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1 personnel issues. How do you move rangers
2 from one place to another. We're struggling
3 internally with trying to answer a lot of very
4 difficult questions that have never been asked
5 before. And at the same time we have a lot of
6 voices on the outside saying, how can we help?
7 So early on -- and I think it's fair
8 to say, early on, we didn't know how people
9 could help us early on. In fact, we weren't
10 even sure if we could turn over a park to a
11 nonprofit, and in fact, it was subsequent
12 legislation that gave us the authority to be
13 able to do that. That was one of the things
14 that we went to the legislature and said, hey,
15 this would help us if we can do this, and so
16 that's Mr. Huffman.
17 MR. PATTON: So did anybody in Parks
18 management start having meetings with
19 representatives of nongovernment entities?
20 MR. HERMS: Well, I think the short
21 answer is yes. Many people came and spoke to
22 the Director, and probably the most common
23 contact was with the district superintendants,
24 all the guys out in the field, because these
25 were fringe groups.
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