Yellowstone National Park

National Park Service America’s Best Idea

Established 1872

1916 ~ NPS Established

National Park Service NPS Organic Act

John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt @ Yosemite National Park

Land ManagementLand Management

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

National Park Service NPS Organization Chart

Director

Office of Legislative& Congressional

Affairs

Office ofCommunications &

Public Affairs

Office of Policy &

Regulations

Comptroller

- Accounting Operations Center- Budget Office- Property Management- Audits and Accountability

Deputy Director Deputy DirectorAmerican Indian Liaison

Office of Strategic Planning

Office of International Affairs

Chief Information Officer

Associate Director -Administration,Business Practices& WorkforceDevelopment

Associate Director -Park Planning,Facilities,and Lands

Associate Director -Natural ResourcesStewardship &Science

Associate Director -Cultural Resources

RegionalDirectorates

U.S. Park PoliceAssociateDirector -Visitor &Resource Protection(Chief Ranger)

AssociateDirector -Partnerships,Interpretationand Interpretation,Volunteers &Outdoor Recreation

- Natural Systems Management - Social Sciences Program- Natural Resource Program Center o Air Resources o Biological Resources Management o Water Resources o Geological Resources o Environmental Quality o Natural Resources Information

- Federal Preservation Institute- National Center for Cultural Resources- National Center for Preservation Technology & Training- Heritage Areas Program

- Public Health Division- Ranger Activities - Risk Management- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center- National Fire Center

- Operations-Field Offices-Professional Responsibility-Public Information--Special Protection

- National Center for Recreation & Conservation- Partnership Office- Appalachian National Scenic Trail-Youth Programs- Interpretation and Education- Tourism

Associate to the Director

National park system National park system mapmap

National Park Service System

National Park Units

National Park Service 388 national park units

Denali National Park & Preserve Fort Sumter National Historic Site

Statue of Liberty National Monument Wupatki National Monument

A variety of units

National Park Service 17 Categories of NPS units

Minidoka InternmentNational Memorial

George Washington National Parkway

Montezuma Castle National Monument

Antietam National CemeteryCape Hatteras National Seashore

84 million acres 84 million acres managedmanaged

National Park Service Land Management

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park& Preserve, Alaska

(33,993,600 ha)

National Park Service Management of Resources

Literally Literally increasingincreasing

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

National Park Service Park Planning

Park Planning

www.nps.gov/legacy/criteria.html

NPS Staff

National Park Service NPS Facts - Staff

• @ 17,000 full-time employees• $ 2.4 billion budget FY 2003

EnvironmentEnvironmentalal

Education Education

National Park Service Educating the Public

www1.nature.nps.gov/edures/

Park wildlife

National Park Service Management of Resources

National Park Service Management of Resources

Cultural Heritage

Mesa Verde, Colorado

Gateway Arch, Missouri

Sagamore Hill, New York

National Park Service Management of Resources

Historical Historical PreservatioPreservatio

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Recreation

National Park Service Parks are for People

www.nps.gov/parks.html

rNational Park Service Challenges for the NPS

Challenges

Overcrowding, pollution, overuse, invasive species

Invasive Species

National Park Service Protecting the Resource

www.nature.nps.gov/wv/strat_pl.htm

Fee Demo Program

National Park Service Protecting the Resource

www.nps.gov/pub_aff/feedemo/index.htm

rNational Park Service Partnerships

PartnershipsPartnerships

Ford’s Theatre National Historic Sitehttp://www.nps.gov/partners.html

National Park Service Volunteers

Volunteers in the Parks Volunteers in the Parks Program (VIP/IVIP)Program (VIP/IVIP)

A team of NPS international VIPs working on trail at Golden Gate NRA.

• 125,000 volunteers• 4.5 million hours• $72 million savings

www.nps.gov/volunteer/

Online Reservations

National Park Service Protecting the Resource

http://reservations.nps.gov/

Science in the parks

National Park Service Experience Your America

www.nature.nps.gov/challenge/brochures/ParksforScience.pdf

rNational Park Service Ministry of Culture and Tourism?

Leadership

www2.cr.nps.gov/whatdo.htm

rNational Park Service Benefits beyond Boundaries

International International CooperationCooperation

www.nps.gov/oia

For Future Generations

National Park Service Experience Your America

www.nps.gov

NPS Director Fran Mainella