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Article: Park Retirees: Hidden Cuts at National Parks at Odds With Bush Administration Assurances of 'Outstanding Visitor Services'; Survey of 12 Representative Parks Finds Cuts in Budget, Staff and Key Visitor Services; Findings Challenge Veracity of NPS Director's Promise of No Cuts Diminishing Park Experiences.
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- May 27, 2004
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WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey based in part on information from 12 representative U.S. national parks reveals a combination of significant cuts in budget, staff and visitor services at all of the parks, a finding that casts into doubt the truthfulness of March 24, 2004 testimony by National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, who told angry members of Congress that Americans would not see major park cuts this summer and that "outstanding visitor services" would be provided.
Compiled by the 250-member Coalition of Concerned National Park Service Retirees, the new report, which is entitled "Pretending to Protect the Parks: Mainella and ...