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    The National Park Service Organic Act, or simply "the Organic Act" as referred to within the National Park Service, conservationists, etc., is a United...
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    Agriculture The National Park Service Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service and the National Park System in 1916 Organic law Organic Laws of Oregon...
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    Congress created the agency on August 25, 1916, through the National Park Service Organic Act. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C., within the main...
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  • The National Park Service General Authorities Act of 1970 is an amendment to the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916. The amendment included the...
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  • National parks in the United States are created by United States Congress legislation as per the National Park Service Organic Act. However, most parks...
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    Discover National Park System Designations". National Park Service. Retrieved April 10, 2016. "The National Park Service Organic Act (1916)". National Park Service...
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    It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act. It was created "to conserve the scenery and the natural and...
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    the National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service to run the system. The park was officially renamed Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park...
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  • Leasing Act National Environmental Policy Act National Forest Management Act National Historic Preservation Act National Park Service Organic Act Noise Control...
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    Capital Parks), Sequoia and Yosemite in 1890. The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic...
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    "Designation of National Park System Units". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-07-16. "The National Park Service Organic Act". National Park Service. Retrieved...
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    President Woodrow Wilson created the National Park Service on August 25, 1916. The National Park Service Organic Act stated that the agency "shall promote...
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    comprehensive way – the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). The 64th United States Congress passed the National Park Service Organic Act, which President Woodrow...
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    The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress...
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  • 1916 – National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service. 1918 – Migratory Bird Treaty Act creates protections for migratory birds....
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    "Designation of National Park System Units". National Park Service. Retrieved April 5, 2008. "The National Park Service Organic Act". National Park Service. Retrieved...
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    National Reservation", consistent with terminology used in the National Park Service Organic Act. A bill to establish it was introduced in Congress in 1933...
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    Four Minute Men were expected to promote "Universal Service by Selective Draft" in advance of national draft registration on June 5, 1917. The CPI staged...
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  • States Code. 16 U.S.C. ch. 1—National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores (the "National Park Service Organic Act") 16 U.S.C. ch. 1A—Historic...
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    resources". The Organic Act of August 25, 1916 established the National Park Service as a federal agency. One major section of the Act has often been summarized...
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  • particularly notable for clarifying and supplementing the 1970 act and the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 with the following two important sentences as...
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    Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, United States...
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    A Presbyterian of deep religious faith, Wilson appealed to a gospel of service and infused a profound sense of moralism into his idealistic internationalism...
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    Yosemite Valley 1872 – Yellowstone National Park 1892 – Sierra Club 1916 – National Park Service Organic Act 1916 – National Audubon Society 1949 – UN Scientific...
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    enlistment service of the United States. This was punishable by a maximum fine of $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or both. The Act also...
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    Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. (category Burials at Washington National Cathedral)
    Sayre Jr. (January 17, 1915 – October 3, 2008) was Dean of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for 27 years. He was the eldest grandchild...
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    the National Park Service in 1916, which regulated control over the land in Yellowstone and authorized through the National Park Service Organic Act the...
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    historic and scientific interest. National Park Service Organic Act: This Act was established in 1916 by the National Park Service and was enacted to conserve...
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    Friendship of Salem (category National Register of Historic Places in Salem, Massachusetts)
    "Designation of National Park System Units". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-04-05. "The National Park Service Organic Act". National Park Service. Retrieved...
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    the following for the mission, a statement preserved in the National Park Service Organic Act (1916): To conserve the scenery and the natural and historic...
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