Assault on National Parks continues

[dave54]

No doubt you have already heard the administration's proposal to scale back the NPS and transfer 'smaller and lesser used Parks' to the states.

Channel Islands NP and Santa Monica Mountains NRA were two identified by the House Natural Resources Committee.

[FrankPS]

What's wrong with having the states manage some of the areas? What makes this an "assault"?

[c9h13no3]

What's wrong with having the states manage some of the areas? What makes this an "assault"?

I assume it comes with cuts to federal funding.

It is the classic question: Why are people in Florida paying (via federal tax dollars) for a park in Santa Monica? Why are Californians paying for a sixth lane to be added on a freeway in Florida? It boils down to how equal you want the states to be. Would you rather they concentrate amenities in the rich states that can afford to pay for them alone, or spread out federal spending equally?

Course, that's not really what's happening with the Trump administration, they're mostly just trying to pull as many federal dollars out of blue states as they can, because from what I can tell their policy position is summed up in one word: spite.