A Backup in the Parks Pipeline
Young, diverse job candidates like Nancy Fernandez find it hard to make inroads in an overwhelmingly white agency that needs them NOTE: Clicking on most images will launch a full-sized viewer. It’s a nasty, end-of-winter night in the coastal Washington town of Ilwaco, but the...
NPS Rules Eased for Plant Gathering
The National Park Service has modified the regulation governing the gathering of plants in national parks to allow members of federally recognized Native American tribes to gather and remove plants or plant parts for traditional purposes. Such gathering previously was granted only to tribes or...
José González & Latino Outdoors: Tapping into a Passion for Nature
Everyone is jammed into a yellow school bus, chattering with anticipation of a snowshoe outing at Snoqualmie Pass, some 40 minutes outside Seattle. Joe Camacho, an educator and one of the trip leaders, begins an orientation, holding up a pair of gaiters. The coverings are...
Diversity Stars at Ranger Congress
Shelton Johnson of Yosemite National Park and Ravis Henry of Canyon de Chelly National Monument helped put the National Park Service’s scant diversity on display during opening ceremonies of the 8th World Ranger Congress on Sunday, May 22, at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes...
Tribes Granted $9.8M
The National Park Service has awarded $9.8 million in grants to more than 160 tribes for cultural and heritage preservation projects on their tribal lands. Another $46.9 million was awarded by the NPS on Monday for historic preservation grants to every U.S. state, territory, and...
Dr. King Remembrance
ATLANTA – The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and Ebenezer Baptist Church will commemorate the annual observance of King Remembrance Week, April 4-8, to honor the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A wreath-laying ceremony will take place...