Npca: Pombo Committee Seeks to Commercialize National Parks, Sell Off 15 Parks to Oil Industry, Developers

U.S. Newswire › September 23, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Tom Kiernan, president, National Parks Conservation Association:

"In an outrageous budget reconciliation draft obtained by the National Parks Conservation Association, Rep. Richard Pombo (R- 11- CA), Chairman of the House Resources Committee (the most influential House committee on public lands issues), has outlined a plan to close 15 national parks and sell them off to oil and gas industries and private developers; demand that park vehicles and facilities be turned into billboards for commercial advertising; and sell commercial naming rights for park buildings, among other devastating proposals.

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Npca: Pombo Committee Seeks to Commercialize National Parks, Sell Off 15 Parks to Oil Industry, Developers

"Like Mr. Hoffman's recent rewrite of the National Park Servi...

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