Dick Cheney (lover of all things natural as long as he can take a shot at it) has his crony Paul Hoffman, deputy assistant secretary of the Federal Department of Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks rewriting park management policies. The goal? Raise recreational and commercial park uses to equal the value with preservation of the park's natural and cultural resources.
Instead of preserving our national parks heritage for future generations, these new policies aim at making a quick buck on our public lands. What's next in Cheney's plans? Buffalo hunting season in Yellowstone?
Of course these cockroaches are not alone. Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA) is riding shotgun with his own ideas of "REQUIRING" parks to sell commerical naming rights to trails and buildings, auctioning Gettysburg battle sites and selling old mining properties on park land. Pombo (is that a real name, sounds like a stage name for a clown) also supports oil drilling on national park lands in Alaska.
Isn't it about time we told these clowns that our natural treasures are not for sale to the highest bidder?
Concern citizens should visit the NPCA web site at: http://www.npca.com/
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