Parks & Park Partners

For more than two decades, New Line Consulting has supported the operational and strategic needs of federal land management agencies across the country. We've worked with over 100 National Park Service units, National Forests, and BLM offices and with the friends groups and conservancies that sustain them, to help teams stay mission-focused, adaptable, and ready, no matter the challenge.

A new era for park partners

As federal budgets tighten and agency capacity shifts, friends groups and conservancies are being asked to do more than ever: fund core operations, expand programs, advocate for their parks, and plan for futures no one can predict. Rising to that role takes more than passion. It takes a clear strategy, a well-governed board, a cohesive staff, and the readiness to act when conditions change overnight.

That's where we come in. We combine deep knowledge of how parks actually work, gained through decades inside the agencies, with proven expertise in nonprofit strategy, governance, and team development. Few consultancies understand both sides of the park partnership.

For agency managers

We continue to proudly serve natural resource managers with team development, strategic planning, facilitation, and visitor use management, including our Managing the Surge training. Friends groups and conservancies can sponsor these trainings for their park partners—a high-leverage investment in the team that stewards the place you love.