tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post6246093381235767291..comments2023-10-10T04:18:23.631-04:00Comments on The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog: Are National Park Resources being Mismanaged?SmokyMountainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288538940523306530noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-23546282328877299102011-03-17T11:28:18.235-04:002011-03-17T11:28:18.235-04:00Name me one area that the Federal gov't does w...Name me one area that the Federal gov't does well. Yeah, I can't think of one either. I know it sounds radical, but privatize the National Parks. Afterall, the gov't does not really care about preserving the land that it is acquiring. It is all a big land-grab. The Federal Gov't owns about 80% of the entire state of Utah. Why? Is there any real need for them to own this much land? Wake up Obama Zombies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-50815919306516832152011-03-01T20:31:43.838-05:002011-03-01T20:31:43.838-05:00Jeff
I respectfully disagree with you on this one...Jeff<br /><br />I respectfully disagree with you on this one.<br /><br />There is no more powerful way to protect landscape than government acquisition. <br /><br />The pressure of development is relentless -- think of where you grew up. I will bet anything that much of the forests and farms that you knew as a kid are now subdivisions. I have heard this same story from Maine to Florida, from Pennsylvania to California.<br /><br />The land being acquired is just a drop in the bucket. The more the merrier is my best guest.<br /><br />By the way, I am glad to see you back!!!! I really enjoy your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-64775905095478542182011-03-01T17:04:56.134-05:002011-03-01T17:04:56.134-05:00Buying land is the right thing to do—the long-term...Buying land is the right thing to do—the long-term implications demand it. Hopefully operational and maintenance shortfalls will be rectified within a few years, as tax revenues increase with a more robust economy. Also, increasing user fees for maintenance and operations is probably more palatable to most people than using increased fees for land acquisition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-10892013541269060842011-03-01T16:46:31.023-05:002011-03-01T16:46:31.023-05:00I am all for more land acquisition. The government...I am all for more land acquisition. The government needs to buy up buffer zones, and other areas, before condos and Wal-Marts move in and it is too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-47721735332300378352011-03-01T12:56:31.078-05:002011-03-01T12:56:31.078-05:00Another government cluster.Another government cluster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-5428039970617151482011-03-01T12:14:53.619-05:002011-03-01T12:14:53.619-05:00Excellent commentary. They are already short on m...Excellent commentary. They are already short on money, how will adding more land to the NPS help with their current budget woes?<br /><br />In a time when individual states and the federal government should be tightening their belts, this type of addition to the NPS should be secondary to getting the 1.5 trillion budget deficit solved.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679464766558538781noreply@blogger.com