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  • 6/29/2008 5:17 am - “10 Best National Parks”? National Geographic, You Have Got to be Kidding! : Interesting.... I could swear that you had also pointed out that Santa Fe NHT is not a "Park" in the original post - you just put it further down your list of critiques. Oh well, not a big deal. If we want to quibble, though, I think that I might ...
  • 6/28/2008 7:08 pm - Park Advocates Rallying Around Theodore Roosevelt National Park : I'll chime in as well that Theodore Roosevelt perhaps takes the prize as the "hidden jewel" of the National Park System. All in one place you can experience the bison of Yellowstone, the Badlands of South Dakota, a petrified forest and meandering rivers in a beautiful, empty, landscape...
  • 6/28/2008 7:06 pm - Celebrating Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road : I'm interested to see (and quite pleased as well) the NPT Blog have this laudatory and interesting post on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. I wonder though - is it possible to imagine any place or any circumstances were a similar "top National Park experience" should be constructed today?
  • 6/28/2008 7:04 pm - “10 Best National Parks”? National Geographic, You Have Got to be Kidding! : Great post, Bob. Once upon a time, the National Geographic Society had a missions "to increase and diffuse geographical knowledge." Unfortunately, as almost any editor these days can tell you - making a "list" or a "rankings" is a quick-and-easy way to generate copy. And it looks like National Geographic ...
  • 6/25/2008 9:10 am - National Park System Quiz 8: Firsts : Terminology is definitely one of the difficulties that Park Advocates have in all aspects, from both the light-hearted (like these quizzes) to even the most serious issues. I have yet to see anyone come up with a good solution for how to handle the fact that the word "National Park" ...
  • 6/25/2008 5:04 am - National Park System Quiz 8: Firsts : Tough quiz this week - only seven right! The first question was a really good one (and one I was unaware of - that Yellowstone was originally desigated as simply "Yellowstone Park"), but question #10 was tough simply for the sake of being tough. I'd also like to quibble with ...
  • 6/24/2008 4:02 am - A Solution to the National Park Service's Funding Woes Lies Within Each of Us : This is a good post. There certainly has been a lack of political will on behalf of the Parks. I would just caution that it is not simply enough to argue that $5 billion is only .002% of the Federal budget, and so $5 billion could be diverted to the ...
  • 6/23/2008 7:20 pm - Olmsted Island, Great Falls Park : P.S. What is the story behind this "photo"? Its definitely an odd one...
  • 6/23/2008 7:18 pm - Olmsted Island, Great Falls Park : Actually, Kurt, you had it right the first time. Olmsted Island *is* part of the C&O Canal National Historical Park, it is located on the Maryland side of the main portion of the Potomac River. The following map from the National Park Service makes that clear: http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/grfa/trails/ And, at the ...
  • 6/21/2008 7:35 am - Congressman Calls for Emergency Declaration to Protect Grand Canyon National Park from Mining : I think this post raises an interesting issue that Park Advocates have been slow to address. In particular - would should be the role of boundaries in the National Park System? The opening paragraph of this post suggests protecting *1 Million Acres* from mining. Of course, mining is already prohibited ...