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Bob Janiskee
BiographyWhile serving 33 years on the faculty of the University of South Carolina, I taught a national parks course, helped get Congaree National Park established, and worked as a V.I.P in that park. Now retired as Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Geography, I want to continue visiting parks, thinking about parks, and writing about parks until I assume room temperature. To help keep me focused and busy I teach “America’s National Parks” and several other courses through the University’s Independent Learning division.
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- 7/03/2008 9:21 am - What do People Take Home from a Visit to Gettysburg National Military Park? : I can't be sure, Jim, but I strongly suspect that the trees you saw were some of those slated for clearing needed to restore the sightlines of the July 1863 battlefield. The Park Service planned to remove trees (some? all?) from nearly 600 acres (that's almost one square mile) in ...
- 7/03/2008 7:01 am - National Park History: Renaming National Parks Can Show Respect for Native Cultures : Darn it, MRC. I TOLD you I didn't want to know! :-)
- 7/03/2008 4:22 am - National Park History: Renaming National Parks Can Show Respect for Native Cultures : Gotta love that U.S. Board of Geographic Names. They do a great job of vetting place name changes. My favorite Board decision was the renaming of a western place called Whorehouse Flats, which is now called Naughty Lady Meadow. At least that's the story as it was told to me. ...
- 7/03/2008 2:59 am - National Park History: Renaming National Parks Can Show Respect for Native Cultures : You make an interesting point, MCR, but at the risk of blowing a fuse on the weaselspeak-o-meter I will point out that Denali is not celebrating a birthday this month like those two other parks are. ;-) Another thing, MCR. Can you tell me why Congress, in its infinite wisdom, ...
- 7/03/2008 1:10 am - Senators Willing to Legislate Clean Air Over National Parks if EPA Does Protect Airsheds : Pigeon Forge, TN, is a monument to bad taste. Please answer me this: If there is a God, why did He let Pigeon Forge happen?
- 7/02/2008 5:05 pm - National Park System Quiz 9: The American Revolution : Why, of course I can name them. And their spouses and children and pets, too. Don't want to spoil a good quiz item, though, so I'm not going to share that information here.
- 7/02/2008 11:30 am - National Park System Quiz 9: The American Revolution : Rangertoo, your comments highlight at least two quite troubling issues. One is the need to quit perpetuating historic myth. Here at Traveler we want to avoid passing along bad information, so we really appreciate it when you help us sort fact from myth. I really mean that. Another problem is ...
- 7/02/2008 7:49 am - National Park System Quiz 9: The American Revolution : Rangertoo: I’m not sure I understand your first point. Guess I’m feeling a little dense today. (Maybe I’ve caught the National Geographic best list disease?) I thought I had my bases covered when I said “…signed in 1776” without specifying day and month. Or were you referring to something else? ...
- 6/30/2008 6:01 am - “10 Best National Parks”? National Geographic, You Have Got to be Kidding! : Mookie, if even half of what you say about National Geographic operations is true (and I have no reason to doubt it), we should be including National Geographic in our nightly prayers. That noble institution has gotten itself into a deep hole and is still furiously digging.
- 6/30/2008 3:39 am - Park History: Would There Have Been a Mesa Verde National Park Without Virginia McClurg? : The initial version of this article contained a serious mistake, which has been corrected. I stated that Mesa Verde National Park was proclaimed by President Theodore Roosevelt using powers granted by the Antiquities Act, whereas the park was actually created via Congressional legislation signed into law by President Roosevelt. That's ...
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