While Dick Cheney and cronies hunt on 50,000-acre private ranches (ignore the shooting accident for the moment), the administration is proposing to get rid of public lands that the rest of us can enjoy (HCN, 3/6/06: Public acres for sale). I resent that. Tom Budlong Los Angeles, California This article appeared in the print edition of […]
Tom Budlong
Posted inSeptember 13, 2004: When a Boom is a Bust
Parks need efficient money management
Dan Wilcock’s piece on national park budgets relates a “shouting match” between the Interior Department and parks observers about how much is or isn’t being spent (HCN, 8/16/04: National parks pinching pennies). But focusing on money spent is diversionary, since money can be used inefficiently, siphoned to other uses, inflated away, and otherwise disguised. The […]
Posted inMarch 27, 2000: The last wild river
That annoying, harassing Adventure Pass
Dear HCN, In Southern California, Forest Service fees are implemented as an “Adventure” Pass. Passes are sold in retail stores, as well as Forest Service stations. Day-passes are $5. Annual passes are $30. Parking in the national forest without a pass on the dash is ticketable. Independent of the dollar amount, it’s an extremely annoying […]