The National Park Service needs money, badly. Currently, it needs $12 billion so it can attend to its long backlog in much-needed maintenance, which includes $6 billion in paved road infrastructure.
Although Congress has given the NPS an extra $90 million for the 2016 fiscal year, it won’t be enough to keep the number from growing.
Desperate to do something to make the fixes it needs, the Service is turning to corporate sponsorship as a possible lifeline, and is examining partnering with Anheuser-Busch InBev, American Express and Subaru to supplement its congressional allowance.
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