National Parks Our Living Treasure: A Time For Concern
by Dr. Gil Lusk
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Pub Date Apr 30 2019 | Archive Date Jun 20 2019
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Description
The National Park Service, created in 1916 and now over one hundred years old, has become an immensely popular concept with visitation equal to the national population of the United States every year. Along the way, the Service has picked up a few issues and stresses that endanger the mission of the NPS. Its unique mission is to preserve and protect America's significant natural, cultural, and historical areas for future generations in an unencumbered condition. The areas that are America's Living National Treasures. Those issues need to be addressed to allow the National Park Service to uphold its mission and continue to protect our National Treasures for future generations. This book is dedicated to the identification of some of those issues and presents possible solutions, by capturing the author's experiences over his 35 year career, depicting what working for the Service entails and its challenges. Once the reader has a better feel for work of the National Park Service, there are specific sections dealing with the author's concerns for the future and the changes needed today to bring the Service back to its prime.
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About the Author:
Dr. Gil Lusk is a retired National Park Service employee with 35 years of experience, mostly serving as a Superintendent of several National Parks. For his efforts, he was awarded the two highest performance awards from the US Department of Interior, Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service presented by the Secretary of Interior and the President. Dr. Lusk was honored with presentation of an Honorary PhD for Public Service over four decades by his alma mater, Gettysburg College.
Dr. Lusk spent his last few years in the Service working with employees, training centers and the Washington Office to completely rethink the training programs of the Service and establish definable career ladders for various disciplines at work in the National Parks. He now resides in Tucson, Arizona with a passion to share his message of preservation for the National Park Service.
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