From Rocío Guenther: This National Park Week, I encourage you to join local and national organizations that support America’s most treasured places.
A $290,000 grant recently funded repairs to the aqueduct at Mission Espada in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, the first and only UNESCO World Heritage site in Texas. Maintenance on the aqueduct was completed in March.City elections are underway in San Antonio and we’re keeping you up-to-date with comprehensive coverage ofPlease support our reporting with a donation to help ensure all San Antonio voters are informed at the ballot box.
In addition to biking the Mission Reach trails and visiting the San Antonio Missions during my free afternoons to cope with feelings of the unknown, I came up with a list of state parks and national parks in Texas and spent most weekends driving to new places. For me, visiting new outdoor spaces and hiking trails for months on end during the pandemic was my saving grace and coping mechanism to handle an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness and dread.
From March 28-29, more than 300 park advocates from all over the country descended on the capitol to lobby for our national parks and share their personal stories about the value of the outdoors and historic sites. I was a part of the Texas delegation, which included eight volunteer park advocates led by NPCA Texas Regional Director Cary Dupuy and Sandra Ramos, Texas Coastal Program Manager.
Texans can see a great example of federal dollars benefitting their local communities at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which is the first and only UNESCO World Heritage site in Texas. Thanks to infrastructure funding from the Great American Outdoor Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law,
. Repairs to the aqueduct, a national historic landmark, are one of countless projects that make up a deferred maintenance backlog list that the National Park Service is trying to address.
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