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National Park Service meeting to review Grand Canyon helicopter tours.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004

By Seth Muller, The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 28--If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? How about if a helicopter flies over a canyon?

The question of noise pollution at the Grand Canyon National Park via helicopter tours has been asked for three decades. The aircraft hovering around and among the towering cliff walls has prompted laws to curb their sound and activity through the park.

On Wednesday, the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration are hosting a public meeting in Flagstaff at the Elks Lodge to revisit the topic. They're inviting stake-holders to the meeting and providing information to the public. The meeting will...

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