HOAX!! How old is the Grand Canyon? Don't ask the Ranger

THIS STORY IS INCORRECT. SEE EXPLANATION AT JANUARY 19.

With rocks in their head, the creationist-centric Bush administration has ordered officials of the US National Park Service be agnostic about the age of the Grand Canyon. In a news release in late December 2006, an organization of environmental employees said:

Washington, DC — Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”

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