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- ángel Villanueva-Méndez; Luz Iraida Hernández-Pérez; Conjugal Partnership Villanueva-Hernández, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Rámon L. Nieves-Vázquez, in His Personal Capacity; Samuel González, in His Personal Capacity and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Executive Director of the National Parks Company, Defendants, Appellees. Edna Pérez-Toledo, in Her Personal Capacity and in Her Official Capacity as Assistant Superintendent of the National Parks Company; Sonia Cancel, in Her Personal Capacity and in Her Official Capacity as Director of Human Resources of the National Parks Company; Nilda Sotomayor, in Her Personal Capacity and in Her Official Capacity as Director of Administration of the National Parks Company. Defendants., 440 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2006)
Rafael A. Machargo, for appellants.
Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Salvador J. Antonetti-Stut...
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 22 years ago that Watt improperly issued the leases and that they could be canceled. [...] said Will Hammerquist, Glacier program director of the National Parks Conservation Association, the leases have been in a kind of administrative suspension.
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- Robert Hale; Joshua Hale; Nava S. Sunstar; Butterfly Sunstar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior; Gary Candelaria, Superintendent, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Hunter Sharp, Chief Ranger, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Department of the Interior; National Park Service; Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service; Marcia Blaszak, Acting Regional Director of the National Park Service; all in Their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees, National Parks Conservation Association; the Wilderness Society; Alaska Center for the Environment, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees., 461 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2006)
Russell C. Brooks and James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Matthew J. Sanders, United States De...
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Cash-strapped Americans looking for a cheap getaway at a state park or campground this summer are likely to find instead reduced hours, higher fees and closed beaches and pools.
State parks and historic sites across the nation have had to cut back because of budgets squeezed by the economic downturn, said Philip McKnelly, executive director of the National Association of State Parks Directors.
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- Robert Hale; Joshua Hale; Nava S. Sunstar; Butterfly Sunstar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior; Gary Candelaria, Superintendent, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Hunter Sharp, Chief Ranger, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Department of the Interior; National Park Service; Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service; Marcia Blaszak, Acting Regional Director of the National Park Service; all in Their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees, National Parks Conservation Association; the Wilderness Society; Alaska Center for the Environment, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees., 476 F.3d 694 (9th Cir. 2007)
Russell C. Brooks and James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Matthew J. Sanders, United States De...
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To: OUTDOORS EDITORS
Contact: Blake Selzer, Legislative Director of National Parks Conservation Association, +1-202-223-6722 ext. 250
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- Sierra Club; Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc.; and Friends of Crater of Diamonds, State Park, Inc., Appellees, v. Richard Davies, Acting Director of Arkansas Parks and Tourism; Arkansas Parks Recreation & Travel Commission; John Cook, Director, National Park Service, S.W. Region; Manual Lujan, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. Capricorn Diamonds, Ltd.; and Kennecott Corporation, (Intervenors/Third Party) Appellants, v. Sierra Club; Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc.; Friends of Crater of Diamonds, State Park, Inc., Appellees. Sierra Club; Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc.; and Friends of Crater of Diamonds State Park, Inc., Appellees, v. Richard Davies, Acting Director of Arkansas Parks and Tourism; Arkansas Parks Recreation & Travel Commission, John Cook, Director, National Park Service, S.W. Region; Department of Interior, Manual Lujan, Secretary, Appellants. Capricorn Diamonds, Ltd.; Kennecott Corporation, Intervenors Below, v. Sierra Club; Arkansas Wildlife Federation, ..., 955 F.2d 1188 (8th Cir. 1992)
Byron Freeland, Little Rock, Ark., argued for appellants, Kennecott Corp. and Capricorn Diamonds.
Jacques Gelin, Washington, D.C., argued for appella...
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The Summit on the Value of Play, which was co-chaired by former director of The National Parks Service and former Presi- dent of The National Recreation and Park Association, Fran P. Mainella and Chair of Clemson University's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Dr. Brett Wright, was a think tank-style summit that pulled together 120 of the greatest minds in play including the nation's leading authorities on the role and value of play from the fields of health, education, human development and recreation. Keynote addresses were given by Joe Frost, often called the contemporary father of play advocacy, Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute for Play, Cheryl Charles, President and CEO of the Children and Nature Network, and Hara Estroff-Marano, Author and Edit...
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Jon Jarvis, director of the National Park Service, says the greatest threat to national parks is climate change.
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ONTARIO - The battleground against marijuana in the United States has turned to public lands and especially California state parks where most of the growth is occurring, said Tommy LaNier, director of the National Marijuana Initiative for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Last year, drug officials throughout the US eradicated $10.3 million dollars worth of marijuana. About 75 percent of that came from California, said LaNier, who was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the second annual Southern California Substance Abuse and Violence Policy Conference.
