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wyandottecaver wrote:very thought provoking article indeed. lets keep nature natural, reserve nature for the naturalists and get rid of the lazy folks who need to be entertained or transported on something. Sounds great.
Of course then the only people who will CARE about those places are the naturalists. And there aren't enough of us. We could shove everyone out of those places, then the south rim might become the south shore of a reservoir (admittedly a pretty big one :) Maybe if hetch hetche had a motel and mules maybe it would still have water flowing in it instead of over it.
wyandottecaver wrote:NZ,
Teresa, it is those excesses that bring in the masses. If you had to hike 10 miles or even 5 to see the South Rim how many fewer people would visit at all? Of those, how many were inspired in some way? How much preservation and management is accomplished with that revenue?
wyandottecaver wrote:NZ,
I know from 1st hand experiance in Indiana that the folks who want to be transported and entertained do indeed make differences in on the ground management and even preservation. Both as a revenue source and as a big pool of "stakeholders".
If there was mule crap all over the roads and viewing areas, instead of hiking trails think that would get addressed?
sawicks wrote:I completely agree that yellowstone, Grand Canyon and yosemite are way to commercialized, but to an extent they have to be. Its how they have to survive.
Aaron Addison wrote:Oddly, most of the development at NPS sites is driven by locals / local businesses.]
On a more positive note, NPS units such as Zion and Denali have been very successful with their road closure policies and bus system implementations. Take note though that both of these Parks are in more remote areas and there is not as much local money in play as the bigger Parks.
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