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    To: Secretary Ryan Zinke January 15, 2018

    Department of Interior

    From: Tony Knowles


    Chair of the NPSAB 2010-2017
    Governor of Alaska 1994-2002

    I am submitting my resignation as Chair and member of the National Park


    System Advisory Board. It has been an honor and privilege to serve on this
    Board for the last seven years with remarkable individuals who have committed
    their time and talent to ensure the stewardship our National Parks and prepare
    them for the enjoyment of future generations. We worked closely and
    productively through 2016 with dedicated National Park Service employees, an
    inspiring Director and a fully supportive Department. We engaged over a hundred
    volunteer national experts in education, science, history and anthropology, and
    park management and planning to help design the right path to meet the
    challenges and changes for the second century of our National Parks. We
    emphasized scientific research and mitigation of climate change; engaging young
    generations; evolving a more diverse culture of park visitors, advocates and
    employees; bringing our schools to our parks and our parks to our schools;
    stressing park urbanization; protecting the natural diversity of wildlife; and so
    much more.

    These are the matters on which the Board wanted to brief you and your staff. We
    also wanted to present evidence of the overwhelming support and participation
    all across America for the National Park System and this agenda during the 2016
    NPS centennial celebration.

    For the last year we have stood by waiting for the chance to meet and continue
    the partnership between the NPSAB and the DOI as prescribed by law. We
    understand the complexity of transition but our requests to engage have been
    ignored and the matters on which we wanted to brief the new Department team
    are clearly not part of its agenda. I wish the National Park System and Service
    well and will always be dedicated to their success. However, from all of the
    events of this past year I have a profound concern that the mission of
    stewardship, protection, and advancement of our National Parks has been set
    aside. I hope that future actions of the Department of Interior demonstrate that
    this is not the case.

    The following National Park System Advisory Board member share the thoughts
    stated above and join me in tendering their resignations.

    Gretchen Long, Paul Bardacke, Carolyn Finney, Judy Burke, Stephen Pitti, Milton
    Chen, Belinda Faustinos, Margaret Wheatley

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