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The Moab mob mentality

by Dave Pidgeon on March 2, 2010

Utah’s House of Representatives move to take federal land for natural gas and oil development, setting up a legal showdown.

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What’s up, Pointers? Just a quick stop to let you all know that the Senate finally on Sept. 25 confirmed Jon Jarvis as director of the National Park Service. Now, the NPS and the U.S. Interior Department can finally get on with the business of caring for and overseeing the nation’s park land. Jarvis’ confirmation quickly [...]

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What's the hold up

by davepidgeon on September 21, 2009

I’m going to try to say this respectfully, but things like this are just upsetting. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, the man who held up Washington’s Wild Sky Wilderness, has put a “hold” on confirmation of John Jarvis as the new director of the National Park Service. Coburn and Rep. Rob [...]

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A Jarvis profile

by davepidgeon on July 20, 2009

He’s summitted Mount Rainier twice, worked to make western national parks carbon neutral by 2016 and nearly jeopardized his career by tangling with the Bush administration. He’s Jon Jarvis, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the National Park Service. After reading the profile published Sunday in the Kansas City Star, I reflected on how refreshing it [...]

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Salazar: I would carry a gun into a national park

by davepidgeon on May 19, 2009

I want to confess. Regarding the debate over whether people should be permitted to carry loaded guns into national parks, I’m a little torn between both sides. I do believe the words “well regulated” as they appear in the U.S. Constitution’s second amendment means government control over gun rights. I’m a firm believer in the [...]

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