The first 1,000 people to arrive will get a T-shirt commemorating their participation and get to keep their umbrella.
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“You have a very rare site here with the Pappan’s Ferry Landing, and it’s an opportunity for us to tell a different story here than is really told anywhere else”, said National Park Service Ranger Carol Clark.
Today, there are 58 national parks in every corner of the country, from Alaska to Florida and from ME to Hawaii. In celebration of the 100th birthday of the National Park Service in 2016, we are launching a movement to spread the word about the wonderful places we manage, the inspirational stories that the national parks tell, our country’s natural resources, and our diverse cultural heritage.
But this weekend, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Park Service, there will be no charge for admission – giving all Americans a chance to experience a national treasure for free. Others – like Utah’s Capital Reef, with its colorfully layered mountains, or North Cascades National, some 50 miles from Bellingham, Washington, where more than half of the glaciers in the lower 48 states are located – are lesser known to tourists.
The sun at dawn illuminates mountain peaks as seen from Signal Mountain in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., Thursday, Aug 25, 2016.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department oversees the NPS, was to visit Yellowstone National Park, which comprises parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, later Thursday for the anniversary celebration. Rainier National Park is home to Mt.
The newest national park is in the northeast state of Maine. “I can’t imagine doing anything else but working for the National Park Service and I’ve been absolutely thrilled to have been here as superintendent for the past six years”, said Dan Brown, Park Superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Looking for that getaway that lets you get back to nature?
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