National Parks In The United States

Throughout the history of the United States we have always had those that have stood up for the natural resources that we all as Americans share, and we have had other people who feel like the human race needs to be more industrialized. The former is a persuasion that one who truly values America’s great beauty should fall under. Unfortunately, it is the latter in which many of the politicians and people who control things in this government have succumb to. Greed, power, money, and corporate success is all that matters to the majority of the common citizen. Although the attendance of these national parks has gotten higher since the parks were first established, the desire to care for this national landscape in what is supposed to be protected land has steadily decreased. According to the IRMA National Parks Service (NPS) statistics on attendance over 4 million people visited Yellowstone National park in 2015. …show more content…
Years of reform on how the parks system is run and accountability of those who work on the parks to actually enforce these positive changes. This author believes that the only real way to slow the gradual destruction of our nations priceless treasures is to increase the taxes that keep these areas open and running this will provide better pay for those who work to keep the land beautiful and will increase the money the NPS has to use for restoration projects. These increased taxes will also help provide some funds for advertising these pristine areas and creating a positive dialogue between ordinary citizens and the NPS. One other solution is to increase entrance costs to these areas. As of now it costs more to go to a movie and dinner then it would cost to spend an entire week in a national park. This author sees this as a way of encouraging people to see national parks but in a more responsible way. If people feel like they have spent a good amount of money to enter the parks, then they should be more inclined to preserve the natural