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