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Congress declares that the national park system, which began with establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, has since grown to include superlative natural, historic, and recreation areas in every major region of the United States, its territories and island possessions; that these areas, though distinct in character, are united ...
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2).
Rocky Mountain National Park. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020 This text is from Rocky Mountain National Park: a History by Curt Buchholtz; Buckley, Jay H.; Nokes, Jeffery D. (March 28, 2016). Explorers of the American West: Mapping the World through Primary Documents. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-732-3.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world. This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.
Forest Reserves became national forests; Pinchot toured Stevenson Creek timber sale. 1909 Fire lookout established on Shuteye Peak. [5] 1910 Big Creek Hydroelectric Project begins. [2]: 167 Bass Lake enlarged to its current dimensions. [6] 1912 The Yosemite Lumber Company constructed the steepest logging incline in history. 1913 Huntington Lake ...
The National Park System includes all properties managed by the National Park Service, which have a wide variety of titles or designations. The system as a whole is considered to be a national treasure of the United States, and some of the more famous national parks and monuments are sometimes referred to as "crown jewels". [25]
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For an area to become a unit of the National Park System, it must possess nationally significant natural, cultural, or recreational resources; be a suitable [a] and feasible [b] addition to the system; and require direct management by the National Park Service (NPS) (rather than protection by the private sector or other governmental agencies).