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A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. National parks are a protected area of IUCN category II. The largest national park in the world is the Northeast Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. The number of areas managed by the National Park Service in the United States of America consists of nearly 400 different sites, of which 58 carry the designation of National Park.
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Prologue
Some fundamental ideas were first articulated in the 19th century by people from various countries. In 1810 the English poet William Wordsworth described the Lake District as a "sort of national property in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy". The painter George Catlin, in his travels though the American West, wrote in 1832 that the Native Americans in the United States might be preserved: by some great protecting policy of government . . . in a magnificent park . . . A nation's park, containing man and beast, in all the wild and freshness of their nature's beauty!. Similar ideas were expressed in other countries – In Sweden, for instance, Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld made such a proposition in 1880. The Scottish-American naturalist John Muir was to prove inspirational in the foundation of national parks, anticipating many ideas of conservationism, environmentalism, and the animal rights movement.
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Last spring we took road trip. Was out of this world. Monument Valley, Utah National Parks & Grand Canyon. http://adjix.com/q64c (Purple rt)
grandcanyonnp (grandcanyonnp) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:41:25 -0000
Last spring we took road trip. Was out of this world. Monument Valley, Utah National Parks & Grand Canyon. http://adjix.com/q64c (Purple rt)
what weighs 500 lbs, vacations in Wyoming, and inspired the making of America's National Parks - http://bit.ly/6i0T2I #smithsonian
AudreyReinhardt (Audrey Reinhardt) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:40:24 -0000
what weighs 500 lbs, vacations in Wyoming, and inspired the making of America's National Parks - http://bit.ly/6i0T2I #smithsonian
Join protest against power line from Dungeness to Exeter through 2 National Parks and 3 AONBs http://is.gd/5aLPM #cpre
andybodders (Andy Boddington) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:30:34 -0000
Join protest against power line from Dungeness to Exeter through 2 National Parks and 3 AONBs http://is.gd/5aLPM #cpre
No new Iowa Journal tonight. But, you can support our network during our December Celebration. National Parks and Doo-wop are on tonight.
IowaJournal (The Iowa Journal) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:16:41 -0000
No new Iowa Journal tonight. But, you can support our network during our December Celebration. National Parks and Doo-wop are on tonight.
National Parks Traveler's Reader Participation Day - Asking: Which is Your Favorite National Park Lodge? http://ow.ly/I2kr
ftitrailblazer (Betsey Dalbeck) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:16:10 -0000
National Parks Traveler's Reader Participation Day - Asking: Which is Your Favorite National Park Lodge? http://ow.ly/I2kr
Ken Burns' THE NATIONAL PARKS is the #1 selling book at QPB.COM! http://bit.ly/4J7gw1
qpbbooks (qpbbooks) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:11:42 -0000
Ken Burns' THE NATIONAL PARKS is the #1 selling book at QPB.COM! http://bit.ly/4J7gw1
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