Sign the change.org petition if you oppose this project at Big Bend National Park

December 13, 2013. Big Bend National Park staff sometime come up with crazy ideas on how to live up to the National Park Service mission. One employee several years ago was publicly supporting the idea of building a race car track just outside the park. Now someone has decided that the park needs a large structure to display plastic dinosaur bone replicas right in the heart of the park! This is a serious proposal now in the Environmental Assessment stage. One of the park employees leading the effort has said "displaying dinosaurs and other giant fossils, obviously requires a certain amount of space." Yes, that is true and Big Bend has exciting stories to tell, but there is no compelling reason to build a new structure in a largely undeveloped area just because a small group of people have decided to put their money together to make it happen. Big Bend is a national treasure preserving the last large tract of wilderness in Texas. We really need the public to come together and oppose unnecessary projects like this.

You can speak out against this government boondoggle by making an official comment using the Environmental Assessment public review process and/or by signing the new change.org petition. The comment period ends on December 23 - learn more on the park planning website. The change.org petition will be up as long as needed. Encourage your friends to join you by signing the change.org petition now!