Utah Congressman Vows To Kill America’s Top Parks Program

Barely 24 hours after Pope Francis appealed to U.S. lawmakers to help protect “our common home,” Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) announced that he intends this week to kill the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is known as America’s best parks program. The move — which is expected to succeed — places dozens of U.S. national parks at heightened risk of commercial development, including Grand Teton National Park and Gettysburg National Military Park...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/29/3706756/rob-bishop-lwcf-reauthorization/