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  2. National Park Service Organic Act - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of the National Park Service - Wikipedia

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    Forty-four years after the establishment of Yellowstone, President Woodrow Wilson created the National Park Service on August 25, 1916. The National Park Service Organic Act stated that the agency "shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and ...

  4. List of lands protected by Theodore Roosevelt through ...

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    This nationalization of the spaces of nature accelerated with the 1906 National Monuments legislation (American Antiquities Act) under President Theodore Roosevelt, and in 1916 the National Park Service was created as a unified system to administer these national parks." Palgrave Macmillan Education Press

  5. National Park Service - Wikipedia

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    The National Park Service ... Rep. Keith Rothfus added a "last-minute" amendment into Congress's appropriations bill, ... National Park Service Organic Act of 1916;

  6. 64th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    August 11, 1916: Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916; August 11, 1916: Grain Standards Act of 1916; August 11, 1916: Cotton Futures Act of 1916; August 11, 1916: Brush Disposal Act of 1916; August 11, 1916: Warehouse Act of 1916; August 25, 1916: National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act) August 29, 1916: 2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916

  7. List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 - Wikipedia

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    August 11, 1916: Cotton Futures Act of 1916, Pub. L. 64–190, 39 Stat. 476; August 25, 1916: National Park Service Organic Act, Pub. L. 64–235, 39 Stat. 535; August 29, 1916: Jones Law (Philippines), reorganized the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, including establishing the elected Senate and renaming the House.

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  9. List of national parks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."