Legal Status
National Park Service
The National Park Service was established in the Department of the Interior on August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1).
There are close to 400 units in the National Park System, including national parks, monuments and memorials, scenic parkways, preserves, reserves, trails, riverways, wild and scenic rivers, seashores, lakeshores, recreation areas, battlefields and battlefield parks and sites, national military parks, international historic sites, and historic sites associated with important movements, events, and personalities of the American past.
The National Park Service is dedicated to conserving unimpaired the Natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.
- Parent Agency
- Interior Department
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Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System; Yellowstone National Park; Winter Use
The National Park Service is promulgating this rule to establish a management framework that allows the public to experience the unique winter resources and values at Yellowstone National Park. This rule includes provisions that allow greater flexibility for commercial tour operators, provide mechanisms to make the park cleaner and quieter than...
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Commercial Filming and Similar Projects and Still Photography Activities
This rule implements legislation that directs the Department of the Interior to establish permits and reasonable fees for commercial filming activities or similar projects and certain still photography activities.
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General Regulations; National Park System, Demonstrations, Sale or Distribution of Printed Matter
The National Park Service is amending its interim regulations governing demonstrations and the sale or distribution of printed matter applicable to most units of the National Park System. The rule clarifies provisions regarding permits for demonstrations or distributing printed matter and in management of two or more small (non-permit) groups...
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Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System; Yellowstone National Park; Winter Use
The National Park Service is proposing this rule to establish a management framework that allows the public to experience the unique winter resources and values at Yellowstone National Park. This rule includes provisions that allow greater flexibility for commercial tour operators, provide mechanisms to make the park cleaner and quieter than...
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Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore-Off-Road Vehicle Management
This rule designates off-road vehicle (ORV) routes and authorizes limited ORV use within Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) in a manner that will protect and preserve natural and cultural resources, provide a variety of safe visitor experiences, and minimize conflicts among various users. Under National Park Service (NPS) general...
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Final Environmental Impact Statement for Alcatraz Ferry Embarkation, Counties of Marin and San Francisco, California
The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the Alcatraz Ferry Embarkation project. The Final EIS evaluates four alternatives for establishing a long-term ferry embarkation site for passenger service between the northern San Francisco waterfront and Alcatraz Island, and additional...
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Notice of the 2017 Meeting Schedule for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission
The National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice of the 2017 meeting schedule of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission.
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Notice of an Open Public Meeting for the Lake Clark National Park Subsistence Resource Commission
The National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Lake Clark National Park Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) will hold a public meeting to develop and continue work on NPS subsistence program recommendations, and other related regulatory proposals and resource management issues.
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Notice of March 13, 2017, Meeting for Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission
The National Park Service is hereby giving notice of the 306th meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.
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Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
As authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, the National Park Service announces that the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) has established, in the State of New York, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
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Notice of the 2017 Meeting Schedule for Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission
The National Park Service is hereby giving notice of the 2017 meeting schedule for the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.
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Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule To Revise General Provisions; Electronic Cigarettes
The National Park Service withdraws the proposed rule that would revise the regulation that defines smoking to include the use of electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems; and would allow a superintendent to close an area, building, structure, or facility to smoking when necessary to maintain public health and safety....
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Off-road Vehicle Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona and Utah
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Plan/FEIS) for the Off-road Vehicle Management Plan, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA), located in Arizona and Utah. The Plan/FEIS evaluates the impacts of four action alternatives that address off-road vehicle (ORV) management. It...
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan, North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Park Service (NPS) announce the availability of the Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan (plan)/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE), Washington. The plan/DEIS evaluates the impacts of a range of alternatives for restoring the grizzly bear to the United...
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
The U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes or...