Archive for November, 2010

Fee Free Days – Click Here to Comment

Having been offered for two years by the U.S. Department of Interior, Fee Free Days offer free admittance to federal public lands on select dates throughout the year.

The National Parks Promotion Council is collecting suggestions on how Fee Free Days can be made better.  To suggest improvements, comment by clicking on the headline to this article or email your suggestion through the email address on the About page.

NPPC Announces Membership Opportunities

Acadia National Park

The National Parks Promotion Council is now open to membership.  Individuals, businesses and organizations who become members of the National Parks Promotion Council help keep the national parks considered by potential park visitors, but they also benefit directly by getting access to research findings of the NPPC at no additional cost, by receiving highlighted identification in NPPC promotional communications (such as announcements of Fee Free Day offers), by having the opportunity to elect NPPC leadership, by receiving News From the NPPC, promotional offers and programs, by being able to participate in NPPC committees and network with other national park-related marketing, communications and research leaders, and by being able to identify themselves as a member of the National Parks Promotion Council.  Membership varies from any donation from $25 to $99 for non-voting Associate membership, $100 for individual membership, $500  for an organization under 10 employees, $1,000 for an organization over 10 employees, $5,000 for a large organization with multiple locations (including state tourism offices) and $10,000 for sponsorship membership (includes board seat).  For more information about membership email jpoimiroo@nationalparksonline.org.

Blacks and the National Parks

The important national dialogue about why African Americans are missing from our national parks continued in Oprah Winfrey’s recent programs about her Yosemite camping adventure with her best friend, Gayle.  This week, The New York Times wrote of the topic.  To read the article, CLICK HERE.