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February 1, 2018 by Christina Warburg

On Friday January 18, Congress failed to come to an agreement on a budget and a Government Shutdown occurred. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened and it will not be the last. However, what was different about this shutdown was that the national parks remained open. Today, we are going to examine the pros and cons of that decision and about how this shutdown (and future shutdowns) has the ability to affect our public lands.

[Read more…] about The Cost of a Government Shutdown to our Public Lands

Filed Under: Conservation, Current Events, Forestry Basics, Jobs in Forestry Tagged With: Budget, Federal Budget, Find Your Park, National Park Service, national parks

November 1, 2017 by Christina Warburg

Over the years, I have written a lot on this blog about national park visitation, the threats facing our parks today, and the diminishing budget for our parks. What I am going to talk about today deals with all of these things, but from what I have seen so far, it seems to be a sensitive topic. The opinion I hold on this topic is not necessarily a popular one, but after working in parks and researching them for many many years it is an opinion I think is informed, and one that I am sticking to.

[Read more…] about Proposed National Park Fee Increase, a Good Thing?

Filed Under: Conservation, Current Events, Forestry Basics Tagged With: Budget 2016, Federal Budget, Find Your Park, National Park Service, Park Service Centennial

July 30, 2017 by Christina Warburg

On this blog I frequently discuss the issues facing our public lands today. Many of these issues stem from overcrowding and our parks being “loved to death.” As many parks experience more and more visitation, with increasing impacts on the natural resources they are supposed to protect, the question is often raised, “What can we do?” Zion National Park is finally taking charge to do something about this and recently announced the preliminary concepts of their Visitor Use Management Plan (VUMP). This plan is a game changer in many ways, and sets a precedent that we can expect to see other parks following in the upcoming years.

[Read more…] about Zion National Park Sets Precedent with Visitor Use Management

Filed Under: Conservation, Current Events Tagged With: Conservation, Find Your Park, National Park Service, national parks, Visitor Use Management

February 28, 2017 by Christina Warburg

About three weeks ago I moved to Zion National Park. As I was sitting in my office researching the park, so I would be able to answer any visitor questions, I saw something astounding. The visitation in Zion has increased from 2 million to 4.3 million in less than five years. I asked my supervisor why he thought the visitation had increased so much and he answered “social media.” I found this very interesting, about a year ago I wrote a blog entitled “How Social Media is Destroying our National Parks”, on this site and while I still stand by the arguments I made in the blog, today I thought that I would offer a different, alternative viewpoint on how social media is helping save our national parks. This issue is not, and has never been black and white.

[Read more…] about How Social Media is Helping Our National Parks

Filed Under: Conservation, Forestry Basics, Green Tips Tagged With: Conservation Tips, Find Your Park, Forestry Conservation, National Park Service, Public Lands, Social Media

January 1, 2017 by Christina Warburg

dsc09397-2As we approach the end of 2016, I think this is an opportune time to look back on the Centennial year of the National Park Service. It has been a busy year in the parks, with lots of ups and downs. In case you missed them, these are some of the headlines in the NPS from 2016.

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Filed Under: Conservation, Forestry Basics, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2016, Find Your Park, National Park Service, national parks, park ranger, Park Service Centennial, seasonal park rangers

September 1, 2016 by Christina Warburg

Centennial

We take a break this month from our regularly scheduled programming to celebrate something very near and dear to my heart (and most likely yours as well). On August 25th, The National Park Service celebrated 100 years of service. In case you weren’t able to make it out to a park for the day- let me summarize the events across our nation. It was a festive special day, unlike anything our parks have seen before. With free entrance, musical events, instameets, special campfire programs, and free cake: every park offered something special for those guests fortunate enough to be visiting a park on this historic day. We were the google doodle of the day, Facebook featured us their home page and we were the number one trending topic on twitter. Because I am a National Park Service employee, I was lucky enough to receive several gifts –from coworkers, management, and park visitors- to commemorate this special day. These gifts got me thinking about the gifts that our national parks give all of us daily. Gifts that are worth celebrating as the agency which protects them reaches this milestone.

[Read more…] about Four Gifts to Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial

Filed Under: Forestry Basics, Jobs in Forestry, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2016, Find Your Park, National Park Service, national parks, park ranger, Park Service Centennial

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