Leaving parks open during a shutdown neglects the mandate of future enjoyment.
T. Destry Jarvis
T. Destry Jarvis has spent 53 years in several park advocacy positions, including the National Parks Conservation Association, the Student Conservation Association, the National Recreation and Park Association, in addition to his time inside the National Park Service.
Posted inMarch 31, 2008: My Crazy Brother
The park service has the power
The “Unnatural Preservation” article, like nearly everything else in HCN, is generally excellent (HCN, 2/04/08). However, the authors miss, I think, an important element of the National Park Service management philosophy, and thus distort their conclusions about the agency. While the Park Service still holds onto the general thrust of the policy toward its natural […]