Answers to Activity 1:
Your National Parks

1. NPS lands are to be preserved and USFS lands are to be conserved, but allow for multiple uses.

2. National Parks are created by an act of Congress and National Monuments are created by Presidential proclamation.

3. Parks, monuments, historical sites, cultural sites, recreation areas, grasslands, seashores, lakeshores, battlefields, and many more.

4. Answers will vary.

5. 1916

6. Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Horace Albright

7. Answers will vary but may include: Leave no trace, visit quietly, stay on paths and trails, help others, don't litter, be polite, don't run, recycle, etc.

 

 

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