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National Park Service Director Chuck Sams violated his agency's "protective mandate" for wildlife when he allowed the Jemez Pueblo to kill a bald or golden eagle inside Valles Caldera National Preserve last fall, according to a number of retired Park Service managers and wildlife biologists.
In a move viewed as unprecedented and apparently against agency regulations, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams signed off on a request to allow the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico to kill either a bald or golden eagle in Valles Caldera Preserve.
In a move criticized as unprecedented and apparently against agency regulations, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams signed off on a request to allow the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico to kill either a bald or golden eagle in Valles Caldera Preserve.
To learn about the impacts of government shutdowns on the National Park System, we’re joined today by Bob Krumenaker, a retired Park Service superintendent, and John Garder, from the National Parks Conservation Association.
Bob Krumenaker has overseen the sprawling Far West Texas park since 2018, a tenure marked by the pandemic and an explosive growth in the number of people visiting the park.
Big Bend National Park is often referred to as “Texas’ Gift to the Nation.” There’s no person who knows this vast and rich ecological landscape quite like the man who heads the protected area, Superintendent Bob Krumenaker.
Preliminary data from the National Park Service show Big Bend National Park saw an 11% drop in visitors last year, a slowdown from a record-high year in 2021.