Sen. King Todays Hearing is for the subcommittee to review the impacts of overcrowding at our National Parks, on park resources and Visitor Experiences, and to consider strategic approaches to Visitor Use Management. Id like to say at the outset that i think neither my cochair nor myself have a readymade set of solutions or proposed legislation. This is truly a hearing to listen and learn and discuss options in an open and free way, to talk about not only the situation today, about where we will be in five or 10 years. We are talking strategically, not necessarily tactically. As vaccine rates continue to rise across the country, americans who have been stuck inside for a year look for outdoor recreation. We are having a recordbreaking year at many of our National Parks. Even as international visitation is down due to ongoing covid19 concerns, visitation numbers at our most iconic parks like glacier, acadia, and yosemite are already at alltime highs. Its great to see so many americans a
Overcrowding at National Parks. There was an increase in Park Visitors during the covid 19 pandemic and how the national Parks Service can address the issue. Sen. King Todays Hearing is for the subcommittee to review the impacts of overcrowding at our National Parks, on park resources and Visitor Experiences, and to consider strategic approaches to Visitor Use Management. Id like to say at the outset that i think neither my cochair nor myself have a readymade set of solutions or proposed legislation. This is truly a hearing to listen and learn and discuss options in an open and free way, to talk about not only the situation today, about where we will be in five or 10 years. We are talking strategically, not necessarily tactically. As vaccine rates continue to rise across the country, americans who have been stuck inside for a year look for outdoor recreation. We are having a recordbreaking year at many of our National Parks. Even as international visitation is down due to ongoing covid
Resources and Visitor Experiences, and to consider strategic approaches to Visitor Use Management. Id like to say at the outset that i think neither my cochair nor myself have a readymade set of solutions or proposed legislation. This is truly a hearing to listen and learn and discuss options in an open and free way, to talk about not only the situation today, about where we will be in five or 10 years. We are talking strategically, not necessarily tactically. As vaccine rates continue to rise across the country, americans who have been stuck inside for a year look for outdoor recreation. We are having a recordbreaking year at many of our National Parks. Even as international visitation is down due to ongoing covid19 concerns, visitation numbers at our most iconic parks like glacier, acadia, and yosemite are already at alltime highs. Its great to see so many americans are taking advantage of these parks. That is why we protect these lands in the first place. At the same time, we must r
to michael bloomberg, from the department of information, technology and telecommunications. so obviously can help us answer a lot of these questions. and, evan, i want to start with you, this has raised so many questions about what s going on, and why, if you can recover one message, where are the rest of them? right. and, you know, look, this letter that jamie gangel obtained indicates also that the committee, the committee asked the secret service to preserve these records on january 16th. this is before the so-called migration, this is before the devices were being changed over. this is what the secret service says is the cause of this deletion of these text messages. but what was being requested was all of these communications for 24 people at the secret service. we don t know exactly who those people are, but there are people who would have been in key positions to know what was happening in those days before january 6th and, of course, on that day. the only message t
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County announced that it was adjusting its gate fees at Ascarate Park during the Big El Paso Fair. The event runs from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 28. During the fair, the County will be charging $10 per vehicle and this impacts all visitors each Friday, Saturday […]