The
National Park Service (
NPS) is the
United States federal agency that manages all
National Parks, many
National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.
[1]It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act[2] in order to
…conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and 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.
It is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior, which is in turn a Cabinet Office of the executive branch, overseen by a Secretary nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Most of the direct management of the NPS is delegated by the Secretary to the National Park Service Director, who must now also be confirmed by the Senate.
