Rep. Dicks met in his Washington, D.C. office
on July 24th with Jon Jarvis, former Superintendent
of Mt. Rainier National Park.  Jarvis has been
nominated by President Obama to serve as the
Director of the National Park Service.  [Below is
a statement that Rep. Dicks issued reacting to
the White House announcement of his nomination.]

For Immediate Release

July 10, 2009

Comment from Rep. Dicks on nomination of National Park Service Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, regarding the President’s selection of Jon Jarvis as the next Director of the National Park Service:

"The President has made a superb choice in selecting Jon Jarvis as the Director of the National Park Service. Throughout his long career in the Park Service, Jon has been a consensus builder and a problem solver whose top concern has always been to improve the visitor experience in all of our national park units. He was a great Superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park, taking over in the park’s centennial year (1999) and overseeing the update of the park’s general management plan.  Since becoming the director of the western region, he has demonstrated enlightened leadership over the diverse park units in the western states and Hawaii, and I have appreciated his personal involvement in critical Pacific Northwest issues including recovery from the devastating storms in 2007 that damaged all our parks in Washington."

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See White House announcement here:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-7-10-09/

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