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Charles F. Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla) is an American conservationist who is the 19th and current director of the National Park Service since 2021. A member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Sams is the first Native American to serve as head of the NPS. [1]
Gary E. Everhardt (July 8, 1934 – December 27, 2020), [2] was the ninth Director of the US National Park Service (NPS). He began his NPS career as an engineer in 1957 and rose to the superintendency of Grand Teton National Park in 1972. Favorable notice there propelled him to the directorship in January 1975.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks ; most national monuments ; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
Russell Errett Dickenson (April 12, 1923 – February 19, 2008) began his National Park Service (NPS) career as a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park in 1946 and served in a wide range of park and central office assignments — most prominently as head of National Capital Parks, deputy director, and Pacific Northwest regional director — before ascending to the directorship in May 1980.
Pages in category "Directors of the National Park Service" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A January 19, 2006, report from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General entitled "Report of Investigation - Allegations that the National Park Service Improperly Allowed Daniel Snyder to Cut trees on Government Land" reported that Daniel P. Smith, Mainella's Special Assistant at the National Park Service, stated Mainella attended a Washington Redskins vs.
Writing for The George Wright Forum in 2007, in reference to the 1916 National Park Service Organic Act's mandate to "promote" Parks (and early Director Stephen Mather's view that they needed to be "widely used" if they were to be loved and supported by the American public), Galvin offered an expanded vision for the 21st Century: "There remains ...
The logo of the National Park Service. The Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As of August 2024, there are 433 official units of the National Park System; [1] however, this number can be misleading.