We had the pleasure of welcoming to the residence a group of Icelandic park rangers who recently attended a 3-week long seminar in the Washington DC area organized by the U.S. National Park Service. The seminar is used to share American practices in national park management, covering such issues as emergency services, community partnerships, graphic design, and marketing. A second group of Icelandic park rangers will participate in another seminar in the spring when they will visit parks in the states of Oregon and Washington. These training opportunities were made available thanks to the generosity of the Alcoa Foundation and the participation of the Scandinavian American Foundation. We were delighted to share with our Icelandic friends the fruits of a proud tradition of establishing and protecting our nation’s parks.
