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Community Alumni
Oct 12, 2019

Push to privatize National Park Service campgrounds

I don't mind having concessionaires run some of the National Parks, as it is being done now. However, I don't want to see our National Parks turned into garish Disneyland-like attractions. I reali...
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ppine
Explorer II
Oct 18, 2019
The NPS is motivated by aesthetics and the visitor experience.
Concessionaires are motivated by profit.
Keep campgrounds in the hands of the Park Service.
INcrease user fees to help pay for maintenance and new RV access.

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