National recreation area
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A national recreation area is a protected area in the United States established by an Act of Congress to preserve enhanced recreational opportunities in places with significant natural and scenic reso
East entry sign for the Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Washington
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead between Nevada and Arizona
Fall at Allegheny Reservoir
3 Aerial Amistad
National Park Service
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The National Park Service is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational
National recreation area
…Recreation Area, which was created by a 1936 agreement between the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), which had built Hoover Dam, and the National Park Service (NPS), which had experience in managing visitors in the outdoors. Because the reservoir had disturbed the natural state of the environment, a new…
In 1934, a series of ten postage stamps was issued to commemorate the reorganization and expansion of the National Park Service.
NPS Preliminary Survey party, Great Smoky Mountains, 1931
NPS staff sitting on the set for the 1972 Centennial for the creation of the first National Park (the Yellowstone NP), in a NBC Today Show. Left to right: George Hartzog, William Everhart, Frank McGee and Jack K. Anderson.
NPS publication, 2012