Jon Jarvis: A new voice for the national parks

Ralph Maughan

New York Times very positive on the new Director of the National Park Service-

When President Obama nominated Jon Jarvis to head the Park Service, I was not familiar with him.

However, the New York Times thinks Jarvis is the “best news [they] have heard in the past nine years about the national parks”

New York Times editorial. A New Voice for the National Parks.

More! 7/15/09. Parks nominee called “tops.” Jarvis, who worked through ranks, is said to value resources, understand visitor needs. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch.

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July 15, 2009

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National Parks, Politics, Public Lands

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Ralph Maughan

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Jon Jarvis, National Parks Director

Comments

Virginia

July 16, 2009

He should also get involved in the bison slaughter issue in Yellowstone National Park. Suzanne Lewis needs to go.
Larry Thorngren

July 16, 2009

Virginia,
I agree with you. Suzanne Lewis treats Yellowstone like an overmanaged game farm/ranch. I wonder if she “cowboy ups” and wears her cowgirl outfit and big belt buckle after hours and on weekends.

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Ralph Maughan

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.