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National
Park Service Seeks Input on Celebrating Centennial
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First park
visitor center, 1920s era, with Wind Cave
spelled out
in white rocks on hillside behind visitor center.
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The National
Park Service is asking for public input on ways
to celebrate
its centennial through a series of upcoming listening sessions.
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 Washington,
DC – January 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / The National
Park Service wants your help in planning a celebration 100 years in
the making. The centennial of the National Park Service is August 25, 2016,
with festivities beginning the spring of 2015 and continuing through 2016.
A series of public listening sessions to gather ideas on ways to recognize
this anniversary are planned for area towns the last week of January.
“This
centennial is an opportunity to introduce the National Park Service to
the next generation of visitors, supporters, and advocates while reenergizing
those who already know and love the parks,” said Wind
Cave National Park Superintendent Vidal Dávila.
The
first session will be Tuesday, January 27, in Custer at the Black Hills
National Forest Supervisor’s Office at 1019 N. 5th Street. The session
on Wednesday, January 28, will be at The Outdoor Campus - West in Rapid
City at 4130 Adventure Trail. The last session will be on Thursday, January
29, at The Mueller Center in Hot Springs at 801 S. 6th Street. All three
sessions will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with brief presentations throughout
that period. The public is invited to come anytime during those hours.
Light refreshments will be served.
“We
want to involve people from a variety of backgrounds and ages in the planning
process,” Dávila said. “Ideas could range from one-time events to
activities that start a new tradition and occur annually.”
For
those unable to attend one of the meetings,ideas can be shared through
2015 by visiting Facebook sites run by area National Park Service units.
Park websites, phone calls, emails, and letters can also be used to share
your ideas. Individuals, groups, clubs, and organizations are encouraged
to share their thoughts about the centennial.
Badlands
National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Lewis & Clark National
Historic Trail, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, Missouri National
Recreational River, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and Wind Cave National
Park make up the six National Park Service units in South Dakota. The more
than 3.9 million visitors to the state’s national park units in 2013 were
responsible for $239 million dollars in economic benefit.
The
National Park Service was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on
August 25, 1916, and it was directed “to conserve the scenery and the natural
and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment
of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired
for the enjoyment of future generations.”
About
the National Park Service
More
than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 405 national
parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Visit us at
www.nps.gov,
on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice,
and YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
Media
Contact:
National
Park Service
Tom
Farrell
605-745-1130 |
