National Parks
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Senator Baucus tells Secretry of Interior about the many threats from British Columbia- The latest threat to the river and Glacier National Park is gold mining. Interior chief Salazar visits North Fork. Missoulian. By Michael Jamison. BC’s indifference, I think, or at least hope, is mostly an accident of geography because no one lives in…
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Jarvis generally gives answers anti-conservation senators didn’t want to hear- I think we will probably have a good Park Service Director. I suspect there may be Republican blocking tactics in the Senate like holds, but he will eventually become Park Service Director. Senators Grill Obama’s Nominee for National Park Service Director. By Noell Straub of…
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New York Times very positive on the new Director of the National Park Service- When President Obama nominated Jon Jarvis to head the Park Service, I was not familiar with him. However, the New York Times thinks Jarvis is the “best news [they] have heard in the past nine years about the national parks” New…
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This may or may not be precedent setting, but it would allow public hunting in a national park. This is forbidden except in Grand Teton NP. Editorial. New York Times. Elk Hunting in the Badlands
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Salazar’s concession to Utah’s Senator Bennett to allow Hayes to be confirmed number two at Interior doesn’t turn out like the Senator wanted- Enviros cheer, critics jeer report on ‘flawed’ oil leases. Bishop » Utah congressman calls it “crap,” Bennett is conciliatory. By Thomas Burr. The Salt Lake Tribune. From my perspective this dust-up turned…
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Yellowstone is fifth; Grand Teton is ninth- Most visited national parks. Jackson Hole Daily. By Cory Hatch.
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Robert G. Stanton will be Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget- Stanton was National Park Director under Clinton Here is the news release from the Department of Interior: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today appointed former National Park Service Director Robert G. Stanton as Deputy Assistant…
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Grijalva is right – let the merit of the two issues rise or fall of their own accord This past week, an amendment to allow guns in national parks and wildlife refuges was attached to the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights in the U.S. Senate. Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National…