Trump is losing the election faster than she can win it.

to hit some of the national parks outside of PA (we have quite a few but would like to see some out west) when I heard the what the subject was for the address this morning.

Congrats to the NPS and thanks for the weekly post!

highly recommend Zion.

the trail being most affected by this flooding. It was breathtaking. In another canyon in Utah, we were hiking along when the little creek slowly started rising. There were only a few clouds overhead. We climbed up on a ledge and within moments a wall of debris-choked water came roaring through. The stream rose a good ten feet. We stayed up there for hours, even after the water began dropping. Found out later that a localized but very heavy shower over twenty miles away was responsible.

just exasperates the flooding. I live near several creeks and on my way back and forth to work, travel along what is called the "Wissahickon Gorge" and heavy rains from upstream creeks feeding to this one, definitely causes flooding -



The creek is normally about 1 foot deep and Hurricane Irene (by then a tropical storm) showed what alot of rain can do!

Every year I buy an a federal Interagency Pass. This allows you entrance into National Parks, National Forest, Wildlife Refuges etc where a fee would normally be charged. They are good for a full year. Funds collected from their sale go into the general funds of these entities, allowing for improvements, maintenance, new acquisitions, trail building and others. This allows those who don't hunt or fish to monetarily contribute to public lands, negating the claim that only hunters and fishers help to maintain them.

A Republican lead government will sell all public land to private ownership. National parks, national forests, BLM land and all the rest will all have "private property no trespassing" signs instead of welcome signs. Of course the land will be turned into a wasteland and you will not want to go there anyway. They don't seem to understand that the people do own the land that is why its called Public Land. It is in their platform. Note at bottom of page 21.


https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL%5b1%5d-ben_1468872234.pdf?mid=76323&rid=16150106

Private Stewardship of the Environment

"..Experience has shown that, in caring for the land and water, private ownership has been our best guarantee of conscientious stewardship, while the worst instances of environmental degradation have occurred under government control. By the same token, the most economically advanced countries – those that respect and protect private property rights – also have the strongest environmental protections, because their economic progress makes possible the conservation of natural resources. In this context, Congress should reconsider whether parts of the federal government’s enormous landholdings and control of water in the West could be better used for ranching, mining, or forestry through private ownership. Timber is a renewable natural resource, which provides jobs to thousands of Americans. All efforts should be made to make federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service available for harvesting. The enduring truth is that people best protect what they own."

seeing the roads going into Needles that were built in the 1930's, which you and I can drive on it is just beautiful in my minds eye, when I go up there.

And now we have the Bundy's and there ilk, and legislator's in Nevada, Utah for example that think that the selling of public land is there right to continue the operation called Manifest Destiny and the Doctrine of Discovery, and what is really galling is that Teddy Roosevelt created the National Park service to keep these lands for us, and what he saw happening in Arizona when he was in office and the corruption associated with land