WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Congressman Norm Dicks will hold a joint media teleconference on Thursday, August 23, 2007 to discuss the announcement of the first ever project and program proposals for the ‘National Park Centennial Challenge,’ a critical public-private partnership to fund $2 billion of the President’s $3-billion National Park Centennial Initiative to invigorate America’s national parks in time for the August 25, 2016, centennial of the National Park Service.
| Who: | Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne National Park Service Director Mary Bomar Congressman Norm Dicks |
| What: | Teleconference on the National Park Service Centennial Initiative Project Announcement |
| When: | 2:00 p.m. PST, Thursday, August 23, 2007 |
| Media: | All credentialed media are invited to call. Media should call dial 888-889-1956 and enter passcode 2240# to be admitted to the call. |