{"id":11456,"date":"2024-09-06T15:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/09\/06\/national-parks-private-contractors-yosemite\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:24:43","slug":"national-parks-private-contractors-yosemite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/09\/06\/national-parks-private-contractors-yosemite\/","title":{"rendered":"From majesty to mystery in one graf"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">I was scrolling the social media platform Threads when I happened upon one of those ledes that makes you keep reading. Which is what I did \u2014 through 5,000 words of story about problematic business practices at one of America\u2019s most beloved national parks.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The story, published Aug. 6, 2024, by Bloomberg.com\u2019s magazine, Businessweek, was by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ksj.mit.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/24\/meet-laura-bliss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laura Bliss<\/a>. She drew readers deep into the wonder of Yosemite National Park as a way to investigate complaints against Aramark, the company that contracts to manage the park\u2019s many concessions. The straightforward headline:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2024-yosemite-national-park-aramark-mess\/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyMjk1NzgzMCwiZXhwIjoxNzIzNTYyNjMwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSFNKU0xEV1JHRzEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGQTEyREYyMDg1QUQ0Njk1QkYyNjIwMDYyQzE5MjNENCJ9.bxR7T-Tb2K4JGKbLzDZ5FSJHhjUAf1CTU8fidSCNQ8A&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall&amp;embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cParks and Degradation: The Mess at Yosemite.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Here\u2019s the lede:<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>A COUPLE OF MILES PAST THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO Yosemite National Park, visitors pass from California into a postcard. The road opens to a majestic view of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks \u2014celebrity peaks if ever there were \u2014 which form the towering walls of Yosemite Valley. On the pine-scented floor of John Muir\u2019s mountain mansion, the Merced River flows gently by the side of the road as signs point toward trailheads and tourist destinations. Not far from Curry Village, a cluster of tent cabins and eateries at the eastern end of the road, is a section of employee housing known as the Stables. It was there that Erin Rau found herself wrapped in a sleeping bag one broiling afternoon last summer, wondering whether she was about to die.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>It was powerful and compelling, enough so that I created a Bloomberg account to continue reading it. Then I took note at the story craft at work:<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The story begins with a description of the vista a visitor encounters when entering the western end of Yosemite. It is straightforward \u2014 almost spare \u2014 which lets the unparalleled beauty of the place do the work. The writerly embellishments are few and effective: visitors passing from California into \u201ca postcard;\u201d \u201ccelebrity peaks;\u201d the \u201cmountain mansion\u201d of early naturalist John Muir. I was transported to that very road. I didn\u2019t know what the story was about yet, but I could see the place as if I was there. We\u2019ve almost all seen photos of Yosemite\u2019s standout features, or watched documentaries about the park, or perhaps have been lucky enough to see them in person. Bliss leaned into a description that was simultaneously familiar and aspirational: Who among us has actually scaled El Capitan except in our wildest dreams?<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Like good mystery novels or investigative stories, the lede also includes a hint or foreshadow, this with that opening paragraph leading to a last sentence that introduced a young park employee. \u201cIt was there,\u201d Bliss wrote, that the woman, wrapped in a sleeping bag, felt so sick she worried she might die. I happen to love mysteries and thrillers. I was hooked. Bliss had achieved a narrative writer\u2019s greatest goal, which is to make a reader keep reading to find out&nbsp;<em>what happened.<\/em><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>It turns out that the worker, Erin Rau, along with her roommates and other workers, had complained many times about working conditions, including an infestation of deer mice in their sleeping quarters and in other buildings. Deer mice can carry hantavirus, a rare but potentially fatal disease. A roommate drove Rau 90 minutes to the nearest hospital, where she tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The mini-narrative of Rau\u2019s situation is a mini-narrative that launches the rest of the story. The hook is set. We want to know more \u2014 about Rau,&nbsp; about conditions at the park, about who was responsible and about whether anyone will be held to account. It\u2019s only in paragraph five when we are introduced to Aramark, a private company contracted to manage concessions at Yosemite. The story goes on to describe many documented complaints, from bedbugs to chemical spills to conditions that resulted in the deaths of several bears.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The bulk of the story probes the myriad problems with Aramark, whether and how the National Park Service is attempting to hold them accountable, and steps by Congress to make its displeasure of park management known. It details persistent problems with Aramark\u2019s management of restaurants, bars, hotels, inadequate staffing and more.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>As long as this story is, it doesn\u2019t read like one. The deep reporting is woven through with descriptions of a single, special place; the unspooling of discoveries that keeps the reader moving; the overall chronicle raises larger issues to reveal weak environmental policies, corporate greed and lack of consequences that plague America\u2019s most precious resources.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>* * *<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lizseegert.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liz Seegert<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;award-winning freelance journalist who specializes in covering health care and related issues. 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