Sequoia National Park will host signing event
By Greg Ubbelohde
Staff writer
Visalia Times (USA)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks are taking a step toward becoming the first parks in the United States to form a partnership with a park in Cambodia.
Cambodian officials are very pleased with the partnership, said Alexandra Picavet, spokeswoman for Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.
"They are so excited that they are sending their minister of environment over," Picavet said.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Mok Mareth, the Cambodian Minister of Environment, will sign a five-year agreement with Craig Axtell, U.S. superintendent of national parks, in front of the Giant Forest Museum in the Sequoia National Park, Picavet said.
Then the Samlaut Multiple Use Area on the western edge of the Asian country of Cambodia will be officially linked with the two U.S. national parks. The U.S. and Cambodian parties will agree to share top management practices and information, Picavet said.
The signing ceremony will be very visual, Picavet said. It will include a traditional dance performed by a Cambodian dance troupe from Fresno, and a blessing by a Buddhist monk. There will also be speeches from representatives of both countries. All with the backdrop of the Giant Forest, where fall colors have started to creep in.
Picavet said this agreement is very significant for the Central Valley.
"There's a big contingency from valley Cambodians who are coming up for this event," Picavet said.
The public ceremony starts at 11 a.m. Visitors must enter the park by 9:35 a.m. to get through road construction between the park entrance and the Giant Forest Museum.
The reporter can be reached at gubbeloh@ visalia.gannett.com.
Cambodian officials are very pleased with the partnership, said Alexandra Picavet, spokeswoman for Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.
"They are so excited that they are sending their minister of environment over," Picavet said.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Mok Mareth, the Cambodian Minister of Environment, will sign a five-year agreement with Craig Axtell, U.S. superintendent of national parks, in front of the Giant Forest Museum in the Sequoia National Park, Picavet said.
Then the Samlaut Multiple Use Area on the western edge of the Asian country of Cambodia will be officially linked with the two U.S. national parks. The U.S. and Cambodian parties will agree to share top management practices and information, Picavet said.
The signing ceremony will be very visual, Picavet said. It will include a traditional dance performed by a Cambodian dance troupe from Fresno, and a blessing by a Buddhist monk. There will also be speeches from representatives of both countries. All with the backdrop of the Giant Forest, where fall colors have started to creep in.
Picavet said this agreement is very significant for the Central Valley.
"There's a big contingency from valley Cambodians who are coming up for this event," Picavet said.
The public ceremony starts at 11 a.m. Visitors must enter the park by 9:35 a.m. to get through road construction between the park entrance and the Giant Forest Museum.
The reporter can be reached at gubbeloh@ visalia.gannett.com.
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If anyone is interested in attending this ceremony let me know. I know the guy in charge.
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