Bob Janiskee's Comment List
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| 08/12/2008 - 2:45am | Accidents Happen at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Usually Because People Break Commonsense Water Safety Rules | Interesting question, Frank. The National Park Service considers LAME's birthday to be August 11, 1947, just as it is indicated in Wikipedia. If you'd like to see the NPS list of national park birthdays, see [url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/NPSHistory/birthdays.htm]this site[/url]. The NPS considers the park birthdates to be the dates "... of the ... |
| 08/11/2008 - 7:19am | Having Suffered Severe Storm Damage, a Witness Tree at Gettysburg National Military Park is Unlikely to Survive | You will find a photo of the storm-shattered "Gettysburg Address Honey Locust" witness tree at [url=http://www.onetreebuzz.com/news/6]this site[/url]. (Just click on "read more" for the relevant article.) A "before" photo of the intact tree can be seen at [url=http://www.historictrees.org/produ_ht/gettyhon_cvw.htm]this site[/url]. |
| 08/11/2008 - 5:27am | Climber Dies In Accident In Grand Teton National Park | Anon, it's interesting that you should mention drownings. This morning I've been working on an article about drownings and other water accidents at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It's one example of the numerous articles in Traveler that focus on the 333 national parks that don't happen to be among ... |
| 08/07/2008 - 11:02am | Creating Cape Cod National Seashore Forced the National Park Service to Think Outside the Box | Since the "42" typo was only in the body of the article (the abstract correctly specified "47"), will you give me 50 percent credit? :-) |
| 08/05/2008 - 3:12am | What Suggestions Do You Have For the National Park Service? | Beamis, let me interject two important points of clarification. First, Mather and Albright didn't birth the National Park Service. Congress did that in 1916 with the Organic Act. Mather and Albright were administrators. While they were given limited authority to make rules and regulations, they were never given authority to ... |
| 07/30/2008 - 11:45am | Why Stop At Golden Gate National Recreation Area? What Other NRAs, Monuments, Etc., Should Be Renamed? | Well, PC, Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY) certainly has been in the news a lot lately. As Traveler has reported, Rep. Cubin has vigorously supported the controversial (and very expensive) plan to keep Yellowstone’s Sylvan Pass open for snowmobilers. I don’t find any mention of Devils Tower National Monument on Rep. ... |
| 07/27/2008 - 3:31am | Delaware Can Relax; The New National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Series Will Celebrate “National Sites” Too | An attractive feature of these special coin series is the large seigniorage (or profit) representing the difference between the face value of the coins and the costs of their mintage.Substantial gains result from public hoarding/collecting of coins placed in circulation as well as the sale of uncirculated proof and silver ... |
| 07/25/2008 - 11:41am | Did Gusty Winds Cause a Fatal Climbing Accident at Grand Teton National Park? | You're right, SaltSage. That cute little trick cost Potter his Patagonia sponsorship and the respect of many climbers and environmentalists, including me. He's still a damn fine climber, though. What do you suggest we do with a guy like that? |
| 07/24/2008 - 4:38am | Had a Good Laugh Yet Today? Congress Wants You to Believe that the Lower Taunton River is “Wild and Scenic” | A few points of clarification. 1) I certainly did not mean to imply that supporters of this Wild and Scenic River designation are "lining their pockets." Ron may prefer to speak for himself in this matter, but I think he meant "up for sale" in the broad, generic sense of ... |
| 07/23/2008 - 9:02am | National Park System Quiz 12: The Fair Sex | "Among the first" (1834, 1836) is a true statement, though obviously not as conceptually tidy as you'd like. :-) There were several strikes (then called "turn-outs"), including at least three in the textile industry, in the late 1820s and early 1830s. (There were some "strikes" (worker mutinies/rebellions) before that time, ... |
| 07/23/2008 - 8:19am | Had a Good Laugh Yet Today? Congress Wants You to Believe that the Lower Taunton River is “Wild and Scenic” | Anon, I do understand the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; after all, it's been around for forty years. It's just that your first point addresses an issue that is not at all as simple as you seem to imply. The lower Taunton would be designated under the ... |
| 07/19/2008 - 2:42am | Summertime: What National Parks Are On Your "Must Visit" List? | Kirby, I'm not surprised that you enjoyed Congaree National Park. It's one of the best kept secrets east of the Mississippi. I'm a bit biased, I must admit. It's my home park, and I was part of the small (but tenacious) grassroots campaign that saved that magnificent river bottom hardwood ... |
| 07/17/2008 - 6:56pm | National Park System Quiz 11: Blue and Gray | Anon: The decisive Union victory occurred in New Mexico, and that is what the quiz item states. There isn't room in a quiz item to deal with every nuance. I don't dispute your facts. |
| 07/17/2008 - 3:41am | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | Anon, I'm sorry, but I'm just not going to "rank" Directors. Even if I could do that objectively (a tricky task), it wouldn't take me or Traveler in a direction we want to go. |
| 07/17/2008 - 3:30am | Where Are the Best Sunrises in the National Park System? | Kirby, I've always thought that shoreline vantage points on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan only offered great sunsets. Is the east side of North Manitou so far offshore that all you can see on the horizon when you look east is Lake Michigan? If so, I've been fooled by ... |
| 07/16/2008 - 11:19am | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | Steve, I've visited GGNRA many times over the past 27 years. During the course of numerous conversations with rangers, visitors, and Bay Area residents (including the occasional nude walker I've encountered while doing the B2B) I've come to know a thing or two about The City, GGNRA, and GGNRA visitors. ... |
| 07/16/2008 - 2:20am | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | Beamis: Whether in war or peace, good times or bad, Congress should always find the time and wherewithal to attend to the essential needs of the National Park System. Think what kind of National Park System we'd have if Congress dealt with national park issues only after solving all of ... |
| 07/15/2008 - 4:06pm | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | Mike, I'm afraid that I'm not much help. Sandy and I are cat people. Cats don't listen, and leashes aren't relevant to their way of thinking about the world and their position in it. Perhaps there's a dog whisperer out there who could help sort out this voice command thing? ... |
| 07/15/2008 - 3:32pm | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | Beamis, as near as I can determine, the rationale for the redesignation is "to elevate the park's status." |
| 07/15/2008 - 9:55am | Proposed Redesignation of Golden Gate National Recreation Area to Golden Gate National Parks Worries Dog Walkers | MRC, I certainly didn't mean to imply that the dog walking issue was the most important of the managerial issues that are likely to get special attention when this redesignation occurs. That said, there isn't any question that Bay Area dog owners consider the off-leash privilege to be something worth ... |
| 07/14/2008 - 1:14pm | Park History: Would There Have Been a Mesa Verde National Park Without Virginia McClurg? | Thanks for the helpful comments, Mary. As you doubtlessly surmised, I am very appreciative of the work that Virginia McClurg did in behalf of Mesa Verde preservation. It's a shame that historians haven't treated her more kindly. As for my travels, well, I don't get around very much these days. ... |
| 07/03/2008 - 9:21am | 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 ... |
| 07/03/2008 - 7:01am | National Park History: Renaming National Parks Can Show Respect for Native Cultures | Darn it, MRC. I TOLD you I didn't want to know! :-) |
| 07/03/2008 - 4:22am | 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. ... |
| 07/03/2008 - 2:59am | 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, ... |
| 07/03/2008 - 1:10am | 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? |
| 07/02/2008 - 5:05pm | 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. |
| 07/02/2008 - 11:30am | 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 ... |
| 07/02/2008 - 7:49am | 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? ... |
| 06/30/2008 - 6:01am | “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. |
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