Dealing With Cultural Preservation
Economic developers in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area are getting some experience in how to deal with cultural preservation issues. A cave with prehistoric drawings and apparent Indian remains was discovered on area's international transpark property in late December.
Here to read more. Hopefully due respect for these cultural remains will be given.
posted by Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. at
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
3 Comments:
Don:
I live four miles from the burial site recently discovered on the grounds of the Kentucky Transpark. Having fought this development for seven years, I am of the opinion that the developers have little concern for anything other than profit at the taxpayer's expense. The massive project has been segmented in order to avoid the required Environmental Impact Study as required by NEPA. Concern for all aspects of the environment, cultural heritage, and yes, even the future well being of Mammoth Cave National Park, have been given only lip service by the Transpark proponents. The Transpork project sits atop an area of likely the most fragile Karst on the globe. The entire region is honeycombed with caves and conduits. Less than one percent of the passageways have been explored. I can assure you that many other burial sites are situated in the area. The Transpork promoters continue to bulldoze not only the fragile prime farmland, but the taxpayers as well.
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Anonymous, at 10:22 PM
Thanks for your comment. This is a tough issue. One of my degrees is in anthropology so I can appreciate what you are saying. What is your email address?
Don Iannone
dtia@ix.netcom.com
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Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D., at 8:49 AM
Hello Don:
My email address: shobehouse@aol.com
Please take a little time to visit www.stoptranspark.org Here, you will find an in depth study of the Transpark issue.
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Anonymous, at 10:41 PM
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