Since 1872 the United States National Park System has grown from a single, public reservation called Yellowstone National Park to include 430 natural, historical, recreational, and cultural areas throughout the United States, its territories, and island possessions. These areas include National Parks, National Monuments, National Memorials, National Military Parks, National Historic Sites, National Parkways, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores, National Scenic Riverways, and National Scenic Trails.
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of the three NationalParkService units that comprise the North Cascades NationalPark Complex. North Cascades NationalPark consists of a northern and...
Secretary ofthe Interior Deb Haaland on December 16, 2021. HistoryoftheNationalParkService Organization oftheNationalParkService "Directors ofthe National...
Yellowstone NationalPark is a nationalpark located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana...
System by the United States Congress and the President ofthe United States. While all employees ofthe agency contribute to theNationalParkService mission...
each National Health Service, particularly since 1999, see: HistoryoftheNational Health Service (England) Historyof NHS Scotland Historyof NHS Wales...
Olympic NationalPark is a United States nationalpark located in the State of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. Thepark has four regions: the Pacific...
Zion NationalPark is an American nationalpark located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction ofthe Colorado Plateau...
The United States NationalParkService, often referred to as the USNPS or NPS, is run by the United States Department of Interior and is charged with...
Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. Thepark is managed by theNationalParkService and covers 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 km2)...
Arches NationalPark is a nationalpark in eastern Utah, United States. Thepark is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. The park...
Historyof Rocky Mountain NationalPark began when Paleo-Indians traveled along what is now Trail Ridge Road to hunt and forage for food. Ute and Arapaho...
Mountains NationalPark is an American nationalpark in the southeastern United States, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. Thepark straddles the ridgeline...
NationalPark is an American nationalpark in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km2), thepark includes the major peaks of the...
4 km2) of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. TheNationalParkService manages...
are seen as the oldest legally protected areas. Parks Canada, established on May 19, 1911, became the world's first nationalparkservice. An international...
The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of one nationalpark and three California state parks located in the United States along the...
Throughout the first century ofthe United States NationalParkService (NPS), the organization's workforce has grown more inclusive and gender-balanced...
Register has been administered by the NationalParkService (NPS), an agency within the United States Department ofthe Interior. Its goals are to help property...