“The time where this department operated under silos is a time that’s over.  What we do now within our National Park Service needs to be connected up to what we’re doing with water and science and USGS and Bureau of Reclamation and what we’re doing with the wildlife refuges of the nation.  So the creation of this council will insure that we have the across-the-board approach to dealing with the challenges of climate change and new energy for our country.”