"So, you're telling me that what you really support is local and state control of land, and the Denali State Park is just part of that battle," Kitka said.
Mary nodded, then shrugged. "This one hits close to home, Paul. That park is 10 to 15 miles upriver from us. By the time they extend the borders we're going to be living on the edge of the National Park, if not in it. And we'll be subject to all the rules, no firearms, campfires only in the right places, curfews, whatever the Park Service thinks we need. Not to mention, the tourist boom here. Can you imagine? Denali National Park is big enough as it is."
"Do you really think they'll expand it?" Kitka asked. He didn't want Talkeetna to grow either. In the 10 years he'd been here he'd already seen enough growth. He'd just as soon it had
