What’s at Stake: Staff Shortages at Acadia National Park
If Congress does not act to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” the Park Service could lose 8 to 10 percent of its funding next month. What could this mean in real terms for national parks? Here is one example of how the cuts could affect a park already facing staff shortages. For more information, see our new GeoStory with threats to national [...]
Exploring the Chesapeake? There’s an App for That
The holiday season has returned, and many of us will be shopping for the perfect gift. Remember that phone or tablet from last year? Well, by now newer versions have been released—slimmer, faster, and more advanced. This year, the National Park Service and other partners in the Chesapeake are offering advanced new apps to go on those devices—but the good [...]
From Montana to Qinghai: The Importance of National Parks
By Patricia Dowd, Program Manager, Yellowstone Field Office In July 2011, I received an unexpected email from someone named Lisong Ni. I’m glad I did. Lisong is part of a small group of people working to create a new national park in China’s Qinghai Province. He contacted me because of my experience in Wyoming and Montana, including Yellowstone National Park, [...]
Preserving National Parks: It’s Not Just Popular, It’s Patriotic
By Jennifer Errick, Editor of Online Communications at the National Parks Conservation Association Note: This is NPCA’s third and final story in our series on the upcoming presidential election. You can sign NPCA’s petition urging the candidates to pledge their support for national parks. By day, I work as an editor for NPCA on issues that affect our national parks. Then, when I [...]
Putting National Parks into the Debate: Questions for Obama and Romney
By Kristen Brengel, NPCA’s Director of Government and Legislative Affairs Note: This is the second of several stories on the upcoming presidential election. You can sign NPCA’s petition urging the candidates to pledge their support for national parks. UPDATE, October 15, 2012: You can now submit a question for the October 16 town hall debate at http://feedback.aol.com/voiceofdebate/?aol. On Tuesday, October 16, Barack [...]
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