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GCC CEO Featured in USA Today Article

GCC CEO, Elizabeth Silkes, recently spoke with USA Today, encouraging people to show their support for our national parks by visiting.

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Read the full article, "Are national parks still open? Recent layoff news shouldn't stop you from visiting" by Eve Chen, Senior Consumer Travel Reporter at USA Today. 

Elizabeth Silkes, CEO of Grand Canyon Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, encouraged visits.

"It's a perfect time to visit national parks, to show your support for public lands in this country and our shared appreciation for the stories they share," she said. "This is a moment to lean into what time spent in nature provides us, and it's also a moment for a new kind of questioning when we are in these spaces: What is our role in protecting them? What can we do to better amplify their needs?"

USA Today article by Eve Chen. 

Originally Published: 04-29-2025