If you’ve stepped foot inside a national park, you know the amazement and wonder that comes with it. Have you ever thought about how this land remains beautiful and untouched? Using paintings and pictures from parks, the preservation movement began to grow. The movement grew so much the government recognized to need for preservation and in 1860 congress appointed Ferdinand
Hayden, a leader in the US Geological Survey team to inspect an area of land rumored to feature mysterious Geysers, bubbling mud, and another strange/natural phenomenon. Hayden fell in love with the land and advocated for its protection. In 1872, Congress passed legislation to protect what we now know as Yellow Stone. President Grant signed the bill protecting the 2.2 million acres from any man-made damage.
On August 25th, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson created the National Parks Service, a department of the interior designated for the preservation of parkland. After Yellow Stone, many more properties gained the title of “National Park”. Today, a total of over 420 national park sites are scattered across the land equating to roughly 85 million acres of preserved land.
Next time you marvel at the beauty of one of the park sites, think of the history behind them and the journey it took to preserve them so generations after us can still enjoy them.
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