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If the current administration has its way, your next outdoor camping experience at Yellowstone could include things like WiFi connectivity and Amazon deliveries.<\/p>
A number of Trump administration advisers have offered their “modernized” vision of national park campgrounds, including WiFi, food trucks, electric bike rentals, flushable toilets, and even Amazon deliveries, the Los Angeles<\/em> Times reports<\/a>.<\/p> It’s a troubling instance of a much larger attempt to privatize a large number of public services by the White House, including the U.S. Postal Service<\/a> and even public education<\/a>.<\/p> The advisors’ proposal was summarized in a public letter<\/a> to the Interior Department.<\/p> “Our recommendations would allow people to opt for additional costs if they want, for example, Amazon deliveries at a particular campsite,” Derrick Crandall, vice-chairman of an outdoor recreation advisory committee, told the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>. “We want to let Americans make their own decisions in the marketplace.”<\/p> But critics argue that it could threaten the sanctity of national parks and give too much control to private industry players.<\/p> “America’s outdoor heritage is on the line,” Jayson O’Neill, deputy director of the Western Values Project, a nonprofit public lands group, told the LA Times<\/em>. “The trouble with these recommendations is that they were written by concessionaire industry representatives vying for more control of national parks.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong> Trump team has a plan for national parks: Amazon, food trucks and no senior discounts<\/a> [Los Angeles Times<\/em>]<\/p> More on National Parks:<\/strong> Virtual Travel: Google is Bringing the National Parks to a VR Headset Near You<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Trump Advisers Want to Get WiFi, Amazon Deliveries in National Parks<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Follow this link: WiFistone If the current administration has its way, your next outdoor camping experience at Yellowstone could include things like WiFi connectivity and Amazon deliveries. Continue reading Heritage on the Line<\/h2>
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