Ryan Zinke%2C during his recent short tenure as Interior Secretary%2C standing at the front gate of Yellowstone. Zinke believes limiting visitor numbers to Yellowstone is anathema. Instead%2C he wants to continue further turbo-charging recreation tourism by expanding the size of facilities%2C building more trails and infrastructure to accommodate more people not only in parks but on all public lands. Today%2C Zinke%27s desire to intensively enlarge the footprint of outdoor recreation is shared by the Biden Administration%2C members of the outdoor recreation industry he was previously at odds with and even conservation organizations. Photo courtesy NPS
Ryan Zinke%2C during his recent short tenure as Interior Secretary%2C standing at the front gate of Yellowstone. Zinke believes limiting visitor numbers to Yellowstone is anathema. Instead%2C he wants to continue further turbo-charging recreation tourism by expanding the size of facilities%2C building more trails and infrastructure to accommodate more people not only in parks but on all public lands. Today%2C Zinke%27s desire to intensively enlarge the footprint of outdoor recreation is shared by the Biden Administration%2C members of the outdoor recreation industry he was previously at odds with and even conservation organizations. Photo courtesy NPS