  urlLink LA Times : "Kerry pledged that as president, he would increase the national parks budget by $600 million over the next five years to pay for a backlog in maintenance.
He said he would finance the increase with a portion of the revenues from a partial rollback of President Bush's tax cuts, by increasing the fees that private companies pay for mining public lands and possibly raising some park fees. He accused Bush of neglecting the national park system and essentially letting America's natural wonders go to seed. " Bush has done far worse than just improperly funding national parks...he's sold out our nations natural wonders and forests to his friends in the oil, mining and lumber industries. We at least have a fighting chance at correcting this if Kerry wins the election. 
