Grand Canyon book controversy

2009

• March 11. TusconCitizen.com, Tuscon, AZ. USA. Is the Grand Canyon only 6,000 years old? by Mark Kimble.

2008

• March 6. Wired, USA. How to Date the Grand Canyon: Go With the Flow by Carl Zimmer.

2007

• June 24. Correspondents Report (ABC), Australia. Grand Canyon: creation vs evolution by Mark Simkin.

• April 25. The Panda's Thumb, USA. Dry Rot, Not Arson: National Park Service and Science by Wesley R. Elsberry. [Elsberry's spin on PEER vs the National Park Service.]

• February 4. USA Today, USA. The Bible vs. science by Tom Krattenmaker.

• February. Explorer, USA. Canyon Subject of Grand Fussing by David Brown.

• January 31. Publishers Weekly, USA. Controversy Over Grand Canyon Book Revs Up Again by Juli Cragg Hilliard.

• January 26. Reason Magazine, USA. Faith-Based Geology: Resolving a flood of nonsense at the Grand Canyon by Ronald Bailey.

• January 17. eSkeptic, USA. Fact Checking 101: How Skeptic magazine was Duped by an Environmental Activist Group by Michael Shermer.

• January 10. eSkeptic, USA. Creationism in Our National Parks by Donald Prothero.

2006

• December 29. Reason Magazine, USA. National Park Service Not Allowed to Talk About Geologic Age of Grand Canyon--Might Offend Creationists by Ronald Bailey.

• December 28. PEER.org - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Washington, DC. USA. How Old Is the Grand Canyon? Park Service Won't Say — Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology.

• December 28. PEER.org - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Washington, DC. USA. Jeff Ruch letter demanding explanation from NPS over "Grand Canyon: A Different View' controversy.

• August. Geotimes, USA. Muddling Science at Parks and Museums by Kathryn Hansen.

• April 11. The Liberty Champion, Lynchburg, VA. USA. Young-earth science author to speak at Liberty by Angela Franulovich.

2005

• October 6. New York Times, New York, NY. USA. Seeing Creation and Evolution in Grand Canyon by Jodi Wilgoren.

2004

• December. Geotimes, USA. Review of creationist book shelved by Megan Sever.

• November 17. Time Magazine, New York, NY. USA. Faith-Based Parks? by Leon Jaroff.

• October 26. New York Times, New York, NY. USA. Creationism and Science Clash at Grand Canyon Bookstores by Cornelia Dean. Correction appended. [Registration may be required to view.]

• October 18. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA. USA. Evolution Debate in Arizona / Grand Canyon National Park. Government Affairs Program news report.

• October 15. Washington Post, Washington, DC. USA. Review Delayed on Sale of Creationist Book at Grand Canyon by Kimberly Edds.

• October 13. PEER.org - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Washington, DC. USA. Park Service Sticks With Biblical Explanation for Grand Canyon - Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved. Press Release.

• May. Audubon: Field Notes, USA. Faith: Separating Church and Park by Dan Porras.

• May. Touchstone, USA. Grand Canyon Mystery Tour by Phillip E. Johnson.

• April. Harper's Magazine, USA. God rocks! Excerpts from the book.

• March 4. Florida Baptist Witness, Jacksonville, FL. USA. Grand Canyon bookstore reorders controversial book from Baptist Press.

• March. Geotimes, USA. Creationism in a national park by Megan Sever.

• January 27. Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, NM. USA. Grand Canyon Book Stirs Formation Feud by Sue Vorenberg.

• January 27. Church Central, USA. Creation science book stirs controversy at Grand Canyon from Baptist Press.

• January 27. Baptist Press, USA. Grand Canyon bookstore reorders 300-plus copies of book by Keith Hinson.

• January 20. American Daily, Phoenix, AZ. USA. High Tech Protest On Grand Canyon Book Controversy by Jeremy Reynalds.

• January 20. Talon News, USA. Protest on Grand Canyon Book Controversy Goes High Tech by Jeremy Reynalds. [Note: link is from Internet Archive Wayback Machine.]

• January 20. Washington Post, Washington, DC. USA. At Grand Canyon Park, a Rift Over Creationist Book by Kimberly Edds.

• January 18. New York Times, New York City, NY. USA. Critics Say the Park Service Is Letting Religion and Politics Affect Its Policies by Michael Janofsky. [Registration maybe required to view.]

• January 17. NPR - Weekend Editon, USA. Bible-Based History of Park Stirs Debate by Mitch Teich of Arizona Public Radio. 4.5 minute report.

• January 16. Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX. USA. There's a great divide over Grand Canyon's age: Scientific groups express concern about book that says a biblical flood created the landmark from Religious News Service.

• January 15. Agape Press, USA. Legal Group: Park Service May Face Litigation If Creationist Book Moved by Jody Brown.

• January 15. Nature, UK. National park's sale of creationist book draws geologists' ire by Rex Dalton. [Requires subscription for access.]

• January 15. The Guardian, London, England. Grand Canyon idea sparks legal review

• January 14. WorldNetDaily, USA. E-mails on creation flap 'swamp' Park Service: Thousands flow into agency amid controversy about Grand Canyon book by Ron Strom.

• January 13. Baptist Press, USA. Protests hit Grand Canyon book with creation science essays by Keith Hinson.

• January 12. Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ. USA. Shaving years off Grand Canyon by Richard Ruelas.

• January 12. CommonDreams.org, Portland, ME. USA. The Grand Canyon Tears America Apart in Battle Between Science and Faith by Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles.

• January 12. Christian Post, Washington, DC. USA. Grand Canyon in Divide: National park debates over the decision to sell religious literature by Vivian S. Park.

• January 10. Taipei Times, Taipei City, Taiwan. The Lord sets trail guide straight on Grand Canyon's age from The Guardian.

• January 9. s8int.com, USA. Geologists Demand Removal Of Creationist Book From Grand Canyon Bookstores--Threaten "Hizzy Fit" by by Jeremy Reynalds.

• January 9. The Guardian, London, England. Watery vision of Grand Canyon by Duncan Campbell of Los Angeles.

• January 8. San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA. USA. Grand Canyon made by Noah's flood, book says - Geologists skewer park for selling creationism by Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times.

• January 8. Talon News, USA. Geologists Demand Removal of Creationist Book from Grand Canyon Bookstores by Jeremy Reynalds. [Note: link is from Internet Archive Wayback Machine.]

• January 7. Agape Press, USA. Grand Canyon 'Coffee Table' Book Too Controversial for Evolutionists: Author Calls the Arizona Canyon 'Exhibit A for Creation' by Jody Brown.

• January 7. Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ. USA. Biblical flood created Grand Canyon, book says by Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times

• January 7. CNN, USA. Religious displays spur debate in nation's parks via Associated Press.

• January 5. National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA. USA. Grand Canyon National Park Embroiled in Creationism Issue.

• January. Beliefnet.com, USA. Where the Water Prevailed. Except from book. Includes comments from Beliefnet users.

2003

• December 30. Open Letter to Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent by Richard T. O'Grady, Executive Director of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, asking for removal of Grand Canyon book.

• December 26. WorkingForChange.com. USA. Bush's faith-based parks: Your National Park Service is displaying religious symbols, selling creationist materials and is contemplating adding 'conservatively correct' images to government videos by Bill Berkowitz.
  Original link gone.

• December 22. CounterPunch. Petrolia, CA. USA. Pray to Play: Bush's Faith-Based National Parks by Jeffrey St. Clair.

• December 16. Open Letter to Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent by seven Presidents of American science societies asking for removal of Grand Canyon book.

• September 12. No Answers in Genesis. Australia. Bibliolatry Revisited: A Review of "Grand Canyon: a Different View" by Wilfred A. Elders.

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