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Sequester to keep some Yellowstone entrances closed almost until June

On March 9, 2013 By

Wyoming National Parks sequestered along with the rest in the U.S.-

There are many stories and possible stories about the sequester’s across-the-board cuts.

Like the rest of federal discretionary spending, the National Park System (NPS) has to deal with the cuts.  NPS has to deal with $113-million in instant budget reduction. This is especially difficult […]

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What will happen to national parks under the sequester?”

On February 24, 2013 By

Sequester looks almost certain. What now happens to public lands?

 

The New York Times article linked below discusses the effects of the now almost certain sequester on the national parks . Most people who follow this issue know that they are chronically underfunded when it comes to resource protection. The Parks aside, what about […]

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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