-to-be persons. Edgardo Valentino D. Olaes

Groups Challenge Law Allowing Wyoming To Stage Grizzly Bear Hunts

Jun 16th - 00:06am | Bill

You're obviously very ignorant when it comes to bears! Bears are everywhere. People can and do camp where they please and should be allowed to do so. Conflicts with bears can and will happen on fairly regular basis. Let WY and the people of WY manage their wildlife as they see fit. The people that live in WY love their wildlife and only want to manage these bears to reduce conflicts with p

By the Numbers: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Jun 15th - 17:40pm | Troke

The Aboriginal Americans got rolled by the Tide of History. History will continue to do so. So no sense in wringing one's hands over it. In fact, another Tide is sweeping across Europe as I type.

RVing The Parks | Ten Best Tips For National Park RVing

Jun 14th - 15:00pm | MGretired

Any advice for non-peak season? Still need reservations?

Montana Trio Sentenced For Killing Mountain Lion In Yellowstone National Park

Jun 14th - 11:39am | Frank

I agree with all the previous comments; and to boot, these punks haven't even apologized as far as I can tell. No shame, no embarassment.

Half-Million Dollars In Grants To Be Used To Protect Civil War Battlefields

Jun 14th - 10:16am | Anonymous

This money is line-item funding specifically directed by Congress for the program. It comes from the LWCF, and would not be used for maintenance is it wasn't used for this.

Gone Missing In The National Parks

Jun 14th - 02:48am | J.Raymond Wallace

I lived on Ponepe in the Eastern Caroline Islands. I've heard several stories about people that have gone missing, suicides, that Have gone mad, seeing "ghosts" all centered around Nom Midol* log cabin stacking of basalt log built by "giants" not by the locals. In WWII the Japanese stayed out of the area. The allies never landed on this island to over take.

Photography In The National Parks: Yellowstone - More Than Just Geysers And Wildlife

Jun 14th - 00:01am | Juanita Campos.

That's is beautiful and I scare a the same time.

National Parks Traveler Episode 17: A Discussion About National Parks And Rejuvenation

Jun 13th - 23:31pm | Allan Jaworski

it is not simply a job, far from the sense of lucky, commitment for 6 months or 1 year or permanent career there are a few personal wants that visitors overlook. This (these parks) are our home and family, in a way that trash and bad habits need to be left at the entrance of parks.

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