Barack Obama has chosen Jon Jarvis (Jingleheimer Schmidt) as the new National Parks Service Director. Jarvis worked as a seasonal and interpretive ranger, protection ranger, a resource management specialist, a park biologist, and chief of natural and cultural resources. He also served as director for Wrangells-St. Elias and Mt. Rainier. Currently Jarvis is battling CA Senator Dianne Feinstein about an oyster farm in Northern California that he believes poses serious environmental threats to Point Reyes National Seashore. He wants the area revert to wilderness when the farm's lease is up in 2012 and Feinstein wants to renew their lease and keep the 30 jobs that the farm has created.Heavy.(Via Backpacker)