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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).
Title 54 of the United States Code (54 U.S.C.), entitled National Park Service and Related Programs, is the compilation of the general laws regarding the National Park Service. It is the newest title in the United States Code , added on December 19, 2014, when U.S. President Barack Obama signed H.R. 1068 into law.
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.
After World War II, national parks were founded all over the world. The United Kingdom designated its first national park, Peak District National Park, in 1951. This followed perhaps 70 years of pressure for greater public access to the landscape. By the end of the decade a further nine national parks had been designated in the UK. [39]
The Trump administration is moving forward with an ambitious plan to give private businesses greater access to national parks, according to a memorandum written by an advisory council for the ...
The original Platt National Park was a small but popular area of mineral springs donated by the Chickasaw people. The high-output springs form Travertine Creek, with several small waterfalls alongside trails. The Lake of the Arbuckles was dammed in 1966 and protected as Arbuckle NRA. It has a significant bass population and nearby campgrounds.
A group of citizens called Parks Sustainable Funding has proposed a referendum that would set up a separate tax to permanently generate approximately $8 million a year for parks capital projects.
National Environmental Policy Act (1970, 1975, 1982): This Act required federal agencies to consider and evaluate the environmental impacts of proposed actions. It also requires agencies to identify environmental impacts that are unavoidable and to evaluate all resources in the area before committing to a proposed action.