Agencies NPS Preservation

Question 1

“The best idea America Ever Had”

Answer 1

Wallace Stegner-National Parks

Question 2

“The national park idea has been nurtured by each succeeding generation of Americans. Today, across our land, the National Park System represents America at its best”

Answer 2

George Hartzog

NPS Director 1964-1972

Question 3

“There is nothing so American as our national parks…. The fundamental idea behind the parks…is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”

Answer 3

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 4

“The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.”

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 5

Secretary of the Interior

Answer 5

was Sally Jewell, now Ryan Zinke

Question 6

NPS Director

Answer 6

Jon Jarvis current

Question 7

How many acres make up the NPS?

Answer 7

84.4 million acres, of which more than 4.3 million acres remain in private ownership.

Question 8

What is the largest area of the NPS?

Answer 8

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. At 13,200,000 acres it is 16.3 percent of the entire system

Question 9

Smallest area of the NPS?

Answer 9

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Pennsylvania, at 0.02 of an acre

Question 10

Total of National Parks

Answer 10

58

Question 11

Total of National areas

Answer 11

407

Question 12

What do National Park areas include?

Answer 12

national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House.

Question 13

What is the origin of the National Park Service arrowhead?

Answer 13

The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of the Interior on July 20, 1951. The Sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the arrowhead represents historical and archeological values. It was registered Feb. 9, 1965, by the U.S. Patent Office as the official emblem of the NPS

Question 14

Early Parks before Yellowstone

Answer 14

Boston CommonsNational Capital Parks - 1790 Central Park (778 acres)- New York - 1857 Yosemite Land Grant - 1864

Question 15

National Park Service Mission Statement

Answer 15

“…to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the 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.”

Question 16

“The parks do not belong to one state or to one section…. The Yosemite, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon are national properties in which every citizen has a vested interest; they belong as much to the man of Massachusetts, of Michigan, of Florida, as they do to the people of California, of Wyoming, and of Arizona.”

Answer 16

Stephen T. Mather NPS Director, 1917-1929:

First Director of the NPS

Question 17

…that the national park system, which began with establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, has since grown to include superlative natural, historic, and recreation areas in every major region of the United States…

Answer 17

General Authorities Act, 1970 (84 Stat. 825)

Question 18

National Park Service Founding Fathers

Answer 18

Stephen Tyng Mather
Robert Sterling Yard
Franklin Lane-Secretary of Interior
Horace Albright

Question 19

National Park Act

Answer 19

– August 25, 1916

Question 20

Create the first law to protect cultural resources
The first use of the Act protected a large geographic feature – President Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower

Answer 20

Antiquities Act of 1906