Yellowstone Park Superintendent Suzanne Lewis is reportedly very happy about the unexpected increase in the proposed budget. Maybe there are no strings attached, but I’m still looking for the privatization angle — will result be “Yellowstone brought to you by Haliburton?”
Park officials thrilled about Bush’s proposed budget. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette.
Park plan relies on private donations. by Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star Tribune.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
More like “Yellowstone, brought to you by Disney”
Folks might want to look at the wildwilderness blog, like:
http://www.wildwilderness.org/blog/awful-budget.html
to see what the budget really means in the coming days.
Thanks for the link kt.