National Park Service Negative Effects On Society

With the coming of time, there is a coming of changes. In recent years, humans have rapidly developed technology that allows us to communicate around the world in less time than ever before. Easy access and widespread use of this technology have made the newest generation to be very dissimilar from their parents’ generation. These changes in society have had a negative effect on our country’s youth interest in National Parks. To adapt to this the National Park Service has employed new strategies to rekindle our country’s youth interest. For example, NPS has included more diverse groups on brochures and has rallied behind Bella Thorne, actress and singer, to advertise national parks. After these attempts at drawing more diverse and younger crowds, the NPS is lacking funds to correctly reach the upcoming generation. The National Park Service is failing to preserve natural and historical scenery for the subsequent generations because it lacks a connection
The NPS has tried to attract the attention of the youthful millennials, but it is safe to say their attempts were mediocre. Rallying behind, relatively not popular actor and singer, and putting different skin toned people on a brochure will not draw in today’s youth. NPS is approaching the situation from the wrong direction they “are trying to get young people off their screens” (Egan). They are decrying technology, not incorporating it enough for substantial benefits to the national parks. If the NPS advertised and showed millennials how inticing national parks can be on popular social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat they will most likely see higher attendances in parks throughout the nation. The NPS has realized how much social media encapsulates the newer generations’ lives if they use social media to its benefit National Parks would be filled with