Parks’ centennial used to push conservation, legislation

Published August 25, 2016 4:16pm ET



Environmentalists and Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are using the National Park Service’s 100th birthday to push their pet projects.

The service is celebrating its centennial with a conglomeration of people forming the park service’s arrowhead logo on the National Mall Thursday morning. But, for lawmakers and environmentalists, it’s an opportunity to push bills and initiatives otherwise lost in the shuffle.

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