Ex-National Park Service Deputy Regional Director Ward Testifies Before House Natural Resources Committee
June 19, 2026
June 19, 2026
HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 19 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Mike Ward, former deputy regional director for the Midwest Region of the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, Edwardsville, Illinois, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250:
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Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffma . . .
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Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffma . . .
