National Parks
The American Experience
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When Everglades National Park was proposed, many
partisians of the national park movement argued that it did not rank with such
monumental wonders as Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. Monumental or not, the
Everglades environment is threatened on all sides—by roads, canals, urban
development, and the Everglades Jetport, shown below in December 1969.
George A. Grant Collection, courtesy of the National Park Service (top);
Cecil W. Stoughton, courtesy of the National Park Service (bottom)
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Imposing scenery usually does not invite
economic development. Exceptions like Hetch Hetchy Vally in Yosemite National
Park, which was flooded by a reservoir of the city of San Francisco, have
been the subjects of heated debate. Here the lower meadow of Hetch Hetchy
is shown before and after being flooded.
Joseph Le Conte photograph, courtesy of the National Park Service (top);
Ralph H. Anderson photograph, courtesy of the National Park Service (bottom)
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Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, was established
in 1902 only after businessmen were assured that mineral exploration could continue.
George A. Grant Collection, courtesy of the National Park Service
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