Unit is 13th with cultural significance established by Obama Obama’s Impact President Obama has established or redesignated 23 National Park Service units during his administration; 13 of those have cultural significance to marginalized Americans: Harriet Tubman NHP (NY), 2017 Stonewall National Monument (NY), 2016 Castle...
National parks, monuments, memorials and preserves designated during the Obama administration that have cultural relevance to communities of color and other marginalized groups. This list does not include dozens of national historic landmarks. (Click on park name for website, more details). Birmingham Civil Rights (Alabama),...
Birthday-Celebrating Park Service Smashes Visitation Mark Buoyed by a yearlong birthday bash, the National Park Service crushed its all-time visitation record by nearly 17.5 million. The system’s 413 units, which includes national parks, battlefields, historic sites, monuments and other designations, attracted 324,696,417 recreational visits in...
Deep questions, deep divisions arise in tribal bid by Jonathan Thompson High Country News Spider Grandmother spoke. She said, “Remember the sipapuni, for you will not see it again. You will go on long migrations. Wherever you stop to rest, leave your marks on the...
Another record year in visitation strains NPS infrastructure While flashing back to an impossibly busy summer, Kathleen Gonder describes Bryce Canyon National Park as if under siege: “We’re scrambling just to be able to provide infrastructure — and that means the basics, like clean restrooms...
by Glenn Nelson Photographs by Nancy RobbinsCaptions by Nancy RobbinsEssays by David “Mas” Masumoto144 pages, hardcover: $35Yosemite Conservancy, 2016 So many people had referred to Yosemite National Park as a church or cathedral that the first time I ever rolled into the valley, I swear...
