Seattlest: Mea Culpa, Mostly

TomB

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:20:27 -0800

The creationist book is in the "inspirational" section of the bookstore. Along with books discussing the local native american legends about the formation of the canyon. And the store is a private endeavor. It leases space from the NPS and is solely responsible for what is sold there.

Loriann

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:54:02 -0800

What about Native American "creationist" books. Are they not allowed in Park bookstores? Seems to me I've seen plenty.

RogerG

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:59:00 -0800

The name of the PEER writer is spelled 'Ruch', rather than 'Rook', and he's the executive director of the group. Incidentally, despite being presented as an organization of state and federal natural resource managers, "Anyone, whether a public employee or not, can be a PEER member." [quote is from PEER's website]

Ranger X

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:12:08 -0800

This is what I found, too. Read more here. As a former interpretive park ranger, his first claim struck me odd. If you're frustrated with what you perceive to be "deliberate ambiguity" on the part of the NPS when it comes to that inane book and the agency's ongoing inaction, please be precise about that. Otherwise you're just as guilty of the same frustrating, easily misinterpreted behavior. Yes! My thoughts exactly! Thank you for fighting misinformation!