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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 66
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-02-18
Total Pages: 507
ISBN-13: 1442256842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; Park Service self-evaluations; and outside studies by a range of scientists, conservation organizations, private groups, and businesses. A new appendix includes summaries of pivotal court cases that have further interpreted the Park Service mission.
Author: United States. National Park Service
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 162
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 104
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Published: 1999-05
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe flagship publication of the National Parks Conservation Association, National Parks Magazine (circ. 340,000) fosters an appreciation of the natural and historic treasures found in the national parks, educates readers about the need to preserve those resources, and illustrates how member contributions drive our organization's park-protection efforts. National Parks Magazine uses images and language to convey our country's history and natural landscapes from Acadia to Zion, from Denali to the Everglades, and the 387 other park units in between.
Author: United States
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 1008
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 402
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan B. Jarvis
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2022-06-03
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0226819086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Wallace Stegner called the national park system one of the United States' best ideas. That good idea has led to an institution that has grown over the past one hundred years, and the park system now encompasses four hundred areas that host over three hundred million visitors in typical year. Jonathan Jarvis (as a ranger, biologist, and director of the National Park Service in the Obama administration) and Destry Jarvis (as an advocate, policy analyst, and lobbyist) have worked to better the parks for over forty years. They offer here a history of the National Park Service (NPS) and an argument for the NPS to become an independent agency--similar to the Smithsonian Institution and separated from the Department of the Interior. Their reasoning relates to politics, finances, and science, and their proposal aims to safeguard the future of our national parks"--
