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1. Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
2. Call your reps: 5calls.org/state/texas/...
3. Recruit 3 friends to do the same.

#parkchat #nationalparks #bigbend

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1. Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
2. Call your reps: 5calls.org/state/texas/...
3. Recruit 3 friends to do the same.

Daines revives effort to roll back wilderness study areas in Montana The bill identifies three WSAs: Middle Fork Judith, Hoodoo Mountain and Wales Creek, totaling about 100,000 acres.

We need a representative who will help protect #publiclands, not erode them. #MtPol

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“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.”

~Louis Brandeis.

Image: Library of Congress.

Graphic with the words ‘Breaking News’ over a forested landscape. Large red text reads: ‘Senator Lee is trying to sell off our public lands. Again. TODAY.’ Yellow text below says: ‘Your call can help stop him.’

Once again Senator Lee thinks he can sneak in attacks to our public lands and we won’t notice. And once again, he’s wrong. We’re here, we’re watching, and we’re not letting up.

🩵 If you do, please note this stage of the program is closed. We are working on next projects, if folks would like to be engaged and can sign up to be the first in the know. Thank you!

Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.

Hi! As the creator of the Adopt a Ranger project - thank you for the enthusiasm!

Unfortunately the project has concluded for the holidays, but folks can still sign up for the next round of activism and support for our national parks and their stewards. #parkchat #nationalparks.

“Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to trade where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think & talk & act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.”

~Hinmaton-Yalakit/Chief Joseph (Nez Perce).

Image: Smithsonian.

Huzzah! So excited for Liz and Mikayla and their fantastic podcast interview with @kenburns.bsky.social on Rangers of the Lost Park
#parkchat #nationalparks

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Looking for good causes to give to this Giving Tuesday?

Please consider these two wonderful and important nonprofits I’ve had the pleasure to work with during my career:

The Garfield Trail of Ohio
www.garfieldtrail.org

The Eisenhower Foundation
eisenhowerfoundation.net

Thanks!

Very exciting!

In 28 days, the Adopt a Ranger program received over 1700 volunteers to support our public lands stewards. Some folks had special requests of non-park rangers they wanted to support, too
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#nationalparks #parkchat
@btarrington.bsky.social

🎵 “We need to abolish DST. Keep Standard Time! It’s a practice so harmful and obsolete. Keep Standard Time! No more debating. Keep Standard Time!” 🎶

Exhuming President Taylor President Zachary Taylor died on July 9, 1850, five days after becoming ill at a Fourth of July celebration. He apparently overindulged on raw cherries and iced milk; his doctors cited the cause of…

Was Zachary Taylor the first assassinated president?

Taylor, 12th POTUS, was born on this day 241 years ago: Nov. 24, 1784.

Taylor died in office on Jul. 9, 1850. Here's an article I wrote about the theory he'd actually been poisoned, which led to his body's exhumation for arsenic testing in 1991.

The Assassination of President Garfield, Part II Partisanship, Insanity, and Murder

Okay, for all you “Death by Lightning” fans… Here’s Part II of a two-parter I wrote years ago on President Garfield’s assassination. I posted Part I earlier today.

These were done in conjunction with the 2016 airing of the @pbs.org American Experience documentary “Murder of a President.”

The Assassination of President Garfield, Part I Partisanship, Insanity, and Murder

Calling all “Death by Lightning” fans…Here’s Part I of a two-parter about President James A. Garfield’s assassination.

I wrote this in early 2016 to coincide with release of the excellent @pbs.org American Experience documentary “Death of a President” (in which I also appeared as a “talking head”).

Civil Rights in James Garfield’s Era Garfield Remained Dedicated To African Americans Rights

Since James Garfield is getting a lot of attention these day thanks to “Death by Lightning” on @netflix.com, I’m sharing some older pieces I wrote about him and others of his era.

If you’re wondering why I called my book on the 1880 election “The Last Lincoln Republican,” this one’s for you.

Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees The Interior Department's consolidation efforts is coming with a cost to National Parks and other components of the agency.

Read more about how Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies like the #NationalPark Service a premium after mandating them to consolidate their employees: www.govexec.com/management/2... #DefinitelyNotMoneyLaundering

Last spring, ~5,700 employees of DOI bureaus—including ~1,700 NPS staff were forcibly & unexpectedly moved to the “DOI Office of the Secretary,” almost an entire new agency. This huge illegal reorganization was done without congressional approval and included HR, IT, comms & contracts staff.

Today is both James Garfield’s birthday AND Gettysburg Address anniversary.

This 11/13/1863 letter from Maj. Gen. Garfield to OH Gov. David Tod is Garfield’s negative RSVP to Tod’s invitation to attend Gettysburg Nat’l Cemetery dedication…at which Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address.

Image: LOC.

As the shutdown ends, a long recovery begins at Zion National Park While the end of the shutdown brings some immediate relief to park rangers at Zion National Park, a long recovery is just beginning.

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“The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.”

~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 31, 1956.

Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Last call! Tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for our Adopt A Ranger program for the November holidays.
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We've had an amazing response of over 600 (!) folks sign up to support our public lands stewards and being a bit of joy.
#nationalparks #parkchat

One of my favs!!!

Adopt a Ranger sign up Thank you for supporting our public lands stewards! An email will go out later this week with suggestions and ideas for your care box. It doesn't have to be elaborate -- shelf stable food stuffs, smal...

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Help spread the holiday spirit by adopting a park ranger!

With the government shutdown and staff reductions, this holiday season will be challenging for those in the green and grey impacted by the current state of affairs.
#nationalparks #parkchat

Thanksgiving boxes need to be mailed no later than November 17. If you'd like to participate, DM me!
#resistancerangers #saveourparks #supportourparkrangers

Join me to adopt a ranger and send a care package to a public servant who needs it this season. I'm putting together a spreadsheet of rangers in need - some have families, pets or other dependents. My goal is to help 50 rangers have a better holiday season.