Financial Picture At Park Service Is Shaded as a Forest

The Washington Post;  February 10, 1995 ;   Stephen Barr;   768 words ...The National Park Service seems to take better care of evergreens than it does greenbacks. The Park Service's financial statements are neither accurate...yesterday. Bad data and math errors led the Park Service to list a $150 vacuum cleaner as worth...

Friends Cry Foul on Hesitation Over Park Service Official's Promotion

The Washington Post;  August 17, 2004 ;   Stephen Barr;   653 words ...Only a few months ago, the National Park Service was celebrating Patricia A. Hooks. The director of the Park Service, Fran P. Mainella, went to Atlanta...manager, was the new head of the Park Service's southeast region. "We engaged in...

Future of National Park Service sites could come under scrutiny of...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 22, 1995 ;   Reeves, Tracey A.;   787 words ......similar commission for the National Park Service _ an independent group that would decide...the size and cost of the money-losing Park Service system. The bill recently won majority...the bill merely attempts to make the Park Service more cost-efficient by directing its...

For National Park Service, a Troubled Look Into the Future; As Agency...

The Washington Post;  October 13, 1991 ;   Tom Kenworthy;   787 words ......of the revered but troubled National Park Service gathered here last week to peer inward...the result of its own successes, the Park Service sat down with its critics and friends...Organic Act of 1916. That law commands the Park Service both to "conserve the scenery and the...

$330,000 Outhouse? Hill Critics View It As a Matter of Waste; Park...

The Washington Post;  October 30, 1997 ;   Stephen Barr;   609 words ......two-hole outhouse that the National Park Service built for more than $330,000. Yesterday...Appropriations subcommittee that oversees Park Service spending also heard the Interior Department...Accounting Office experts criticize the Park Service for building high-cost homes for ...

Voyageurs plan rekindles snowmobile-use debate; After complaints that...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 9, 1996 ;   Rebuffoni, Dean;   787 words ......timing is everything, then the National Park Service blew it this week by proposing to close...four weeks. That conflicted with the Park Service's plan to hold two public meetings on...more time to review the proposal. The Park Service agreed to hold a third public meeting...

Good News and Bad For Park Service; Acquiring Presidio Raises...

The Washington Post;  November 3, 1991 ;   Tom Kenworthy;   787 words ......cannot afford to heat, the National Park Service is struggling to cope with an extraordinary...National Recreation Area in California, the Park Service in 1995 will take title to what is arguably...Presidio Army base be transferred to the Park Service if it ever became surplus ...

MURKOWSKI-YOUNG-STEVENS MOVE AGAINST PARK SERVICE PIRATES INTRODUCE...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  February 26, 1999 ;     787 words ......MURKOWSKI-YOUNG-STEVENS MOVE AGAINST PARK SERVICE PIRATES INTRODUCE GLACIER BAY BILLS...Saying they were outraged by the National Park Service' s actions last week to remove tanner...fishermen injured by recent irresponsible Park Service actions. In a separate letter, Senator...

National Park Service Halts Staff Travel

AP Online;  March 25, 2004 ;   JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer;   517 words ......03-25-2004 Dateline: WASHINGTON The National Park Service on Thursday ordered an immediate halt...House Appropriations subcommittee over Park Service spending. "Who's minding the store here...management and priority problem with the Park Service," he said. The spending reforms were...

Finding No Common Ground; Latin Festival Officials, Park Service Worlds...

The Washington Post;  July 31, 1991 ;   Carlos Sanchez; James Ragland;   787 words ...When National Park Service officials first saw paperwork showing...difference, and a major factor in the Park Service's refusal to allow the event to...Pennsylvania Avenue NW last Sunday. Several Park Service officials said they were suspicious...

Deal Allowing Snyder to Cut Trees Assailed; Park Service Denies Violating...

The Washington Post;  June 24, 2005 ;   Tim Craig;   739 words ...The National Park Service might have violated federal law and...organizations said this week. The Park Service never assessed potential environmental...Interior Department, which manages the Park Service. "It's a little baffling these regulations...

Weakened Park Service at Crossroads, Panel Says; Internal Problems and...

The Washington Post;  April 5, 1992 ;   Tom Kenworthy;   787 words ......commissioned to examine the National Park Service on its 75th anniversary has determined...appraisal by a 14-member committee of Park Service officials, conservationists and academics...indictment of the senior leadership of the Park Service and its parent, the Interior Department...

Park Service Assailed for Tree Deal With Snyder

The Washington Post;  June 24, 2005 ;   Tim Craig;   709 words ...The National Park Service might have violated federal law and...organizations said this week. The Park Service never assessed potential environmental...Interior Department, which manages the Park Service. "It's a little baffling these regulations...

Park Service Ponders Sand Sans Clothing;Hawaii May Get First Sanctioned...

The Washington Post;  June 1, 1991 ;   John Lancaster;   588 words ...The National Park Service, which celebrates its 75th birthday...agency's Washington headquarters, Park Service managers at Koloko-Honokohau National...in public hearings and approved by Park Service Director James M. Ridenour, would...

Park Service Faces Questions on Statue; Continued Closure of Lady Liberty...

The Washington Post;  April 8, 2004 ;   Michelle Garcia;   787 words ......the Statue of Liberty, the National Park Service had access to millions of dollars for...safety upgrades to the monument. The Park Service, the steward of Lady Liberty, has accumulated...Island and Liberty Island, according to Park Service officials. Under federal rules, the...