Winter 2016
100 Years at a Glance
Celebrating the National Park Service centennial with an illustrated history of the park system.
By 1916, the Department of Interior was responsible for 14 national parks and 21 national monuments, but no single organization existed to oversee these places. That changed on August 25, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act. Though the agency has evolved over the century, its central mission to preserve America’s lands and treasures for future generations remains untouched. In honor of the Park Service’s centennial, here are some notable dates from the first 100 years.
Click to enlarge image. © CHRISTIANE ENGEL
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Press Release
Park Advocates and Community Leaders Celebrate Victory for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
In historic move, Secretary Haaland announced that the Bureau of Land Management intends to halt proposed Ambler industrial mining road through the Brooks Range of Northwest Alaska.
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Press Release
National Parks Benefit from Public Lands Rule, Ushering in Stronger Conservation Stewardship
“Across the West, people are rallying behind more conservation for the places we love—the desert landscapes, the sandstone vistas, the sagebrush steppe and the wildlife that…
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Blog Post
Threat of Ambler Road Places Kobuk Wild & Scenic River on ‘Most Endangered’ List
NPCA’s president and CEO shares why this remote part of Alaska and its national parks must be protected from an industrial mining road.
