U.S. National Park Service in Crisis Mode as Most Advisory Board Members Quit
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Interior Secretary Zinke said last year that 30 percent of the park service's employees were "disloyal to the flag." Employees, as well as the national parks and monuments themselves, have become political pawns. The advisory board members who resigned were tired of serving as cover for an Interior Secretary who wouldn't mind chopping down the forest.
After a year when record attendance at many U.S. National Parks and a growing maintenance backlog led to a National Park Service decision to raise entrance fees, the agency got off to a rough start in 2018.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that 10 of the 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board resigned due to frustration and differences with U.S. Interi
