Opportunity for Cultural Change in NPS
Diversity issues could be addressed as NPS works through harassment, work environment (NOTE: Clicking on most images will launch a full-sized viewer). by Glenn Nelson Three days removed from her courageous, stomach-churning testimony before a Congressional oversight committee, Kelly Martin was more in her element...
NPS Seeks Buffalo Soldiers Insight, Comments
The Buffalo Soldiers played a key role in the early development and management of our national parks, and their story provides a key connection between communities of color and our public lands. In an effort to strengthen this connection, the National Park Service is conducting...
West Obsessed: NPS Challenges
The National Parks reached their centennial facing myriad challenges that threaten their next 100 years, ranging from climate change, funding woes and even a lack of diversity in park visitation and workforce. This episode of West Obsessed features a discussion of those issues, recently covered...
Buffalo Soldiers Hwy Enacted!
Breaking (Aug. 25, 2016): The California State Assembly has designated as the Buffalo Soldiers Highway the portion of California State Highway Route 41 from post mile 1.841 at the Mariposa-Madera County line to post mile 4.918 to Yosemite National Park. The act was signed into...
An Urban Initiative for NPS
Using small-unit nimbleness to attack national parks’ big-picture diversity issue By Glenn Nelson White, male and “midcareer,” Seattle’s Charles Beall in a lot of ways is the face of the National Park Service that turns 100 on Aug. 25. He also may be the best...
System failure
A change in hiring programs cost the NPS a diverse, young ranger You may never have heard of him, but Masyih Ford is arguably the third most-recognizable African-American ranger in the National Park Service. The first and second are, of course, Shelton Johnson at Yosemite,...