a official from the national parks service. lawmakers discussed park infrastructure and the need for funding. this was held by the house natural resources subcommittee on oversight and investigations. [gavels] >> microphone. >> it's not on. >> the subcommittee on oversight investigations will now come to order. the chair is authorized to recess the subcommittee at any time. the committee's hearing testimony on examining barriers to access at america's national parks. i asked unanimous consent that all members be allowed to give testimony and participate in the hearing from the dais. i ask that the gentleman from california be allowed to participate in the hearing. i asked that the gentleman from minnesota be allowed to participate in the hearing. and the gentlewoman from virginia be allowed to participate. and that the gentleman from illinois be allowed to sit with the subcommittee. >> without objection, so ordered. >> the hearings are limited to the chairman and ranking minority member. questions may be part of the hearing reco

and that the national park service has at its helm our nation's very first director. we are extraordinarily grateful for his leadership. and for all the things he is doing to help transform the culture within the park service, to help tell a more complete history of our nation's beautiful public lands. and his and all of the efforts of the national park service to protect these ecologically important places. the national park service is working to advance equity to support underserved communities. to tackle the climate crisis, to conserve our natural resources and preserve these public spaces and waters for generations to come. the park service is making these spaces more accessible to all people. and as i said, telling a more complete history. as we know, many of our national parks are actually spaces that are formerly indigenous lands in which our tribes lived, used, hunted and used for ceremonial purposes. the park service is partnering with tribal communities to return sacred places and access to important resources. the park service is working with our communities

first indigenous secretary and national park service our nation's first director and we are grateful for his leadership in the things he's doing to transform the culture within the park service is almost complete history of our m nation beautifl land and the efforts to protect these important places. working to advance equity to support underserved communities to tackle the climate. service and preserve of excuses for generations to come. a more complete history and the of our national parks formulate indigenous plans and is for ceremonial purposes and park service. this effort to return sacred places and working with communities and daily activities done to make sure we can access thesee spaces. conditions worsening and national park proudly to differ the primary source is booted climate change and we have left people working right now because not only a historic pandemic but donald trump is dismantled dismantling our federal workforce and force people out of service so while there may be challengeses, it's been desolatd by the pandemic and of hud president who pushed out federal wor

by telling the history of when they became national park's as designated by the u.s. government because all 63 of these parks sit on indigenous land. they all create -- they all have somewhere on their landscapes, sacred sites, and they have deep histories where people who live on these lands are connected to, not just connected to but maintaining these areas so i would just say, it is worth pointing out, and anything we try to do as well to backup our historical storytelling and tell that sort of deeper, in some cases deeper geological history, but also the history of the human presence that predates the coming in national park. >> charlie is in roslyn heights near. morning. >> good morning. saving the national parks are important, but the rest of the court is important. we are here in new york on a co-op conflict and we are fighting pesticides over here. it's like pulling teeth. i wish people were out on the streets like a few years ago with george floyd. there was water that is a whole other issue that came up in the news. they said half of the faucets are giving us

and that's one of the reasons why national parks and yellowstone, and yosemite, and in glacier national park, banff and jasper are doing control, burns. one of the reasons is that they're trying to encourage the growth of those root vegetables and berries that so many animals depend on. so is there a universal policy regarding controlled burning globally? so there's a universal body, but there's a lot of trading of information between the fire organizations in europe and north america. here in north america, we have what we call a fam or for a fire compact. and it started, interestingly enough, for i think in 1954 when bar harbor main burn big. and it caught the attention needs of the president of the united states of the time . because this is where the rich from hollywood and other quarters went to in summer and when the town burn. uh, they used all their resources to try to put it out and they didn't have enough. and they brought in.

a national park. so three times he proposed bills to make it the national park and. harrison became president in the 1880s, and he again to make it a national park. and he couldn't get congress to go along with that because it takes act of congress to create a national park. so there was a lot of opposition from arizonans, because this land had been privately and they didn't want to see, you know, private land claimed by the pioneers, you know, taken away from the pioneers and turned into public land. so benjamin harrison couldn't do it even he was president. he did make this a national forest, though. he did manage to make the grand canyon, the national forest, which is sort of bogus, because inside the canyon there's not very many forest inside the canyon on the rim. so that was one step forward and then teddy roosevelt came along. he was very dedicated to the grand canyon, too. he really loved it. but in a very paradoxical way. so teddy roosevelt, after he was president, went to the north rim to go

by telling the history of when they became national park's as designated by the u.s. ment because all 63 of these parks sit on indigenous land. they all create -- they all have somewhere on their landscapes, sacred sites, and they have deep histories where people who live on these lands are connected to, not just connected to but maintaining these areas so i would just say, it is worth pointing out, and anything we try to do as well to backup our historical storytelling and tell that sort of deeper, in some cases deeper geological history, but also the history of the human presence that predates the coming in national park. >> charlie is in roslyn heights near. morning. >> good morning. saving the national parks are important, but the rest of the court is important. we are here in new york on a co-op conflict and we are fighting pesticides over here. it's like pulling teeth. i wish people were out on the streets like a few years ago with george floyd. there was water that is a whole other issue that came up in the news. they said half of the faucets are giving us poiso

zion national park is an example. there are 426 units in the national parks system and some are underutilized. we are focused on how to steer the american people to the full american story represented in the system. dealing with how to have a quality visitor experience and take care of the resources and heavily visited places and get folks to understand their parks is another one. >> i know it's in new mexico, we struggle with that challenge. there is a double edged sword in that having that a federal recognition and protection of these beautiful and important places brings greater attention and protection but also brings as you stated, over love of some of the spaces and we are struggling with that in some of our areas. in terms of the challenges, climate change challenges that they posed for the parks, this summer, the southwest was covered in a heat dome. an historic fires in canada have brought smoke which descended down across all of the u.s. and, of course, the historic drought and climate and water challenges t

of the national park. and that's one of the reasons why national parks and yellowstone, and yosemite, and in glacier national park, banff and jasper are doing control, burns. one of the reasons is that they're trying to encourage the growth of those root vegetables and berries that so many animals depend on. so is there a universal policy regarding controlled burning globally? now there's a universal body, but there's a lot of trading of information between the fire organizations in europe and north america. here in north america, we have what we call a fam or for fire compact. is that started? interestingly enough, or i think in 1954 when bar remains bern, big and it caught the attention needs of the present to the united states of the time. because this is where the rich from hollywood and other quarters went to in summer. and when the town burn, uh, they used all their resources to try to put it out and they didn't have enough. and they brought in the canadians. and that was the beginning of a very long

more by fire than within the national parks goes to national parks. we suppress fires for so long and the, and what happened was that you had this canopy that shaded out all of the root vegetables and all of the berries that the bears depended on. and so that was why the bears outside the park tended to do better. although the population didn't grow was because they didn't have the protection, they had the national park. so it was kind of a trade off. they had more food, but they're more likely to be poached or hit by a truck or, you know, all the, all of the safeguards that we have a national park, but you don't have outside of the national park. and that's one of the reasons why national parks, in yellowstone and yosemite, and in glacier national park, banff and jasper are doing control, burns. one of the reasons is that they're trying to encourage the growth of those root vegetables and berries that so many animals depend on. so is there a universal policy regarding controlled burning globally? so there's a universal body, but there's a lot of trad

we have a national park the you don't have outside of the national park. and that's one of the reasons why national parks and yellowstone, and yosemite, and in glacier national park dance, and jasper are doing control, burns, one of the reasons is that they're trying to encourage the growth of those root vegetables and berries that so many animals depend on so is there a universal policy regarding controlled burning globally? so there's a universal body, but there's a lot of training of information between the fire organizations in europe and north america. here in north america, we have what we call a fam or for a fire compact. is that started? interestingly enough, or i think in 1954 when bar harbor main burn big. and it caught the attention even to the presence of the united states of the time, because this is where the rich from hollywood and other quarters went to in summer . and when that town burn. uh, they used all their resources to try to put it out. and they didn't have enough, and they brought in uh, uh, canadians, and that was the beginning ha

glacier national park in my own state. entry is vital to allow viewers to enjoy parks in the process should be something other than a low roadblock to deter anyone coming or booking a trip. the comprehensive plan to affect these d problems while at the se time provide streamlined process people can understand and use. this not only has harmful effects six bottles on the wildlife. we've heard reports, wastewater collapsed into rivers and streams. these are a result of overcrowding and we must resolve this while maintaining accessible cards for all interested. without these agencies, civil engineers in a reasonable solution. i look forward to the testimony of deputy director today and we kind of partisan solutions to these solutions. >> mr. reynolds, m rather civil engineers employed by the department focusing on learning congestion across the park system? >> i don't know if there's a civil engineer working on thehe overcrowding side but there are engineers and specialists and our contractors so we are looking at those and i

this tide in the model and national park, they've been successful for the most part. but elsewhere, profit interest is mostly overturn their efforts the once the forest has vanished, roads appear and paved the way for further destruction. the land that has been cleared will be turned into passengers for the meat industry. here the rich abundance of species is a bygone memory. the another threat to local bio diversity only becomes clear. the 2nd glance, the forming of coco leads the eastern endian slopes are where the bushes usually grow. the local inhabitants enjoy the stimulating, effective tease, made from cocoa leaves. but it can also be used to produce cocaine, the, the leak on the, on the, and boats on the side into who's currently some info in peru. it's not that easy to distinguish between legal and illegal coca cola division. it's not against the law to grow coca plants, but it is illegal to extract the uncle lake from the leads to produce cocaine yields for heck, there are high. so it's very hard to convince farmers to use it for other purposes or to grow som

a national park and save strife. are more tourists than animals. well, since we're here so animals. hello hello my name is svetlana anton very nice anton we imagined in the safari park that this safari park we drive such open cars around lva, this is our belarusian park, so we don’t have a car open. yes , we have mishka, our animals, which we have been living here for 9 years already in this verbose area. you have two children, how old are they? well older 7 years younger 2 1/2 months. oh, little congratulations thank you young. here is this ah. i've never seen anything like this, god , i've seen pictures of wolves, i love with wolves, i buy, i love wolves, a pack of wolves , fidelity, well, i haven't seen wolves. no way they were born, captive. listen, this is rare, there is such a story, it happens almost every year, good conditions, then good they will not turn into a real god, when i think it depends on feeding, if there is good feeding, then by winter it will already be they are just like that and where do you t

so great smoky mountains national park it's such beautiful park and was that is that was in 1934. we have about 800 square miles of park in east tennessee and western north carolina. and as you know, we're known for our beauty biodiversity but also we're known for our human vestiges. we have about 9000 years of human between early white settlers native americans and african-americans. and again if you've never been the great smoky mountains park, you have to see it. you may have to see me there. but let's move on to main story. i can't let you all to look at this screen and just think about the history, as i just talked about human vestiges and date about when you come to the smokies what history may what what will you think about what comes to mind when you're driving this scenic view they're looking over the overlook on the left here you'll. see the civilian conservation corps members, it's probably circa 1930s here. the civilian conservation corps really helped, you know, this park established and they maintained trails and cemeteries and built things and everything goes on. yo

and i actually started my career with the national park service as an intern at fort sumter in fort moultrie national historical park in charleston, south carolina. and i worked there for about a year and charleston, south carolina. you've never been is a it's a beautiful town there's a lot of history revolutionary, war history. but most people, you know, associate it with its important civil war history. and the war started there back in 1861, in april. so over the next 45 minutes, we're going to do like, i can't go over the build up to the first shots of the civil war. i'm going to tell you the battle that happened on april 12th and april 13th. and then i'm going tell you what happened to fort sumter in the city following, that for the rest of the war, and then what's there today and kind of what you can see and definitely encourage you if you get a chance to go down and visit at some point, hopefully after covid and be able to check out a lot of these important historical sites that are pretty well preserved down there. but i love the battles at fort sumter and there's a lot of high profi

we went all over the united states visiting our national parks and seashores. you know, i got to go to yellowstone and the olympics in the everglades. we'd have a pontiac and station wagon and a trail or i grew up in northwest ohio, the midwest, and we would then just go see the country and had asthma as a boy. and and it was horrible. and wherever went, i was so reinforced by picking up brochures like we used to do in those days and on it i would sit at the place would saved by theodore roosevelt who also had asthma as a boy and was would suffer mightily. so identified with tr and i realized that he ended up as i did more more looking save 234 million acres, 234 million acres of wild america. he created today's us forest service. you know he all these western national forests or theodore roosevelt he took and created 51 federal bird reservations with executive fiat. they showed him that birds were being slaughtered in florida because. he was a feathers war. anybody coming? hear me speak. between 1910. let's just say circa 1900 would have come this morning if y

joining us now, steve lyon, a ranger at yosemite national park., nice to have you on the program. this is kind of crazy. a four-hour wait. would you consider bringing back the reservation system? >> we're in discussions to do that, but we don't know about that just yet. people can look up on the yosemite website information about traffic and parking issues there, and we're working on fixes for it. >> steve, in the interim, is there any sort of crowd control you guys are implementing in the next few weeks or traffic flow? >> we are. we have a text message system so that people can send a text message to 333111. that text message just needs to say "ynp traffic," and you'll get text alerts that give notice as to what's going on with traffic in the valley right now. also we are currently a redirect system. so if people the west end of yosemite valley fills up, what we're doing is redirecting cars back out of the valley. so in order to avoid that, what we're recommending people do is get to the park before 8:00 a.m., and if that can't happen, try to ti

behalf of the national park service, it is my pleasure to welcome you all to the korean war veterans memorial. it's a privilege to be here today to mark the 7/70 anniversary of armistice and the end of fighting in a very special welcome to the ambassador to our distinguished guests, all our visitors who traveled near and far to be here today, and most of all, to the veterans, the korean war and your families would also like to extend a special welcome to all of our guests from the republic of korea. we are grateful for your participation. we honor our collective armed forces that fought in the korean war. i also want to thank the national park service staff and especially our volunteers who interpret and maintain this memorial and help educate the more than 4 million people who visit here each year. and, of course, a heartfelt appreciation to general talalay, to director steve lee and all the members of our great partner, the korean war veterans memorial foundation. your tireless work this memorial and the veterans it represents, is an inspiration to all of us. today, we not only mar

i'm kelsey kernstine back to you. >> another note for those exploring the outdoors, the national park service says to please be careful when visiting the country's parks this summer, especially if you find yourself stuck in one of these a herd of bison. the park service posted this photo along with several recommendations about traveling to our national parks. officials recommend visiting busy sights on weekdays or early in the morning to avoid crowds also have a backup plan in case parks are extremely busy. if you find yourself sharing the road with wildlife, please be patient for them to make their way along or off the road and only maneuver around the animals when it is safe to do so. and scientists in the uk are working on eco friendly painkillers. they're making ibuprofen from pine trees instead of crude oil, many pharmaceutical drugs use chemicals from crude oil. but researchers say using that is harmful to the environment, which is why scientists from bath university are using fluid found in pine trees as a the process to make the re. eco-friendly drugilbe more expensive. but s

>> reporter: in her late 80s joy and her grandson came up with the crazy idea to visit all 63 national parksthing different. every park has some beautiful thing that the other park doesn't have and it's something to look forward to >> it sure is a lovely day. >> reporter: and they didn't just show up, see the parks and leave, they have taken some pretty wild excursions from zip lining, even white water rafting. >> it's one thing to go white water rafting in class 3 rapids in alaska by yourself, it's another thing when you're holding on to a 91-year-old woman who can't swim. >> reporter: but the seven-year journey was so much more than just a checklist. >> i don't know how to describe the feeling of watching old faithful erupt and then also watching that through the eyes of somebody who waited 85, 87, 90 -- now 93 years to see such wonderful things i'm able to see the world through her eyes, slow down, be present and not just assume i'm going to be back one day. >> reporter: and what's a family trip without a little bickering here or there. >> what's your favorite thing to tell your grandson

we know the national park service has faced serious staffing challenges in recent years. and for the staff you have, finding housing is often a real challenge. are you doing to ensure you have the workforce in place to properly manage these vital lands? sec. haaland: thank you for recognizing that, senator. as you know, since covid, the visitors on our national parks and public lands has exponentially increased. yes, having the proper staff is important. we are working on that. of course, that is the importance of our budget, to hire more staff across the department and certainly in our national parks. we also, let's see, the budget includes $117.8 million across multiple initiatives to support more than 600 additional full-time equivalent, including more than 400 to build park capacity for natural resource stewardship, address new and critical responsibilities at parks, and support the u.s. park police operations which is incredibly important to all of our national parks. we have a plan. sen. hickenlooper: i appreciate the able support on short notice. that is what i cal

it borders murchison falls national park, uganda's largest largest conservation area, and home to endangereddan aerospace engineer peter nyeko visited the off-grid village in the district of nwoya, he saw a need for clean energy. >> first of all, it was near the national park. so, if we could do something in nwoya which would reduce the pressure on firewood, it would be interesting to help conserve the national park. secondly, nwoya had a lot of agriculture which means that whatever we could do with agricultural waste we could do in nwoya. >> so, in 2012, peter nyeko set up a private company. today the plant in got ngur generates 64 kilowatt hours of renewable energy from agricultural biomass through a process called 'gasification'. >> due to the shape of the gasifier, just a spark is enough to get the material to heat up to a thousand degrees celsius. at that temperature it breaks down. from rice husks, maize cobs, ground nut shells, coffee husks into methane and hydrogen rocket fuel. while those gases are light, they rise to the top. they are sucked out and go to power the engine. >> the m

this is the law in the national parks. if you are in your car, there is no risk.he side of the road, stop, ento joy the wildlife, take photos. if you are outside of your car, walking, hiking or just standing on the side of the road, you need to stay certain safety distances away from the animals. bears and wolves, that's 100 yards and all of the other animals, including bison, is 25 yards. if you see the animal drastically changing behavior because of your presence you are too close, even if you are beyond those limits. with bison, they are nice enough to give us warning signs they are getting agitated. you will see an exaggerated head bobbing, scratching and stomping at the ground. and you will see their tail go up. if you see any of those factors happening, back up, increase the amount of space between you and the answer and let other people know, too, they are getting too close. you are not just putting yourself in danger. you are putting other people in danger and putting the animals in danger. >> national parks are a treasure. it is absolutely worth doing tha

national parks. they're going camp in the national forest, they're starting to see stuff. they're starting to see overgrazed rangelands. they're starting to see some clear cuts and they're starting to think maybe maybe the forest service is doing too much. maybe the park service has built too many visitors centers. so emerging in the 1950s then. and i haven't even mentioned the dams that are being put in every stream that is possible. it seems like at this time. there is an emergent wilderness movement where there's a desire to protect places from commercial development more or less entirely and that coalesces in the 1950s and pushes toward what becomes the wilderness act which passes in 1964. and that's not the very first law in this era but between 1964 and say 1976 a whole handful or a couple handfuls actually of laws past congress overwhelmingly bipartisan. just some of them unanimous in the house or the senate to the endangered species act the endangered species. act wilderness act had four votes against i mean just it's overwhelming by partisanship at this time to tot

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this morning because are taking a closer look at our national parks. >> national parks have been a partural treasures. gadi schwartz is our park ranger for the day. good morning where is your hat? >> i had forgotten my hat at home before we get into that, imagine you pack up your car with a tent and your kids and you are dreaming about those big open spaces, that fresh mountain air, and then you end up in a four-hour line of cars in the middle of our pristine forests here is how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. when we think of our national parks, we often picture majestic peaks, spectacular wildlife and iconic natural wonders but over the last decade, national parks have seen increased visitors. >> expect to encounter a lot of people. >> this year is the first year overall park attendance is back to pre-pandemic levels, so things can get kind of crowded though there are 424 national parks, more than a quarter of those visitors are flooding the top eight, more than 80 million people that can mean up to a four-hour wait just to get into parks like yosemite without a reservation, yo

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but the protection of our watershed and the city provides significant outside funding for the national park, over $8 million a year is for trail maintenance and wilderness education and park operations and security keeping the water safe and the park a haven. >> one hundred years ago when the dam was first built, there was a different view of the environment back then, than there is today. and the dam was part of changing that view across the nation. that brings an importance to our work here at o'shaughnessy dam, how we manage this dam and manage our releases and the environment downstream, it's very important to san francisco that we need that challenge. >> for 100 years, o'shaughnessy dam and the park service ensured the bay area has clean water, along with ongoing stewardship much our precious natural resources. >> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do somethin

being picturesque , are also famous for their crystal clearness, it is no coincidence that the national park was named unified state examination two in translation from the komi language light water. this is the land where rivers are born, where bright waters do not want to come to the pizzas of this water and just endless. we have many tourist groups travel from russian megacities such as st. petersburg, moscow, just because drinking is water. yes, and these are all mountain streams that originate, uh , from springs from snowfields from glaciers, so they are so clean. local water is really very popular with people. so one of the streams. it is called tylashor, a real celebrity, it is known throughout the komi republic, it contains a lot of useful trace elements, including fluorine, which is rare for mountain sources, now to taste this water does not have to come to the yugu-2 national park, it is bottled and sent to a city called intar. for the most part , a journey through the subpolar urals, including climbing mount narodnaya, begins from here from an umbrella. this is the nearest large s

here, 17 old and new national parks national parks are joined together to create a huge network of wildrivate land donation in history to create a conservation project on a vast scale. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4x4. so we�*ve blown a tire. and as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. and as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we�*ve hit one of these huge potholes, and i guess that�*s part of the story of tourism here. you know, the infrastructure is still a work in progress, but fortunately all the locals are being super helpful. for two american philanthropists, doug and chris tompkins, the root of parks part of a decades—long project in both chile and argentinean patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug, chris and the tompkins conservation organization bought two million acres of land across chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we do because every hectare we have ever purchased goes right back to the people of the country. if you want to conserve a territory and bring back species who've gone toward a point where their numbers a

supports the issue of transforming mezhihirya into a garden park to the monument of garden and park art of national significance but i would like to agree with those colleagues who said that mezhyhirya - this is not about the mezhihirya park - it is about the total corruption that existed in ukraine, and here colleagues mentioned zhehirya yanukovych was handed over to yanukovych by a kind of forgotten politician, viktor andriyovych yushchenko, in 2007, and by the way , mr. tarasyuk, who was in charge of the duchy during yushchenko's time, made a deal with the investigation and received a suspended sentence precisely because of yanukovych's transmissions. mezhyhirya yanukovych was handed over after the parliamentary elections of 2007, when it was already clear to yanukovych's government that slippers would already be another government and yushchenko then, before handing over the entire country to yanukovych in the 10th year, he decided to present mezhyhirya to him in 2007 by signing the relevant documents, i have a simple question: where is the criminal case against of this criminal against viktor