26 August 2005

Top Official Urged Change in How Parks Are Managed

By FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: August 26, 2005

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - A high-ranking appointee at the Interior Department proposed fundamentally changing the way national parks are managed, putting more emphasis on recreational use and loosening protections against overuse, noise and damage to the air, water, wildlife or scenery. But a group of senior National Park Service employees rejected the proposal at a meeting this month.

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