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OUT AND ABOUT: BLANKET PHONE COVERAGE PROPOSED FOR PARKS

From: The Spokesman Review

“Yellowstone National Park would be blanketed with strong 4G cell coverage under a multisite expansion entering its final approval phase, according to comments…

DO WI-FI AND CELL SERVICE BELONG IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS?

From: Motherboard Vice

“"Pursuit of bigger bandwidth puts Yellowstone on a never-ending cellular treadmill. Yellowstone's custodians are doing more to service smartphones than to fix…

PROPOSALS: VIRTUALLY BLANKET YELLOWSTONE, MOUNT RAINIER WITH CELL PHONE COVERAGE

From: The Spokesman-Review

“Yellowstone National Park would be blanketed with strong 4G cell coverage under a multi-site expansion entering its final approval phase, according to comments…

TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN: CELL PHONE COVERAGE

From: South Pierce County Dispatch

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has formally told park officials that cell equipment and increased cell phone use inside…

CALL OF THE WILD? ENVIRONMENTALISTS LIVID OVER CELLPHONE PLAN FOR NATIONAL PARK

From: The Guardian

““The point of wilderness is that it’s supposed to be free from the accoutrements of civilization,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for…


News Releases

MOUNT RAINIER WILDERNESS SLATED FOR CELL COVERAGE

Proposed Cellular Antennas in Paradise Visitor Center Will Wire Wilderness

CELL COVERAGE TO WASH ACROSS NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

Theodore Roosevelt Spins in Grave Over Tower Named for Him in Namesake Park

YELLOWSTONE BACKCOUNTRY BLANKETED WITH CELL COVERAGE

Remotest Corners Now Connected Despite Park Promises of Limited Coverage

WIRING NATIONAL PARKS CREATES CONFLICTS

Commercial Cell Service Clashes with National Park Policies and Values

ANOTHER 4G CELL TOWER SLATED FOR REMOTE NATIONAL PARK

North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Wants Second Tower Abutting Wilderness