Coalition pushes for more diversity in national parks; USA Today, 5/9/16

Bill Theobald, USA Today; Coalition pushes for more diversity in national parks:

"A first-of-its kind coalition of more than 30 civil rights, environmental justice and conservation groups is pushing for greater efforts to promote diversity in national parks and other public lands.

The group calls itself the Centennial Initiative because of this year’s 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and is hoping to increase:

-- the use of national parks by minorities

-- employment of minorities at parks

--the number of parks and monuments that highlight the role of minorities in American history.

At the same time, a group of 36 House Democrats, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona, has written a letter to Jon Jarvis, director of the National Park Service, using the centennial to push for some of the same improvements in the inclusiveness of public lands."