Will our National Parks soon be entirely commercialized? Will the geyser at Old Faithful feature banners promoting Viagra? Not yet, but there was a revision to policy that will allow “tasteful” donor recognition of corporate sponsorship put for by the National Park Service. We talked with John Garder, the Director of Budgeting and Appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association, about how this will materialize.
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A 20-mile hike in the Tetons rewarded bumble bee researcher Ellen Keaveny with a special Bombus occidentalis sighting.
The Forest Service is not following the best scientific practices for managing livestock grazing, according to the report.
“There is a greater diversity of bird and mammal scavengers feeding on mountain lion kills than any other kind of carrion or meat resource ever documented in the world.”