[Calling it an] astonishing attempt to hijack the management of the 388 areas of our nation's park system and convert them into vastly diminished areas where almost anything goes, ... until recently, both political parties have viewed the management of our parks as an 'off limits area' where . . . decisions are made based on what is truly in the public's interest. These draft policies shatter that precedent in favor of smash-and-grab politics that would weaken the preservation and protection of the areas that previous generations have added to the system.

Bill Wade