Media Update: Feds Gutting the National Parks

WAG THE DOG? Proof that the rumor has wings?

Our story on May 9th:

CULTURAL WASTELAND?

Excerpt - "Our national parks are at the brink of collapse because Congress feels funding their upkeep is a nonexistant priority for the American people. With little objection we've gotten to the point where the only way many of them can stay open is by using volunteers as staff and charging user fees to get into them. From the Statue of Liberty to the Washington Monument, our federal government has refused to properly fund the restoration and upkeep of our cultural icons and the only way these two landmarks were restored was through corporate sponsorships that allowed advertising tie-ins.. Your cultural heritage is increasingly for sale to the highest bidder."

Link to our original post on this subject.

YAHOO! cover page news story on May 12

Critical item in the Yahoo story, a Government Accountability Office Report on National Park Service Funding Shortfalls: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06631t.pdf