Today I learned some very disturbing news from Big Bend National Park. Apparently the Friends of the Big Bend group, organized years ago to support the National Park and its programs, has become somewhat political in that they have been occasionally pressuring the NPS to follow their agenda rather than the parks. Friends groups have benefited our National Parks for many years in numerous ways, but like any other organization there can be problems with people bringing their own personal agendas to the table, especially when they control large sums of money. If you have not read the two articles on my website about this please do so soon. The Environmental Assessment public comment period ends December 23.
To sum it all up for you a growing number of people are speaking out against a National Park Service proposal to build a large Fossil Bone exhibit in the heart of a wilderness area. The entire project is very bad news plus the dinosaur bones they plan to use will be replicas that could be displayed in areas already developed. You can sign the change.org petition and ask your friends to join you at http://chn.ge/1faXugM
I have written about what is happening on my website at www.iloveparks.com.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Rick LoBello
Working to help conserve and protect Big Bend National Park since 1974
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