Location
North Cascades
North Cascades snaps into focus as serrated, glacier‑carved ridgelines and dense cedar‑green valleys where cold air bites and mountain water runs clear. Damp evergreen perfume and the grit of talus under boot accompany the name; a hush of high alpine passes hangs behind it. Bartlet threads the park into a midnight litany, using North Cascades as an emblem of rugged public wilderness and intimate stewardship. The single-word invocation carries warmth, authority, and a policy impulse, converting personal memory into persuasive capital and knitting camaraderie and conservation conviction into the Oval Office’s late‑night air.
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Bartlet's Midnight Parks Lecture
North Cascades is referenced to highlight alpine, glacier‑carved places in the President's mental map—further evidence of his breadth and an implicit argument for varied conservation priorities.
Atmosphere
Conjured as serrated ridgelines and cold air—an elemental image.
Functional Role
Part of Bartlet's catalog that legitimizes his conservation credentials.
Symbolic Significance
Represents rugged, less‑populated wilderness that still requires protection.
Imagined glacier‑carved ridges and evergreen perfume
Used to show ecological range
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