What are the most valuable sources of information for your topic?
Official website: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm , info on passes for parks: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm
Couple up to date stats + info: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2017/01/2017-state-national-parks
Growing coalition to diversify national parks: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/diversity-in-national-parks/
Alt National Park Twitter: https://twitter.com/altnatparkser?lang=en
National Parks Service Climate Change Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateNPS
National Parks News Twitter (verified): https://twitter.com/NPCA
Visit National Parks!!! Call Alcatraz and ask them what’s up??
Scholarly article on the benefits of tourism (natinal parks) on rural communitites, some mention of financial things: http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/34748984/Agricultural_transformation_and_population_nexus_Niboye___Kabote_Utafiti_journal.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1486680115&Signature=GBY8I1eQyp97%2F2sAG5L2RSD4IOI%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAgricultural_Transformation_and_Populati.pdf#page=139
News story about Berkeley AND NPS!!: http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/02/12/berkeley-the-national-park-service-and-the-vital-role-of-science-in-the-parks/
Literally a whole webpage about Berkeley and NPS: http://parksnext100.berkeley.edu/
Stakeholder we can talk to: https://www.nps.gov/resources/advisoryboardmembers.htm. Dr. Finney is a professor from Berkeley who is on the Advisory Board for the NPS in the ESPm department.
What existing Wiki articles (3) is your topic closest to?
History of national parks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_National_Park_Service
National parks service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service. Subtitle: Accessibility which gives very little info on “Access Pass”
Lists of National Parks in the U.S.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States we can go more in depth for each park.
What ways is your topic timely?
Trump directly targeted national parks Twitter accounts after they tweeted evidence in favor of climate change. National parks availability may be directly affected by his administration (threatened defunding could close parks or make them more expensive to visit). Climate change may also negatively impact the ecosystems of many national parks and most of the Trump administration denies the evidence of climate change.
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