later this month the park service turns 100, and jonathan jarvis is still wearing the green and gray iform. he has the hat he will put on any minute. no longer a temporary employee, jarvis is the leader of 22,000 employees who maintain the system of more than 400 national park units across the 50 states and most u.s. territories. as the national park service enters its second century, it faces multiple challenges, balancing needs while the agency the budgetess cuts while demanding the agency does more. cultivating a new generation of younger and more diverse park visitors and volunteers. adapting to the effects of climate change in parks including a loss of glaciers and coastline habitat. addressing well-publicized occurrences of sexual harassment in the grand canyon and other parks. dealing with the effects of energy and other developments in proximately to the parks. in his career jarvis has worn , every hat you could wear in the park service. every hat looks like. he has been a scientist, ranger, director, and now director. -- regional director and now director. i would like to tha

and jonathan jarvis is still wearing the green and gray uniform. e has the hat. jarvis is the leader of 22 employees to protect the system of more than 100 national markets units across 50 states, the district of the columbia and most u.s. tertories. -- territories. it faces to balance the needs while demanding the agency do more. backlog with more visitors and volunteers. adapting to climate change including the loss of glazers, coastline and habitats. addressing sexual harassment of the grand canyon and other parks. dealing with mining in proximity parks. he's worn just about every hat even though every hat looks alike. hee been the regional director and now director. i'd also like to thank director jarvis who agreed last fall to come to the new inauguration. that was before we knew about the storm that crip led washington. he showed hid grit and came to the inaugural. today we have better weather. this is the first time in the national press club, the park service director hazardsed the club. please welcome to the press club podium jonathan jarvis as he tell us

our guest is jonathan jarvis. we would like to welcome our c-span audiences, and you can follow the action on twitter. using the #npclive. now it is time to introduce our guests. i asked each of you stand briefly. please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from your right dylan brown, the , reporter for the any publishing, jean tie director of , bbn technologies, a longtime national parks volunteer, correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers, president and ceo of the national park foundation, elizabeth miller, washington bureau chief of "the new york times," the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] mr. burr: a medical device reporter and a press club board member. skipping over our speaker for just a minute. reporter at the any publishing and the press club speaker committee member who organized today's event. thank you. chief of public affairs for the national park service, a reporter at the "los angeles times

our guest today is jonathan jarvis, the director of the national park service. i'd like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences, and i would like to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag #npclive. that's #npclive. now it's time to introduce our head table guests. i'd ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from your right, dylan brown, a reporter from e&e publishing; gene tighe, director of bbn technologies, and a longtime national park volunteer; maria recio, a correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers; will shafroth, president and ceo of the national park foundation; elizabeth bumiller, washington bureau chief of the new york times; the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and united states senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] thank you, senator. ferdous al-faruque, medical device reporter for medtech insight and a press club board member. skipping over our speaker for just a minute, rod kurk

first we'll hear from jonathan jarvis.irector jarvis, how is the national park service of 2016 different from 1916? >> a lot of things have changed in the last 100 years. for instance, in 1916 most of the national parks were all outwest and really didn't have anything in our inventory that sort of represented the cultural memory of the united states. so in a very famous story fdr was coming back from a trip over to shenandoah and then director albright talked him in to transferring all of the civil war bait lfield sites to the national park service. at the time they were managed by the war department. and that really began sort of the responsibility of the national parks service to tell america's story through historic sites. and since that time we've added a significant number of places that represent the complexity of the american story. >> about two-thirds of the park service sites are historic or cultural in nature. how do you balance your response to history as well as the natural places. >> well both the natural plac

please welcome jonathan jarvis as he speaks about the 100th anniversary of the national park service. [applause] mr. jarvis: welcome, everybody. thank you, tommy. it is great to be back in a little warmer weather than we when were here. thank you for organizing this as well, and, senator, thank you for joining us. as was mentioned this year the , national park service will be 100, and i will answer for 48 of -- i will have served for 40 of those years so i have a few , opinions about the second century. i'll start with an excerpt from "the atlantic" magazine. "the president wanted all freedom and solitude possible while in the park, so all newspaperman and other strangers were excluded. even the secret service men and his private secretary were left at gardiner. he craved to be alone with nature. he was hungry for the wild and aboriginal, a hunger that seems to come upon him and drives him on his trips to the west. in the morning he had stated his wish to go alone into the wilderness. his detail did not quite like that idea. 'no, put me up a lunch and let me go alone. i will surely co

enjoy them and refresh your memory of what it means to be an mesh from jonathan jarvis, director of theational park service. 202-748-8000, if you live in the eastern half of the country and those in the mountain an pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 and for those listening on c-span radio, join in on the conversation. stephanie is joining us from mammoth cave, kentucky. good morning. caller: hi. host: good morning, stephanie. caller: i live at mammoth cave and that's my actual zip code. i under out here at sequoia and you apparently have to pay to even just get on to the park is what i'm understanding. at mammoth cave, you can drive all over the park, walk all over the park. you only have to pay if you take a tour. so on this weekend, is that free to take any of the tours? do you know? host: stephanie, i don't, i'm sorry to say. our guest is no longer with us. we'll look into that and if we have an answer we sure will. what do you like about where you live and for those who haven't been here, tell us a little bit about it. caller: oh, goodness. the county has a lake and a cave so we have

national park service director jonathan jarvis, proposed an order that would allow logos to appear. the name also not be able to appear on park signage or in the national parks. numerous media outlets reported that the proposed order would give the organizations naming rights. so if you're concerned tabata grand canyon being presented by verizon, don't worry. it is not going to happen. so corporate logo also be able to the b. displayed in a temporary setting lick on donated vehicles. corporate donations have always been accepted by the national parks service. the national park service has $11.9 million in maintenance, and the appropriation of funds have actually dropped 8% from 2005 to 2014 meaning the national park service is always in need of donations. >>> what a beautiful day to be out there where as if you're here, we have been dodging a lot of rain in some of those parks up north and east. place. we're planning on the mid 70s as we head through the day today. the cloud also settle back into the forecast, though. all kinds of flood warnings continuing around northern fayette an

then it is the director of the national park service, jonathan jarvis on the agency's 100th anniversary. later, donald trump in tampa florida. and news today of the devastating earthquake in central italy. this headline from bbc news online, italy earthquake, death toll rises to at least 159. at least 159 people have been killed and more than 360 injured in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central italy. the picture on the bbc news website of one of the villages devastated by the earthquake. crashed on a hillside. meanwhile, president obama today spoke to the italian president, he called the president today and the white house released this statement from president obama. offeredthe president his deepest condolences on behalf of the american people to the people of italy following the devastating earthquake that struck central italy overnight. obama selected the quick action of first responders and volunteers who have been working to save lives. that is from the white house quarantine -- quoting the president as he spoke to be a telling president. embers of congress also, on the earthquake

let me read for you again, jonathan jarvis, his op-ed today.e says "for the past century, the national park service has been providing for our most beautiful and treasured places, put into our stewardship by congress and both democratic and republican presidents. our employees of join the service for life because this work is more than a career. it is a mission. that mission is unlike that of any other federal agency." amy is joining us from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i just wanted to mention acadia really quick. that is one of my favorites. tall,ic coastline meets towering pine trees. a beautiful area that draws thousands of visitors. i have raised my kids between gettysburg and valley forge national parks. one thing i would like to ask or bring up, i have a 17-year-old daughter, we're both avid

first, you will hear from our national parks service director, jonathan jarvis. >> how is the nationalark service difference from the 2 2016. most of the natural parks were out west. so in a famous story, fdr was coming back from a trip over in shenandoah. and he was talked into transferring all of the civil war battlefield sites to the national park service at the time. that is sort of the responsibility of the national parks service to tell america story through his or her stick sites. since that time, we added a significant number of places that represent complexity of the american story. >> about two third of the parks are historical in nature. how do you balance your responsibility to history and as well as natural places. >> both natural places and cultural sites have a story to be told. we tell stories through places. we have great partners like smithsonian. yes, s in a place like gettysburg, you can tell not only the physical activities on the civil war but the meaning behind it such as the release and freedom over 4 million africans that became american citizens. >> what is th

enjoy them and refresh your memory of what it means to be an mesh from jonathan jarvis, director of the national park service. 202-748-8000, if you live in the eastern half of the country and those in the mountain an pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 and for those listening on c-span radio, join in on the conversation. stephanie is joining us from mammoth cave, kentucky. good morning. caller: hi. host: good morning, stephanie. caller: i live at mammoth cave and that's my actual zip code. i under out here at sequoia and you apparently have to pay to even just get on to the park is what i'm understanding. at mammoth cave, you can drive all over the park, walk all over the park. you only have to pay if you take a tour. so on this weekend, is that free to take any of the tours? do you know? host: stephanie, i don't, i'm sorry to say. our guest is no longer with us. we'll look into that and if we have an answer we sure will. what do you like about where you live and for those who haven't been here, tell us a little bit about it. caller: oh, goodness. the county has a lake and a cave so we hav

our guest is jonathan jarvis.would like to welcome our c-span audiences, and you can follow the action on twitter. now it is time to introduce our guest. i asked each of you stand briefly. these hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. brown, the director of an technologies, correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers, president and ceo of the national park foundation, warner,h miller, john former secretary of the navy and senator from virginia -- [applause] burr: a medical device reporter at a press club board , a reporter at a the chief ofmpany, public affairs for the national park service, a reporter at the los angeles times, assistant director for communications at the national park service, and andy fisher, director of communications for the pew charitable trust. thank you, all. 40 years ago our speaker put on uniform of a ranger and went to work on the national mall. the national park service was a mere 60 years old. later this month the park service turns 100 and jonathan jarvis is

then it is the director of the national park service, jonathan jarvis on the agency's 100th anniversary. later, donald trump in tampa florida. and news today of the devastating earthquake in central italy. this headline from bbc news online, italy earthquake, death toll rises to at least 159. at least 159 people have been killed and more than 360 injured in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central italy. the picture on the bbc news website of one of the villages devastated by the earthquake. crashed on a hillside. meanwhile, president obama today

in a few minutes, remarks from jonathan jarvis on his agency's 100th anniversary.

our guest today is jonathan jarvis, the director of the national park service. i'd like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences, and i would like to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag