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Voting Record on Park Issues Earns NPCA Award

Hollywood, Fla. – Senator Bill Nelson and Representatives Corrine Brown (FL-3), Kathy Castor (FL-11), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20), and Alcee Hastings (FL-23) have been honored with a Friend of the National Parks award from the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for their contributions to protecting and enhancing America’s national parks. The award, presented to 236 members of Congress on June 21st recognizes members with pro-park voting records during the 111th Congress.

“America’s National Parks are living classrooms that teach us valuable lessons about our shared heritage, and Senator Nelson and Representative’s Brown, Castor, Wasserman Schultz and Hastings’ support is essential to the preservation of our national treasures,” said Dawn Shirreffs, Everglades Restoration Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association. “We look forward to working with our Florida members to ensure the protection of our parks in the future.”

NPCA’s Friend of the National Parks award was established in 1999 to track and publicize congressional members’ votes on significant park issues. For the 111th Congress, NPCA examined 12 key House votes and six key Senate votes. Senators who voted pro-park four out of six times received the award as did House members who supported parks on at least seven out of twelve votes.

A complete list of the 57 senators and 179 representatives who received NPCA’s award is available online at http://www.npca.org/park_policy/friend-award.html.

Since 1919, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association has been the leading voice of the American people in protecting and enhancing our National Park System. NPCA, its 600,000 members and supporters, and many partners work together to protect the park system and preserve our nation’s natural, historical, and cultural heritage for our children and grandchildren.
For more information about, visit: www.npca.org.

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