jan 1, 1916 - National Park Service created

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National Park Service:A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks, established to allow Americans to access and enjoy sites of natural beauty
Encouraged by such (sierra club and appalachian mountain club) groups, national and state governments set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation. The United States substantially expanded its park system and, during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, extended the reach of national forests. Starting in 1872 with the preservation of Yellowstone in Wyoming, Congress had begun to set aside land for national parks. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson provided comprehensive oversight of these national parks, signing an act creating the National Park Service (Map 17.1). A year later, the system numbered thirteen parks — including Maine’s Acadia, the first east of the Mississippi River.

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