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Written by Scott Silver
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Saturday, 13 December 2003 |
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In today's Fresno Bee, a National Parks Conservation Association spokesperson said of the highly controversial Yosemite development plan.
"The plan strikes an elegant balance between visitor needs and protecting wildlife and natural habitat in the valley," said Diane Boyd of the national parks conservation association's pacific west regional office.
"ELEGANT BALANCE ??" To that claim, a great many grassroots activists would say -- HOGWASH!!
Fortunately, this article goes on to quote Greg Adair, cofounder of Friends of Yosemite Valley, who says:
Adair disagreed, calling it the urbanization of a natural wonder which will allow easier access for visitors to concessionaires but limit visitor freedom. "There's upward of 70 archaeological sites destroyed or impaired in the Yosemite Valley under the plan," he said. Adair claims the plan will also bring pricier hotel rooms and less affordable campsites for families traveling on budgets.
Who is right, NPCA or Friends of Yosemite Valley???
Who should you truth ????
Pasted below are two further reference to "elegant balance" -- one from Jay Watson of The Wilderness Society and one from Michael Frome, author and long-time national park defender.
Who can you believe??
Which view is correct and which is a misrepresentation???
Scott
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(From Rep. Radanovich's website)
Jay Watson, regional director of the Wilderness Society,
calls the document "an elegant balance between protecting Yosemite's
natural and cultural resources and providing for visitor use and
enjoyment of a popular national park." Watson, who will testify at
Tuesday's hearing, is adamant that the plan must not be amended.
(From Michael Frome)
It grieves me deeply to read a statement by a Wilderness
Society representative calling the new management plan for Yosemite
National Park "an elegant balance between park protection and visitor
use and enjoyment." It sickens me when this plan clearly would turn
Yosemite Valley into a pricey crowded commercial resort benefiting
above all the park concessionaire, the multinational Delaware North,
better known for its facilities at race tracks and baseball parks.
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