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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:58, 18 September 2011: 1,295 × 1,645 (62 KB): SreeBot (Original text) : {{Information |Description = Letter from National Parks Service Director acknowledging gift to White House.
The NPS-RTCA program is able to work with local communities outside the borders of the nation's National Parks because of the second sentence of the NPS Mission Statement. [89] Unlike the mainline National Park Programs, these programs take place on non-federal property at the request of the local community.
The NPS started with the decision of the Government of India to stop defined benefit pensions for all its employees who joined after 1 January 2004. While the scheme was initially designed for government employees only, it was opened up for all citizens of India in 2009. NPS is an attempt by the government to create a pensioned society in India.
The NPS has twelve administrative regions. [4] Each region provides oversight and guidance to the park units within its geographic area. They were established in 2018 following a Department of Interior-wide reorganization that created unified regions for all of the departments' bureaus. [5] The NPS formerly had seven administrative regions.
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation that created the National Park Service. The National Park Service Organic Act, [1] or the Organic Act as referred to within the National Park Service, is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
Passport books, sold at Eastern National park stores and online, provide a place for park visitors to collect National Park passport stamps. Over 1.3 million Passport books have been sold. [ 1 ] The 3.25" × 5.5" passport book provides five pages for each of the nine regions where the passport user can place ink stamps and can affix one ...
Counting methodology is rooted in the language of a park's enabling legislation. Furthermore, the NPS contributes resources to "affiliated areas" which do not fall under its administration, and these do not count toward the official list number. An example is Oklahoma City National Memorial.
Administratively redesignated as an NPS unit November 16, 2023 P.L. 111-11 New England National Scenic Trail, MA, CT Administratively redesignated as an NPS unit November 16, 2023 P.L. 96-199 and P.L. 116-9 North Country National Scenic Trail, VT to ND Administratively redesignated as an NPS unit July 25, 2023 Proclamation 10602