Just five years after an Interior Department investigation determined then-Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Ed Clark had “committed criminal violations by submitting false travel vouchers and by accepting more than $23,000 in meals, lodging, and other in-kind gifts from non-Government organizations,” he has been appointed superintendent of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
“The National Park Service should not be promoting employees who commit financial fraud,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility. “The immunity from punishment enjoyed by the Park Service’s inner circle is one reason the agency has such lousy morale.”