Making it a National Park is so they can limit boats and fishing on the lake and continue to push to dismantle the dam. Backpackers Magazine has started a campaign in their magazine for their readers to push their reps to make this a Park -- and the editor claims he has the Navajo onboard.
Joe Shirley, the leader of the tribe is a very "strange" guy so it's hard to know if they really have him on board or not, but given his comments on snowmaking at Snowbowl it would not suprise me if he is supportive of getting all of us out of Glen Canyon and off the Lake -- Think of how few people really get to see any more of the Grand Canyon than a peak from the rim -- well that is what they want to do at Powell...
In addition the dems are running a 'crooked' Navajo to try and defeat Rick Renzi this coming year and Renzi has been the best representative this tribe has had in DC.
IOW A standard, run-of-the-mill Democrat who just happens to be Navajo.
Last time, Renzi lost on the Reservation and the Flagstaff area, but cleaned up in the rest of the district.
I doubt he has much to worry about.
Great. I remember when they just broke ground at that marina, I bet it is nice. I hope the Navajo's kick their collective butts in court on that matter.
I hadn't heard the latest...have the environazi's given up on draining Powell yet? Have they failed in that respect, and now concentrating on the "Recreation" vs. "Park" issue now?