Jonathan Jarvis

national park superintendent

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This has undermined the trust that the American people have had in the park system to tell the American story truthfully,
People of all ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses, and religions, can stand side by side at the rim of the Grand Canyon and they can recognize that they are the owners,
The national park system has broad support from the American people and they vote with their feet,
It is a troubling time,
  • said Jonathan Jarvis, a former NPS director who served under the Obama administration and who first joined the NPS in 1976, when the US was celebrating its bicentennial
    Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…
I think the foundation is being told what to do,
The ideologues in power now take a very dim view of the federal government in general, and the last thing they want is a highly popular and successful federal agency,

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