{"id":8924,"date":"2016-03-28T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2017-10-16T05:08:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T12:08:29","slug":"100-years-national-park-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/03\/28\/100-years-national-park-love-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years, A National Park Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KctG5Awmc9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#ShareTheWonder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theodore Roosevelt said, \u201cWe have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children\u2019s children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O.A.R.S.<\/a> believe &#8220;the best way to ensure\u00a0our national parks are preserved for the enjoyment of future generations is to take people into the wilderness and share the wonder of these wild places, because they\u00a0know\u00a0we save what we love and we love what we know.&#8221; We couldn&#8217;t have said it better ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the centennial celebration of our national parks, this month kickstarts O.A.R.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oars.com\/sharethewonder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ShareTheWonder<\/a> campaign. 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