A panel of 100 national park conservation leaders will discuss the future of the national park system at 7:00 p.m. tonight in the Howard Baker Center.

• Baker Center Interim Director Carl Pierce anticipates "that this conference may lead to the formation of coalitions of organizations interested in participating in the implementation of the recommendations."
• President of the NPCA Tom Kiernan claims "This critically important conference will hopefully turn the visionary recommendations of the National Parks Second Century Commissions into reality."