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

PrNewswire ^ | April 18, 2012 | PRNewswire

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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 helipads, fencing, base installations, and other disruptions.

This radical legislation introduced by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) would suspend the enforcement of almost all the nation's environmental laws on all lands under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture within 100 miles of the northern border with Canada and the southern border with Mexico. It would change the targeted national park and other federal areas into security zones and leave priceless resources unprotected.

...Among the National Park Service areas that fall within H.R. 1505's proposed 100-mile zone of potential devastation are Acadia, Big Bend, Carlsbad Caverns, Cuyahoga Valley, Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Guadalupe Mountains, Isle Royale, Joshua Tree, North Cascades, Olympic, Saguaro, Theodore Roosevelt, Voyageurs, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

The combined total acreage of these 15 parks is 21,657,399, nearly 25 percent of the overall footprint U.S. National Park System. They are located within the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, and Washington.

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Full Title;

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

[KarlInOhio]

Yep. Got to protect the pristine border areas from the border patrol.

[Buckeye McFrog]

the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR)

Seriously? Honest to Pete, the octopus just keeps growing new arms.

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Many more parks, including:

Isle Royale National Park MI

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

according to the article

: The combined total acreage of these 15 parks is 21,657,399, nearly 25 percent of the overall footprint U.S. National Park System,

This may/would result in restricted access to the public

[massgopguy]

Is there really a law against the incorporation of new cities in the United States?

[Buckeye McFrog]

bbb....bbbbbu.....bbb...bbbbbbut Julia Louis-Dreyfus is on my radio every 22 minutes whining that our National Parks are in immediate grave danger due to “climate change and underfunding”.

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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

North Cascades

[free me]

Thirteen million of those acres are accounted for by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve alone.

This is an excellent piece of legislation. I really hope it becomes law.

[Whenifhow]

Republican Sponsored H.R. 1505 Would give DHS Police State Powers over 80% of the U.S.

http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2011/09/30/republican-sponsored-h-r-1505-would-give-dhs-police-state-powers-over-80-of-the-u-s/

Map
http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/maps-us-public-lands-at-risk-from-hr-1505-85899361611

Republicans Push For Department of Homeland Security Takeover of National Parks

http://theintelhub.com/2012/04/23/republicans-push-for-department-of-homeland-security-takeover-of-national-parks/

Bill
http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.1505:#

Final Betrayal - HR 1505
http://www.standupamericaus.org/politics-washington-dc/fatal-betrayal-of-america-hr-1505/

In this article, we have shown:

Politics is a triangle with the Constitution at the top.
DHS is a beast with “seven heads.”
DHS will control your travel, food, and water.
The reasons for HR 1505 are invalid.
We can’t trust DHS.
The SPLC is creating policy for DHS.
DHS is building fortresses.
HR 1505 would take away our legal and constitutional rights.
DHS plans to enforce UN Agenda 21.
HR 1505 is a fatal betrayal of America

[GladesGuru]

ParcPersons lie!

The enviro-socialism based central management in the National Park Service is the cause of the generalized habitat degradation in lands entrusted to ParcMan.

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DHS has not been interested in protecting the border, they seem more interested in monitoring us. They policed counter fit purses in a flea market last week.

Would not give them more power right now, especially when it would restrict use from us. Seems more like Agenda 21 objective.

Isle Royale National Park in Michigan is an Island, it is 45 miles long and 9 miles wide. It is a summer travel destination.

[KarlInOhio]

The main reason this bill is needed is that leftists using "preservation" of the national parks as a reason not to patrol the borders. That turns the unguarded borders into trash pits for the illegals. Now if they were really interested in protecting the parks they would see that having millions of illegals stomping through isn't beneficial and that giving up some of the land will increase the total benefit. But they are more interested in keeping up a supply of low cost labor and welfare beneficiaries than in actually protecting the parks. They are willing to sacrifice the parks in order to promote their social goals of adding a subservient lower class.

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spelling correction= Counterfeit

[netmilsmom]

“H.R. 1505 was introduced on April 13, 2011, by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, and would apply to an area that encompasses 10 whole states, including Florida and Hawaii. Environmental and other laws this proposed legislation would waive include the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Wilderness Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Park Service Organic Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act.”

This is from your own link with the map. Around MI, this would be good for us.

[free me]

You are falling for the leftist BS represented by the article you posted.

The bill allows DHS to secure our borders. Right now they are prohibited from using “motorized vehicles” in many places for instance.

There are no prohibited uses.

The people against this bill ARE the agenda 21 types.

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Appears to treat the northern border and Alaska like the Mexican border , bill seems too broad.

[Myrddin]

This is also intended to counteract the use of "park" designations as ways to prevent perfectly legitimate uses of the land for mining and oil production. The real "parks" aren't going to be targets of development. It is the former areas that were excluded from use by improper "park" designation that we resume "normal" use. The House is asserting control/oversight where the bureaucrats have overplayed their hands.

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That is not Glacier Bay, it is Hubbard Glacier.

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Right now DHS cannot pursue drug smugglers coming across from Canada because of environmental regulations.

You are correct that DHS is NOT currently trying to stop illegals crossing the border but that is because Obama is in charge.

I concede the House bill may be too broad and more protections may need to be added. I understand several Senate versions being looked at address this.

I am all for making the legislation better.

[Whenifhow]

This bill is infested with communist double talk.
Note: CBP never asked for power to overrule land managers or ignore environmental laws

Please read the link below
http://www.standupamericaus.org/politics-washington-dc/fatal-betrayal-of-america-hr-1505/

1. Reason given: To stop the turf war between federal agencies. The Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) don’t like DHS on their land. Hmmm. Maybe they have good reasons to keep DHS off their land.

Solution A: Let the county sheriff decide who comes into his county, as according to the US Constitution. This is Rehberg’s proposed amendment.

Solution B: Return all federally confiscated land back to the states. This should be done anyway.

The irony is DHS-CBP never asked for power to overrule land managers or ignore environmental laws. Last spring the Government Accountability Office found,

“Most agents reported that land management laws have had no effect on Border Patrol’s overall measure of border security.”

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See those icons of Border Patrol stations on the map?

Those are not your everyday Forest Service public information stations. According to anonymous eye witnesses, these Border Patrol stations are fortresses capable of keeping Obama’s Civilian Security Force (or a Chinese army) housed, fed, armed, and fully equipped to control the population of the United States. These Border Patrol Stations cannot be justified for border control.

These Border Patrol stations are not all on the border. They are not going to stop illegal border crossings. But if an enemy has already captured our federal government (as it has), then these stations are a perfect way to control you.

These Border Patrol stations have large underground fuel tanks (so when you run out of fuel for your home and vehicles, DHS will be able to control you). These Border Patrol stations have veterinarian facilities for dogs and horses (so DHS can follow and find you).