NPS popularity...

[Brian O'Laughlin]

Turns out National Parks had a good year, a record number of visits.

The administration doesn't want that noticed.

National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet.

National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept... As the administration fires rangers and other workers, an internal memo is directing the National Park Service n...

Maybe we can make it harder to keep quiet.

-Brian

[John Farnsworth]

This coalition is made up of park staff, former park staff, and PARK VOLUNTEERS. 

I’ve joined. 

John S. Farnsworth, PhD
Reading Nature: The Evolution of American Nature Writing

Nature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field
Coves of Departure: Field Notes from the Sea of Cortes

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[Jennifer Miller]

Wow! Thank you for sharing along.

Uhm.. do we count? I mean there’s GGNRA, but are we Park’s Conservancy? I don’t even know who we are!!! 😩

- Jennifer 

On Mar 10, 2025, at 4:50 PM, 'John Farnsworth' via Hawkwatch Sat II <hawkwat...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

This coalition is made up of park staff, former park staff, and PARK VOLUNTEERS. 

I’ve joined. 

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[John Farnsworth]

Back in the day, I used to get a NPS volunteer pass each year because of the hours I’d logged as an NPS volunteer the previous year with GGRO. 

John S. Farnsworth, PhD
Reading Nature: The Evolution of American Nature Writing

Nature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field
Coves of Departure: Field Notes from the Sea of Cortes

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[Brian O'Laughlin]

AFAIK, we're volunteers for the NPS, so, we count. Pretty sure we've signed the papers.

https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hawkwatchsatii/29242522-273A-42B5-B375-82586EA245A2%40gmail.com

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[John Farnsworth]

You may recall these patches being available on the hand-outs table at the GGRO end of year banquets:

John S. Farnsworth, PhD
Reading Nature: The Evolution of American Nature Writing

Nature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field
Coves of Departure: Field Notes from the Sea of Cortes

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