Talk:Muir Woods National Monument

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Pronounce
How do you pronounce "Muir"?
 * myoor Epolk 21:45, July 22, 2005 (UTC)


 * MYOO-er is more common. David Spector (talk) 14:54, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Agree with David spector about what is the more common local pronunciation. Binksternet (talk) 16:46, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Assessment for first time
This article rates of high importance as a national monument and high visitation. The article is much too choppy with overabundance of one sentence subsections. Architectsf 18:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Coordinates
The coordinates need the following fixes:
 * The listed coordinates are outside of the boundaries of the Muir Woods National Monument.
 * National Park Services Map of Muir Woods National Monument Retrieved April 6, 2009.
 * Topographical map of Muir Woods National Monument Retrieved April 6, 2009.
 * The following coordinates are within those boundaries: 37.89579°N, -122.57558°W Corker1 (talk) 22:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. (That infobox template is pretty crappy—doesn't let one use "scale" or "dim" parameters.) Deor (talk) 13:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Edits
Removed Steller's Jays from the 'Mammals' section. Birds are not mammals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.174.234 (talk) 22:39, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

"This soil has been assigned to the Centissima series"
Can someone please rewrite and wikify this sentence so it is understandable by a layperson? I have no idea what it means. "Assigned" doesn't even seem to be the right verb to use.Cshay (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Entrance fees?
When (and why) did they start charging entrance fees? Musanim (talk) 06:30, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * A lot of national parks have charged entrance fees for years... but most recently, the authority comes from the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which authorizes federal parks and other public lands areas to collect fees and retain the vast majority of the proceeds to support operations at those sites - staffing, maintenance, operations, law enforcement, interpretation, etc.
 * Why? Well... bluntly, there isn't enough direct appropriated funding for parks and public lands. Congress has directed that users of those lands pay a user fee to cover parts of the cost. Personally, I would prefer that my taxes go up and that we properly fund parks and forests that way, but until then... I view the fees as a necessary evil.
 * We really should have an article on the FLREA... that's something I'll put on my to-do list. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 08:21, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

In fiction - Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac probably isn't the 'He' referred to in the next sentence under the "In fiction" section.

Jack Kerouac discusses hiking though Muir Woods in his 1958 novel The Dharma Bums. He appears in the Big Hero 6: The Series, set in an alternate history that San Francisco was under much Japanese influence after the 1906 earthquake, was "Muirahara Woods".

"Challenges" section needs to be referenced or removed
"Muir Woods and the National Park Service as a whole face the challenge of low funding. The national park service is gravely underfunded and largely operates without government help. Muir Woods requires funds to protect or care for the rare trees there. The park also needs money to improve the infrastructure and pay the staff. The park currently has deferred maintenance funds of over 10 million dollars. Most importantly, the park needs support from surrounding residents, people, and the government. Without people fighting for the parks, they will fail."

None of this is referenced and without sources should be removed. It's someone's opinion without any evidence to back it up. The National Park Service "largely operates without government help"??? LOL. Since when? Where is the information to back this assertion up? "Without people fighting for the parks they will fail"? Again, SOMEONE'S OPINION. If Wikipedia wants to be taken seriously then all information in the article needs to be BACKED UP with references. Preferably from reliable sources like the mainstream press or government statistics or both. 47.138.90.235 (talk) 03:58, 6 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Fair point. Thanks for flagging. Dgorsline (talk) 12:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)