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Half Dome by Gunnar Widfoss(1922) The national park idea has been credited to the artist George Catlin.In 1832 he traveled the northern Great Plains of the United States, where he became concerned about the destruction of the Indian civilization, wildlife, and wilderness as eastern settlements spread westward.
In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the United States' first national park, [31] being also the world's first national park. In some European and Asian countries, however, national protection and nature reserves already existed - though typically as game reserves and recreational grounds set aside for royalty, such as a part ...
For an area to become a unit of the National Park System, it must possess nationally significant natural, cultural, or recreational resources; be a suitable [a] and feasible [b] addition to the system; and require direct management by the National Park Service (NPS) (rather than protection by the private sector or other governmental agencies).
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. [2]
Prominent individuals in the effort to create a national park included Enos Mills from the Estes Park area, James Grafton Rogers from Denver, and J. Horace McFarland of Pennsylvania. [13] The national park was established on January 26, 1915. [14]
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
At one meeting in the fall of 1895 that included Muir, Joseph LeConte, and William R. Dudley, the Sierra Club discussed the idea of establishing 'national forest reservations', which were later called National Forests. The Sierra Club was active in the successful campaign to transfer Yosemite National Park from state to federal control in 1906.
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2).