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Former Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent: Phil Francis park should be closed until shutdown ends

Home > OP-ED > Former Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent: Phil Francis park should be closed until shutdown ends
January 16, 2019February 1, 2023 admin-2

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Watch Phil Francis, Chairman of The Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks and former Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent explain why the park should be closed until shutdown ends.

OP-ED, StatementGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, Shutdown

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Statement of Coalition Executive Council Member Richard Ring
Letters to the Editor Opinion: The real shutdown ‘charade’

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