Pombo proposes selling off nat’l parks BY Ana Unruh Cohen
23 SEP 2005 11:05 AM
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), chairman of the House Resources Committee, has officially established beyond any doubt that he is no Teddy Roosevelt Republican. Today, draft legislation from his committee proposed selling off a number of national park holdings, including Theodore Roosevelt Island, home of the TR memorial in Washington, D.C.
As reported by Greenwire, the other sites include:
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska
Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, California
Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Massachusetts
Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, Washington, D.C.
Minute Man Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota
Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Monument, Pennsylvania
Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Maryland
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska
Pombo also proposes selling advertising space just about anywhere in National Parks to help generate revenue.
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