Over the Thanksgiving holiday last year, (November 2008) we went to the Yosemite National Park in California , USA. We were awed by the scale of nature, the huge rock formations the massive sequoia trees. We enjoyed the benefits of accessible nature, which is a worry, the number of people tramping through nature, but the National Park Service fight the good fight and attempt to ensure that nature is somewhat preserved for future generations.
The National Park Service, (NPS) truly one of the great arguments for Government providing a force for good. The great parks of North America are often overlooked by many, but they are truly are a must see, the power of nature can often be overwhelmed by the ingenuity of humans, when bustling around the urban centers of the USA, but once you get out to a park you are awed into respect for nature that reminds you of the huge duty we have to our wonderful planet.
The below is a quote from Wikipedia's article on the National Parks.
"The next (second) effort by any government to set aside such protected lands was, again, in the United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress on June 30, 1864, ceding the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (later becoming the Yosemite National Park) to the state of California:
"The said State shall accept this grant upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time."
The "dean of western writers", American Pulitzer prize-winning author Wallace Stegner, has written that national parks are 'America's best idea,'—a departure from the royal preserves that Old World sovereigns enjoyed for themselves—inherently democratic, open to all, "they reflect us at our best, not our worst."
The below is a quote from Wikipedia's article on the National Parks.
"The next (second) effort by any government to set aside such protected lands was, again, in the United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress on June 30, 1864, ceding the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (later becoming the Yosemite National Park) to the state of California:
"The said State shall accept this grant upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time."
The "dean of western writers", American Pulitzer prize-winning author Wallace Stegner, has written that national parks are 'America's best idea,'—a departure from the royal preserves that Old World sovereigns enjoyed for themselves—inherently democratic, open to all, "they reflect us at our best, not our worst."
Even with the creation of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and nearly 37 other national parks and monuments, another 44 years passed before an agency was created in the United States to administer these units in a comprehensive way - the U.S. National Park Service (NPS)."
A great advocate of the National Parks, President Bartlett:
"I'm a National Parks buff. . . . I have been to all of them"
"I'm a National Parks buff. . . . I have been to all of them"
5 comments:
i'd like to go to a national park
but i have to admit when anyone says yellowstone, i always think of the yogi bear cartoon, with the yogi and boo boo, and that park inspector guy... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Bear
They just don't make cartoons like that any more :(
love the slidehshow too! fab.
Thanks, great idea Dhara!
Post a Comment