Examples include the National Register of Historic Places; the National Historic Landmarks Program; the National Natural Landmarks Program; the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants Program; the Historic American Buildings Survey; the Historic American Engineeri ng Record; the Historic American ...
and includes the Aquatic Park Historic District, a National Historic Landmark. It was founded in 1988, charged by Congress with preserving and interpreting “the history and achievements of seafaring Americans and of the Nation’s maritime heritage, especially on the Pacific Coast.”...
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering sound use of our land and water resources; protecting ...
In 1962 the NPS launched a similar program for natural lands, resulting in the designation of national natural landmarks. Although these programs continued to help identify areas meriting inclusion in the System, their larger function was to officially recognize outstanding places not proposed as par...
The assay building, hospital and bunk houses within the national historic landmark were also damaged. The assay building has lost its north and rear walls, and the creek channel now runs against on of the remaining walls. There's gravel and debris within the hospital and bunk houses, but ...
On July 2nd, construction work involving the jetting-in of pilings for a $38 million air quality scrubber at the Baily Generating Station adjacent to Cowles Bog, a national natural landmark within the park, apparently caused a 300 by 100 by 20 foot subsidence which swallowed up the scrubber...
He mentioned that in recent years many of the markers in the larger parks have come down, such as those pointing out topographical features like the Continental Divide and similar landmarks. He thought people were interested in this type of information, and that one of the immediate goals of...
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