Folks,
Just thought some people may find this interesting.
Wingfoot
Endangered Parks List
Mon Mar 25,11:34 AM ET
By The Associated Press
The National Parks Conservation Association's annual list
of "America's 10 Most Endangered National Parks:"
_Mojave National Preserve, California, where the desert's water could
be drained by development, illegal poaching threatens wildlife, and
off-road vehicles damage the habitat.
_Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia, where a proposed highway could
cut off the last undeveloped area from the park.
_Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania, where a
luxury home developer wants to build inside the park's boundaries.
_Federal Hall National Monument, New York City, where there is a lack
of operating money to pay for rangers who can explain the site to
visitors, and a damaged building foundation.
_Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, where increased boat
traffic is creating more pollution and increases the threat of fuel
and oil spills.
_Big Bend National Park, Texas, threatened by air pollution and
reduced water flow.
_Glacier National Park, Montana, troubled by development near the
park's boundaries, crumbling roads and other infrastructure problems.
_Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina,
where air pollution threatens more than 30 species of plant life.
_Everglades, Biscayne Bay and Big Cypress parks, Florida, where water
levels and pollution continue to pose significant problems. All-
terrain vehicles also are damaging Big Cypress.
_Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana, air pollution from
snowmobiles.
Endangered Parks List
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Started on 2002-03-26
Endangered Parks List
From: noreester (SJinNJ@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-03-26 02:52:18 UTC
Re: Endangered Parks List
From: wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-03-30 16:36:48 UTC
WOW! That's pretty interesting about Mojave National Preserve being
on the most endangered national parks list! We didn't see a single
other person out there the whole time we were there hiking, except
for one other elderly couple on Teutonia Peak - and the place is
HUGE! We had the whole Kelso Dunes area to ourselves, the whole Hole-
in-the-Wall area,too, and just about everywhere else we went! Guess
it must just depend on the time of day,week, or year. Quite different
from Death Valley, which is well-known to be crowded this time of year
(although even there we had several trails all to ourselves!)
Anyway, I'm certainly glad we got to see those places from
an "unspoiled aspect". Sure hope that situation doesn't drastically
change. The only problem we were even aware of was lack of
government funding - the ranger at the little outside-of-park visitor
center told us that Mojave was so underfunded that they couldn't even
afford to put out a park brochure yet, like the other parks have,
and that renovating the old Kelso Depot(a beautiful Spanish colonial-
type building) for use as a visitor center would have to be years
away. Had heard of some of those other parks having problems,though.
Hope they can be taken care of!!!
Wanda
on the most endangered national parks list! We didn't see a single
other person out there the whole time we were there hiking, except
for one other elderly couple on Teutonia Peak - and the place is
HUGE! We had the whole Kelso Dunes area to ourselves, the whole Hole-
in-the-Wall area,too, and just about everywhere else we went! Guess
it must just depend on the time of day,week, or year. Quite different
from Death Valley, which is well-known to be crowded this time of year
(although even there we had several trails all to ourselves!)
Anyway, I'm certainly glad we got to see those places from
an "unspoiled aspect". Sure hope that situation doesn't drastically
change. The only problem we were even aware of was lack of
government funding - the ranger at the little outside-of-park visitor
center told us that Mojave was so underfunded that they couldn't even
afford to put out a park brochure yet, like the other parks have,
and that renovating the old Kelso Depot(a beautiful Spanish colonial-
type building) for use as a visitor center would have to be years
away. Had heard of some of those other parks having problems,though.
Hope they can be taken care of!!!
Wanda