Im delighted to move us to our second panel the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meyer or historian and Landscape Architectsts serving s moderator to kick off this event. Lauren has a longstanding relationship with the olmstead having edited the list of Design Projects which were just mentioned as well as part of the near 12 volume thousands and thousands of pages. He is currently the cochair of the nonprofit partner of National Historic sites and with that welcome lauren. Thank you enough i can figure out the technology here i will pull up the next i might need someone. [inaudible conversations] there it is. Right in the middle. Welcome everyone to session to. Im going to kick off this panel covering sort of a flyover of the role of the olmstead and the National Park service. Followed by scholar and historian Hope Christian who looked into the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, jr. And ending with sam hodder who will talk about the importan
Supporting cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next. New york state officials testifying on placing migrant caps on National Park service land. They oppose the recent approval of a field in brooklyn by new yorks governor to be used as a temporary site to be houses migrants coming into new york city. This is just over three hours. The committee will come to order the chair is authorized to display recess of the committee at anyng time. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on destroying americas best idea. Examining the use of National Park service land for migrant camps. As unanimous consent that all members testifying today be allowed to sit with the committee the other testimony and participate in the hearing from theen dire. The young woman from new york and the gentlewoman from new york additional we have the gentleman from new york and mr. Texas mr. Pflueger from texas. Mr. Sb out from new york.
The most intense experience on the ground, being in that community, still very divided over that takeover. First, the guessing game. Somebody who said a lot of things that i think people may. Forgotten, including ive forgotten some of the things. , the publicquestion domain has been a force of profound importance in the nationalization and development of the government. The person who said that is probably not someone you would have expected, because it was somebody who said a lot of things and he or she didnt and up getting credit. Who said that . Isnt it fun to be told you are going to be tricked . Come on, suckers. Its in your reading. I said it no. Its something i could have said, because public land they are the core of how the federal government grows. The west in the 19th century expansion was the key to expanding the power of the federal government. [indistinct] no. [indistinct] Frederick Jackson turner said that. He has benefited from you folks being here, because i reread the
Harney county where the National Wildlife refuge was taken over by the bundy brothers so i get ill have a presentation on that if time permits because that was probably really the most intense experience on the ground of being in the place. Community still very divided by that takeover. I hope i can get to that, as well. So, first a guessing game. This is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten. Including me. Including me. Ive forgotten some of the things. So heres the question i guess for the sake of wider audience. Ill read it. The Public Domain has been a force of profound importance in the nationalization and development of the government. And the person who said that is probably not someone you would have expected to have said that because, in fact, it is somebody who said a lot of things and then he didnt he or she didnt end up getting credit for that. So who said that . Isnt it fun to be told that youre going to be tricked . Come on, suckers. Come on
Thats npclive. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. From your right, dylan brown, a reporter from E E Publishing; gene tighe, director of bbn technologies, and a Longtime National park volunteer; maria recio, a correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers; will shafroth, president and ceo of the National Park foundation; elizabeth bumiller, Washington Bureau chief of the new york times; the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and United States senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] thank you, senator. Ferdous alfaruque, medical device reporter for medtech insight and a press club board member. Skipping over our speaker for just a minute, rod kurkro, reporter at E E Publishing and the press Club Speakers Committee member who organized todays event. Thank you, rod. Tom crosson, the chief of Public Affairs for