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Grand Canyon’s reversal on ban of throwaway plastic water bottles shows power of private money over Park Service

On November 10, 2011 By

Inevitable result of using private donations to make up for congressional funding shortfalls?

Tossing empty water bottles into the Grand Canyon is just the kind of thing people hate to see, but it happens all the time anyway. About a third of the trash is empty convenience water bottles.  As a result, the Park began […]

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The Most Dangerous Animal of Grand Canyon National Park

On March 23, 2009 By

Is it a huge predator with big fangs and claws?

The Most Dangerous Animal of Grand Canyon National Park. Christian Espanol. Examiner.com (Boise, ID)

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey