The environmental groups are seeking a court order requiring an environmental analysis and limiting the number of flights over the parks to 50 per year until a new plan is adopted. The current plan…
A lawsuit filed by environmental groups alleges the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration violated federal law by approving a plan to regulate air tours over Marin County’s national parks without adequately studying environmental impacts.
“The ability of commercial tour operators to fly above national parks is not a right, it is a privilege — a privilege that must be subordinate to the values these parks were established to preserve,” said Jeff Ruch of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.The National Park Service deferred comment to the U.S. Department of Justice, which did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
The Bay Area has two companies allowed to fly over its national parks: San Francisco Helicopters and Seaplane Adventures of Mill Valley. Seaplane Adventures is the only operating air tour company flying over the parks. Signage alerts visitors of the quiet zone in Cathedral Grove at Muir Woods National Monument on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.
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