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10/23/2009 7:25 am - By the Numbers: The National Park Service Workforce : Of the 15,828 permament employees - only about 15-18% or so are "rangers." A number that surprises most people who think most or all park jobs are rangers. By far, the majority of jobs are maintenance positions.
10/22/2009 2:34 pm - Newspaper Reports That Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Is Stepping Down : The irony is, the government instituted blocking software in 2007 that prevents anyone from accessing thses kinds of sites on government networks. Any employee who feels the urge to look at something inappropriate would find it very difficult to do so now.
10/21/2009 6:33 am - Investigation Of Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Finds Cybertracks to Pornographic Images : Something I do not understand. The superintendent of Yosemite recently retired and took the job of director of the Yosemite Fund. The superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley retired and took the job of director of the Cuyahoga Valley association. Why couldn't Latscher do the same thing? How come they were allowed ...
10/01/2009 6:48 am - Mention Officially Designated Wilderness, and How Many Folks Think of Shenandoah National Park? : Fire Island National Seashore remains the only park in the northeast U.S. with wilderness. And, it's the only federal wilderness in the entire state of New York. Who would have thunk it!
9/14/2009 6:34 am - What Do You Think: Is The National Park Service Handling Advertising For Park-Related Businesses? : I think the NPS should be allowed to advertise inside the park, commercial services that are available outside the park. This helps ties between the parks and their communities and economic ties to a park can be an important part of garnering local support for a park. The NPS should ...
9/09/2009 8:07 am - Mystery Photo No. 14: Beam Me Up Scotty! : It looks like a modpod egg chair. I think they were designed for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Originals are pretty rare and expensive. Did not know the NPS had any of these.
9/03/2009 6:47 am - Audubon Touts Birding in a Dozen National Parks : tomp - I once worked at Cabrillo. I am not in NPS resource management so I do not understand how to work the nrinfo database website you sent. Can you explain how to generate the list of top parks like you did for such things as fish and mammals? I ...
9/03/2009 6:27 am - Audubon Touts Birding in a Dozen National Parks : tomp - cool stuff. Thanks for the info
9/02/2009 11:00 am - Audubon Touts Birding in a Dozen National Parks : Bob: Agreed.
9/02/2009 7:00 am - Audubon Touts Birding in a Dozen National Parks : Boy - did they miss the boat. Indiana Dunes has more than 350 species. Much more than Great Smoky Mountains or Rocky Mountain.

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