ka ʻO ka National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD) ua kapa ʻia kahi hui alakaʻi hou e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Arkansas State Parks Director Grady Spann ka pelekikena hou o NASPD, ʻoiai ʻo Minnesota Parks a me Trails Division Director ʻo Erika Rivers e lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano pelekikena a ʻo Lisa S konsum, ka luna o Oregon Parks a me Recreation, e hoʻomaka i kāna manawa ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo.
Hana ʻia ʻo NASPD i mau luna park park ma nā mokuʻāina he 50 āpau. Aia ma mua o 10,200 moku kū moku e uhi ana ma mua o 18.5 miliona mau ʻeka. Ma mua o 740 miliona poʻe e kipa aku i nā pāka mokuʻāina o ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi hopena hoʻokele waiwai makahiki i nā kaiāulu kūloko i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 20 biliona.
He limahana ʻo Spann he 27 mau makahiki o ka Arkansas State Parks, ua lilo ʻo ia i alakaʻi ma hope o 2016. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna kekelē no ka hoʻokele paka ʻana mai ke Kulanui ʻo Henderson State ma 1984, ua lawelawe ʻo ia i ʻeiwa mau makahiki i ka US Army ma ke ʻano he mākaukau tactical intelligence a counterintelligence officer. .
"ʻO ka pelekikena o NASPD i kēia manawa, ke ʻike ka nui o nā poʻe i nā pāka mokuʻāina, he mea hōʻeuʻeu maoli ia," wahi a Spann. "He mau miliona o nā malihini kipa e kipa aku i nā pāka mokuʻāina o ko mākou lāhui i kēlā me kēia lā no nā hana leʻaleʻa o waho e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ke ola no nā ʻAmelika āpau."
Ua kāhea ʻo Spann i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka Great American Outdoors Act kahi hopena wai no ka leʻaleʻa o waho. Hāʻawi ke kānāwai hou i $ 9.5 biliona ma ke kālā hou aku no nā pāka aupuni, nā mea pakele holoholona a me nā ululāʻau e pōmaikaʻi ai hoʻi i nā pāka mokuʻāina a puni ka ʻāina.
"ʻO ke kānāwai nui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke kūpaʻa nui i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi kenekulia e pale aku i nā waiwai kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu a me nā hana leʻaleʻa a ko mākou lāhui no ka pono o kēia a me nā hanauna e hiki mai ana," wahi a Spann.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Rivers ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o Minnesota's Parks and Trails Division mai ka 2014 a ua kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻolālā haku no ka pāka mokuʻāina hou loa o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Lake Vermillion State Park. Mālama ʻo ia iā Ph.D. i ka Biology mālama mai ke Kulanui o Minnesota.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Suming i alakaʻi no Oregon Parks a me Recreation Department i ka makahiki 2014, a lilo ʻo ia i wahine mua e noho i kēlā kuleana.
"Pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi alakaʻi ikaika a mākaukau loa i kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi rautaki i ka NASPD," wahi a Lewis Ledford, ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo NASPD. "Ua mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Grady, Erika a me Lisa ma waena o kā lākou mau hoa a e kōkua lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana o kā mākou hui a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā pāka mokuʻāina i ke ola ʻAmelika."