"This draft is a strong step for the NPS, its thousands of visitors, and partners like Corps that improve our parks."
"Now is the time for anyone with ideas on bolstering the parks in the centennial year to come forward with them."
"That is a lot of money that was put into the Park budget in a single year."
"Would these funds be used for land acquisition?"
"And that is standard for endowments of this type?"
"The legislation includes a 5 percent cap for spending of the endowment."
"This year-long celebration of our National Parks affords us a unique opportunity to reflect on the past, assess the present, and make adjustments for the future."
"Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service."
"Yet, as we approach the Centennial, the Park Service faces considerable challenges to achieving the goals sets forth in the Organic Act, chief among them being the massive 11.5 billion dollar deferred..."
"I cannot think of a better way to approach the next century of our National Park Service than to restore the vision of its founders."
"Well, my experience is a lot of the retailers at the gateway communities know as much or more about the parks than the park rangers themselves."