All Sporting Events In National Parks To Be Cancelled?

Last week, the Fed's announced that the 135 mile Ultra Marathon was cancelled due to safety concerns: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2013/12/obama-nanny-state-at-it-again.html
Now, it comes out that the nanny Fed's have cancelled all sporting events in Death Valley.
From the Pahrump Valley Times:  As it stands now the most grueling race in the world will be taking a vacation from the hottest place on Earth.
AdventureCORPS announced this week that Death Valley National Park will be undergoing a safety review for most of 2014. The safety review will eliminate all cycling, running and other events inside Death Valley National Park.
At this point, it’s not clear what prompted the safety review by the National Park Service.
According to AdventureCORPS, the organization which runs several running and cycling events in the park during the year, which includes the famous Badwater running race, said Death Valley only sent them this communication:
“Effective immediately Death Valley National Park will temporarily discontinue issuance of running and bicycling event permits. Future event permits will not be considered until a thorough safety evaluation of this type of activity has been completed.”
The company said they only received this notice and no direct notification. The organization announced the following in their press release of Dec. 23 :
“There will be no sporting events of any kind held within Death Valley National Park in 2014. That includes the five events we (AdventureCORPS) host there (CORPScamp Death Valley; Death Valley Century, Ultra Century, and Double Century - spring and fall editions; Furnace Creek 508; and Badwater 135 Ultramarathon), as well as other cycling and running events such as the Ride to Cure Diabetes and Titus Canyon Marathon.”
AdventureCORPs, who is headed by Chris Kostman, said he has hosted 89 events without ever being refused a permit. Kostman questioned the need for a safety review, at least for its events. They went on to add, “There have been no deaths, no car crashes, no citations issued, and only a few evacuations by ambulance after literally millions of miles covered on foot or by bike by event participants.”
They disagree with the safety review and said it is not being “undertaken as a result of any significant number of complaints.” ...
AdventureCORPS is worried about other events at other national parks and said this in their press release, “During a recent meeting with DVNP staff, they stated ‘other Parks are watching us’ and ‘we might be setting a national precedent.’ Even a one-year ban on events is not a precedent that anybody who enjoys cycling or running events within national parks would support. There are successful and popular cycling and running events held within national parks across America; they could all be in jeopardy now.”
Regional General Manager for Xantera Parks and Resorts in Death Valley Richard Jones said his company is a major provider of lodging for the cycling and running events in Death Valley.
“There is really not a lot to comment on,” he said. “It’s a loss of income to our property. More importantly it’s a piece of the fabric of Death Valley. It appears these events have been stalled and it does not look like they will be here next year and it affects a lot of people up the line and into Lone Pine and some of the other gateway communities and it affects little people. It is really regrettable.”
When asked about the economic impact of losing these events, he said, “It is kind of impossible to say because of the trickle effect. On an overall basis it’s kind of hard to say because of the people they come with, the crew, and where they stop along the way. There are also the airlines and the travel, everything it takes to get to Death Valley. It is bigger than just our piece of the pie.”.
“Nearly half of that money is spent in the region. The Inyo County Supervisors and Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce are extremely concerned about the economic impact of even a one-year ban on sporting events. Hotels, restaurants, gas stations, gift shops, and other businesses will be directly impacted. A wider view of the ban would indicate a negative impact on car rentals, airlines, and service providers to the events such as Liberty Ambulance in Ridgecrest, Subway in Pahrump, radio and satellite phone rental providers, t-shirt screeners, bicycle jersey manufacturers, buckle and medal manufacturers, and more. The ripple effect will be enormous and reverberate across the country.
http://pvtimes.com/sports/there-will-be-no-sporting-events-death-valley-2014.html
So, it is quite possible that all sporting events in the future maybe canceled by the Obama administration.
So, who is behind this?  Obviously, the environmentalists come to mind.  The greenies would love nothing more than to outlaw all sporting events in national parks.  The eco terrorists believe that sporting events/humans can only destroy the parks and that the parks should be off limits to everyone but them, so they can study nature and run naked with the butterflies.
The excuse that the Park employees will be exposed to harsh conditions is a lie as these workers choose to be at Death Valley and that there is this little invention called air conditioning and it is available in buildings and cars and trucks.  And if this an excuse, why don't they shut down Death Valley to everyone then, including the employees?
Of course, like sheep, the Nevada and California elected officials are silent on the issues and the PVT didn't bother to ask them.
The National Park service says they will have the survey done by the Summer of 2014, so why are they denying permits for the whole year then?
The NPS also gives these reasons for not allowing spotting events at Death valley:

Create an unacceptable impact on park resources or values, or

Are contrary to the purposes for which the park was established, or

Unreasonably disrupt the atmosphere of peace and tranquility of wilderness, natural, historic, or commemorative locations within the park...  http://www.nps.gov/deva/parkmgmt/upload/Public-Response-for-Sporting-Events-Dec-2013.pdfHell, that can be said about any National Park in the U.S., so it is understandable why people are afraid that is the beginning of the end of sporting and other events in National Parks.
So, beware, it seems that the Obama administration is hell bent on eliminating sporting and other events that take place on public lands.  Just like Obama is trying to destroy health care with ObamaCare, he is also trying to take away the National Parks from the people.