National Monumnet Service
The national parks and the national monuments are administered and controlled by the Department of the Interior, U.S. government.
The US National Parks are run by the National Park Service. US National Monuments, however, are run by either the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, or the Bureau of Land Management.
As of 2011, there are 58 areas in the US, administered by the National Parks Service and legally designated as national "parks" (as opposed to national monuments, lakeshores, recreational areas, etc).
In the United States, the task falls to the National Park Service, established in 1916. The NPS is part of the Department of the Interior.
The National Park Service.For the NovaNet kids ... compliments of Brandon Tadlock of Celeste High School. I know this is right.
Yes, some national parks and monuments are within urban areas.
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388 National PARKS? No. There are only 58 areas, administered by the NPS, that Congress has designated as National PARKS. The OFFICIAL number of areas administered by the National Parks Service, as of 2013, is 401; although that depends on how you count.
Yes, there are.
The Golden Gate Bridge is situated within the Golden Gate National Recreational Area, which is administered by the National Parks Service like National Monuments are, but it isn't a monument itself.
He set aside 194 million acres as nature preserves, monuments and national parks.
Vicksburg National Military Park is in Mississippi.