National Park Service (NPS) is a United States of America federal agency to manage national parks, conservation, national monuments, historical properties. It was established on 25th August 1916.
NPS has over 16000 permanent employees, around 3000 seasonal employees and 1256 term workers. It works under US Department of the interior. It has 397 units out of which 58 are National Parks in USA.
Most popular National Parks by annual visits:
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Gateway National Recreation Area
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Natchez Trace Parkway
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Lincoln Memorial
- Cape Cod National Seashore
Word Heritage Sites in USA:
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, extending into Montana and Idaho
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
- Statue of Liberty, New York
- Everglades National Park, Florida
- Redwood National and State Parks, California
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
- Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
- Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
- Independence Hall, Pennsylvania
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (U.S.) parks), Montana & Alberta, Canada
- Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, Alaska, U.S./ B.C. & Yukon, Canada
NPS.gov is a great online resource for National Park Service of USA. Online visitors can avail various online services from the NPS portal like search options, find a park by state, support your park with national park foundation, explore nature, discover history, get involved, working with communities, teachers / kids resources.
Online users can also find the latest news / events information from the site. Active Military pass can be fetched online. Those who are interested in photos and multimedia may explore through movies, podcast, webcam, photo gallery, interactives.
FAQ section for users asking various questions related to NP services is given on the portal.
NPS jobs: candidates seeking employment may find the various careers opportunities in the National Park services. They may explore the options of open positions and jobs suitable to their profile.
Contact:
Users may stay connected with NPS via official web portal or social media pages on Facebook, YouTube, iTune, Twitter to get latest updates and announcements.
Website: National Park Service
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