America's Great Outdoors
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:46 pm
The Bush administration had planned to celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service with a "Centennial Initiative-2016." This was essentially a big construction project, an updated version of Mission 66. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_66). Not my cup of tea.
The Obama administration quietly stopped the program and took down the website and links. They've rolled out an alternative:
http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
The professed idea is to start an online discussion about our public lands - - obviously a key issue for us SPers.
Apparently the off-road vehicle enthusiasts took over the discussion boards. The Sierra Club then sent out a message telling their members to shoot down the ORV topics. Right now the Sierra Club seems to be winning.
Miss PnP? Go log in and trash-talk all the proposals for our public lands. I haven't seen the issue of user fees on national forests pop up yet, but maybe our Coloradans can get that one going.
I'm sure some bureaucrat somewhere is tallying the responses. The exercise will have some effect on a future policy initiative.
The Obama administration quietly stopped the program and took down the website and links. They've rolled out an alternative:
http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
The professed idea is to start an online discussion about our public lands - - obviously a key issue for us SPers.
Apparently the off-road vehicle enthusiasts took over the discussion boards. The Sierra Club then sent out a message telling their members to shoot down the ORV topics. Right now the Sierra Club seems to be winning.
Miss PnP? Go log in and trash-talk all the proposals for our public lands. I haven't seen the issue of user fees on national forests pop up yet, but maybe our Coloradans can get that one going.
I'm sure some bureaucrat somewhere is tallying the responses. The exercise will have some effect on a future policy initiative.