Welcome
In May, 2003, three former high-ranking National Park Service employees spoke at a Press Conference in Washington DC against actions being taken by Bush Administration officials that were having detrimental effects on the National Park Service and the national park system. At the same time, a letter was sent to President Bush and Interior Secretary Norton, signed by 20 NPS retirees, voicing similar concerns. On August 15, 2003, over 120 NPS retirees signed and released another letter to President George W. Bush and Interior Secretary Gale Norton calling for an end to the Administration's unprecedented attack on national parks. We have developed this website as a way to voice our concerns about actions being undertaken that we feel could diminish the values and purposes for which the national park system was established.
"If we are going to succeed in preserving the greatness of the national parks, they must be held inviolate. They represent the last stands of primitive America. If we are going to whittle away at them we should recognize, at the very beginning, that all such whittlings are cumulative, and that the end result will be mediocrity."
Where should you go this summer and fall if you want to escape the rising tide of man-made sound? Where can you go to find quiet or a chorus of natural sounds, such as wind, water, birds, frogs, bugs and rustling leaves?
Jun 9, 2008
CNPSR ByLaws 3/20/08
Bylaws of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
Ratified May 25, 2006; Amended March 20, 2008
Article I – Name and Location of the Organization
The name of the organization is the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, hereinafter referred to as “The Coalition.” The organization shall have and continuously maintain a registered office and registered agent within the State of Arizona.
Article II – Purpose of the Organization
New Battle at the Little Bighorn
Planned "Temporary" Visitor Center in Center of Battlefield Draws
Historians' Ire
May 19, 2008
With plans advancing for a controversial development on 78 privately held acres inside Valley Forge National Historical Park, the 640-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) today are applauding U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for what he has done so far to avoid endorsing the planned Disney-style private hotel-tavern-restaurant-convention-center-museum complex.
May 14, 2008
A proposed regulation will be released on April 30, that, if approved, would allow for loaded, concealed handguns in national parks. CNPSR released the following statement about the proposed regulation.
Apr 29, 2008
Holes of private lands that originally were intended to be part of a park system unit but which Congress didn't provide funds to purchase could be commercially developed Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.///March 12, 2008///The 640-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) today warned that the integrity of Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania is at risk because of a proposed development plan for 78 privately held acres within the boundaries of the park. CNPSR urged the U.S. Department of Interior and National Park Service (NPS) to break their silence and speak out against the unfolding “siege” on Valley Forge.
Mar 11, 2008
Neither crime nor attacks by animals are typically associated with national parks, and yet there are some in Congress that want to overturn the gun ban in parks. Read More
Prior to a possible vote this week, the 635-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) today warned the U.S. Senate about an expected amendment to S. 2483 that would bar the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from continuing to enforce current rules that allow gun owners to have their guns unloaded and stored while visiting national parks.
Feb 4, 2008