New Parks For The Nation
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New Parks For The Nation
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962*
New Parks For The Nation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962* with National parks and reserves categories.
The Singapore Red Data Book
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Author : Peter K. L. Ng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Singapore Red Data Book written by Peter K. L. Ng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Science categories.
Our National Park System
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Author : Dwight F. Rettie
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1996-01-15
Our National Park System written by Dwight F. Rettie and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-15 with Nature categories.
This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight F. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state--the problems and the possibilities--of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he proposes in detail stronger management operations, clearer and more stringent measures of personnel performance, and training of park rangers to help them become professionals knowledgeable about the scientific management and protection of resources. For a concerned public as well as for policy-makers and students of government, this comprehensive analysis and outline may provide hope--and a future--for the invaluable legacy that is our national park system.
The New Urban Park
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Author : Hal Rothman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The New Urban Park written by Hal Rothman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
From Yellowstone to the Great Smoky Mountains, America's national parks are sprawling tracts of serenity, most of them carved out of public land for recreation and preservation around the turn of the last century. America has changed dramatically since then, and so has its conceptions of what parkland ought to be. In this book, one of our premier environmental historians looks at the new phenomenon of urban parks, focusing on San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area as a prototype for the twenty-first century. Cobbled together from public and private lands in a politically charged arena, the GGNRA represents a new direction for parks as it highlights the long-standing tension within the National Park Service between preservation and recreation. Long a center of conservation, the Bay Area was well positioned for such an innovative concept. Writing with insight and wit, Rothman reveals the many complex challenges that local leaders, politicians, and the NPS faced as they attempted to administer sites in this area. He tells how Representative Phillip Burton guided a comprehensive bill through Congress to establish the park and how he and others expanded the acreage of the GGNRA, redefined its mission to the public, forged an identity for interconnected parks, and struggled against formidable odds to obtain the San Francisco Presidio and convert it into a national park. Engagingly written, The New Urban Park offers a balanced examination of grassroots politics and its effect on municipal, state, and federal policy. While most national parks dominate the economies of their regions, GGNRA was from the start tied to the multifaceted needs of its public and political constituents-including neighborhood, ethnic, and labor interests as well as the usual supporters from the conservation movement. As a national recreation area, GGNRA helped redefine that category in the public mind. By the dawn of the new century, it had already become one of the premier national park areas in terms of visitation. Now as public lands become increasingly scarce, GGNRA may well represent the future of national parks in America. Rothman shows that this model works, and his book will be an invaluable resource for planning tomorrow's parks.
The World S Best National Parks In 500 Walks
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Author : Mary Caperton Morton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-02-22
The World S Best National Parks In 500 Walks written by Mary Caperton Morton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-22 with History categories.
Tour the world's national parks via five hundred walks and hikes through preserved natural beauty.
Your National Parks With Detailed Information For Tourists
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Author : Enos A. Mills
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Your National Parks With Detailed Information For Tourists written by Enos A. Mills and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
National Parks
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-11
National Parks written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11 with categories.
The flagship publication of the National Parks Conservation Association, National Parks Magazine (circ. 340,000) fosters an appreciation of the natural and historic treasures found in the national parks, educates readers about the need to preserve those resources, and illustrates how member contributions drive our organization's park-protection efforts. National Parks Magazine uses images and language to convey our country's history and natural landscapes from Acadia to Zion, from Denali to the Everglades, and the 387 other park units in between.
Wilderness In National Parks
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Author : John C. Miles
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01
Wilderness In National Parks written by John C. Miles and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with History categories.
Wilderness in National Parks casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By examining the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the park service and the national wilderness preservation system, John C. Miles finds the National Park Service still struggling to deal with an idea that lies at the core of its mission and yet complicates that mission, nearly one hundred years into its existence. The National Park Service's ambivalence about wilderness is traced from its beginning to the turn of the twenty-first century. The Service is charged with managing more wilderness acreage than any government agency in the world and, in its early years, frequently favored development over preservation. The public has perceived national parks as permanently protected wilderness resources, but in reality this public confidence rests on shaky ground. Miles shows how changing conceptions of wilderness affected park management over the years, with a focus on the tension between the goals of providing recreational spaces for the American people and leaving lands pristine and undeveloped for future generations.
The National Parks Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
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National Parks
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Author : Alfred Runte
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-12-15
National Parks written by Alfred Runte and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-15 with Nature categories.
Revised with a new epilogue, “We the People,” this fifth edition of National Parks: TheAmerican Experience continues the highly engaging story of how Americans invented and expanded the concept of national parks. A prominent adviser to the Ken Burns Emmy Award-winning documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," Alfred Runte is renowned as the nation's leading historian on the meaning and management of these treasured lands. Further supported with period photographs and now twelve pages of color paintings, National Parks remains a stirring look into the lands that define America, from Yosemite and Yellowstone to wilderness Alaska. This is how we got our parks, and looking to the future, the challenges that remain in preserving them. Are “we the people” still up to the task? Yes, this history advises, but only if we consistently cherish the national unity that our commitment to the parks further demands.