Comments on: This Land is Your Land http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/09/21/this-land-is-your-land/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 23 May 2013 02:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Stasenko http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/09/21/this-land-is-your-land/comment-page-1/#comment-8212 David Stasenko Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:03:11 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=10371#comment-8212 I’ve enjoyed the series, and was struck by how marginal is the existence and continuance of the National Parks. To paraphrase one of the “talking heads” (can’t remember which one): “It takes only once to ruin the parks. In order to preserve them, it requires the effort of each generation.” — or more than that.

Certain things that we (well, some of us) regard as obvious have not been, in fact, at all obvious:
1) maintaining a balance of the wildlife in a habitat.
2) there can be too much of a good thing; the parks can be overused.
3) individuals can make a difference (and HAVE made a difference).

]]> By: Traci http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/09/21/this-land-is-your-land/comment-page-1/#comment-8177 Traci Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:39:31 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=10371#comment-8177 I watched this and it was amazing!! It was so empowering to see how a few determined souls made such a difference for ALL of us! And to see how they overcame individual and group efforts to capatilize on that land’s resources, even as movement was made to make the land parks.

I wasn’t aware of how many National Parks there actually are, either!

Thanks for posting about this!!

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