Beleaguered Director to Leave Park Service
Fran P. Mainella, director of the National Park Service since 2001, will resign from the agency that has been at odds with environmentalists and Westerners.
Critics have said the agency put too much emphasis on recreation, shifting its focus from conservation. Mainella recently oversaw a controversial rewrite of park management policies.
A Park Service news release said Mainella was leaving to devote more time to her family.
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