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National Parks Forever | Fifty Years Of Fighting And A Case For Independence | #alaska | #politics

Advice to writers is to write what you know, and few know more about America’s recent national park history than the brothers Jarvis. Jon enjoyed a 40-year career with the National Park Service, rising through posts as ranger, biologist and resource management specialist, superintendent of eight national parks, regional director, and director of the National […]

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Alaska

National Parks Forever: Protecting Parks From Politics | #alaska | #politics

Can you imagine a zip line attached to Half Dome in Yosemite National Park?/Rebecca Latson file National parks probably have never been entirely immune from political influences, whether they came out of Washington, D.C., or close to a park’s boundaries. But there’s an argument that can be made, one backed by evidence, that the past […]

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