Policies and Guidance

Director's Orders

Director's Orders supplement and may amend Management Policies. Several Director's Orders relate to the natural resources in parks. Some have been finished and others are in progress. Director's Order 77, Natural Resource Protection, when completed will provide broad overall direction to parks on the management and protection of park natural resources. Other Director's Orders address specific resources or activities. For a complete list of all National Park Service Director's Orders, including those being developed, please visit the Office of Policy's Director's Orders and Related Documents web site. For a list of completed Director's Orders related to the natural resources please visit the Natural Resources References web site.