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Welcome to the National Park Service’s Interpretive Development Program website. This site is designed to aid all interpreters, no matter who you work for or where you are in your career, with your on-going professional growth and development. The profession of interpretation is continuously evolving and this site will help you keep track of the trends and developments in interpretation.
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14 May 2013 5:00 pm
It's getting to be about that time out there in the field, as many of our parks and sites are gearing up for a busy and quite different summer season. It's a summer of sequester, where we're missing some of our typical bevy of seasonal help, new blood and hungry minds.
But I've seen many folks using that word, the one many of us had never thought of before this past winter, as a crutch or an excuse. The field is tight, we have less staff and less resources, so some are content in reducing programming or not trying quite as hard as they usually do. And that makes sense. When the workforce doesn't feel support, whether that's the support of lawmakers, management or taxpayers, they can get...
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