National Park Service announces the ” Find Your Park ” Campaign

NPS announces a new effort to diversify the brand of the National Park Service to include identification of a national system of parks and historic places.   This new effort will focus more attention on the ” Service ” aspect of NPS. National Park Service Announces Public Engagement Campaign as Centerpiece of 2016 Centennial National Park […]

American Network of Parks and Open Space – Revisited

The following is the Executive Summary of a 20 year old NPS assessment of the State Grants and UPARR program.  It lists recommendations, not implemented, which are as relevant today as it was in 1994.  These are the issues the Stateside Coalition is currently working on.. Provided for your information and consideration. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND: […]

Original LWCF Act of 1965 which designates how funds are to be directed and used

As we consider the 50th Anniversary of LWCF on Sept.  3, 2014, we need to look back to see what the original purpose of the Act was to determine it’s success and future focus, if it is to be reauthorized by 2015.  This language speaks to the need to reinstate a significant state share of […]