Posted: March 16th, 2007

Here is an opportunity to participate in an upcoming National Park Service Centennial Initiative Listening Session on March 29, 2007, in Los Angeles at (location TBD). The City Project passes along the following information from Deborah DeMeo of the National Parks Conservation Association.

The listening sessions are being held all over the U.S. and are intended to collect the visions people have for their national parks. In conjunction with with Rep. Hilda Solis and her proposed planning bill for a park unit dedicated to Cesar Chavez (H.R. 359), the National Park Service sees these listening sessions as an opportunity to more fully represent Latino heritage and values within the park service. By 2016, the 100th year anniversary of the National Park Service, the Service hopes to have restored the health of our national parks, and celebrate the legacy for future generations.

To learn more, please visit the Centennial Initiative website, and see the following fact sheets:

Programa por el Centenario de los Parques Nacionales (en Espanol)

National Park Centennial Initiative (in English)

You may want to also look at the National Park Conservation Association’s action plan. This offers five key ideas for discussion including:

REPRESENT: Ensure that the National Park System continues to grow and evolve to represent and interpret nationally significant landscapes, ecosystems, and the full range and diversity of American history and culture, and reflects and engages all Americans.

For more information contact:
Deborah DeMeo
California Desert Program Manager
National Parks Conservation Association
Protecting Our National Parks for Future Generations
61325 29 Palms Highway, Suite B
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
760-366-7785
ddemeo@npca.org