This edition of Management Policies is the basic Service-wide policy document of the National Park Service. Policies are an indispensable tool to help Service employees manage parks responsibly and make rational, well-informed decisions. Concerned citizens may also refer to these policies to better understand how the Service will meet its park management responsibilities under the 1916 NPS Organic Act "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life 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."

This volume addresses only those policies applicable to management of the national park system. A separate volume B to be completed at a later date B will address NPS-administered programs that serve the conservation and recreation needs of the nation, but are not directly related to the national park system.

•  Director's Memorandum
  
  
•  Cover, Table of Contents, Introduction    PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 1: The Foundation  PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 2: Park System Planning  PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 3: Land Protection  PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 4: Natural Resource Management  PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 5: Cultural Resource Management   PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 6: Wilderness Preservation and Management   PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 7: Interpretation and Education   PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 8: Use of the Parks  PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 9: Park Facilities   PDF  HTML
  
  
•  Chapter 10: Commercial Visitor Services   PDF   HTML
  
  
•  Appendices, Glossary, Index   PDF  HTML