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OUTLINE: NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM
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1. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM FACTS.
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2. INTERNAL PROBLEMS
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3. EXTERNAL PROBLEMS
Suggested Reading: Keiter 1997. Greater Yellowstone’s
bison: unraveling of an early American wildlife
achievement. J. Wildlife Manage. 61:1-11.
World Parks at Risk. National Geographic, October 2006
(whole issue is devoted to parks)

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
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____ UNITS (= ____
_____________
_____________
_____________)
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_____ million ha
(____ million acres)
AGENCY: _______
_______________
_______________
Yosemite National Park, CA

GRAND CANYON = NATIONAL
PARK
Other national parks: Yellowstone (first), Everglades, Gettysburg,
etc.

MOST NATIONAL MONUMENTS
LESS FAMOUS
George Washington’s birthplace (left) is a National Monument.
Valley Forge (on right, where Washington camped during
Revolutionary War winter) is a National Park.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE: _____________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________.

VISITATION TO SYSTEM
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______________VISITORS / YEAR
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_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________ .
TOURISM IN HAWAIIAN PARK

ORIGINAL MANDATE
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1. _____________________________.
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2. ______________________________.
SOME TIMES THESE MANDATES
CONFLICT

PROBLEMS - INTERNAL
1. ______________________
WHICH PARK GETS THE MOST
VISITORS?
_____________________________

PROBLEMS - INTERNAL
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1. TOO MANY PEOPLE
SOLUTIONS
A. ______________________________