General Info

Founded in 1916, the National Park Service, also known as NPS, is a bureau of the Department of the Interior. It works in more than 400 national parks, recreational sites, monuments and battlefields in the United States. The agency focuses on the issues that include fire management, global conservation, and safety and social science laws and regulations. The National Park Service partners with state and local governments, nonprofit organizations and historic property owners to preserves park resources. It administers the Climate Friendly Parks program, which educates, communicates and mitigates climate change and air pollution concerns in national parks. The agency offers budget formulation, legislative support, policy and regulatory direction solutions.