Our national park system : caring for America's greatest natural and historic treasures / Dwight F. Rettie ; foreword by Stewart L. Udall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rettie, Dwight Fay, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Park Service--History.

United States.

United States. National Park Service.

History.

National parks and reserves--United States--History.

National parks and reserves.

Physical Description:

xvi, 293 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1995]

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight V. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state - the problems and the possibilities - of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including national parks, historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he proposes stronger management operations, clearer and more stringent measures of personnel performance, and training of park rangers in the scientific management and protection of resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-285) and index.

ISBN:

0252021487

OCLC:

30809637