Community engagement
In the community
You love national parks like we do. Please join us as we work to ensure all Americans know about these important places, including the lesser-known yet truly amazing and important sites within the National Park System. WNP engages with communities to shine a light on these American treasures and let all citizens know they are welcome in their national parks. After all, these parks belong to all of us.
Together, we can continue to help people fall in love with national parks, inspiring, enriching, and enhancing park visits while we help ensure these special places are appreciated for generations to come.
-Marie Buck, President and Chief Executive Officer
Major events
We plan and participate in many events. Our biggest venue for meeting the public is the annual Tucson Festival of Books, where we run the National Park Experience Pavilion for 140,000+ attendees.
WNP Supports Communities
Our team volunteers to better our communities. An annual holiday drive collects books for partner non-profit organization Literacy Connects. Several employees took a critical census of saguaros at Saguaro National Park to help preserve this stately cactus. WNP partners with and provides vital funding to Ironwood Tree Experience and Parks in Focus.
Community Partnerships
We work with like-minded conservation, environmental education, and natural and historic preservation organizations working together to amplify ways to take care of our public lands. Focusing on educating young people, we work to inspire them to conserve and protect these special places so that future generations can enjoy them as much as we do now.
