National Park Service

National Park Service
noun
an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority

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U.S. Govt.
a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1916, that administers national parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreational areas.

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National Park Service [National Park Service]
the US government organization in charge of the National Park System. This includes ↑national parks and other types of protected area, including national historical parks, national military parks, national ↑monuments, national ↑memorials, national preserves and national recreation areas. The National Park Service was established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson and is part of the US Department of the Interior.

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