http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2005/09/07/news/parks.htmlAn ongoing effort by the United States government to override 89 years of laws, rules and court rulings governing America's national parks is still in the draft stages, but could ultimately remake the guiding philosophy of the premier federal agency responsible for providing park vacationers with the opportunity "to get away from it all."
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The new Interior Department revision of the National Park Service's management rulebook is the work of Paul Hoffman, a political appointee to the office of deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. Hoffman was appointed to the Interior Department post in 2002, having formerly served as director of the Cody, Wyo., Chamber of Commerce, and before that as Wyoming state director for vice president Dick Cheney, then a Wyoming congressman.
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Hoffman is the author of a book titled "Noah's Flood," which reportedly was sold in visitor centers at Grand Canyon National Park, along with many other science-based books on the natural history of Grand Canyon. The Pahrump Valley Times could not confirm that the book is or was sold at the park, but according to the Park Service retirees, the book interprets the park's geological formation from a biblical frame of reference according to the literal account in Genesis - and stocking it on the shelves was mandatory.
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