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Traveler's View: Are You Really Working For The Good Of All Americans, Mr. Zinke?

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was so anxious to score a major infrastructure success project last fall that he drained a quarter of the National Park Service's construction budget to do that. Now we're left wondering what else is being drained of $12 million so a backcountry lodge in Glacier National Park can be rebuilt to serve a very, very select group of park visitors. At the same time, a program that reaches out to millions of fourth-grade students is hanging in the balance because the secretary sees it as a money loser.

UPDATE| Interior Department: More Than Quarter-Billion To Be Spent On National Park Infrastructure

More than a quarter-billion dollars has been committed this fiscal year to address National Park System infrastructure needs as diverse as critical bridge repairs, sewer system fixes, and trail work deep underground. But the list of projects, and their costs, released Wednesday by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke raised questions concerning funding sources and approved projects.