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Vote for your favorite National Park
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:34 pm
by heath
Coke will donate a dollar to the National Park System for every vote cast. So vote.
http://www.livepositively.com/#/americasparks/vote
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:39 pm
by Josephine
this makes no sense.
They'll give the national parks service up to $200,000 and the park with the most votes gets $100,000. But Daniel Boone NATIONAL park is not an option to vote for. However, you can vote for Natural Bridge STATE park. strange...
National Parks
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:55 am
by Liz_Weber
Josephine wrote:this makes no sense.
But Daniel Boone NATIONAL park is not an option to vote for.
I believe DBNF is a National Forest, not a National Park. Still... it would be nice if it were considered an option, wouldn't it?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:04 am
by captain static
If you want to vote "local" climbing vote New River Gorge or Obed.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:06 am
by Josephine
good point, Liz.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:36 am
by woodchuck008
No electioneering here please! Vote from your heart please.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:21 pm
by squeezindlemmon
National Parks are under the US Department of the Interior.
National Forests, on the other hand, are under the US Department of Agriculture.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:47 pm
by DriskellHR
I disagree Capt. The economy of the red hinges greatly (not solely of course) on tourists coming to see natural bridge. Which also brings money into other areas of the red. I.E. Cabins, climbing, paintball, guiding....etc.
Do I make sense? Sometimes I gotta ask.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:43 pm
by captain static
Just a little clarification Coke gives matching money to the National Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:16 pm
by Jay
How in the hell does little Ocmulgee State Park in Georgia have 6,733 votes?
Yosemite has 512
Rocky Mountain has 201
Yellowstone has 1537
Great Smoky Mountains have 4232
And Blue Ridge Parkway, the National Park with the highest attendance rate in the US, has- wait for it- 238
I smell fraud...
*edit- in the time it took me to write this post, it's gone up to 6879 WTF?*