Beautiful and important site promoting our endangered National Parks

[navarth]

The wrong side of history: 100 Years of opposition to our nation's natural treasures

Americans from coast to coast treasure our national monuments, parks, and forests. When you look at the beauty of our natural wonders, it’s easy to forget that for over 100 years conservation critics have opposed virtually every attempt to protect public lands for future generations.

Thankfully, America’s conservation leaders had the courage to protect our iconic lands in the face of intense hostility. If our national leaders had given in, the West’s backbone—from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon; Canyonlands to California’s redwoods—would have remained unprotected and open to the pressures of development and privatization.

link: http://westernpriorities.org/special/2016/monuments/

I invite all good DUers to view this wonderful presentation.

-Navarth

[randys1]

1. Way too many damn dams in this country, too.

[navarth]

3. Damn those damn dams!! Dammit!

How'd you like the site?

[randys1]

5. Oh shit I should have said something, love it, thanks!

Jesus , look at this one

[We] We would be fools to let a lot of foolish sentimentalists tie up the resources of the Olympic peninsula in order to preserve its scenery.”

I dont know if you know me but I contend we must do away with the ability of any individual, corp, etc., owning dirt, land.

The end result WILL be the teaparty selling off ALL of our land to the Koch Bros, including the national parks, beaches, etc.

Only way to make sure this cant happen anywhere is worldwide declaration that all land is owned by the government.

[navarth]

9. could not agree more. nt

[grasswire]

2. share it, tweet it nt

[navarth]

4. sorry, I don't tweet

I'm sharing it with you good folks. It was sent to me by my cousin who is a National Hero (IMO) for the way he advocates for National Parks. I am posting it here to help him.

And it really is a gorgeous site.

[dmr]

6. Thank you for this.

As much as I would like, I'll never see these places. I do want to protect and save all of these treasures ... and pieces of history for the future generations. Imagine, some of these priceless lands are what they were like before we stepped foot on this land.

They are a boost to our economy, provide jobs, and gives people & their families wonderful memories. Once you screw up the land, there's no going back.

BTW, there's a pdf file of this Web page available for download. It's at the bottom of their page.

[navarth]

7. It's my honor and my pleasure. Thank you!

[Canid]

8. Not going there myself yet, but ...

Thanks for this. I'll be happy to share it.

Our parks and monuments are important and we should be proud of them. We must preserve and protect them!

Image some of these linked by corridors, allowing the wildlife to disperse and preventing closed gene pools, slowing the loss of biodiversity and extinction... Rewilding! Impossible without what's left.

[Mendocino]

10. Buy an Interagency Pass

For $80 you can purchase a yearly pass that allows you into thousands of federal sites including National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, Wildlife Refuges, BLM lands and others. Even if you don't utilize it, the funds go directly to our national treasures, helping with all sorts of work projects, trail building, land purchases, maintenance, wildlife protection etc. This allows people who don't hunt or fish to contribute to conservation. The passes don't cover camping and some fees. A reduced rate is available for seniors. A hint: buy one early in the month rather than the end. Example buy on May 1 2016, it will be good until May 31 2017.

I buy one every year.