NPCA Board Chair Testifies Before Congress 
On November 28, 2005, San Francisco, California hosted the sixth in a series of congressional field hearings led by Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), whose efforts have brought attention to the funding needs of America’s national parks.
NPCA Board of Trustees Chair Gene Sykes testified about the critical funding needs of California’s 23 national parks, putting special focus on the funds needed to combat illegal marijuana cultivation in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.
“California’s national parks sustain our long-standing, unbroken connection to the land and our history, and provide a rich legacy that we are obligated to leave unimpaired for future generations,” said Sykes. “How sad it would be to squander our American birthright by failing to address the budgetary woes that threaten national parks in California and across the nation.”
For more information on Rep. Souder’s hearings, please visit:
http://souder.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=NationalParks.Hearings
