The U.S. currently has 59 areas of land in 27 different states that are designated as National Parks by the federal government. The National Park Service Organic Act was signed into law in 1916 "To conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
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@4RWBHXS4yrs4Y
Run it like a business. Charge realistic entry fees. Restart the WPA. Get fit healthy people working to preserve park improvements and access.
@4S8GF994yrs4Y
Why should a citizen who never wants nor can afford to visit these places be held responsible? They should be offered and run by private enterprises with feasible plans for mainteneses from reasonable attendance fees. The only roll the Government should with them is crime and regulation of attendance fees the same way they addressed the airline industry.
@4RWHTC54yrs4Y
The national parks are the people's parks and not BIG government. Preserving and protecting YES... Handing that responsibility over to the Fascists NO!
@MQ8RGS4yrs4Y
They should be preserved, but the gov should have more important bills to pay
@MWD9944yrs4Y
Cost too much for government to do this...hire privately to preserve and protect
@MWRXPC4yrs4Y
Someone should protect them, but I don't know if the best caretaker is the government.
@LXV2XQ4yrs4Y
Allow limited logging and possible drilling and mining and allow more public access
@LYJ3744yrs4Y
The majority of superfund sites are owned by the government. They have proven unreliable when it comes to protecting the environment.
@N47JQF4yrs4Y
Yes, allow limited drilling and forestry, using best practical ecological means, as well as use hunting to control over population of some species.
@N437CC4yrs4Y
The gov does own too much land. Each state should be able be have eligible voters decide if some land should be opened for recreation or industry, or sale to pay down the national debt (non-citizens or foreign countries should never be allowed to own any part of the USA).
@LYF3HB4yrs4Y
The government seems anal about some factors of park management and tends to go more politically based and also more profit based. Their "experts" on fire management, where applicable, appear to be uninformed on issues and make many mistakes on fire control issues.
@LZ2MPG4yrs4Y
The Federal Government cannot be trusted.
@MSQXL34yrs4Y
Choose more wisely which lands deserve to be declared "Parks." Remove the ultra-ego's of the N.P.S to declare any property a "Park" because of an inflated individual ego!
@MSVS4M4yrs4Y
Parks should be administered, but they should not be expected to remain unchanged.
@MZG22R4yrs4Y
It is my view parks should have portions that would be farmed for timber for example and refurbished. Use the example of Epcot using hydroponic growth for food. If they were a self sustaining by using their products for monies that would only be given back to the parks. I have seen where trees die because they have not thinned out, so not touching something does not always guarantee the best solution.
Secondly, the states that have these parks should have a vote in the decision making.
@ML62M54yrs4Y
Yes, but no more new acquisitions, the EPA stops over- regulating and the government should sell land back to private citizens whenever feasible
@MNRXJW4yrs4Y
National Parks are okay as is, but Bureau of Land Management lands all need to be auctioned off.
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