David Vela announced Friday that after 30 years in the National Park Service it was time to step down. His unexpected departure was the latest upheaval the agency has endured under the Trump administration.
There was no official word from the Park Service on Friday morning of the change, but Vela told the Park Service workforce in an email that he was leaving.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/08/update-3-vela-departing-acting-national-park-service-director
EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors. Andrew Howard of Frankfort was found guilty of tamper
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