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The '''National Park Service''' is a bureau within the [[United States]] [[Department of the Interior]], responsible for the oversight, maintenance, and budget for United States national parks, preserves, monuments, memorials, national historic sites, seashores, and battlefields.  

The '''National Park Service''' is a bureau within the [[United States]] [[Department of the Interior]], responsible for the oversight, maintenance, and budget for United States [[national park]]s, preserves, monuments, memorials, national historic sites, seashores, and battlefields. ''The concept of national parks, that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone, is a uniquely American one.'' <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jLUXkmCLx8gC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=The+concept+of+national+parks+is+something+uniquely+American&source=bl&ots=LKl8mBMIa4&sig=ML7wEuHusBdsXhLoIxzN1pwjmaI&hl=en&ei=Tp6SSsK6GIL8sgOvx-AL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false Environmental discourse and practice: a reader, By: Lisa M. Benton, John Rennie Short - 2000 - Political Science]</ref> Naturalist, writer, and historian [[Wallace Stegner]] once said, talking about the idea for creating national parks, that it was  “the best idea we ever had.”.

==Headquarters Organization==

==Headquarters Organization==

The headquarters office provides national level leadership and advocacy; policy and regulatory formulation and direction; program guidance; budget formulation; legislative support; accountability for programs and activities managed by the field and key program offices. It manages Servicewide programs that by their nature can most effectively be carried out from a central location.

The headquarters office provides national level leadership and advocacy; policy and regulatory formulation and direction; program guidance; budget formulation; legislative support; accountability for programs and activities managed by the field and key program offices. It manages Servicewide programs that by their nature can most effectively be carried out from a central location.

The Director, Deputy Directors, Comptroller, Chief Information Officer, Associate Directors, Regional Directors and the Chief, United States Park Police comprise the National Leadership Council. In consultation with the Council, the Director establishes overall policy and strategic direction for the National Park Service, determines the Service's overall legislative goals and strategies, and guides implementation of Servicewide goals and objectives. [http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/nps_org.pdf]

The Director, Deputy Directors, Comptroller, Chief Information Officer, Associate Directors, Regional Directors and the Chief, United States Park Police comprise the National Leadership Council. In consultation with the Council, the Director establishes overall policy and strategic direction for the National Park Service, determines the Service's overall legislative goals and strategies, and guides implementation of Service-wide goals and objectives. [http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/nps_org.pdf]

==National Program Centers==  

==National Program Centers==

National Program Centers are part of the Headquarters office. They provide professional and technical support services to regions and park units:

National Program Centers are part of the Headquarters office. They provide professional and technical support services to regions and park units:

*National Program Center Location, Accounting Operations Center Herndon, VA  

*National Program Center Location, Accounting Operations Center Herndon, VA  

:'''International historic site''' refers to a site relevant to both U.S. and Canadian history.

:'''International historic site''' refers to a site relevant to both U.S. and Canadian history.

:'''National memorial''' usually used for areas that are primarily commemorative, such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. <ref>Several areas whose titles do not include the words "national memorial" are nevertheless classified as memorials. These are Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, and World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia; USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii; Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in Missouri; Perry’s Victory in Ohio; and Arlington House in Virginia.</ref>

:'''National memorial''' usually used for areas that are primarily commemorative, such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.<ref>Several areas whose titles do not include the words "national memorial" are nevertheless classified as memorials. These are Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, and World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia; USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii; Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in Missouri; Perry’s Victory in Ohio; and Arlington House in Virginia.</ref>

:'''National recreation areas''' were originally units surrounding reservoirs impounded by dams built by other federal agencies but now includes other lands and waters set aside for recreational use by acts of Congress s well as major areas in urban centers.<ref>There are also national recreation areas outside the National Park System that are administered by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.</ref>  

:'''National recreation areas''' were originally units surrounding reservoirs impounded by dams built by other federal agencies but now includes other lands and waters set aside for recreational use by acts of Congress s well as major areas in urban centers.<ref>There are also national recreation areas outside the National Park System that are administered by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.</ref>  

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