News Blip: Public-Private Partnerships Vital To Parks
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Says Public-Private Partnerships Are Key To Accelerating The Modernization Of America’s Outdated Parks
On the scene at the Trump Administration’s “Made in America” week event in Washington, D.C., U.S. Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke stresses the importance of forging public-private partnerships to accelerate the modernization of America’s outdated, Eisenhower-era national parks with the end result being “a better parks experience all Americans could enjoy for the next 100 years.”
According to Woodall's writer Rick Kessler, the day began with Zinke meeting with members of the Outdoor Recreation Industry Roundtable (ORIR). Following that, he toured U.S.-made RVs, boats, ATVs, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles staged outside the Department of Interior headquarters. The day culminated with an hour-long excursion with Zinke hosting RVBUSINESS.com and a handful of other media in a 2018 Newmar Canyon Star 3923 that went from the U.S. Department of Interior headquarters to nearby Theodore Roosevelt Island, a memorial park on the Potomac River.
A former U.S. Navy Seal and freshman congressman from Montana, Zinke touched on a variety of subjects during the police-escorted trip, including: bureaucractic positions will be shifted from Washington to out into the field; the familiar wool park rangers uniforms will soon be made out of more comfortable materials; cleanliness of national park bathrooms will be a priority. But his primary message focused on leveraging public-private partnerships in order to improve visitor experiences on public lands and waters, while also helping to reduce the department’s maintenance backlog.
Check out the full article and a Q&A by Woodall's with Sec. Zinke right here.
-MRV: The Buzz