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More Geologists for the National Park Service?
September 16, 2009 | Arizona Geology

Lee Allison reports that the number of geologists in the National Park Service Geologic Resources Division has decreased from 20 down to just 9 and parks that were founded on the basis of their geological features do not have a single geologist on their staff.


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