[Geysers] National park quarters announced

[Margaret Dixon]

I agree that the list seems political.  They probably didn't want to duplicate images on the state quarters, which is perhaps why they chose Mt Hood NF over Crater Lake (one of my absolutely favorite parks just behind Yellowstone) which is on the OR state quarter. Oh well, it will probably appease many people from Portland and Mt Hood will look nice on a quarter.

--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Meg Justus <megj at nwlink.com> wrote:

From: Meg Justus <megj at nwlink.com>
Subject: [Geysers] National park quarters announced
To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 9:06 PM



 
 



 
The list isn't that 
long, so I'll just append it to this -- today the mint released the list of 
national parks (so called, see below) to be honored in the series of US quarters 
starting in 2010.
 
You might recall that a few months 
ago I noted that Yellowstone would not necessarily be #1, and it isn't. More 
importantly, though, I do wonder who came up with this list, and if there will 
be noise about it. Because, as you can see, there are a number of places on the 
list that are not national parks. Like Mt. Hood National Forest and Block Island 
National Wildlife Refuge, to name two.
 
Ah, well, sez The 
Currrrrmudgeon
 
Scott Bryan
 
Not to mention that they 
completely skipped our 5th national park, Mt. Rainier.  I wonder if it's 
because Mt. Rainier was on the Washington state quarter?
 
Thanks for posting the 
whole list, Scott.
 
Meg
who must be a curmudgeon, too -- 
the list smells of politics, not 
appropriateness 

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