Posts Tagged ‘national parks’

Nature & Climate Change

Let me say outright that I’m a big a fan of national parks. Many of my vacations have been spent camping and hiking in these crown jewels, from the mountains of Virginia’s Shenandoah to the mesa’s of Utah’s Canyonlands. On Thursday, two environmental groups issued a report that concluded: climate disruption is the greatest threat…Continue Reading…

Parks & Ammo

Per that new “miscellaneous” item attached to the recent credit card bill, Carl Hiaasen is painfully hilarious: Like many other Americans, every time I take my family to a national park I find myself thinking: Wow! If I only had a gun . . . The whole column is a must-read.

Itchy Fingers on the Trail

This observation on human behavior by a park ranger is something to think about next year at Yosemite or Yellowstone, when guns in national parks potentially become as ubiquitous as water bottles: People don’t leave their problems at home when they go to recreate.