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In the October 2019 - January 2020 Issue
“It’s Exhausting:" Volunteer and Emergency Management at Everglades National Park, 2016-2018
Although hundreds of thousands of people volunteer with the National Park Service each year, the agency has been slow to engage volunteers in emergency management. In this feature story by Francis Shawn Bawden, who worked for the NPS for nine years, the lessons learned at Everglades National Park during the preparation, response, and recovery of numerous hurricanes in 2016-2018 provide... read more | subscribe
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