NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Antiquities

During the period of MISSION 66, every employee of the Service is likely to find that he has increased responsibilities both as an individual and as a member of the Superintendent's staff.

As travel to the parks administered by the National Park Service increases, a continually greater percentage of the visitors to the Park will be newcomers to the ideas and principles upon which the Service is based. Every employee, both in and out of uniform, who contacts the public, must be prepared to explain some of these basic ideas and principles. He must also be prepared to enforce the regulations of the Park and the Service in a manner which will convert the visitor to conservation, rather than annoy him with what may seem a senseless restriction of his freedom.

In addition to the contacts you may have with the public, there is a responsibility to assist the Superintendent in every way possible to plan the extensive construction work which will enable the Service to handle visitation in 1966. Field employees must be the "eyes and ears" of the Superintendent in many ways, and should be aware of the threats of construction to the resources of the Park.

This booklet is designed to give you basic information on one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting the Service. It should help you in your contacts with the visitor.

It should be helpful to those in planning and construction work who may not be dealing with the public but in the course of their work find archeological, paleontological and geological conditions that may be disturbed by construction work or uncovered during construction and thereby discovering something not known before hand. These cases should be reported to the Superintendent who, in turn, would arrange for the proper person or persons to pass on the situation.