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National Parks face fight for survival amid proposed funding cuts

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM PDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks to Ed Stierli, the mid-atlantic senior regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association, which includes Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, about the current challenge National Parks face to stay open and how proposed cuts by the Republican-led Congress could make matters worse.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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