Mark Udall

Those who vandalize sites that in effect rob the future generations of knowledge and also, of course partake of our Native American brothers and sisters from those sacred sites.

We're over biased. We're Westerners. As my friends from California remind me, we're Rocky Mountain Westerners.

But we need to be vigilant is what I'm hearing you saying.

For a number of years the Park Service has had a successful program known as the Natural Resource Challenge.

An unfit country is not a strong country and a fit country, by definition, will be a strong country.

Mesa Verde was designated as a National Park in 1906 to protect its amazing archaeological resources.

Could we see some of that wisdom in 2011?

Good morning. The National Parks Subcommittee will come to order here at Mesa Verde National Park.

The theme of the hearing was preserving history, culture, and jobs for America's future.

I have another set of comments I want to make on a pending amendment. I don't know where we are in the order here.

It is absolutely necessary that we preserve this place of remembrance for generations to come.

Those are legitimate concerns the Park Service has expressed and this is a very important Memorial as we heard from Senator Inouye and we are going to continue to work to figure out the right way to do this.

Yes, you can clearly see from the maps in the photographs that this spit of land performs multiple functions.

I am not a lawyer so I can ask questions I do not know the answer to.

That Authority has Gubernatorial Appointees, it has legislators who represent the Fort Monroe area and it has representatives from the city of Hampton.

I understand the Army's mission ended last month at Fort Monroe and that several parcels within the fort boundary will convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Your testimony indicated that the service estimates initial capital investments will total around 5 million dollars.

What kind of timeframe do you anticipate it will take to get the Fort open to the public once it is designated as a National Historical Park?

But that is an important starting point, thank you for that.

As this moves forward, we may need to continue the conversation based on what additional feedback we hear from the participants and these 2 studies.

Thank you for that clarification.

This is not a Memorial to the Peace Corps itself or even the individual volunteers who served in the Peace Corps.

I would like to clarify one issue in your testimony.

Subcommittee on National Parks will come to order.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:41 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 10 a.m…