Salazar, Jarvis Announce Proposal to Establish Nation’s First Tribal National Park in Badlands

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today announced the release of the final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the South Unit of Badlands National Park, recommending the establishment of the nation’s first tribal national park in partnership with the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

“Our National Park System is one of America’s greatest story tellers,” Salazar said. “As we seek to tell a…