On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the value of National Parks. Just this month, President Obama signed a bill making the Pinnacles National Monument, East of Monterey, the nation's 59th National Park.How does this change our interaction with a place? What are we learning about bringing people into nature without harming the wilderness? Join us at 10am Pacific Time or post a comment here. It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Neal Desai, Pacific Region associate director for the National Parks Conservation Association
Brent Plater, executive director of the Wild Equity Institute
Resources:
National Parks Conservation Association
Wild Equity: Restore Sharp Park
NPCA: Parks in Jeopardy
Mercury News: Pinnacles becomes a national park -- the closest to Bay Area
KCET: A Brief History of Pinnacles National Park
KQED: Our Newest National Park: Pinnacles National Monument
National Atlas: A National Monument, Memorial, Park . . . What's the Difference?
LA Times:Back to the Wild in Pt. Reyes
LA Times: Pinnacles National Park is Nation’s Newest Park
Huffington Post:Obama Declares Chimney Rock a National Monument
ABC News:Home of Cesar Chavez becomes latest National Monument
Sierra Club: Obama’s Monumental Opportunity
National Park Service: Famous Quotes Concerning the National Parks
