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  • 54 National Park Areas Jeopardized Under Bogus "National Security" Bill Advancing in U.S. House

    04/25/2012 7:37:33 AM PDT · by opentalk · 38 replies
    PrNewswire ^ | April 18, 2012 | PRNewswire
    Legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives that is being falsely touted as improving U.S. border security would instead "have the potential to devastate 54 of America's national parks, historic sites, national monuments and other popular park icons and negatively impact the nation's economy," according to a warning issued today by the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR). H.R. 1505, the mistitled "National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act," would gut a century's worth of proven federal lands protection, potentially opening up millions of pristine acres of national parks to off-road vehicle use, road construction, air strips and...