As egos grow, titans clash, and America's ears stop listening.
Sustainable development is retarded.
Federal policy concerning the management of natural resources may lack support from local citizens. Long-time local residents of areas neighboring National Parks and other public lands have strong connections to these places. Therefore, they often have strong opinions on how these areas should be managed. These opinions are not always consistent with federal policy. David Kronk of the National Park Service at Pictured Rocks National Park cited this ideological gap as one of the fundamental challenges to his work.