Research Catalog

Title

Our national park system : caring for America's greatest natural and historic treasures / Dwight F. Rettie ; foreword by Stewart L. Udall.

Author

Rettie, Dwight Fay, 1930-

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1995.

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Details

Description

xvi, 293 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight V. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state - the problems and the possibilities - of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including national parks, historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he proposes stronger management operations, clearer and more stringent measures of personnel performance, and training of park rangers in the scientific management and protection of resources.

Subject

• United States. National Park Service > History
• United States. National Park Service
• National parks and reserves > United States > History
• National parks and reserves
• Nationalpark
• United States
• USA
• USA

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-285) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Stewart L. Udall -- 1. The National Park System -- 2. Typecasting the Parks -- 3. Affiliated Areas -- 4. The Crown Jewels -- 5. Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site -- 6. Planning for the National Park System -- 7. The Institutional Setting -- 8. The People Who Make the Difference -- 9. The Money to Work With -- 10. Other People's Money and Support -- 11. Toward a New National Park System -- App. 1: Units of the National Park System -- App. 2: Areas Affiliated With the National Park System -- App. 3: Thematic Representation in the National Park System -- App. 4: Areas No Longer Part of the National Park System -- App. 5: Financial History of the National Park Service, 1916-95 -- App. 6: Comparative Resources of the National Park System -- App. 7: Sample Costs and Annual Visits -- App. 8: Systemwide Occupational Summary.

ISBN

• 0252021487
• 9780252021480

LCCN

94022632

OCLC

• ocm30809637
• 30809637
• SCSB-13552294

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library