Essay | Ancient Wrongs And Public Rights Reconsidered
In this provocative essay, Dr. Alfred Runte examines, and questions, the recent transfer of public lands to Native American governments.
Guest Columns
Musings On National Park Crowds And Ed Abbey
Fifty years ago, Ed Abbey warned the public about Industrial Tourism and the National Parks. He pretty much nailed it. So now what can we do?
Guest Column | City Dwellers Should Take Time To Visit Nature
It’s seemingly impossible to stand beneath a redwood tree without experiencing a strong emotional response. Be it their enormous size or apparent invincibility, there is something about redwoods that has the power to stop people in their tracks. In the words of author Richard Preston, when you look at a redwood tree “...You're in an undiscovered, unexplored ecosystem, somewhere between Heaven and Earth, filled with forms of life, not all of which have been given names by scientists yet.”
Guest Column: The Impact Of Wolf Hunting Near National Parks
The recent shooting by a hunter of 926F, a collared female admired by wolf watchers, has reignited the debate on hunting wolves near national parks. Protected in parks—as 926F was in Yellowstone—wolves can hunt, breed, and raise families without fear of humans. Watching them do so excites and educates tens of thousands of park visitors and informs many scientists. But once wolves step outside a park they can become trophies—as 926F did—for a few hunters or trappers.
Op-Ed | The True Meaning Of Soda Mountain: The White House Is Giving Away Our Public Lands
For the sake of argument, let us agree with the Obama Administration that the Earth is warming up. Should we respond by being scared or cautious and, if scared, exactly what should we be frightened of?
Op-Ed | How To Create A National Park Without Taxpayers Footing The Bill
Should the federal government create a national park in the North Woods? It’s a question that divides many in Maine. Some fear the effects of more federal control in the state. Others say a new park will bring economic growth to a depressed region.
Op-Ed |National Park Service Undermines America's Best Idea
In November 2014, in a stunning out-of-the-blue reversal of decades of settled policy, the National Park Service ceded to Wyoming authority over wildlife on approximately 2300 acres of state- and privately-owned "inholdings" within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park.
Op-Ed | Livestock At Point Reyes National Seashore Should Go
Given all the superlatives of Point Reyes National Seashore, it’s amazing that exotic animals (cattle) that damage the landscape are permitted to continue grazing in a national park unit where native species and natural ecological processes are supposed to be given priority.
Op-Ed | Creating America’s Most Innovative Idea
A soaring new 3D IMAX film premiered recently, showcasing the wonders of national parks from Katmai in Alaska to Everglades in Florida. Narrated by none less than Academy Award® -winner Robert Redford, the film was created by the National Park Service and Brand USA in honor of the Park Service’s 100th anniversary and is airing here and in 60 countries around the globe. Intended to showcase the best of our nation, the film falls woefully short as critics have pointed out, because it features only athletic, young white Americans recreating in pretty places.
- March 17th, 2016
Op-Ed | When The Bureaucracy Demands Permission: A Warning For Our National Parks
The late Robin W. Winks, as Randolph W. Townsend, Jr., Professor of History at Yale University, was fond of pointing out that the National Park Service manages a university like no other. Undoubtedly he would be repeating that lecture today, especially since Jonathan Jarvis has been called on the carpet for writing a book without “permission.”
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