Pot Growers Now Destroying Our Public Lands
October 13, 2008
Desert Rat has details of further destruction of border lands and nobody doing anything about it.
Tom Remington
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I hope Desert Rat’s still not mad at me. These Cartels are not stupid. They know that our National Parks are suffering from lack of funding and can pull off this kind of operation undetected.
Weed and bug sprays, some long banned in the U.S., have been smuggled to the marijuana farms. Plant growth hormones have been dumped into streams, and the water has then been diverted for miles in PVC pipes.
Rat poison has been sprinkled over the landscape to keep animals away from tender plants. And many sites are strewn with the carcasses of deer and bears poached by workers during the five-month growing season that is now ending.
“People light up a joint, and they have no idea the amount of environmental damage associated with it,”
Parky Pig
National park funding determined by political clout rather than need
At a time when three-quarters of national parks are having their base budgets cut and park advocates are crying out about the desperate need for more funding, it may gall many enviros to find out how capricious and politically motivated park funding really is.
Consider the little-known Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio: Its base budget is $9.5 million this year, more than the budgets of many parks that are much larger and more famous, including Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park and Utah’s Zion National Park. What gives?
Former Ohio Rep. John Seiberling (D) chaired the House Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee and had the clout to secure big bucks for the park in his state. And he’s certainly not the only powerful member of Congress to tilt budgets in favor of local pet parks, which are often better funded than the jewels of the national park system.
Enviros, though, have resisted past efforts to review criteria for creating and maintaining parks.
Ever think the Greenie’s might get the “Bud” for free. All they have to do is turn a VACANT stare.
Backpacker Magazine – August 2008
Is Inadequate Funding the Main Problem Facing the National Park System?
This question fuels the debate regarding how to help the aging national park system improve.
As the NPS approaches its centennial in 2016, the debate over how to improve the parks is heating up. With an estimated $750 million operating-budget shortfall in 2008, and a maintenance backlog that is much higher, money is tight.
The Bush administration’s Centennial Initiative, a 10-year plan launched in 2006 to match private donations with $1 billion in federal funds, has been praised for increasing park budgets.
But critics claim that environmental threats (not cash flow) are the primary problems facing the NPS, and that fixing the system also requires legislation that puts conservation first.
Mad? Shucks no..
The “Pot in the Park” issue is purely a symptom of a larger problem.
Go to my post and click on the link showing the garbage in Arizona. This immigration problem is madness!
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