Visitors make the Junior Ranger Pledge during the National Park Foundation’s #FindYourPark event, celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial at Brooklyn Bridge Park on August 22. There are 59 official national parks, with the oldest being Yellowstone National Park, established in March 1872.
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Bill Nye poses next to a stand-up of Thomas Edison during the National Park Foundation’s #FindYourPark event, celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The National Park Service preserves the highest peak in North America, the deepest lake in the country, and the longest cave system in the world.
The entire peninsula became a national park in 1974 when the fort, which was known as Sandy Hook Proving Ground and later Fort Hancock, was deactivated and the state park reverted to the federal government. Pictured: Chesler Park, located in Canyonlands National Park.
Get a much-needed dose of nature this weekend at any of the four federally-protected green spaces within driving distance of Los Angeles in honor of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary.
The sun at dawn illuminates mountain peaks as seen from Signal Mountain in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., Thursday, Aug 25, 2016.
There are now 59 major parks out of the 413 parks that span 84 million acres, the newest being Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in ME, which is 87,000 acres donated by the founder of Burt’s Bees and designated Wednesday by President Obama.
[Sometimes] kids look at [the parks] on a screen”, rather than visiting them, Langianese said, adding that when young people have the opportunity to see the national parks in real life, “the impact is phenomenal. “And how we share and interpret that site to visitors has to change”, Hirt said.
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The National Park Service will present the park plans and future steps for the new park Friday at 9 a.m.at The Great Overland Station.
