It is an excellent book on how Kenner was mistreated by Superintendent Eric Brunnemann (at many agencies, 3 whistle blower complaints & an IG investigation would have meant Brunnemann would be filing papers in a basement) as well as on the history of the National Park Service, especially how it has evolved in the last 50 years.
https://www.amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6
That is certainly part of it, money too. But you would think an endangered species program would be sacred to the National Park Service and protected from collateral damage. That is exactly what Brian Kenner's new book is about. My eyes are opened . . . https://www.amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6
Can you add these to your excellent list!
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Hard Lessons in a Hard Land -- new book by a National Park Service employee at another park who was bullied by Eric Brunnemann. Brunnemann also targeted the endangered black footed ferret program at that park as he did the California Condor program at Pinnacles park
https://amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6/ref=sr\_1\_1
You are correct that this is a tension within the National Park Service. It is also a tension in some states between the public and the stewards of the land. Brian Kenner ably addresses this is his new book, "Hard Lessons in a Hard Land," https://amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6/ref=sr_1_1
It also doesn’t help when the programs and long time technical staff who care about the mission are being shoved out. IE: Hard Lessons in a Hard Land
The Superintendent who killed the turtle program is so bad his previous park workers wrote a book about him
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https://www.amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6
Terrific new book about the National Park Service and Badlands National Park, "Hard Lessons in a Hard Land," by Brian Kenner.
https://www.amazon.com/HARD-LESSONS-LAND-experience-retaliation/dp/B0948BCGL6