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Meet Our Trustees
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Jeanie Smart and Pat Milone, City Slickers Turn Park Aficionados
January 10, 2013 In 1954, Jeanie and her sister Pat were working in New York City for the F.B.I. Neither had done much traveling, but a photo of the Grand Canyon made Pat determined to go...  |
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“Who will gainsay that the parks contain the highest potentialities of national pride, national contentment, and national health? A visit inspires love of country; begets contentment; engenders pride of possession; contains the antidote for national restlessness... He is a better citizen with a keener appreciation of the privilege of living here who has toured the national parks.”
-- Stephen T. Mather, the first National Park Service Director, 1917-1929
In 1919, just three years after the National Park Service was established, Stephen Mather helped found the National Parks Conservation Association. He felt very strongly that the national parks would need an independent voice—outside the political system—to ensure these places remained unimpaired for future generations.
Now, nearly one hundred years later, Trustees for the Parks members continue his legacy.
