A Call to Action: Success Stories
The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. To us, it's not about cakes and candles — it's about being an organization ready to take on the challenges of our second century. Our blueprint to get there — A Call to Action — outlines the innovative work we want to accomplish. Every partner, program, and park plays a dynamic role in realizing that vision. Take a look at what we're doing and get involved!
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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Learning to Camp - Alongside the Arctic Ocean
Kids learn about wilderness ethics, backpacking and the National Park Service during a two-day hiking and camping trip in the Western Arctic. Read more
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Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Healthy History Program
Through a grant from the National Park Foundation students experienced history while also learning to engage in healthy physical activity. Read more
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Catoctin Mountain Park
Kids in Parks TRACK Trail in Catoctin Mountain Park
TRACK Trail established in Catoctin Mountain Park at the Brown’s Farm Trail in Owens Creek Picnic Area as part of the Kids in Parks program. Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Employee Driven Safety & Resource Programs
employees of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park have completed Operational Leadership training with 100% participation. There has not been a lost-time accident in the park for over three years. Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Protecting the Hill Country Night Skies
Lyndon B. Johnson is a founding signatory on a pledge to the Hill Country Alliance to protect and promote night sky resources. Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
New Experiences Like Never Before
Park interpreters, partnering with the Friends of LBJ National Historical Park and Western National Parks Association(WNPA), are meeting the Johnsons desire to “not let the ranch become a sterile relic of the past.” Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Witnesses and Researchers
Interpretive rangers at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park involve professors, researchers, and individuals who lived through events of the ‘60’s into educational programs. Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of LBJ Achievements
With hundreds of legislative accomplishments to his credit, President Lyndon B. Johnson is recognized by historians as a major contributor to the nations social and societal improvements. Read more
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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Teaming Up Locally
The students and teachers at Johnson City High School have traditionally participated in educational programs, but this year they became involved in the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour. Reaction to working with the park staff and other volunteers resulting in school administrators asking for more opportunities to participate. Read more
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Dinosaur National Monument
Collaboration Breeds Success: Discovering Lost Worlds at Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur is a spectacular laboratory in which earth scientists can study ancient ecosystems. The Monument has extensive collaborative inventory, monitoring, and research efforts underway with museums and universities across the country. Read more
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Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur Broadens Appeal with Social Media
To broaden the understanding and appreciation of Dinosaur National Monument’s diverse resources, staff have been diligently using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and now Flickr to build an on-line community. Read more
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Saguaro National Park
Transportation Funds Enable Urban School Children To Visit Saguaro National Park
As school budgets shrank and visits by schools and community youth groups diminished, transportation funds from the Friends of Saguaro National Park rejuvenated visits, especially from targeted, underrepresented communities where budget cuts had the most pronounced effects. In 2011, between the BioBlitz and regular programming, an additional 4,000 young people visited the park that otherwise would not have. Read more
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Colorado National Monument
A Critical Location: A discussion on the Dark Sky Coop at Colorado National Monument
Colorado National Monument hosts multi-agency and community meeting to discuss the formation of a Dark Sky Cooperative. The purpose of the cooperative is: To perpetuate starry night skies by establishing America's first Dark Sky Cooperative. This voluntary effort will link communities, tribes, businesses, state agencies, federal agencies, and citizens in a collaborative effort to celebrate the view of the cosmos and minimize the impact of outdoor lighting. Read more
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Walnut Canyon National Monument
Flagstaff Area Monuments Awarded America’s Best Idea Grant
Connecting With The Resource Read more
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Saguaro National Park
Electronic Field Trip as part of BioBlitz 2011
During the 2011 National Geographic BioBlitz, Saguaro National Park was able to bring over 2,300 students into the park for the event. Millions more were offered an opportunity to participate virtually though a National Park Foundation Electronic Field Trip. Read more
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Special Ways to Tell the Story of Special Times
Special events planned for 2013 include the Frontier Skills Day, Living History Encampment, Military Encampment, Fur Trade Encampment, and the Traditional Holiday Celebration. Read more
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Carving Out Collaborate Efforts in Historic Preservation in Southeast Colorado
Bent's Old Fort NHS is in full partnership with major preservation initiative with Canyons and Plains Regional Heritate Taskforce, the Nature Conservancy, the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, the Palmer Land Trust, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and local landowners. Read more
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Students "Get the Lead Out" on Historic Trail
Local schools invitational crosscountry teams compete using the park's river side hiking trail. Read more
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Touching Nature with Mind and Body
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) student program at Otero Junior College bring high school and junior college students to the park to pariticipate in to catch and tag Monarch butterflies. Read more
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Youth Summit Group to Explore the Possibilities
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site will work with partners in implementing Colorado's ward winning Youth Preservation program on June 25th, 2013. Young people aged 13 to 18 will get out of the classroom and into the field to learn about history, archeology, heritage tourism, community and preservation. Read more
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
The Doctor is In
Exhibits have been placed in the newly restored 1880s Post Hospital. This includes a self-diagnosing tool called the "Wheel of Misfortune", medical instruments from a doctor's case and fully furnished surgeons office. The office includes an examining table, skeleton and hundreds of leather bound reference books. Read more
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Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Receives Best Trail Project Award
The D&L Trail, a cornerstone project of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, was recently awarded Best Trail Project by the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund. The trail was called out for its strong contributions to the economy of the region, calculated at $19 million annually. Read more