Debate Over Cell Towers in National Parks Rages On
The debate over expanding cellular service in national parks intensifies as environmentalists press the NPS to slow or halt tower construction in places like Yosemite Yellowstone and Mount Rainier. Advocates say towers aid emergencies while others fear the erosion of wilderness and public input.
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Bay Area News Group
National Park Service
Washington
John Muir
Muir
Yosemite National Park
Half Dome
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Mount Rainier
NPS
Richard Louw
McDonald’s
Louv
Lena McDowall
U.S. Senate
Verizon
At&t
Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility
PEER
Interior Department
Inspector General
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Heidi Flato
Flato
Jared Huffman
D-Calif
Huffman
Mile-marker artifact from Standing Rock joins museum exhibit
An 11 foot Standing Rock protest mile-marker from the Oceti Sakowin camp, created by activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline, joins the National Museum of the American Indian exhibit Nation to Nation. Hickory Edwards donated it after protesters were evicted, and it highlights treaty rights and tribal sovereignty central to the display.
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Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
North Dakota
National Museum of the American Indian
United States
Oceti Sakowin
Great Sioux Nation
Dakota Access
Missouri River
Gover
Mississippi
Standing Rock
Hickory Edwards
Seum
U.S
National Archives
Cannon Ball
N.D
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