National Park Service News Release For immediate release – July 26, 2010 Contacts: David Barna, (202) 208-6843, David_Barna@nps.gov Patrick O’Driscoll, (303) 969-2839, Patrick_O’Driscoll@nps.gov Wessels Named Intermountain Regional Director Will lead one of seven National Park Service regions WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis has named John A. Wessels as the Service’s Intermountain regional [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 9, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 $1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants WASHINGTON – More than $1.2 million in National Park Service grants will be used to help preserve and protect America’s significant battlefield lands. The funding from [...]

National Park Service News Release July 8, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843, david_barna@nps.gov Sue Husari, (510) 817-1320, sue_husari@nps.gov Lehnertz Named Pacific West Regional Director Will lead one of seven National Park Service regions WASHINGTON – National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis has named Christine S. Lehnertz as the Service’s Pacific West regional director, [...]

National Park Service Parktips – July 2010 Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You [...]

National Park Service For Immediate Release – June 17, 2010 Contact: David Barna, (202) 208-6843, David_Barna@nps.gov Jennifer Mummart, (202) 208-4986, Jennifer_Mummart@nps.gov First Lady Michelle Obama Asks Junior Rangers to Take It Outside at Our National Parks WASHINGTON – “Let’s Move Outside, Junior Rangers!” is First Lady Michelle Obama’s call to kids across the country this [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 14, 2010 Contact: Kathy Kupper (202) 208-6843 National Park Service Honors Outstanding Volunteers WASHINGTON –Throwing a 100th birthday celebration for the “Crown of the Continent” and removing over 33 tons of garbage from a park are Herculean feats. So too are engaging thousands of children [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 12, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 Jeffrey Olson (202) 208-6843 Jarvis names assistant director for American Indian relations National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today named Mount Rushmore National Monument Superintendent Gerard Baker as his Assistant Director for American Indian Relations. “The National Park [...]

Date: February 19, 2010 Contact: David Barna (NPS) 202-208-6843 David_Barna@nps.gov Secretary Salazar Commends British Columbia and Montana for Agreement to Protect the Flathead Valley Washington, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today commended an agreement between the governments of British Columbia and Montana to strengthen protections for the Flathead River Basin and the [...]

National Park Service Parktips – February 2010 Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You [...]

National Park Service Parktips – January 2010 Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You [...]