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Jon Jarvis: “They’re calling it the sh*tdown”

Jan 8, 2019

Issue: Land Protection, Outdoor Recreation
Subject: Interior, National Parks, NPS

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis weighs in on the government shutdown, and why he thinks Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is making a terrible mistake by leaving park gates open.

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