The Muir Discussion
Above Photo: The Tunnel View overlook of Yosemite Valley (by Trey Ratcliff via Flickr Creative Commons) This video, by The Muir Project, highlights the messages and basis of the Muir Campfire Discussion on Diversity, Inclusion and Relevancy, held at the Yellow Campgrounds of Yosemite National...
Civil Rights Courthouses
Three courthouses in the South that helped galvanize the civil rights movement after Brown v Board of Education began the dismantling of the Jim Crow era were designated as national historic landmarks this week. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouses join more than 2,500...
Mountaintop Chill
A key member of the first all-African-American ascent of Denali, Adina Scott also goes against type as a scientist and musician Almost as soon as their grand destination first came into focus, one of the most significant mountaineering expeditions in recent years was greeted, not...
Fee Waivers for NPS?
by Glenn Nelson In my op-ed piece for The New York Times this past weekend, I’d originally floated the idea of entrance fee waivers as a means of attracting more people of color to national parks. The waiver would be triggered if a specific National...
NPS: No Confederate Flags
National Park Service Release WASHINGTON – Confederate Battle Flag sales items are being removed from national park bookstores and gift shops. “We strive to tell the complete story of America,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. J arvis said of the agency’s reputation for telling...
New Book on AAPI Heritage
Even after a bullet skimmed his head, Private Edward Day Cohota fought valiantly during the Civil War’s Battle of Cold Harbor and carried a wounded comrade to safety. His remarkable story is one of many recounted in the new National Park Service book, “Asians and...