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Spotlight on the NPCA

Headlines
[] [] [|https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nearly-all-members-of-national-park-service-advisory-panel-resign-in-frustration] [] https://www.thenation.com/article/this-is-how-the-trump-administration-gives-big-oil-the-keys-to-public-landslide/ https://the1a.org/shows/2017-11-02/national-parks-for-a-price https://psmag.com/environment/nps-breaks-the-law https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/26/the-national-park-service-showed-that-its-bottled-water-ban-worked-then-lifted-it http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347211-national-park-service-ends-policy-encouraging-parks-to-ban-plastic http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/08/national_park_service_rescinds.html http://e360.yale.edu/features/greenlock-a-visitor-crush-is-overwhelming-americas-national-parks http://www.cbsnews.com/news/53m-to-go-to-u-s-national-park-maintenance-infrastructure/ 4th graders https://outdoorsallianceforkids.org/2017/07/12/release-lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-get-children-outdoors/ http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/341918-new-legislation-tells-fourth-graders-to-take-a-hike

Fee Hike

The National Park Service is considering increases to fees at 17 national parks during peak visitor seasons. The peak season for each park would be defined as its busiest contiguous five-month period of visitation. During the peak season at each park, the entrance fee would be $70 per private, non-commercial vehicle; $50 per motorcycle; and $30 per person on bike or foot. The National Park Service is also proposing entry and permit fee adjustments for commercial tour operators. The proposal would increase entry fees for commercial operators and standardize commercial use authorization (CUA) requirements for road-based commercial tours, including application and management fees. Public comments are being accepted on the proposals from October 24 to November 23, 2017. Read the news release to learn more about the proposals: [|National Park Service Proposes Targeted Fee Increases at Parks to Address Maintenance Backlog] For proposal details, FAQs, and instructions for submitting comments, visit the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website:
 * [|National Park Service Proposes Targeted Fee Increases at Parks to Address Maintenance Backlog]
 * [|Proposed Changes to Road-based Commercial Tour Requirements and Fees]

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/hot-topics.htm

Stories https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/26/the-park-services-proposal-to-double-entry-fees-could-fix-their-maintenance-problem-161-years-from-now http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-national-parks-fees-20171024-story.html

Zinke / Interior
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/whistleblower-resigns-keeping-my-voice-more-important-than-keeping-my-job http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/05/zinke-fundraiser-official-travel-interior-243470 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/29/trump-cabinet-secretary-ryan-zinke-private-plane https://www.gq.com/story/ryan-zinke-secretary-of-interior-profile http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-fossil-fuels_us_594befdce4b01cdedf018edd http://www.ktvn.com/story/35744506/secretary-of-the-interior-zinke-visiting-nevada1 http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/339227-channeling-teddy-roosevelt-how-trump-and-interior-sec http://www.tribaltribune.com/news/article_621353ac-5a88-11e7-b8ba-77d14c4760f0.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/zinke-moving-dozens-of-senior-interior-officials-in-shake-up/2017/06/16/11801d3a-5295-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/interior-secretary-zinke-says-hell-tour-nevada-national-monuments-in-july http://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/zinke-is-coming-home-to-montana-with-a-lot-of/article_2b5530b6-fb58-5cdd-bd9f-1d9286a9192c.html

Assault on Nature / Climate Change (Cross-posting on usa2017)
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National Parks / Twitter (Cross-posting on usa2017)
https://thehumanist.com/news/national/alt-national-park-service-protecting-nature-corporate-interest

https://modernhiker.com/interview-ominous-ann-of-altyellowstone-nps-twitter?utm_content=bufferd66eb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* [] [|https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/former-park-service-director-speaks-out-against-trump-administration/2017/01/30/5db07e98-e738-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html] [] [] [] []
 * [|All The Horrible Anti-Public Land Bills from the 2017 Congress - Modern Hiker]

Public Lands (Cross-posting on usa2017)
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2017 [|Pressure mounts to create a National Park Service, April 5, 1916]

2016
[] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press-release/mcmorris-rodgers-interior] [] [] [] [|national-parks-yellowstone-yosemite-nps] [|Indian tribes can gather national park plants under new rule] [|Can America's National Parks defeat the developers at their gates?] [|Memorials to a tragic past: National Park Service sites that consider the dark side of our history] [|House to Consider FY 2017 Interior-Environment Spending Legislation] [|As national parks turn 100, did we know what we were getting? - Rob Chaney/Montana Standard] - [|@robchaney1] [|@mtstandard] [|How-Republicans-celebrate-the-National-Park-Service-s-100th-anniversary] [|National Park Service director correct that its budget less than budget for Austin's city government] [|Why Obama is visiting Yosemite and Carlsbad Caverns] - [|@Sammy_Roth] [] - [|@NP_Watch] [] [|The Economic Value of Quiet Recreation on BLM Lands] (PDF) [] [|The Rise to Power of the Congressional Anti-Parks Caucus] Endnotes and citations are available in the [|PDF] and [|Scribd] versions [|Bison to become first national mammal, joining bald eagle as American symbol] [|Volcanic spires and Joshua trees: Obama protects 1.8 million acres in California's desert] [] [] - [|@adruin] [|@NatlParkService] [] [] - [] [] [] [] [] [] [|National Parks Draw Record-Breaking Crowds in 2014] - [|@NatlParkService] [|Feds fight over who owns national park trademarks] [|Park Science Special Issue on Biodiversity] - [|@NatlParkService]

https://www.decodethenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/TPL_org
 * The Trust for Public Land**

intl visitors
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Financing
[|Director's Order #21: Philanthropic Partnerships] [|The Park Service doesn’t need corporate sponsorship. It needs proper funding - HCN]

Climate Change
[|NPS@100: Parks face 'greatest threat' -- climate change] https://www.doi.gov/blog/7-iconic-views-risk-climate-change []

⚡️ “Places to visit in 2017: Bears Ears and Gold Butte” https://twitter.com/i/moments/814293272734482433

May 19 Endangered Species Day https://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/esday/

Any tips on responsible travel in the parks? Are there volunteer opportunities in state and national parks? Any tips on paying attention to upcoming events in state and national parks? How do parks contribute to the health and well-being of locals and visitors? Which parks are the most responsive using social web channels? What parks are using Periscope? What are the Indigenous names for [] park?
 * Questions**

NPCA
http://www.npca.org http://www.npca.org/magazine http://www.nationalparks.org https://twitter.com/NPCA [] http://www.npca.org/news/reports https://www.facebook.com/NationalParks https://www.facebook.com/pg/NationalParks/videos http://www.npca.org/news/magazine/all-issues/2013/winter/picture-this.html []

2015
Interior Department Supported $106 Billion in Recreation, Conservation, Water and Renewable Energy Investments, Supporting More than 860,000 Jobs in FY 2015 U.S. Department of the Interior Economic Report FY 2015 https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/fy2015_doi_econ_report_2016-06-20.pdf https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-supported-106-billion-recreation-conservation-water-and-renewable https://my.usgs.gov/doidv media type="custom" key="28626795"

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Budget Deferred maintenance backlog at all national parks has reached $11.5 billion [|December 8 hearing] [] http://www.nps.gov/subjects/plandesignconstruct/upload/FY14-DM-by-State-and-Park_2015-03-13.pdf

Witness Panel 1
[|The Honorable Jonathan Jarvis] Director National Park Service 12 8 15 Jarvis Testimony.pdf (22.0 KBs)

[|Mr. Will Shafroth] President and CEO National Park Foundation 12 8 15 Shafroth Testimony.pdf (81.4 KBs)

[|Mr. Derrick Crandall] Counselor National Park Hospitality Association 12 8 15 Crandall Testimony.pdf (1.6 MBs)

[|Mrs. Theresa Pierno] President & CEO National Parks Conservation Association 12 8 15 Pierno Testimony.pdf (78.9 KBs)

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Slideshare
Go Wild: Engaging Conservation Champions in the USA https://www.slideshare.net/planeta/usawild

We celebrate the champions of conservation in the USA. Pay our respect to past and present leaders and ask what we must do to engage conservation champions of the future. Mainstreaming is livestreaming, so we host hangouts and share live Periscope videos from the parks. This presentation features artwork, screenshots, events and publications about parks and wildlife in the USA.

[|Death Valley] [|Everglades] [|Grand Canyon] [|Yellowstone] [|Yosemite] [|Zion] [|Find Your Park]

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Events

 * January 1** [|First Day Hikes] - [|@AmericanHiking]

https://twitter.com/CenterForBioDiv/status/809926195546652673 https://www.facebook.com/pg/CenterforBioDiv/events/
 * January 2-20** Roadshow of Resistance


 * June** [|National Great Outdoors Month]

[|@NRPA_news]
 * July** Park and Recreation Month, a program of the [|National Recreation and Park Association], promotes the importance of parks and recreation in health and wellness, conservation and social equity, and to recognize the thousands of park and recreation employees who maintain the nation’s neighborhood and community parks. https://www.facebook.com/NationalRecreationandParkAssociation -


 * August 25** National Park Service Birthday

National Wildlife Day serves to celebrate wild animals & bring awareness to the number of endangered animals globally. [|http://www.nationalwildlifeday.com]
 * September 4** National Wildlife Day

April 2-7 The 19th George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites: April 2-7, 2017 ~ Norfolk, VA http://www.georgewright.org/gws2017 https://www.facebook.com/events/1288575144546452 []

http://www.georgewright.org/gws2017_greenmeeting

Connections are the heart of place-based conservation.

Connecting thinking, judgement and action, [|#GWS2017]  is where professionals and practitioners come together to reconnect, refresh and recommit to the core values of our parks community.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4b4f56; font-family: &#39;San Francisco&#39;,-apple-system,system-ui,&#39;.SFNSText-Regular&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Every two years, the George Wright Society Conference organizes the premier interdisciplinary conservation conference on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. Our cross-cutting approach is unique among professional conservation meetings. At #GWS2017, we aim to connect you to breakthrough research and latest management practices, as well as the core values that motivate us as members of the international parks community.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4b4f56; font-family: &#39;San Francisco&#39;,-apple-system,system-ui,&#39;.SFNSText-Regular&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There is a place for YOU at #GWS2017: Natural and cultural resource managers, tribal nations and indigenous peoples, academic communities, students, nonprofit sectors, private land managers, marine and aquatic conservationist, and more.


 * September 2016** World Conservation Congress, Hawaii

The Bureau of Land Management manages more recreational opportunities than any other federal agency, and most of these recreational opportunities are accessible to the public for free. [|Details] [|@BLMNational] http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm [|@NatlParkService]
 * Fee-Free Days**

For more information about the variety of discounted passes available, please visit the [|America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass page]. [|America the Beautiful] [|Annual Pass]

2014 Headlines
[|National Parks Traveler]

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/12/senate-poised-ok-legislation-would-grow-national-park-system-questions-loom26000 http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/12/possible-congressional-battle-looming-over-parks-legislation-attached-defense-authorization-bill25993 [] [|'Art' in the Park - Modern Hiker] - <span style="color: #09159c; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; text-decoration: none;">[|@modernhiker] [|12 iconic American animals for National Wildlife Refuge Week - Wilderness.org] - <span style="color: #09159c; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">[|@Wilderness] [|Grand Canyon National Park's Concessions Issue Impacting Parks Nationwide - Kurt Repanshek/National Parks Traveler] - [|@ParksTraveler] [|Explore, And Contribute To, Parkipedia, The First Crowd-Sourced Approach To National Park Guides] - [|@ParksTraveler] [|American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad] - [|@DougPeacock] [|National Parks Are About to Get Way More Fun] - [|@GraysonSchaffer] [|America the beautiful leads world in wilderness protection] - <span style="color: #083868; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">[|@Wilderness] [|Nevada parks look at visitor centers, passport system for funding] - [|@RickVelotta] [|@reviewjournal] [|How the U.S. Department of the Interior Takes America’s Great Outdoors Into Digital Territory] [|States try to raise revenue with park passes] [|Survey says: Visitors to national parks don't like noise] - [|@julie_cart] [|Why we should all go to national parks] [|World Parks: Lake Mead National Recreation Area] [|What Must The National Park Service Do To Improve Its Web Presence?] [|@ParksTraveler] [|Western Governors roll out Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool] [|#wga13] [|@westgov] [|Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool] (CHAT) [|Killing of wolves, bears in Alaska national parks, preserves restricted - Alaska Dispatch]

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/10/10/obama_pacific_miliband_reserve_ocean http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/Research-and-Analysis/Statement/2014/09/24/Pew-Applauds-Obama-Administration-for-Expanding-Protection-of-US-Ocean-Treasure http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-pacific-remote-islands-marine-monument-ocean-conservation http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-create-worlds-largest-protected-marine-reserve-in-pacific-ocean/2014/09/24/e2ecaab4-433e-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/17/why-is-obama-protecting-a-place-youve-never-heard-of-we-explain http://mashable.com/2014/09/25/obama-marine-reserve/ http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/MNM/mnm_prias.html http://www.fws.gov/refuge/pacific_remote_islands_marine_national_monument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Remote_Islands_Marine_National_Monument

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Island http://www.fws.gov/refuge/jarvis_island
 * Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge**

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http://www.fws.gov/refuge/palmyra_atoll [|Palmyra Atoll NWR]
 * Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge**

**San Gabriel Mountains National Monument** http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-obama-san-gabriel-national-monument-20141008-story.html http://www.nps.gov/pwro/sangabriel/index.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-san-gabriel-mountains-monument-20141008-story.html http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/statement/2014/10/pew-applauds-obama-administration-for-protecting-southern-california-wild-lands

Wilderness Photography
[|Proposed Directive for Commercial Filming in Wilderness; Special Uses Administration] http://www.rgj.com/story/life/outdoors/recreation/2014/09/26/wilderness-photography-iphone-regulations-forest-service/16278817 https://www.yahoo.com/travel/dont-take-that-picture-the-u-s-forest-service-might-98484656432.html http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/09/25/feds-clarify-rules-photos-media-access-wilderness/16241613/

Visitor Spending Benefits
[|Visitor Spending Effects] [|Effects of the October 2013 Government Shutdown on National Park Service Visitor Spending in Gateway Communities] (PDF) [|2012 National Park Visitor Spending Effects Economic Contributions to Local Communities, States, and the Nation] (PDF)

Apps
https://www.chimani.com http://contributors.pressherald.com/business/the-startupline/maine-startup-gets-shout-out-at-googles-annual-conference

Indigenous Connections
[] Native Hawaiian and National Park Service employee, Melia Lane-Kamahele writes that “a national park in its conventional form – complete with boundary lines on a map, non-indigenous places names and an operating structure comprised of statutes, regulations and policies – is far removed from how many indigenous people understand the world.”

Flickr
[|nationalparkservice] [|evergladesnps] [|joshuatreenp] [|glaciernps] [|yellowstonenps] [|indianadunes] [|Mount Rainier NPS] [|RockyNPS] [|CraterLakeNPS] [|drytortugasnps] [|denalinps] [|Get Inspired - US Fish and Wildlife Service] [|nevadadcnr]

Flickr Groups
[|North American Ecotourism] [|World Parks] [|Missouri State Parks and Historical Areas] https://www.flickr.com/groups/nationalparkstraveler

Facebook
[|National Park Foundation] [|National Parks Conservation Association] [|America's State Parks] [|PortlandVancouverNationalWildlifeRefuges] https://www.facebook.com/pg/CenterforBioDiv - https://www.facebook.com/pg/CenterforBioDiv/events

Instagram
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Periscope
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Pinterest
[|wild-for-wildlife] https://www.pinterest.com/LibraryCongress/celebrating-americas-parks

Slideshare
[|US Interior]

Twitter
[|@NatlParkService] <span style="font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|@USFWS] [|@NatParksBlog] [|@ParksTraveler] [|@American_Latino] [|@AZStateParks] [|@GrandTetonNPS] [|@glaciernps] [|@SaguaroNPS] [|@YosemiteNPS] [|@OhioStateParks] [|@CAStateParks] [|@INDNRstateparks] [|@AlaskaNPS] [|@XanterraParks] [|@PetrifiedNPS] [|@dinosaurnps] [|@andeNHS] [|@nps1812] [|@homesteadnm] [|@kenaifjordsnps] [|@cabrillonps] [|@JoshuaTreeNP] [|@NPSEducation] [|@ParksAreYours] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"> [|@USFWSMtnPrairie] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@NatlParkService] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@Chimani] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@protectedplanet] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@NPCA] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@JoshuaTreeNP] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|@pewenvironment] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@NRPA_news]

https://twitter.com/modernhiker https://twitter.com/WildRefuge https://twitter.com/next100cltn

<span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@everykidinapark] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@Interior] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@USFWS] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@NatlParkService] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@publiclandsday] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@PublicLandFdn] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@GOMonth2015] <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@ShareTheExper] [|@friendsofnvwild]

Twitter Hashtags
[|#usawild] tags posts about biodiversity, parks and protected areas in the USA
 * 1) wildusa
 * 1) findyourpark <span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|#FYPyes] <span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> to share on <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.FindYourPark.com

YouTube
[|US Interior] [|House Committee on Natural Resources]

RSS
rss url="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&q=national+park+service&um=1&ie=UTF-8&output=rss" link="true" number="10" date="true" rss url="http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=yosemite&output=rss" link="true" number="10" date="true"

Hashtag: [|#NationalParkWeek] http://www.nationalparks.org/national-park-week http://www.nps.gov/npweek http://ronmader.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/nationalparksusa <span style="color: #3b94d9; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|@NatlParkService] [|@IUCN_CEC]
 * April 15-23** [|National Park Week]

The US [|National Park Service hosts National Parks Week] April 15-23 and Planeta.com invites readers and editors to contribute tips and suggestions for visiting and protecting the wilderness areas and historical landmarks. Updates will be made throughout the week on the Planeta Wiki.

"National Parks Week coincides with the annual celebration of Earth Day," says Planeta.com founder Ron Mader. "We will be paying attention to activities around the USA."

Among the parks that will be featured this week: Everglades, Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, Yosemite and Zion.

"Planeta Wiki editors are cordially invited to finesse our online guides so that they include practical visitor tips as well as links to more scholarly reports," said Mader. "We also invite the public to share photos of parks and protected areas in our [|World Parks Flickr Group].

Photos and tweets from the national parks are considered for inclusion in our [|World Parks Flipboard].

Volunteering https://www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm

Buzzword Bingo
bison - great lakes - sagebrush

Recommended Listening/Podtours
[|Indiana State Parks History Tour]

http://digital.vpr.net/term/our-national-parks

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ParkScience
http://nature.nps.gov/ParkScience

Wikipedia
[|National_Park_Service] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_United_States_National_Park_System_official_units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotourism_in_the_United_States [] [|Stephen_Mather] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Jaeger

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National Parks Conservation Association
[|National Parks Conservation Association] has launched an initiative to connect [|people with the parks]. [|Connecting People and Parks] (PDF)

Cultural Diversity []

Re-imaging Parks for the People
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Decade for Trails (2008-2018)
[|Decade for Trails] [|National Trails map] (PDF)

2016 Centennial: National Park Service
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service - a defining moment that offers an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate accomplishments as the National Park Service prepares for a new century of stewardship and engagement. Download the [|Call to Action] (PDF) to review the vision and action items for a second-century National Park Service. [|Call to Action - NPS] [|NPS Director Issues Call to Action for Second Century] [|Blog]

Events

 * Jan 1** [|First Day Hikes - America's State Parks]

http://www.nwf.org/what-we-do/protect-wildlife/endangered-species/endangered-species-day.aspx http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esday/index.html http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/endangeredspeciesday/may162014.htm http://www.endangered.org - [|@endangered]
 * May** Endangered Species Day is held the third Friday in May and recognizes the national conservation effort to protect our nation's endangered species and their habitats.

June 14 Get Outdoors Day http://www.nationalgetoutdoorsday.org

Healthy Parks
[|Healthy Parks Healthy People USA Plan] (PDF) http://www.nps.gov/public_health/hp/hphp.htm

Healthy Parks Healthy People Achievement Awards recognize individuals, organizations, teams, and National Park Service partners for outstanding accomplishments that increase public recognition of the value of parks and protected areas, and public lands in helping people to improve and maintain human health, eco-system health, and social well-being. Since Healthy Parks Healthy People is a global movement, we welcome and encourage nominations that demonstrate an outstanding accomplishments in parks, public lands, protected areas, and communities from all across the United States and the world. [|Nominations are due March 14, 2014].

NPS Retirees
http://npsretirees.org

Diversity http://www.diversegreen.org http://www.diversegreen.org/about-us

Green 2.0 commissioned the report “The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations & Government Agencies,” the most comprehensive report on diversity in the environmental movement. It surveyed 191 environmental non-profits, 74 government environmental agencies, and 28 leading environmental grant making foundations to investigate their gender and racial diversity composition, the majority of which state diversification as a “value.” The study included confidential interviews of 21 environmental leaders from diverse backgrounds and experience.

Youth
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2013 News
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57333730-82/species-act-sage-endangered.html.csp http://www.doi.gov/news/photos/president-obama-designates-five-new-national-monuments.cfm

2012 Reports
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/03/02/growing-america-s-outdoor-heritage-and-economy

[|a report] issued by the National Park Service showed that visitors to the National Park System contributed more than $31 billion to local economies and supported 258,000 jobs in 2010, an increase of $689 million and 11,500 jobs over 2009.

[|White House Conference on Conservation]

[|America’s Great Outdoors]

[|Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation and Payroll, 2010]

(PDF - 1.60MB) is now available. This study provides updated estimates of NPS visitor spending for 2010 and extends the analysis to include impacts of the NPS payroll on local economies. Visitor spending and local impacts are estimated using the Money General Model version 2 (MGM2) based on 2010 park visits, spending averages from park visitor surveys, and local area economic multipliers. Impacts of the NPS payroll are estimated based on 2010 payroll data for each park.

[|New Report Shows Rise in Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife-Related Recreation Participation in 28 States - Billions of dollars generated for local economies and conservation]

Participation in wildlife-associated recreation increased in 28 states since 2006, according to the findings of the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation State Overview Report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today. The State Overview Report is the second in a series of reports to be released by the Service over the next few months highlighting results from the National Survey. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the [|first report] on August 15, 2012. The National Survey, conducted since 1955, measures participation in these activities and related spending on trips and equipment across the nation and in individual states. The 2011 National Survey data show that hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers spent $145 billion last year on related gear, trips and other purchases such as licenses, tags and land leasing or ownership.

Quotes
The symphony of natural sounds within our national parks is an important natural resource and a critical component of the ecological communities that parks seek to preserve. Understanding the role of sound and acoustics in a healthy ecosystem is critical to their effective management and protection. - [|World Listening Day, National Parks Service]

Outdoor recreation at parks and forests and other public lands brings in tourism dollars, attracting new businesses and encouraging spending at lodging and food establishments and of course park souvenirs. - President Barrack Obama, [|signing][|a proclamation establishing the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in New Mexico]

Who will gainsay that the parks contain the highest potentialities of national pride, national contentment, and national health? A visit inspires love of country; begets contentment; engenders pride of possession; contains the antidote for national restlessness. ... He is a better citizen with a keener appreciation of the privilege of living here who has toured the national parks. - [|Stephen Mather]

Blogs
[] - [|@NateLandon]

Ron's Blog
[|National Parks Week] (2014) [|people and parks] (2012) [|Call to action] (2011)

Endangered Species Act
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Bureau of Land Management
[] [] [] - [|@BLMNV]

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov [] [|Events / Free Entrance Days]
 * **April** National Park Week
 * **August 25** National Park Service Birthday
 * **September 28** [|National Public Lands Day]

If you’re planning a trip that includes multiple national parks, you might consider the $80 annual [|America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass]. Entrance to all national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and many other Federal lands.

US Fish and Wildlife
[|http://www.fws.gov] - [|@USFWSHQ] [] - [] - [|@USFWSMtnPrairie] (UT, CO, KS, NE, WY, MT, ND and SD) [|http://midwest.fws.gov] - [|@USFWSMidwest] (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio) [|http://alaska.fws.gov] - [|@USFWSAlaska] http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas

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Parks and Protected Areas
http://www.nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/sisterparks/Sister_List.htm http://twitter.com/NatlParkService [|National register of historic places] http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm

Did you know that USA state parks contribute more than $20 billion to the economy? Read more facts about the... @http://fb.me/CXagqoUL

Park Science: Integrating Research and Resource Management in the National Parks: [|http://go.usa.gov/XXM] TIPS - In the meantime, get a simple and cost-effective way to visit multiple recreation sites with an annual Lands Pass. The new Annual Interagency Pass offers access to Federal Recreation Areas* that charge entrance or standard amenity fees. The new annual pass is $80, available online at: [|http://store.usgs.gov/pas]

State Parks
[|State Parks: Assessing Their Benefits] [] [] [] []

US Parks Fonts
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George Melendez Wright
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melendez_Wright http://www.georgewright.org

National Park Foundation
http://www.facebook.com/nationalpark http://twitter.com/goparks

Conservation Lands Foundation http://conservationlands.org <span style="color: #0084b4; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@ConservationLF]

Plateaus & Canyons Association
[|Plateaus & Canyons Association] promotes understanding and stewardship of the Colorado Plateau.

Wilderness Society
http://wilderness.org - https://twitter.com/Wilderness

Beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Beaver

http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/find-park [|@GOParks] is the official charity of the [|@NatlParkService]

Glacier National Park [|Plows' progress, Parks Week, social media to bring Glacier visitors] http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaciernps

Green Parks Plan
The [|Green Parks Plan (GPP)] articulates an overarching vision that will make everything we do more sustainable by establishing environmental performance targets, empowering staff to be agents of change, collaborating with stakeholders, and engaging millions of visitors to support this effort during visits and while at home. [|Full Plan] (PDF) [|Green Parks Plan press release] (PDF) [|sustainability success stories] (PDF) [|My Green Parks videos]

Green Parks Plan is directed at park facilities and how they are managed and operated. It sets forth nine strategic goals:


 * Continuously Improve Environmental Performance: meet or exceed the requirements of all applicable environmental laws.
 * Be Climate Friendly and Climate Ready: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine how facilities can be adapted to respond to the risk posed by climate change.
 * Be Energy Smart: improve energy performance and increase reliance on renewable energy.
 * Be Water Wise: improve water use efficiency.
 * Green Our Rides: transform vehicle fleet and adopt greener transportation methods.
 * Buy Green and Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: purchase environmentally friendly products and increase waste diversion and recycling.
 * Preserve Outdoor Values: minimize the impact of facility operations on the external environment.
 * Adopt Best Practices: employ sustainable best practices in all park operations.

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National Parks: America's Best Idea
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska [] https://www.facebook.com/PBSNationalParks

Key Links [|Share Your Story] [|Educators Overview] [|Place-Based Digital Storytelling Modules] [|The National Parks: America's Best Idea (PBS)] [|The National Parks: America's Best Idea]

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Wilderness Act
On September 3, 1964, the U.S. Congress passed into Public Law the Wilderness Act “To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes”. This law was established “In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions…” [Public Law 88-577].

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Cities
[|Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative]

Did you know? - There is a wildlife refuge within an hour drive of most major U.S. cities. []

A few words about plastic bottles 23 @NatlParkService sites have banned the sale of plastic water bottles. Find out which here: http://bit.ly/1kOu5v9 #thinkoutsidethebottle http://wilderness.org/blog/nearly-two-dozen-national-park-sites-ban-plastic-water-bottle-sales

Shutdown Essentials (USA)
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #336699; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|National Park Service]
 * [|Fact Sheet]
 * [|FAQ]
 * [|News Release]

Trending hashtag
Facebook: [|#KeepParksOpen] Google+ [|#KeepParksOpen] Twitter: [|#KeepParksOpen]

Fee Free Days
[|Free Entrance Days - NPS] [|BLM_Fee_Free_Days]

Condor
[|Condor]

National Landscape Conservation System

The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), made permanent by Congress in 2009, is a collection of 27 million acres of public land throughout the Western United States. Made up of National Monuments, National Conservation Areas and Wilderness Areas, the NLCS is the second largest collection of public lands set aside for conservation.

[|Rep. Grijalva] is the founding co-chair of the National Landscape Conservation System Caucus. He was the lead House sponsor of legislation signed by the president permanently to establish the National Landscape Conservation System and has advocated increasing the system's funding.

Artists: Thomas Cole
http://www.explorethomascole.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cole http://www.thomascole.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_Life

Campgrounds
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-most-scenic-campgrounds

Challenge
[|List Challenge: National Parks of the USA]

Misc Did you know that the President of the USA lives in a National Park? http://1.usa.gov/1nFPl6D

Elsewhere on the Web
http://next100coalition.org - https://twitter.com/next100cltn http://www.sharetheexperience.org http://www.nationalgeographic.com/power-of-parks Western National Parks Association - https://www.facebook.com/Western.National.Parks.Association

[|Find a Refuge by Zip Code]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">[|National Wildlife Refuge Association] - <span style="color: #0084b4; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|@WildRefuge] http://www.sharetheexperience.org http://www.dougpeacock.net <span style="background-color: #fbf7ee; color: #3b3b3b; font-family: &#39;PT Sans&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|National Park Promotion Council] [|American Trails] - <span style="color: #1d4a0e; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|@American_Trails]

Every lightning strike in the USA in real time http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=30

Sage Grouse http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/sage-grouse-could-determine-control-of-u-s-senate/article_1a7fe652-0452-11e4-8964-001a4bcf887a.html SORP is the leading association of outdoor recreation professionals who strive to protect our natural resources while providing sustainable access. http://www.RecPro.org [] [|@TheSORP]

Passport Stamps
http://www.nps.gov/whho/forkids/passport-to-your-national-parks.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Passport_Stamps http://www.easternnational.org/iphone.aspx http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/passport-to-your-national/id502307055?mt=8 [] media type="custom" key="13345488"

<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,&#39;lucida grande&#39;,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Celebrations: Founder's Day
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the "Organic Act" which stated that the "[National Park Service] will conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/npsbirthday.htm [|http://www.NPSbirthday.org] http://www.nationalparks.org/founders-day
 * August 25** Founder's Day, National Park Service

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif; font-size: 1.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service, prefaced his June 14, 2016, mention of Austin with some agency self-celebration, telling [|the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]: "The NPS manages many of our nation’s most iconic and beloved landscapes and historic sites. We are responsible for managing more than 400 individual parks with more than 84 million acres of land, stretching from Acadia National Park in the State of Maine to the National Park of American Samoa in the South Pacific. The NPS also manages numerous wild and scenic rivers and national trails; programs that recognize our nation’s historic structures; and programs that help local governments and organizations provide recreational opportunities and protect open space. We are seeing record-breaking visitation -- more than 300 million last year -- and the resulting economic activity created by the parks topped $16 billion." "We are accomplishing all of this," Jarvis said next, "on an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin, Texas."

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Death Valley National Park ron mader Storify: Superbloom in Death Valley National Park media type="custom" key="28307431" Recent Events [|instituteforlearninginnovation.org] Happy Centennial, US National Parks. August 25, 2016 will be a day of great celebration in the national parks as well as state and local parks, wilderness reserves and all areas designed to protect wilderness. Even better the celebration will be held outside the square brackets in 2016. Cities and country are tied more closely than ever. Responsible, conscious, ecotourism connects with Indigenous tourism as everyone tries to figure out how to make 'sustainable tourism' develop local community economies and education.
 * April Learning from the Outside In**

This week Planeta.com celebrates the Centennial by posing some deep dive questions. We don't expect all the answers this week, but we'll work on spotlighting the currrent efforts of using the social web. In particular US national parks deserve kudos for making the most of live, unscripted Periscope videos. [|Check out the Twitter list!] misc Your Comment Tracking Number: 1k1-8xg1-g5be

Biosphere Reserves removed from MAB list http://planeta.com/1706biosphere http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/united-states-of-america


 * = [|UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] ||||||||||=  ||
 * = 30 biosphere reserves ||= Aleutian Islands ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=  ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Beaver Creek ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Big Bend] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Cascade Head] ||= 1976 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Central Plains ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Channel Islands] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Coram ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Denali] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Desert ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Everglades & Dry Tortugas] ||= 1976 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Fraser ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Glacier] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= H.J. Andrews ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Hubbard Brook ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Jornada] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Luquillo] ||= 1976 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Noatak ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Olympic] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Organ Pipe Cactus] ||= 1976 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Rocky Mountain] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|San Dimas] ||= 1976 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|San Joaquin] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Sequoia-Kings Canyon] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Stanislas-Tuolumne ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Three Sisters ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Virgin Islands ||= 1976. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Yellowstone] ||= 1976 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Konza Prairie ||= 1978. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Niwot Ridge ||= 1979. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|University of Michigan Biological Station] ||= 1979 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Virginia Coast] ||= 1979 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Hawaiian Islands] ||= 1980 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Isle Royale] ||= 1980 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Big Thicket] ||= 1981 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Guanica] ||= 1981 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= California Coast Ranges ||= 1983. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Central Gulf Coast Plain] ||= 1983 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|South Atlantic Coastal Plain] ||= 1983 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Mojave and Colorado Deserts] ||= 1984 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Carolinian South Atlantic ||= 1986. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Glacier Bay-Admiralty Is] ||= 1986 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Golden Gate] ||= 1988 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|New Jersey Pinelands] ||= 1988 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Southern Appalachian] ||= 1988 ||= 2014 ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Champlain-Adirondak] ||= 1986 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= [|Mammoth Cave Area] ||= 1990. Extention 1996 ||= 2014 ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Land Between the Lakes ||= 1991. Withdrawn in 2017 ||=   ||=   ||=   ||