National Parks celebrate centennial; free admission
PUBLIC LANDS –The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week with special events across the country and free admission to all 412 national parks from Thursday through next Sunday, Aug. 25-28.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be visiting parks from coast to coast this week to highlight events and issues.
On Thursday morning she will tour Glacier National Park with scientists and stakeholders to spotlight climate change and its effects the park’s namesake glaciers and other resources.
Jewell will travel Thursday to Yellowstone National Park to deliver keynote remarks at Roosevelt Arch to celebrate the creation of the Naitonal Park Service on Aug. 25, 1916.
