NEWS RELEASE
October 31, 2007

At its fall meeting at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas, the NPT Board of Trustees joined the Board of the Kansas Park Trust (KPT) for a dinner at which KPT honored NPT's Chairman Emeritus Paul Duffendack. 

In making the presentation, KPT President and former Kansas governor Mike Hayden acknowledged Paul's service and outstanding leadership, saying, "Paul has played a pivotal role for over fifteen years in the creation and evolution of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. He served on the Kassebaum commission, the board of the National Park Trust and the board of the Kansas Park Trust. He is a loyal and trusted friend of the Preserve and his calm demeanor and considered judgment is admired by all."

Founded in 1983, National Park Trust is the only land conservancy dedicated to preserving our national system of parks, wildlife and historic monuments.