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We are the problem
Last week, a press conference sponsored by several environmental groups dramatically demonstrated the problem of pollution in Shenandoah National Park.
Reporters peered into the summer haze from an overlook on Skyline Drive, straining to see nearby towns in the valley below. As they looked, they were told that the visible air pollution is only a precursor to much more serious problems with the park’s ecosystems.
President Herbert Hoover, who had a camp high in the Blue itidge Mountains above the headwaters of the Rapidan River, would be appalled at the decline of the natural habitat in his beloved park. The families who were evicted from its craggy slopes would be saddened by the smoggy skies that have replaced their once magnificent mountain vistas.
Several years ago, Shenandoah National Park celebrated , its fiftieth anniversary. Unless some steps are taken to preserve it, conservationists warn, the park will certainly not celebrate its centennial — at least not as the breathtaking mountain wilderness that so many now epjoy.
Much of the problem comes from additional sources of pollution, ranging from automobile exhausts to the smokestacks of industries and power plants. Some are nearby, like the multiple new co-generation plants now planned for Southside Virginia. Others spew their toxic fog into the skies above the Midwest, where it slowly drifts eastward on the prevailing wind.
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