FUTURE OF NATIONAL PARKS:STEPHEN P. MARTIN

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: April 22, 2005 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
04-22-2005
Statement of Stephen P. Martin Deputy Director, National Park Service Department
of The Interior Committee on House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources April 22, 2005 Mr. Chairman,
thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today at this oversight
hearing on key issues facing the National Park Service (NPS). We are pleased
to provide an overview on the subjects of this hearing, including funding
for the NPS, the maintenance backlog, homeland security, and management
issues. As the range of subjects is quite ...

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