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Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteWooden-topped pupils' desks furnish the inside of a one-room schoolhouse.
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Trees and Shrubs
 
Orange yellow, red, and green leaves color Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in the fall.
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Autumn foliage adds colorful beauty to Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
 
A view of the landscape looking northeast toward the Birthplace Cottage and Blacksmith Shop.

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Trees are a prominent feature in cultural and natural landscapes of Herbert Hoover National Historic Park.

The National Historic Site planted or preserved most of the trees and shrubs as part of the cultural landscape that commemorates Herbert Hoover. Placement of trees and shrubs tend to enhance the character-defining features of the park. Many of the shrubs are ornamental and flower during the spring or early summer or serve as evergreen backdrops. The parkland landscape consists of open-grown trees scattered attractively through mowed areas.

 
A grove of nut trees extends into the prairie.

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Nut trees give the prairie a savannah-like appearance.

Some trees have spread into the tallgrass prairie. The National Historic Site intends these areas to develop into savanna-like areas that project from the more heavily treed cultural landscape. A nut grove, planted in 2000, borders the prairie on the north. Interspersing trees and prairie represents the landscape that once occurred on a larger scale in this region. The National Historic Site uses of native trees in new plantings outside of critical cultural landscape areas such as the Hoovers' Gravesite.

Two bright yellow flowers in a green field.
Tallgrass Prairie
The 81-acre restored tallgrass enhances the commemorative setting of the historic site.
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Trees and snow-covered banks along a creek.
Hoover Creek
The creek faces serious problems with water quality, erosion, and flooding.
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A man with binoculars searches for birds.
Inventory & Monitoring
Natural resources inventory and monitoring at Herbert Hoover NHS
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A firefighter sets a prescribed fire in the tallgrass prairie.
Prescribed Fire
Herbert Hoover NHS uses fire as a tool to restore the tallgrass prairie.
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The television-watching eyes of Herbert Hoover.  

Did You Know?
As Secretary of Commerce in 1927, Herbert Hoover was the first person to appear on an intercity television broadcast. When television became more widespread, Hoover didn't watch it much except to see baseball games.
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Last Updated: December 17, 2008 at 13:31 EST