National Park Service

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federal agency government organization

The National Park Service is a U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and managing national parks, monuments, and other protected historic and natural sites across the country.

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Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency → government organization →
abbreviation	NPS →
appliesToJurisdiction	national battlefields of the United States → national historic sites of the United States → national lakeshores of the United States → national memorials of the United States → national monuments of the United States → national parks of the United States → national parkways of the United States → national preserves of the United States → national recreation areas of the United States → national rivers and wild and scenic rivers of the United States → national seashores of the United States →
country	United States →
employer	administrative staff → interpretive rangers → law enforcement rangers → maintenance workers → park rangers → resource managers → wildland firefighters →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
hasPart	National Park System → U.S. Park Police → park units → regional offices →
hasProgram	Historic American Buildings Survey → Historic American Engineering Record → Historic American Landscapes Survey → Junior Ranger Program → Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program → Volunteers-In-Parks Program →
headquartersLocation	Main Interior Building → Washington, D.C. →
inception	1916-08-25 →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalBasis	National Park Service Organic Act →
logo	Arrowhead emblem →
mission	to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein → 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 →
motto	Experience Your America →
operatesIn	District of Columbia → U.S. territories → all 50 U.S. states →
ownedBy	United States government →
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Interior →
responsibleFor	National Historic Landmarks program → National Register of Historic Places administration → National Trails System units → National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units → historic preservation programs → management of the National Park System → preservation of cultural resources → preservation of natural resources →
sector	conservation → heritage preservation → tourism →
subordinateTo	Secretary of the Interior →
website	https://www.nps.gov/ →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires → Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek → Adams National Historical Park → Alan Bible Visitor Center → Anacapa Island → Annaberg Sugar Plantation ruins ("U.S. National Park Service") → Appalachian Trail → Aquatic Park → Area B-5 (Catoctin Mountain Park) → Arlington Estate → Badwater Basin → Badwater Road → Ballston Beach ("U.S. National Park Service") → Bandelier National Monument → Barker Dam Trail → Battle Road Trail → Bear Gulch Cave → Billy Goat Trail → Biscayne Bay → Bishop White House → Boca Chita Key → Boca Chita Lighthouse → Boiling Springs Lake → Boston Harbor ("National Park Service (for islands recreation area)") → Boston National Historical Park → Brawner Farm → Bridalveil Creek → Bridalveil Fall ("U.S. National Park Service") → Bryce Canyon National Park ("United States National Park Service") → Bumpass Hell → Bunker Hill Monument → Butte Lake → Canarsie Pier ("U.S. National Park Service") → Canyon de Chelly National Monument → Canyonlands National Park → Carlsbad Caverns National Park → Castillo San Cristóbal ("U.S. National Park Service") → Cathedral Rocks → Cedar Grove → Chaco Culture National Historical Park → Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park → Cinder Cone → Cinnamon Bay ("U.S. National Park Service") → City Tavern site ("U.S. National Park Service") → Clingmans Dome → Colonial National Historical Park → Congress Hall → Congress Trail → Cook’s Meadow ("U.S. National Park Service") → Crescent Meadow → Crescent Meadow Road → Cruz Bay Visitor Center → Crystal Cave → Cumberland Island National Seashore → Dana Meadows → Dante Fascell Visitor Center → Dante’s View → Dead Horse Bay ("U.S. National Park Service") → Declaration House → Deep Cut → Derby House → Derby Wharf → Derby Wharf Light Station → Devils Golf Course → East Potomac Park → East Wing → Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site → Elliott Key → Ellis Island → Emerald Pool → Federal Hall National Memorial → First Ladies National Historic Site → Forester Pass ("U.S. National Park Service") → Fort Barrancas → Fort McHenry → Fort Pickens → Fort Point National Historic Site → Fort Sumter → Fort Union National Monument → Fort Vancouver National Historic Site → Fort Wadsworth → Four Mile Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Gateway Arch → Gateway National Recreation Area → General Sherman Tree Trail → Gettysburg National Military Park → Giant Forest sequoia grove ("U.S. National Park Service") → Golden Canyon → Golden Gate National Recreation Area → Grand Palace room ("U.S. National Park Service") → Great Basin National Park → Great Falls Park → Great Falls of the Potomac → Great Island ("U.S. National Park Service") → Great Smoky Mountains National Park → Greenstone Ridge Trail → Half Dome ("U.S. National Park Service") → Happy Isles ("U.S. National Park Service") → Harry S. Truman National Historic Site → Hartwell Tavern → Hawkes House → Henry Hill → Henry House → Herring Cove Beach ("U.S. National Park Service") → Hidden Valley Trail → High Peaks → High Sierra Trail → Highland Light → Home of Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site → Hurricane Ridge ("U.S. National Park Service") → Hyde Street Pier → Independence National Historical Park → Inscription Room → Jacob Riis Park → Jefferson Memorial → Jubilee Pass → Jumbo Rocks Campground → Keys View → Kuloa Point Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Lehman Caves → Liberty Bell → Liberty Bell Center → Liberty Cap ("U.S. National Park Service") → Lincoln Home National Historic Site → Lincoln Memorial → Little Round Top ("U.S. National Park Service") → Little Yosemite Valley → Loggerhead Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site → Lower Yosemite Fall Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch → Main Immigration Building → Manzanar National Historic Site → Manzanita Lake → Marconi Beach ("United States National Park Service") → Marine Corps War Memorial → Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias ("U.S. National Park Service") → Maritime Heritage Trail → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → Mather Gorge → Matthews Hill ("U.S. National Park Service") → Meriam’s Corner → Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes → Middle Cascades ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mill Creek Falls → Mineral King → Mission Concepción → Mist Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mist Trail and John Muir Trail to Sub Dome ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mojave Road historic route → Monarch Lakes Trail → Monocacy National Battlefield → Moro Rock → Moro Rock–Crescent Meadow Road → Morristown National Historical Park → Narbonne House → National Mall → National Park of American Samoa ("U.S. National Park Service") → National Parkway → National Recreation Area → National Wilderness Preservation System → Natural Bridge (Death Valley) → Nauset Marsh ("U.S. National Park Service") → New Hall Military Museum → Noland Home → North Bridge Visitor Center → North Bridge monument in Concord → Oasis of Mara → Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park → Old Courthouse (St. Louis) → Old Stone House → Oregon Trail → Overlook 1 → Panorama Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Pearl Harbor Visitor Center ("U.S. National Park Service") → Pecos Pueblo and Mission Church → Pedrick Store House → Petersen House → Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore ("United States National Park Service") → Pohono Trail → Point Reyes National Seashore → Pools of ʻOheʻo ("U.S. National Park Service") → Presidio of San Francisco → Prisoners Harbor → Province Lands → Province Lands Visitor Center →	managedBy
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park → Acadia National Park → Antietam National Battlefield ("U.S. National Park Service") → Appomattox Court House, Virginia → Arches National Park → Bandelier National Monument ("U.S. National Park Service") → Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument → Biscayne National Park → Bishop White House → Blue Ridge Parkway → Bluestone National Scenic River → Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area → Butte Lake ("U.S. National Park Service") → Canaveral National Seashore ("U.S. National Park Service") → Canyon de Chelly National Monument → Canyonlands National Park → Cape Cod National Seashore → Chaco Culture National Historical Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → Channel Islands National Park → Channel Islands of California → Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park → Crater Lake ("U.S. National Park Service") → Crater Lake National Park → Cumberland Island National Seashore ("U.S. National Park Service") → Declaration House → Denali ("U.S. National Park Service") → Denali National Park and Preserve → Devils Playground (Mojave Desert) ("U.S. National Park Service") → Devils Postpile National Monument → Dry Tortugas National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (New Mexico segments designated as NHL) → Everglades National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → First Ladies National Historic Site ("U.S. National Park Service") → Flight 93 National Memorial ("United States National Park Service") → Fort Monroe, Virginia → Fort Nonsense ("U.S. National Park Service") → Fort Union National Monument → Fort Vancouver National Historic Site → Freedom Riders National Monument → General Grant National Memorial → General Grant National Memorial ("U.S. National Park Service") → Gettysburg National Military Park → Giant Forest → Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve → Glacier National Park → Grand Canyon National Park → Grand Teton National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve → Haleakalā National Park → Hamilton Grange National Memorial → Harry S. Truman National Historic Site ("U.S. National Park Service") → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → Herbert Hoover National Historic Site ("U.S. National Park Service") → Home of Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site ("United States National Park Service") → Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site ("U.S. National Park Service") → Hospital Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Independence Hall → Independence Square → Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore → Isle Royale → John Muir Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Joshua Tree National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → Katmai National Park and Preserve → Kenai Fjords National Park → Keweenaw National Historical Park → Kings Canyon National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → Korean War Veterans Memorial → Lehman Caves ("U.S. National Park Service") → Liberty Bell Center ("U.S. National Park Service") → Liberty Island → Lincoln Memorial ("U.S. National Park Service") → Long Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) → McLean House ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mesa Verde National Park → Middle Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mission San José → Monocacy National Battlefield ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mount Rainier ("U.S. National Park Service") → Mount Rainier National Park → Muir Woods National Monument → National Park of American Samoa → National World War I Memorial → New River Gorge National Park and Preserve → North Bridge → North Cascades National Park ("U.S. National Park Service") → North Manitou Island → Old City Hall (Philadelphia) → Old House at Peacefield → Olympic National Park → Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument → Pacific Crest Trail ("U.S. National Park Service") → Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site → Pinnacles National Park → Prince William Forest Park → Redwood National and State Parks → Reflecting Pool ("U.S. National Park Service") → Rocky Mountain National Park → Saguaro National Park → Salinas Pueblo Missions (selected components) → San Juan National Historic Site → Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area → Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ("U.S. National Park Service") → Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore → South Manitou Island → Springfield Armory National Historic Site → Statue of Liberty National Monument → Tioga Pass ("U.S. National Park Service") → Todd House ("U.S. National Park Service") → U.S. Pacific national monuments → Valley Forge National Historical Park → Virgin Islands National Park → White Sands National Park → Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts → Yosemite Wilderness ("U.S. National Park Service") → Zion National Park →	governingBody
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park → Alcatraz Island → Apostle Islands → Archaeological Resources Protection Act → Bedloe's Island → Bush Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park → Devils Postpile National Monument ("United States National Park Service") → Devils Tower National Monument → Dry Tortugas National Park → Ellis Island → Flight 93 National Memorial → Fort Jefferson → Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → Governors Island → Great Basin National Park → Historic American Landscapes Survey → Historic Preservation Fund grants → Historic Sites Act of 1935 → Hudson River National Historic Landmark District → Joshua Tree National Park → Kings Canyon National Park → Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park → Liberty Island → Little Oyster Island ("U.S. National Park Service (as Ellis Island)") → Minute Man National Historical Park → NHPA → National Battlefields → National Heritage Area → National Historic Landmark → National Historic Landmark → National Historic Landmarks Survey → National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts → National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico → National Historic Landmarks in New York → National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands → National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 → National Historic Trail → National Historical Parks of the United States → National Natural Landmark → National Park Service Organic Act → National Park Service uniforms → National Register of Historic Places → National Seashores → National Trails System units → National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units → National preserve → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act → North Cascades National Park → Old Spanish Trail (trade route) → Petrified Forest National Park → Public Law 74-292 → Public Law 89-665 → Santa Barbara Island → Santa Cruz Island → Santa Fe Trail → Santa Rosa Island → Sitka National Historical Park → Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore → Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site → U.S. National Historic Site → U.S. National Monument → U.S. National Park → Virgin Islands National Park → Wilderness Act of 1964 → World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument ("United States National Park Service") → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve →	administeredBy
Air Force Memorial → Antietam National Battlefield → Baltimore–Washington Parkway → Blue Ridge Parkway → Burnside Bridge ("U.S. National Park Service") → California Trail ("National Park Service (commemorative management)") → Delaware Aqueduct → Dupont Circle Fountain → Edison National Historic Site → Ellipse → Executive Residence → Fort Nonsense → General Grant National Memorial → General Grant National Memorial → Generals Highway → George Washington Memorial Parkway → Georgetown Waterfront ("National Park Service (for park portions)") → Herbert Hoover Gravesite → Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway → Lincoln Memorial Circle → Memorial Bridge → Natchez Trace Parkway segment → National Park Service NHL database → National World War I Memorial → Navy–Merchant Marine Memorial → Nevada Fall Footbridge ("U.S. National Park Service") → North Lawn → Old North Bridge → Pennsylvania Avenue → Reflecting Pool → Rock Creek Park → Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway → San Juan city walls ("U.S. National Park Service") → Skyline Drive → Springfield Armory National Historic Site → The Arts of War → Todd House → USS Utah Memorial → Ventura Harbor Visitor Center → Vietnam Veterans Memorial → Wawona Road → West Colonnade → White House → White House grounds → remains of Patowmack Canal →	maintainedBy
520 Chestnut Street → Artist’s Palette ("U.S. National Park Service") → Barren Island (Jamaica Bay) → Canarsie Pol → Evolution Valley ("U.S. National Park Service (via Kings Canyon National Park)") → Garden Key ("U.S. National Park Service") → Jacqueline Kennedy Garden → Jamestown → Mount Whitney vicinity ("U.S. National Park Service") → Phantom Ship ("U.S. National Park Service") → San Miguel Island → Wawona → Yosemite Valley →	governedBy
Loomis Museum ("National Park Service visitor centers") → Old Courthouse (St. Louis) ("National Park Service visitor attractions") → Old Stone House ("National Park Service museums") → Organic Act of 1916 → West India Goods Store ("National Park Service museums") →	category
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation → Commission on Chicago Landmarks → District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation → Independence Visitor Center → USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory →	collaboratesWith
Fantastic Lava Beds → Nevada Fall ("U.S. National Park Service") → Quinault Rain Forest → Rulers Bar Hassock ("U.S. National Park Service") → Trunk Bay ("U.S. National Park Service") →	isManagedBy
Office of Wildland Fire → Office of Wildland Fire → Pacific Southwest Region (USFS Region 5) → Tribal Historic Preservation Office →	coordinatesWith
Long Wharf, Boston → Mackinac Island → Monumental Church (Richmond, Virginia) → X-10 graphite reactor ("U.S. National Park Service") →	heritageDesignationBy
Edison Laboratory → Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) →	designatedBy
Furnace Creek → Mojave Desert ("U.S. National Park Service") →	administratedBy
Panamint Range ("U.S. National Park Service") → Soda Dry Lake ("U.S. National Park Service") →	administrativeAuthority
National Park Service Organic Act → Organic Act of 1916 →	created
National Park Service Organic Act → Organic Act of 1916 →	definesMissionOf
General Motors Technical Center → John Muir →	describedBySource
Cape Cod National Seashore Act ("National Park Service rangers") → Title 16 of the United States Code →	enforcedBy
Historic American Buildings Survey → National Natural Landmark →	foundedBy
Ford Island ("United States National Park Service") → Plymouth Notch, Vermont, United States →	heritageDesignationGrantedBy
National Trails System Act →	administeredThrough
National Park System Advisory Board →	advises
Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program ("National Park Service Conservation and Outdoor Recreation programs") →	affiliation
National Park Service Organic Act →	appliesTo
Stone of Hope →	associatedWith
Historic Sites Act of 1935 →	authorizedAgency
Nevada Division of State Parks →	cooperatesWith
Arlington Estate ("United States National Park Service") →	currentOwner
Historic American Buildings Survey ("National Park Service website") →	dataAccessibleVia
Matafao Peak →	designationBy
Laurance Rockefeller →	donatedTo
United States Department of the Interior ("U.S. Park Rangers") →	employerOf
Historic American Landscapes Survey →	establishedBy
National Park Service Organic Act →	establishedMissionOf
National Historic Landmark ("National Park Service historians") →	evaluationBy
Kelly/Maiello →	hasClient
Catoctin Mountain ("National Park Service (for Catoctin Mountain Park)") →	hasManagement
U.S. National Park →	hasManagementAgency
United States Department of the Interior →	hasPart
National Park Service ("Volunteers-In-Parks Program") →	hasProgram
Honor Award of the National Building Museum ("The National Park Service") →	hasRecipient
Department of the Interior headquarters →	hasTenant
Pan American Union Building →	heritageDesignationAuthority
Carpenters' Hall →	historicDesignationAuthority
Main Interior Building →	housesAgency
Title 54 of the United States Code →	implementedBy
Public Law 74-292 →	implementedByAgency
California condor recovery program →	involvesOrganization
Kahiltna Glacier →	isMonitoredBy
Mount Olympus National Monument →	laterGoverningBody
South Lawn of the White House →	maintenanceBy