What's to worry?  Yellowstone is such a big place, who would ever notice a
gas pipeline crossing some remote corner.  And really, what's all the fuss
about a little hydropower dam at the downstream end of the Grand Canyon?
 And a molybdenum mine in Glacier?  The glaciers are all melting anyway,
right?   These parks are so big, and remote, that most Americans never see
them, and fewer still would ever notice a little economic development
activity situated discretely here and there...

(Note:  Sarcasm Alert!)

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Phyllis Mains <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> **
>  What does this mean for protection of our national parks?  Phyllis
>  Energy and Natural Resources Committee approves Denali Park legislation
>
> FAIRBANKS — A bill to allow a major natural gas pipeline cross the eastern
> end of Denali National Park and Preserve passed the U.S. Senate Energy and
> Natural Resources Committee on Thursday.
>
> The Denali Park Improvement Act, sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski,
> R-Alaska, also would allow construction of a small hydroelectric dam near
> Wonder Lake. The dam would be built by Doyon, Limited, Interior Alaska’s
> regional nonprofit Native corporation, to provide power to the Kantishna
> Roadhouse.
>
> The bill also would rename the Talkeetna ranger station for Walter Harper,
> who in 1913 became the first man to stand atop Denali.
>
> Jim Stratton, National Parks Conservation Association director for Alaska,
> praised the legislation, calling it a “win-win-win” in a statement.
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