Should National Park Managers accept the Plate Boundary Observatory proposal?
Welcome to the Policy Symposium on the Plate Boundary Observatory proposal put before the National Parks Service in Alaska by EarthScope. EarthScope is an organization dedicated to providing a foundation for fundamental and applied research throughout the United States that will contribute to the mitigation of risks from geological hazards, the development of natural resources, and the public’s understanding of the dynamic Earth. In this proposal, EarthScope scientists want to place the PBO installations or monuments in or near wilderness lands in Alaska. As experts in the science, legal and local communities, you have been called together to evaluate this proposal and make a recommendation to the parks service. Some managers, seeing ever increasing threats to wilderness, may be relatively undecided about the need for or importance of many proposed scientific activities in designated or suitable for wilderness areas.
