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Is America Failing the World's National Parks Movement?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 15, 2007 - 5:03pm

"America's Best Idea." It is a mantra that has been repeated for decades when talk turns to the United States' national park system, an idea that some proudly say has been exported around the world. But during the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit in Austin, Texas, at least one participant voiced concern that America is failing the global national parks movement.