Tarnished Jewels:
The Case for Reforming the Park Service
Table of Contents
An Introduction to the Park Service
The Park Service Bureaucracy
Laws Relating to Park Management
Acres and Dollars
History of the Park Service
Park History before the Park Service
Stephen Mather: Founder
Horace Albright: Expanding the System
Arno Cammerer: Weathering the Depression
Newton Drury: The War Years
Conrad Wirth: Mission 66
George Hartzog: The Great Leap Forward
The 1970s: Politicizing the Parks
Russell Dickenson: Consolidating Gains
William Penn Mott, Jr.: Reagan's Preservationist
James Ridenour: Return to First Principles
Roger Kennedy: Reinventing the Park Service
Problems in Paradise: 1. Following the Money
What Makes a Park
Paying for the Parks
Planning the Parks
Concessioners
Problems in Paradise: 2. Threats to Ecosystems
Internal Threats
External Threats
Guest Essays
Michael Frome: Protecting Park Values
John Baden: Endowment Boards for the Parks
A Survey of Proposed Reforms
A Race Against Time
Regreening the National Parks
The Vail Agenda
Operation Future
Case Studies of National Parks
Building a Solid Foundation for Our Parks
Park Incentives Today
Designing the Right Incentives
How User Fees Will Solve Park Problems
A New Day for the National Parks
Financial Problems
in the parks.
Proposed Reforms of the Park Service.
1993 Database of Park Budgets, Fees, and Visitation
1994 Database of Park Budgets, Fees, and Visitation
1995 Database of Park Budgets, Fees, and Visitation
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