| Artist George Catlin has been credited with presenting | | | | scenery and a place to enjoy healthy family |
| the notion of a governmental organization to protect | | | | entertainment for a lazy afternoon or the whole |
| our wilderness and wildlife. His essays reflected | | | | summer long. The chief duty of the national park |
| anxiety toward the continuing development and its | | | | service is a commitment to the conservation of |
| effects of the westward expansion over the natural | | | | historical properties, scenery, wildlife and properties |
| wonderland. George Catlin expressed the theory of | | | | contained within a national park. The national park |
| creating a policy or agency to protect the wilderness. | | | | service promotes public education in reflection of the |
| The lands of Yellowstone and Yosemite received | | | | American landscape. Receiving millions of visitors to |
| protection under specific preservation laws in the mid | | | | over 391 units per year the national park service is a |
| 1800's. Later the National Park service had begun to be | | | | flourishing society. |
| established. | | | | Yellowstone national park became the world's very |
| The potential for a booming tourism market inspired | | | | first national park under the National Park Service. |
| many keen investors to band together and lobby for | | | | Yellowstone was previously privately managed with |
| the creation of a National Park service. Most | | | | sometimes uncertain success. Yosemite received |
| importantly supportive conservationist lobbying began | | | | some protection as a state park originally but was |
| for the preservation of wildlife and natural resources. | | | | soon to join in under the protection of the National park |
| President Woodrow Wilson officially signed legislation | | | | Service with others soon to follow. Mount Rainier, |
| for the creation of the National Park Service on | | | | Glacier, Crater Lake, and naturally, the beautiful |
| August 25th 1916. | | | | Sequoia, all thankfully receiving protection and |
| Congress created the national park service as a | | | | conservation under the care of the National Park |
| chapter o the United States department of the Interior. | | | | Service. |
| The national park service has since grown to employ | | | | It was soon recognized that parks not in the western |
| over 100,000 people and boast many thousands of | | | | states should also benefit from the care of the |
| volunteers. As a cabinet office to the executive | | | | National park Service and Acadia National Park in |
| branch of government the National Park service is run | | | | Maine was also included. Philanthropist John |
| by a secretary elected by the president. The national | | | | Rockefeller Jr. was among others who assisted in the |
| Park service receives a yearly budget of over 2 billion | | | | gradual acquisition of eastern lands. In 1926 the Great |
| dollars. | | | | Smokey Mountains, Shenandoah and Mammoth cave |
| The national park service has been actively involved in | | | | were all to be included for protection from the National |
| caring for American monuments, historical properties | | | | Park Service. In fact later the eastern states with their |
| and parks since 1916. National parks are a place of | | | | many historic sites such as battlefields and war |
| beautiful picnic spots equally dedicated to the | | | | memorials became an even larger area under |
| conservation of local wildlife. National parks are | | | | protection from the National Park service. |
| available to the public providing spectacular natural | | | | |