PHOTO WEB GALLERIES
Capturing the natural living environments of park and forest lands throughout the United States
◊ Park Listings ◊
|1 National Parks|2 National Monuments|3 National Preserves & Reserves|
|4 National Lakeshores|5 National Seashores|6 National Forests|7 National Grasslands|
|8 National Wildlife Refuges|9 National Recreation Areas|10 National Wild & Scenic Rivers|11 National Natural Landmarks|
|12 National Memorials|13 National Historical Parks|14 Native Tribal Parks & Reservations|15 Wilderness Areas|
|16 State Parks|17 Other Parks and Protected Natural Areas|
◊ Photo Galleries ◊
| Geographic Regions |
|1 ALASKA|2 AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST|3 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST|
|4 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS|5 ATLANTIC EAST COAST|6 BASIN & RANGE / COLUMBIA PLATEAU|
|7 CALIFORNIA|8 CENTRAL INTERIOR|9 COLORADO PLATEAU|
|10 THE GREAT LAKES|11 THE GREAT PLAINS|12 PACIFIC NORTHWEST|
|13 THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS|14 TROPICAL EAST – U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS|15 TROPICAL WEST – PACIFIC ISLANDS|
| Natural Features & Landscapes |
|1 BEACHES & SHORELINES|2 CANYONS & GORGES|3 CAVES & CAVERNS|4 CRATERS & CALDERAS|
|5 DESERTS|6 FORESTS|7 GEOTHERMAL FEATURES|8 GLACIERS|9 GRASSLANDS|
|10 ICE FORMATIONS|11 ISLANDS|12 LAKES|13 MARSHES-PONDS-WETLANDS|
|14 MOUNTAINS|15 OCEANS & REEFS|16 RIVERS-STREAMS-CREEKS|17 ROCK FORMATIONS|
|18 SAND DUNES|19 TIDE POOLS|20 VALLEYS|21 VOLCANOES|22 WATERFALLS|
| Wildlife ~ Fauna |
|1 AMPHIBIANS|2 AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES|3 BIRDS|4 CORALS AND SPONGES|5 FISH AND RAYS|
|6 INSECTS|7 LAND MAMMALS|8 MARINE MAMMALS|9 REPTILES|10 TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES|
| Wildlife ~ Flora |
|1 ALGAE & AQUATIC PLANT LIFE|2 CACTI|3 DESERT PLANTS|4 FERNS|
|5 GRASSES|6 MOSSES|7 TREES-SHRUBS-BUSHES|8 WILDFLOWERS|
| Wildlife ~ Other |
|1 FOSSILS|2 FUNGI & MUSHROOMS|3 LICHEN|4 SEASHELLS|
| Natural Events |
|1 SOLAR ECLIPSE|2 LUNAR ECLIPSE|
| Parks |
|1 NATIONAL FORESTS|2 NATIONAL GRASSLANDS|3 NATIONAL LAKESHORES-RIVERS-SHORELINES|
|4 NATIONAL MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS|5 NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS|
|6 NATIONAL PARKS|7 NATIONAL PRESERVES & RESERVES|8 NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS|
|9 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES|10 STATE PARKS|
| Man Made Structures |
|1 ANCIENT RUINS|2 BRIDGES|3 BUILDINGS & CITYSCAPES|4 DAMS|5 FORTS|
|6 HISTORIC SITES|7 INDUSTRIAL SITES|8 LIGHTHOUSES|9 MEMORIALS|
|10 ROCK ART & WOOD CARVINGS|11 TRANSPORTATION AVENUES|12 WINDMILLS & FENCES|
◊ Key Events ◊
“For the benefit and enjoyment of the people”
– Organic Act of 1872
♦ established the first U.S. National Park: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
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the protection of “objects of historic and scientific interest.”
– Antiquities Act of 1906
♦ authorizes the President of the United States to set aside public lands as NATIONAL MONUMENTS
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“….to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
– Organic Act of 1916
♦ created the National Park Service (NPS)
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“A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
– Wilderness Act of 1964
♦ established a National Wilderness Preservation System