Centennial Initiative

2008 National Park Service Centennial Projects Run the Gamut, From Traveling Trunks to Biodiversity Inventories

From "traveling trunks" and power systems to biodiversity inventories and efforts to develop tomorrow's national park stewards, the 110 Centennial Challenge Projects and Programs that are being funded for 2008 offer a little something for most folks.

Approved Projects-Description.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 24th, 2008 7:38pm

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Senators Introduce Legislation To Fund National Park Centennial Initiative

A bipartisan coalition of five U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would enable the government to fully fund the Centennial Initiative proposed by the Bush administration in honor of the National Park Service's upcoming centennial in 2016.

National Park Centennial Fund Act.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 26th, 2008 12:50pm

Olympic National Park Could Begin Fisher Recovery Program this Fall

Completion of an environmental assessment into the question of returning fishers to Olympic National Park has cleared the way for a recovery program to begin, possibly before year's end.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 7th, 2007 11:46am

Leadership Summit: Some Afterthoughts

If nothing else, last week's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy hosted by the National Park Foundation demonstrated that some major corporations want to support the national parks. The question that lingers, though, is to what extent?

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 23rd, 2007 2:19am

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Parks Philanthropy: It Shouldn't Only Be About Bricks and Mortar

Thank you Morton Meyerson. In case anyone at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy was wondering, giving to the national parks shouldn't be focused solely on brick and mortar projects.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 15th, 2007 10:24am

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National Park Foundation Leadership Summit: What Will it Foster?

Does Autumn not exist in Austin, Texas? I left drizzle and 45 degrees in Park City, Utah, yesterday morning, and here in Austin it might as well be mid-summer, with the highs approaching 90 degrees. Is that a good atmosphere for incubating "the next century of our parks"?

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 15th, 2007 10:25am

PEER: Centennial Challenge Might Exacerbate Park Service's Backlog Woes

I've previously written that the Bush administration's proposed Centennial Initiative appears to pay little attention to the National Park Service's ballooning $8 billion maintenance backlog. Some others are beginning to notice that, too.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 11th, 2007 6:55pm

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Centennial Projects: Fighting Mosquitoes in Grand Teton National Park

Fighting mosquitoes is one of the ways the folks at Grand Teton National Park want to mark the National Park Service's centennial in 2016. Really.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 5th, 2007 3:43am

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Is the Centennial Initiative Really Needed to Drum Up Support for the Parks?

Is there really a need for the Centennial Initiative to generate private dollars for the parks? That doesn't seem to be the case for the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which is recently raised $3 million for things like trails improvements, fisheries work, and curatorial work with park archives.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 3rd, 2007 7:32pm

Will Greatness Mark the National Park Service's Next Century?

Is the National Park Service's Centennial Initiative as "audacious" as Director Mary Bomar claims it to be? Will it truly prepare the agency for its second century, or is it lacking in its current form some critical aspects that are necessary for the Park Service to attain greatness as protector of arguably the world's best park system?

Pitcaithley Centennial Essay.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 1st, 2007 4:18am

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