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Yellowstone Controversy Ripples Down to Grand Canyon

As expected, the ripple effect caused by the snowmobile issues in Yellowstone are reaching other parks.

The Grand Canyon is now engaged in a controversy with “river use police” who have decided that running motorized craft on the river is somehow harmful to the environment.

Since water is an extremely fluid thing, and the environment renews itself constantly, I’m not sure from where they get these ideas, but if nothing else, it is certainly an effort to cut back on the number of people trying to enjoy our national parks, just like the snowmobile issue in Yellowstone.

What do you think? Comment below after reading this story.

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Comments

 

accorie said:

I suppose it is a difficult decision to determine what will hurt the park’s wilderness and what won’t. But I believe too much regulation and restrictions will eventually make it harder and harder to enjoy our nations’ beautiful resources. I don’t think the national parks were created to keep Americans from being allowed to enjoy them.

December 7, 2007 6:06 PM
 

Stu Marks said:

Yes, National Park Administrators have always walked a fine line between protecting the park and promoting visitors' presence.

This battle has always been there and was actually at a military level back when Yellowstone was first commissioned as a national park.

The first few thousand visitors were actually dissasembling Yellowstone one rock, formation and tree at a time as fires, vandalism and rock mining created permenant scars that are still there today. The federal gov't actually called in troops to protect the park. The troops became a permenant fixture in the park, even building barracks that are still in use today, but for much less of a military purpose.

December 13, 2007 4:54 PM

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About Stu Marks

Born and Raised in southern Oregon. Became a Christian at the age of 13. Worked broadcasting and marketing on west coast and Chicago area from 1970s-2001. Returned to college Chicago Art Institute / Illinois Institute of Art Schaumburg and graduated BFA Multimedia/WebDesign 2004 with honors. Media Designer/Editor for Adventure-Crew since then. Photographer/Photo judge, artistic designer, outdoor video producer, writer, researcher, voice-over artist. Enjoy wildlife photography and video, and wilderness bicycling. Whos Who in American Music Students. Married to cute blond nurse, children and grand children.

 
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