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What are the most valuable sources of information for your topic?

Official website: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm , info on passes for parks: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm

Couple up to date stats + info: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2017/01/2017-state-national-parks

Growing coalition to diversify national parks: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/diversity-in-national-parks/

Alt National Park Twitter: https://twitter.com/altnatparkser?lang=en

National Parks Service Climate Change Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateNPS

National Parks News Twitter (verified): https://twitter.com/NPCA

Visit National Parks!!! Call Alcatraz and ask them what’s up??

Scholarly article on the benefits of tourism (natinal parks) on rural communitites, some mention of financial things: http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/34748984/Agricultural_transformation_and_population_nexus_Niboye___Kabote_Utafiti_journal.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1486680115&Signature=GBY8I1eQyp97%2F2sAG5L2RSD4IOI%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAgricultural_Transformation_and_Populati.pdf#page=139

News story about Berkeley AND NPS!!: http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/02/12/berkeley-the-national-park-service-and-the-vital-role-of-science-in-the-parks/

Literally a whole webpage about Berkeley and NPS: http://parksnext100.berkeley.edu/

Stakeholder we can talk to: https://www.nps.gov/resources/advisoryboardmembers.htm. Dr. Finney is a professor from Berkeley who is on the Advisory Board for the NPS in the ESPm department.

What existing Wiki articles (3) is your topic closest to?

History of national parks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_National_Park_Service

National parks service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service. Subtitle: Accessibility which gives very little info on “Access Pass”

Lists of National Parks in the U.S.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States we can go more in depth for each park.

What ways is your topic timely?

Trump directly targeted national parks Twitter accounts after they tweeted evidence in favor of climate change. National parks availability may be directly affected by his administration (threatened defunding could close parks or make them more expensive to visit). Climate change may also negatively impact the ecosystems of many national parks and most of the Trump administration denies the evidence of climate change.