Innovative Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Fix Our Parks

The Student Conservation Association deploys thousands of young people each year to restore our parks, as shown here in Acadia National Park.

© Student Conservation Association

In this four-part series, I share a number of ways the National Park Service is working with the private sector—from for-profit companies and service organizations to philanthropists—to help eliminate an $11.3 billion repair backlog at our national parks, monuments, memorials, and historic sites. These partnerships are a vital part of efforts to restore and protect our most treasured places.