National Park Service

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affairs off‌icer in each of the Service’s

regional off‌ices.

Publications The U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service has publications

available on subjects ranging from the

National Wildlife Refuge System to

endangered species. Some publications

are only available as sales items from

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Off‌ice, Washington,

DC 20402. Further information is

available from the Publications Unit,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mail Stop

NCTC, Washington, DC 20240. Phone,

800–344–9453.

For further information, contact the Off‌ice of Public Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street NW.,Washington, DC 20240. Phone, 703–358–2220. Internet, http://www.fws.gov.

National Park Service

1849 C Street NW., Washington,DC 20240

Phone, 202–208–6843. Internet, http://www.nps.gov.

Director JONATHAN JARVIS

The National Park Service was

established in the Department of the

Interior on August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1).

The National Park Service is dedicated

to conserving unimpaired the natural

and cultural resources and values of the

National Park System for the enjoyment,

education, and inspiration of present

and future generations. There are 392

units in the National Park System,

including national parks, monuments

and memorials, scenic parkways,

preserves, reserves, trails, riverways,

wild and scenic rivers, seashores,

lakeshores, recreation areas, battlef‌ields

and battlef‌ield parks and sites, national

military parks, international historic

sites, and historic sites associated with

important movements, events, and

personalities of the American past.

The National Park Service has a

Service Center in Denver that provides

planning, architectural, engineering, and

other professional services. The Service

is also responsible for managing a great

variety of national and international

programs designed to help extend the

benef‌its of natural and cultural resource

conservation and outdoor recreation

throughout this country and the world.

The National Park Service develops

and implements park management

plans and staffs the areas under its

administration. It relates the natural

values and historical signif‌icance of

these areas to the public through talks,

tours, f‌ilms, exhibits, publications, and

other interpretive media. It operates

campgrounds and other visitor facilities

and provides lodging, food, and

transportation services in many areas.

The National Park Service also

administers the following programs:

the State portion of the Land and Water

Conservation Fund, nationwide outdoor

recreation coordination and information,

State comprehensive outdoor recreation

planning, planning and technical

assistance for the national wild and

scenic rivers system, the national trails

system, natural area programs, the

National Register of Historic Places,

national historic landmarks, historic

preservation, technical preservation

services, the historic American buildings

survey, the historic American engineering

record, and interagency archeological

services.

For a complete list of National Park

Service regional off‌ices, go to http://www.

nps.gov/aboutus.

Sources of Information

Contracts Contact the nearest regional

off‌ice; Administrative Services Division,

National Park Service, 1849 C Street

NW., Washington, DC 20240. Phone,

202–354–1950; or the Denver Service

Center, P.O. Box 25287, 12795 West

Alameda Parkway, Denver, CO 80225.

Phone, 303–969–2100.