National Parks Under Siege
Attendance at America's national parks has quadrupled in the past 30 years, spawning pollution and traffic problems and prompting calls for a limit on the number of annual visitors. What do you think about our overburdened national parks?
Oscar Sowell,
Machinist
"Hey, I own the national parks as much as anyone, so I'm going to plow my RV into as many herds of deer as I like."
Jeff Palmer,
Teacher's Aide
"They should hire some more of those giant owls that pick up garbage."
Angela Koerner,
Systems Analyst
"Maybe if the parks had some decent four-lane highways running through them, there wouldn't be so much traffic."
Steve Tendero,
Bartender
"I don't buy this overcrowding bullshit for a minute: They just want us out of Yosemite so they can grow more 'Old Faithful Primo Gold,' the special top-secret Senate marijuana."
Lynette Bosch,
Claims Adjuster
"Why visit some overcrowded national park when you can spend your summer vacation at the Our Lady Of Fatima Grotto & Fireworks Stand, located just five miles off I-90 in scenic Onida, SD?"
Christopher Lee,
Writer
"The beauty of our national parks is awe-inspiring. Except for Jellystone. I drove through there once, and it was just the same tree, rock, and picnic bench going by in the background over and over."
