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The National Park Foundation (NPF) is the official charity of the National Park Service (NPS) and its national park sites. [1] The NPF was chartered by Congress in 1967 with a charge to "further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources for future generations of Americans."
However the "Group of Ten" (or "Big Green") have been preeminent since the late 20th century: Sierra Club, Audubon, National Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, Izaak Walton League, The Wilderness Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice. [3]
It is a public–private partnership between the U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services are also partners in the work.
Calling the gift “transformative,” the National Park Foundation said the $100 million grant is the largest donation the foundation has ever received.
Founded in 1919 as the National Parks Association, the organization was designed to be a citizen's watchdog for the National Park Service (NPS) created in 1916. Among the founders of NPA was Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. Robert Sterling Yard was NPA's first employee. Although Yard received personal financial ...
This role advanced the work of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Shafroth helped to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty which had been closed since 9/11 and to establish new national park units and national wildlife refuges, including Fort Monroe —the first spot to receive Africans on British-occupied ...
Aug. 4—The Conservation Fund announced this week that it will donate the 140-acre Green Homestead in Benton County, Arkansas, to Pea Ridge National Military Park. In an announcement, the ...
Example of a National Park Passport Stamp for the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Passport to Your National Parks is a program through which ink stamps can be acquired at no cost at park visitor centers and ranger stations at nearly all of the 433 units of the United States National Park System and most of the National Park Service's affiliated areas.