LibGuides: Parks and Conservation: Web Resources

National Park Service Websites

U. S. National Park Service (NPS)
NPS Annual Statistical Abstracts and Forecast Surveys
1904 - present
NPS National Reports
Includes reports on Annual Park Ranking Report, Annual Visitation Summary Report, Park Acreage Reports, Recreation Visitation by State and by Park, etc.
1979 - present
NPS Park Histories
Listing by specific parks, links to published resources available on the web.
NPS National Park Service History
Focus is on the history of the NPS rather than on individual parks.
NPS Historical Handbook Series
Series of educational handbooks on the history and archeology of individual parks.
Find a Park
List names, addresses, phone numbers, date established and a short description of listings from the national park system.
Visitor Use Statistics
1979 - present
Park Science - Research and resource management journal of the U.S. National Park Service
National Park Service Administrative History: A Guide (2004 ed.)

Includes bibliography of administrative histories, listings of records at National Archives.
Recreation.Gov

Recreation.gov has information on America's public places; Sponsored by many government agencies: BLM, FHWA, NOAA, SI, FS, USACE, FWS, NPS, TVA, USBR, and NARA.