Our National Park System

Author : Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781442256842

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America's National Park System by Lary M. Dilsaver Pdf

Now 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 : Dwight F. Rettie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0252065581

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Our National Park System by Dwight F. Rettie Pdf

This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight F. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state--the problems and the possibilities--of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he proposes in detail stronger management operations, clearer and more stringent measures of personnel performance, and training of park rangers to help them become professionals knowledgeable about the scientific management and protection of resources. For a concerned public as well as for policy-makers and students of government, this comprehensive analysis and outline may provide hope--and a future--for the invaluable legacy that is our national park system.

Author : W. F. Lothian,Parks Canada
Publisher : Parks Canada, c1976-c1981.
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : UCLA:L0079650412

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A History of Canada's National Parks by W. F. Lothian,Parks Canada Pdf

Author : Barry Mackintosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : MINN:31951D025275869

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The National Parks by Barry Mackintosh Pdf

Author : James F. Kieley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123611522

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A Brief History of the National Park Service by James F. Kieley Pdf

Author : Devereux Butcher
Publisher : Boston : Gambit
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Travel
ISBN : MINN:31951000088778W

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Exploring Our National Parks and Monuments by Devereux Butcher Pdf

Describes in detail all US national parks and natural and archaeological monuments. Includes addresses, phone numbers, directions, and other relevant information.

Author : Eastern National
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Cancellations (Philately)
ISBN : 1590911768

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Passport to Your National Parks by Eastern National Pdf

It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Esri Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1589485467

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Mapping America's National Parks by Anonim Pdf

Author : Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0806131551

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Creating the National Park Service by Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck Pdf

Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality. In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the critical "missing years" in the history of the service. During this period, 1917 and 1918, Mather's problems with manic depression were kept hidden from public view, and Albright, his able and devoted assistant, served as acting director and assumed Mather's responsibilities. Albright played a decisive part in the passage of the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916; the formulation of principles and policies for management of the parks; the defense of the parks against exploitation by ranchers, lumber companies, and mining interests during World War I; and other issues crucial to the future of the fledgling park system. This authoritative behind-the-scenes history sheds light on the early days of the most popular of all federal agencies while painting a vivid picture of American life in the early twentieth century.

Author : Robert E. Manning
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807600191

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A Thinking Person's Guide to America's National Parks by Robert E. Manning Pdf

On the centennial of the National Park Service, this richly illustrated book offers invaluable advice on exploring America’s national park system. The book delves into issues affecting an array of parks: the iconic western national parks like Yellowstone; the urban parks such as Golden Gate National Recreation Area; historic sites including the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Gettysburg National Military Park; and cultural areas like Mesa Verde National Park that are among America’s over 400 national parks. Twenty-three essays from contributing authors with deep personal and professional connections to the national parks serve as expert guides to places in the park system where: much of the nation’s biological and cultural diversity is represented; ideas such as freedom, civil rights, and conservation were conceived; vast wilderness offers solitude and reflection; storied landscapes preserve a sense of place; the balance between recreation and preservation is tested; research and learning engage the next generation; the dynamics of nature are being shaped by a changing climate; and innovations in technology, sustainability, and stewardship provide a sense of purpose and hope.

Author : Weldon Owen,Theresa Pierno,JP Boneyard,Fifty-Nine Parks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781647223700

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The Art of the National Parks (Fifty-Nine Parks) by Weldon Owen,Theresa Pierno,JP Boneyard,Fifty-Nine Parks Pdf

"Fifty-Nine Parks collaborated with some of the world's foremost contemporary artists and designers to create original posters that celebrate the unique beauty of the U.S. National Park system. Each poster is a contemporary take on the W.P.A. posters of the 1930s, resulting in a one-of-a-kind tribute to the majesty of the national parks"--

Author : Donald Richard Searle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924085657207

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Phantom Parks by Donald Richard Searle Pdf

Phantom Parks is a hard-hitting and passionate examination of why our national parks are failing to protect the wild - and what must be done to reverse this trend. Having travelled throughout most of Canada`s national park system, Rick Searle concludes that there is no one single cause to the current ecological crisis, rather it is about a slow death of a thousand cuts. The wild within our parks is being threatened and drained away by a variety of causes: the lobby for growth and development of park facilities to accommodate ever-increasing demands for recreation and tourism; adjacent land use such as farming, logging and mining, which contribute to the parks becoming islands of extinction; global pressures such as acid rain, climate change and the long-range transportation of pollutants. There are solutions to the crisis, however. Maintaining the wildness of the national parks now requires radical changes in the way we perceive and use them. There is hope, but we must act quickly. Phantom Parks is a book we can only ignore at our peril. (2000)

Author : Dayton Duncan,Ken Burns
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307268969

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The National Parks by Dayton Duncan,Ken Burns Pdf

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters—both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams—who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well. The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : UOM:39015014277571

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Entrance Fees and Resource Protection for Units of the National Park System by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Travel
ISBN : PSU:000031687737

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Improvements to the National Park System by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation Pdf