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Dates: Tuesday, April 8th or Thursday, April 10th, 9:30am
Location: Online - see your e-mail for the Zoom Link!
Website: https://www.nps.gov/tica/index.htm
Parks and monuments and forests, oh my
Parks and monuments and forests, oh my
This week we are talking to the Timpanogos Caves National Monument! Like our National Parks, monuments are protected spaces and important to our national identity. We will get to learn more about the caves and why we protect them. Down below, you will be able to explore some resources sent to us by our ranger before her talk.
So, what exactly makes an area a National Park, or a National Monument, or even a National Forest? Aren’t they all the same thing? Turns out, no! We have a myriad of ways we protect and designate lands and places. Read on to learn what’s what in the National Landscape.
National Park
A National Park doesn’t just happen overnight! There is a lengthy process to determine if an area should become a park. But to even begin, an area must meet the standards below.
To read more about the process for becoming a National Park, click here: http://npshistory.com/brochures/criteria-parklands-2005.pdf
National Monument
Unlike National Parks, which are created by an act of Congress, national monuments are established or expanded through executive action, designated by a president of the United States. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the president to proclaim national monuments on federal lands that contain “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.” So, national monuments are nationally significant lands and waters set aside for permanent protection. While some monuments are natural landscapes, some are buildings or culturally important places. However, some places that begin as national monuments can actually become National Parks later! President Roosevelt designated the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908 and Congress designated the site as a national park in 1919.
To read more about the differences between parks and monuments, click here:
National Forests
The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The greatest difference between parks and forests is that parks are for the purposes of preservation, while national forests may be managed and used for resources, in responsible ways.
To read more about national forests, click here: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/what-are-the-differences-between-national-parks-and-national-forests
from timpanogos cave!
from timpanogos cave!
Here are the links sent to us by our ranger for next week!
First, check out the overview of the cave system here:
To explore more about the mammals that call the Timpanogos Cave location home, click here:
You can watch a 20 minute cave tour (our live talk will add on to this) here:
quiz time!
quiz time!
To take a quick quiz about some of our national monuments, click below. Much of the reading for this week can be found in the answers to the quiz, so be sure to click the link or scroll to the next page to test your monumental knowledge!
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