Been meaning to post a link to this piece that ran back on the 10th in the New York Times – David Quammen’s It’s Our Land. Let’s Keep It That Way.
A remarkably level-headed piece, in part due to a quick stroll through some pertinent history, Quammen’s deep roots in the Greater Yellowstone shine here.
…We pioneered this idea of protecting landscape for all the people. On March 1, 1872, Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone National Park, America’s first and the world’s first such place, “set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” Those words reflected the wisdom that all citizens have spiritual and recreational needs, as well as economic needs, and that access to open landscape helps feed the hungers of the soul…
Worth a glance this weekend if you missed it a few weeks ago.
Image via the NYT/Quammen’s post.
