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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2017 17:16:46 GMT -7
National Park Lovers Should Applaud President Trump... Jason Chaffetz wrote an article about how President Trump is helping National Parks and rural communities by scaling back lands classified as National Monuments. Although Jason writes about Utah the same lessons apply here in Paradise Valley. Natural beauty can be preserved, tourism boosted and rural communities can prosper with high value natural resource extraction jobs. Preservation is not the answer; conservation and good resource management is.
Read the full story here.
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Post by dorothykeeler on Dec 5, 2017 0:25:55 GMT -7
We differ.
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angel
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Post by angel on Dec 5, 2017 8:22:42 GMT -7
Absolutely offended by this statement. Sad to see neighbors who approve of this narcissist/sociopath. This is devastating to anyone who loves our protected lands.
www.yahoo.com/news/theyve-threatened-hearts-trump-shrinks-two-national-monuments-utah-202940553.html
“By opening up these national monuments to oil, gas and coal speculators, the Trump administration is proving once again that they only care about padding the pockets of their polluter allies,” Karpinski said. “An attack on one national park or monument is an attack on them all, threatening our outdoor recreation economy and undermining our nation’s commitment to protecting our natural heritage for future generations.”
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