There is one possible bright spot on the horizon for both the decaying national park system and the economy. According to a major new statement from the 690-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR), there is a major economic stimulus opportunity - one strikingly similar to that seized upon in the wake of the Great Depression - to revitalize our national parks and the fraying infrastructure related to them, the group notes.

The statement concludes: "As the new President takes his office and selects a new Secretary of Interior and National Park Service Director, the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees calls upon him to place a priority on the health of the nation's crown jewels."

There are also opportunities that can effectively link the needs of the National Park System with those of the Nation during this period of economic crisis." Areas in which a stimulus package might allow for national park-related job creation include: enacting federal and state legislation which protects wildlife migratory routes and patterns, as well as preserves healthy levels of each species; enacting laws, promulgating regulations and providing enforcement resources that provide park managers the authority to stipulate the type of vehicle or equipment allowed, as well as the location of that vehicle use; approving and funding an adequate land acquisition program; developing a specific response to the recommendations of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's recommendations to the National Park Service for reversing global warming; better protection of national park water resources; resolving international border issues so as not to impair the natural or cultural resources of these areas; restoring national park interpretation education programs.

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