Mt. Rushmore Is open
Mt Rushmore is open. SD Governor Daugaard has pledged to pay federal costs to reopen the monument.
Forum Discussion
kfp673 wrote:fickman wrote:nevadanick wrote:
They should belong to the states anyway.
Agree.
Totally disagree! All it would take is for one really over the top crazy state politician to win a vote and they could destroy some of these monuments without the rest of us having any say. With that said, I do feel the states should have more say in the matter. For example, Washington should not be deciding if ATV's should be legal in a national forrest in Oregon. They have no clue
X2. Too much temptation to use the resources for the benefit of the state without consideration of the country. Even now, these states are finding the money, in tight budgets, to reopen these closed facilities. Why? Not for the benefit of the guy who wants to visit from across the country, but for the benefit of the state's citizens. Not that there is anything wrong with that, in this situation. In fact, its admirable. But if the state owned and operated those parks independently? It becomes "we'll manage it to our benefit, no matter what tourists from 3 states away want". One only has to look to wildlife management in the northern Rockies for examples.
