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"Man's loss of intimate contact with nature has had debilitating effects on him as a being which can be alleviated only by making it possible for him to escape at frequent intervals from his urban habitat to the open country...He must again learn how to enjoy himself in the out-of-doors by reacquiring the environmental knowledge and skills he has lost during his exile from his natural environment."
U.S. Department of the Interior, NPS, A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States (Washington D.C., Government Printing Office, 1941)
The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage.
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