2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act

brianlux

unsung said:

Constitution

Article 1, Sec VIII

That says what powers the Fed govt has, anything else is supposed to be left up to the States.

There's your facts.

We would do well to set aside more wilderness not only for our own well being, but for all the other life forms we share this world with.

Call it fact or opinion, matters not. I'll stand by that either way.

Wilderness doesn't give two shits for some wordy manuscript.

unsung

I get that. I'm a big time explorer when I can be.

My problem is everytime there's a budget crisis they hold the parks hostage. Close the parks? Ha, it won't stop me. WE own the parks, not some bloated out of touch federal government.

I believe most states would do a better job, so we can agree to disagree.

polaris_x

right ... so nothing ...

brianlux

unsung said:

I get that. I'm a big time explorer when I can be.

My problem is everytime there's a budget crisis they hold the parks hostage. Close the parks? Ha, it won't stop me. WE own the parks, not some bloated out of touch federal government.

Good luck fighting the law.

unsung said:

I believe most states would do a better job, so we can agree to disagree.

Fair enough.

Ownership comes with a cost. Nothing entitles us to these places if we don't help keep them open. We support NPCA- National Parks Conservation Association and CalParks- California State Parks Foundation. By mentioning this, I'm not fishing for kudos- I just think if we really want to keep parks open and like the idea of wilderness we would do well to support those organizations- flawed though they are in some ways- that are working to provide and keep accessible to us these natural places. And personally, I always factor in a candidates stance on wilderness and parks when voting- not that it makes much difference, but one can hope.