The lands to be purchased have already been identified, yet the process for acquiring these critical tracts is impeded by numerous restrictions and regulations. We must think broadly about protecting America's heritage.
Some people think it is maintenance versus land acquisition.
But in fact, they are all essential, all key to the protection of our heritage. It was agreed that there is a necessity to work together with a larger vision towards saving privately held lands within the boundaries of national parks. The summit was the second held by National Park Trust. National Park Trust is the only private land trust that focuses exclusively on protecting America's parklands. Founded in l982, the National Park Trust has acquired and donated lands in over thirty parks and is the only non-profit authorized by Congress to own a national park unit, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.