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Article: More cruise ships to traverse Glacier Bay. (sail to Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve)
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- National Parks
- Article date:
- September 1, 1995
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--The National Park Service has unveiled a new vessel management plan that may allow a 72-percent increase in cruise ships to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
Last fall, under heavy lobbying by influential Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt ordered NPS to prepare a plan to allow more cruise ships to enter Glacier Bay--the largest marine area in the National Park System. The resultant plan evaluates alternatives for managing vessel traffic in the park and examines potential effects on park resources. The proposed action calls for a 72-percent increase in the number of cruise ships allowed to ...