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Article: Can we save our national parks? (includes related article)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Severely overcrowded, and threatened by development, budget cuts, and politics, America's most beloved landscapes are today facing their greatest crisis. We explore how this has come to be, what should be done to turn the tide, and how some parks are fighting back.
Old faithful's clockwork eruptions in yellowstone. Pottery shards in the Cliff Palace ruins at Mesa Verde. A forest of Joshua trees. The bridge over the watery grave of the battleship Arizona at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Cathedral groves of giant sequoias. The somber legacy and spectacular views of Alcatraz. The crystalline deep blue waters of Crater Lake.
Each of these landmarks is a signpost to ...