The GOP is passing a bill to end paddle-boat restrictions in Yellowstone park. Don’t laugh.

HomeArchivesGreen RoomEd Morrissey Show The GOP is passing a bill to end paddle-boat restrictions in Yellowstone park. Don’t laugh.posted at 7:41 pm on February 6, 2014 by Erika Johnsen
My split-second reaction to this headline: What in the world is Congress doing trying to legislate boat access in Yellowstone National Park?
My reaction to this headline after three seconds of reflection: What in the world is the federal government even doing trying to micromanage Yellowstone National Park, at all?
Because apparently, if Congress doesn’t make a decision on Yellowstone boat access, then nobody else will. Nobody else can. Via The Hill:
The Obama administration said Wednesday that it opposes a Republican bill allowing kayaks and other paddle boats into forbidden areas of the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
The Public Access and Lands Improvement Act, H.R. 2954, eliminates two federal regulations to give paddle boats this expanded access to the two Wyoming parks. House Republicans will call up that bill today and pass it.
In a Statement of Administration Policy, the White House said the bill’s provisions on paddle boats “set a troubling precedent for the management of the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks.”
The SAP did not elaborate, but the White House is likely bothered by the idea of Congress using legislation to strike down two federal regulations.
H.R. 2954 is an omnibus bill that combines Lummis’s proposal and nine other land use bills. Among other things, it would prevents the Bureau of Land Management from expanding its inventory of land holdings, and allows for the conveyance of land in a few states. The White House said it opposes most of the proposals in the bill.
Yes, I’m sure the Obama administration and their eco-radical influencers aren’t at all keen on scrapping a federal regulation that helps to systematically shut off treasured areas from human access and recreation. For a little more background on what’s really going on here, The Hill points to this story from the Jackson Hole News & Guide from last November, when the legislation was first introduced to combat a lingering restriction from an antiquated rule dating back more than fifty years:
The regulations were written to prevent overfishing, said U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop.

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