Sister Parks Agreement Signed in Zakopane

September 13, 2007

 

Director of Tatra National Park Poland Pawel Skawinski (left) with US Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe (right) and US Ambassador to Slovakia Rodolphe Vallee (PHOTO GALLERY)

US Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe and US Ambassador to Slovakia Rodolphe Vallee were in Zakopane yesterday to witness the signing of a sister parks agreement between Tatra National Park Poland, Tatra National Park Slovakia and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.  The agreement developed after a series of US government-sponsored exchanges between the parks.  At the ceremony, Ambassador Ashe noted that Tatra National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park both are major tourist attractions, with each park attracting more than 3 million visitors annually.  The new agreement will help the parks share expertise on such issues as sustainable tourism and park management through cooperative projects and training of park personnel.  The Superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park, Vaughn Baker, and Directors of both Tatra National Parks Pawel Skawinski, Pavol Majko and Petr Liska signed the agreement.  An exhibition with pictures from all three parks will be in the Tatra National Park Poland headquarters until the end of September.