The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government,within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks;most national monuments;and other natural,historical,and recreational properties,with various title designations. The United States Congress created the agency on August 25,1916,through the National Park Service Organic Act. Its headquarters are in Washington,D.C.,within the main headquarters of the Department of the Interior.
Drakes Estero is an expansive estuary in the Point Reyes National Seashore of Marin County on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States,approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of San Francisco.
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2,1980. ANILCA provided varying degrees of special protection to over 157,000,000 acres (64,000,000 ha) of land,including national parks,national wildlife refuges,national monuments,wild and scenic rivers,recreational areas,national forests,and conservation areas. It was,and remains to date,the single largest expansion of protected lands in history and more than doubled the size of the National Park System.
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey,California.
James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration,also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.
A national recreation area (NRA) is a protected area in the United States established by an Act of Congress to preserve enhanced recreational opportunities in places with significant natural and scenic resources. There are 40 NRAs,which emphasize a variety of activities for visitors,including hiking,camping,boating,fishing,swimming,biking,horseback riding,and wildlife viewing,in areas that include multiple-use management for both conservation and limited utilization of natural resources. They have diverse features and contexts,being established around reservoirs,in urban areas,and within forests. Due to their size,diversity of activities,and proximity to population centers,NRAs are among the most visited units of the National Park System,with six among the thirty most visited sites.
The powers of the president of the United States include those explicitly granted by Article II of the United States Constitution as well as those granted by Acts of Congress,implied powers,and also a great deal of soft power that is attached to the presidency.
Independence National Historical Park is a federally protected historic district in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania that preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Administered by the National Park Service,the 55-acre (22 ha) park comprises many of Philadelphia's most-visited historic sites within the Old City and Society Hill neighborhoods. The park has been nicknamed "America's most historic square mile" because of its abundance of historic landmarks.
The National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI),formerly known as the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center,is a component of the United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) responsible for the production of medical intelligence and all-source intelligence on foreign health threats and other medical issues to protect U.S. interests worldwide. Headquartered at Fort Detrick,Maryland,the center provides finished intelligence products to the Department of Defense,U.S. Intelligence Community,Five Eyes,NATO,allies and partners,as well as international health organizations and NGO's.
The National Park Service Organic Act,or simply "the Organic Act" as referred to within the National Park Service,conservationists,etc.,is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS),an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The Act was signed into law on August 25,1916,by President Woodrow Wilson. It is codified in Title 54 of the United States Code.
The Wilderness Society is an American non-profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands in the United States. They advocate for the designation of federal wilderness areas and other protective designations,such as for national monuments. They support balanced uses of public lands,and advocate for federal politicians to enact various land conservation and balanced land use proposals. The Wilderness Society also engages in a number of ancillary activities,including education and outreach,and hosts one of the most valuable collections of Ansel Adams photographs at their headquarters in Washington,D.C.
Waldo Gifford Leland was an American historian and archivist whose work for the Carnegie Institution and the Library of Congress was instrumental in the founding of the National Archives. He also served in leadership roles in a variety of historical and archival societies,including the American Council of Learned Societies,Society of American Archivists,National Park Service,and the FDR Library.
The history of the National Register of Historic Places began in 1966 when the United States government passed the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA),which created the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Upon its inception,the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) became the lead agency for the Register. The Register has continued to grow through two reorganizations,one in the 1970s and one in 1980s and in 1978 the NRHP was completely transferred away from the National Park Service,it was again transmitted to the NPS in 1981.
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer,journalist,and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw,New York,Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915,he was recruited by his friend Stephen Mather to help publicize the need for an independent national park agency. Their numerous publications were part of a movement that resulted in legislative support for a National Park Service (NPS) in 1916. Yard served as head of the National Parks Educational Committee for several years after its conception,but tension within the NPS led him to concentrate on non-government initiatives. He became executive secretary of the National Parks Association in 1919.
Ronald H. Walker is an American executive. Walker served in the administration of President Richard Nixon,first as the first Director of the White House Office of Presidential Advance,and later as Director of the National Park Service (1973–1975). Walker went on to become a senior partner at Korn/Ferry International,President of the Richard Nixon Foundation,and is currently a Director Emeritus of the Board of the Nixon Foundation.
The National Park Service underwent an intensive review of its responsibilities and prospects for the future during its 75th anniversary celebration in 1991. It culminated its efforts in October 1991 with a symposium in Vail,Colo. that including several hundred participants from both within and outside the NPS. The gathering,the Oct. 10,1991 session of which was officially a public meeting advertised in the Federal Register of Sept. 19,1991,resulted in six strategic objectives and the identification of a variety of issues and recommendations,which were published in a book titled National Parks for the 21st Century:The Vail Agenda. Although the meeting took place during the administration of Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan and NPS Director James Ridenour,with the book itself published under the leadership of Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Director Roger Kennedy,who wrote the foreword and preface,the Vail agenda and vision remains today as a directional tool for the NPS.
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.
Salazar v. Buono,559 U.S. 700 (2010),was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case concerned the legality of the Mojave Memorial Cross,a Latin cross which was placed atop a prominent rock outcropping by the Veterans of Foreign Wars foundation in 1934 to honor war dead. The location is known as "Sunrise Rock" in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County in southeastern California. The Supreme Court ruled that the cross may stay,but also sent the case back to a lower court,making the issue currently unresolved.
Denis P. Galvin is a career government administrator,who served as Deputy Director,and as Acting Director,of the U.S. National Park Service.
