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National Parks Traveler: Addressing The Backlog, Out In The Parks, Spaceport Secrecy
Season 1
Episode 41
Published 6 years, 4 months ago
Description
John Garder, senior director of budget and appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association, discusses congressional action on legislation to address the roughly $12 billion in backlogged maintenance needs across the National Park System. Becky Lomax, author of Moon USA National Parks, discusses what she's seeing in the parks in terms of that maintenance backlog, and we share thoughts about efforts to build a commercial spaceport just west of Cumberland Island National Seashore.