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National Park Service America’s Best Idea
Yellowstone National Park
Established 1872
National Park Service NPS Organic Act
1916 ~ NPS Established
John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt @
Yosemite National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Land Management
National Park Service NPS Organization Chart
National Park Service
Director
Comptroller Office of Associate to Office of Office of Legislative
Policy & the Director Communications & & Congressional
- Accounting Operations Center Regulations Public Affairs Affairs
- Budget Office
- Property Management
- Audits and Accountability Office of Strategic Planning
American Indian Liaison Deputy Director Deputy Director Office of International Affairs
Chief Information Officer
Associate Director - Associate Director - Associate Director - Regional Associate U.S. Park Police Associate Associate
Administration, Natural Resources Cultural Resources Directorates Director - Director - Director -
Business Practices Stewardship & Visitor & - Operations Partnerships, Park
& Workforce Science Resource -Field Offices Interpretation Planning,
Development Protection -Professional and Interpretation, Facilities,
(Chief Responsibility Volunteers & and Lands
Ranger) -Public Outdoor Recreation
Information
- Natural Systems - Federal Preservation - Public Health --Special - National Center for
Management Institute Division Protection Recreation &
- Social Sciences Program - National Center for - Ranger Conservation
- Natural Resource Cultural Resources Activities - Partnership Office
Program Center - National Center for - Risk - Appalachian National
o Air Resources Preservation Technology Management Scenic Trail
o Biological Resources & Training - Federal Law -Youth Programs
Management - Heritage Areas Program Enforcement - Interpretation and
o Water Resources Training Education
o Geological Resources Center - Tourism
o Environmental Quality - National Fire
o Natural Resources Center
Information
National Park Service System
National park system map
National Park Service 388 national park units
National Park Units
Denali National Park & Preserve Fort Sumter National Historic Site
Statue of Liberty National Monument Wupatki National Monument
National Park Service 17 Categories of NPS units
A variety of units
Antietam National Cemetery
Cape Hatteras
National Seashore
Montezuma Castle
National Monument
George Washington Minidoka Internment
National Parkway National Memorial
National Park Service Land Management
84 million acres managed
(33,993,600 ha)
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
& Preserve, Alaska
National Park Service Management of Resources
Literally increasing
Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park
National Park Service Park Planning
Park Planning
www.nps.gov/legacy/criteria.html
National Park Service NPS Facts - Staff
NPS Staff
• @ 17,000 full-time employees
• $ 2.4 billion budget FY 2003
National Park Service Educating the Public
Environmental
Education
www1.nature.nps.gov/edures/
National Park Service Management of Resources
Park wildlife
National Park Service Management of Resources
Cultural Heritage
Gateway Arch, Missouri
Mesa Verde, Colorado Sagamore Hill, New York
National Park Service Management of Resources
Historical
Preservation
National Park Service Parks are for People
Recreation
www.nps.gov/parks.html
National Park Service Challenges for the NPS
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Challenges
Overcrowding, pollution, overuse, invasive species
National Park Service Protecting the Resource
Invasive Species
www.nature.nps.gov/wv/strat_pl.htm
National Park Service Protecting the Resource
Fee Demo Program
www.nps.gov/pub_aff/feedemo/index.htm
National Park Service Partnerships
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Partnerships
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/partners.html
National Park Service Volunteers
Volunteers in the Parks
Program (VIP/IVIP)
• 125,000 volunteers
• 4.5 million hours
• $72 million savings
A team of NPS international VIPs working
on trail at Golden Gate NRA. www.nps.gov/volunteer/
National Park Service Protecting the Resource
Online Reservations
http://reservations.nps.gov/
National Park Service Experience Your America
Science in the parks
www.nature.nps.gov/challenge/brochures/ParksforScience.pdf
National Park Service Ministry of Culture and Tourism?
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Leadership
www2.cr.nps.gov/whatdo.htm
National Park Service Benefits beyond Boundaries
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International Cooperation
www.nps.gov/oia
National Park Service Experience Your America
For Future Generations
NPS Director
Fran Mainella
www.nps.gov
