Is this what the future holds for Iowa's state parks?

Say it ain't so, Mike (Dombeck).

Tom

In a message dated 99-11-12 16:49:38 EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< Subj:          USFS Chief approves Grand Canyon development/land exchange
 Date:  99-11-12 16:49:38 EST
 From:  [log in to unmask] (David Orr)
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 http://www.registerguard.com/news/19991111/10d.grandcanyon.1111.html



 November 11, 1999

 Grand Canyon-area development approved

 By The Associated Press

 PHOENIX - The head of the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday approved a
 plan that would allow the construction of hotel rooms, housing and stores
 outside Grand Canyon National Park. Chief of the Forest Service Mike
 Dombeck rebuffed 25 appeals filed by opponents ranging from the city of
 Williams to northern Arizona business leaders to the Sierra Club. His
 decision ends the decision process by the Forest Service.

 Scottsdale developer Tom DePaolo plans to build the $330 million Canyon
 Forest Village with 1,200 hotel rooms and 270,000 square feet of retail
 space along the highway into the Grand Canyon's South Rim. It would also
 include 20 acres to house park workers.

 Forest Service officials approved the plan because they hope it will
 reduce traffic in the park and ease the need for employee housing.
 Northern Arizona businesses, however, contend the rooms and stores will
 hurt their businesses.

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