There was no law requiring the messages, so, what’s the problem?
Groups sue over Trump effort to ‘erase’ history, science in national parks
A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing that the removal of information about civil rights, climate change and other topics at multiple national parks amounts to illegal censorship.
“Censoring science and erasing America’s history at national parks are direct threats to everything these amazing places, and our country, stand for,” Alan Spears, senior director of cultural resources for the National Parks Conservation Association, said in a statement announcing the filing. “As Americans, we deserve national parks that tell stories of our country’s triumphs and heartbreaks alike. We can handle the truth.”
Tuesday’s lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Massachusetts, argues that in its haste to carry out President Donald Trump’s order, the Interior Department has ignored well-established principles and legal requirements when seeking to overhaul information presented at national parks.
“The orders and resulting implementation actions ignore Congress’s mandate for how the parks must be managed; erase the history of countless people and communities from public spaces; limit the availability of scientific information relevant to ensuring the long-term preservation of the parks themselves; and impair the mission of the National Park Service to preserve the parks ‘for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations,’” the legal complaint states.
The suit really mentions zero laws requiring these messages, only the Administrative Procedure Act, saying the silly messages were removed without going through a long, stupid process. How much of a process did the messages go through to be put up? For the most part, none of them are necessary. Just let people go to the parks without cult preaching. Remember this?
Glacier National Park is replacing signs that predicted its glaciers would be gone by 2020
The signs at Glacier National Park warning that its signature glaciers would be gone by 2020 are being changed.
The signs in the Montana park were added more than a decade ago to reflect climate change forecasts at the time by the US Geological Survey, park spokeswoman Gina Kurzmen told CNN. (snip)
But the glacier warning isn’t being removed entirely, she told CNN. Instead, the new signs will say: “When they will completely disappear depends on how and when we act. One thing is consistent: the glaciers in the park are shrinking.
So, a failed prognostication so they just said “it’s going to happen sometime.” We don’t need this crap.
After all, we’ve got to have politics in our national parks.
Reminds me of when the Christianists forced Budh to remove all the signs at the Grand Canyon that gave the date(s) of its creation because it conflicted in their belief that the Earth was really only 6000 years old