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Public Use of the National Park System (1872-2000)
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As America's population grows and interest in its parklands burgeons, the directive to ".... conserve...., and provide for the enjoyment of...." our scenic, scientific, historic, and recreational treasures presents an increasingly complex challenge.
Properly answered, that challenge can bring new meaning to the life of every American.
For more than 32 years, Ronald F, Lee has distinguished himself as a leader in the Service's efforts at meeting that challenge. Since his retirement in 1965, he has remained a most respected Service adviser.
In Public Use of the National Park System, 1872-2000, Mr. Lee has brought together the profound insight derived from those years of direct involvement; and a careful analysis of today's National Park System, its future, and the changing character of the needs of its users.
This is a thought-provoking contribution to the continuing discussion of the functions and policies of the Service, particularly as they relate to our most basic responsibility--providing the public, for all time, with park benefits of the highest order.
We of the National Park Service can, and shall, seek to encourage proper use of the parks by acquainting visitors with basic park values. We are exploring every reasonable means of regulating the manner in which park resources are used, to assure that those values be unimpaired. And we are redoubling our efforts to extend the influence of parkscapes to the many for whom direct use of the national parks is not always feasible.
Public Use of the National Park System, 1872-2000 is clearly a document that will be extraordinarily useful to all of us who strive--now and in the years ahead--to make the resources and ideals represented by the National Park System a part of every citizen's life.
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