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or many Americans, NPS since its establishment in lished NI'S cultural re,,mircos tura the National Park 1916. The National Park Service prog-raills that today pro%-ide tools il Service means scenic Organic Act states the bureau's to state, local, and tril),11gON-el-11- -s and natural -pose: to "conserve the -al pri\,atv wonders purpose: nients; federal igencies, -Resources treasures like scenery and the natural and his orgallizations; aIld illdividuahs to athe Grand Canyon, toric objects and the wild life (ill protect the nation's hel-it,age. The andthe the Great Smoky Mountains, the parks] . . . by such means as laws also strengqhened the and Yellowstone. Interwoven will leave them unimpaired for preservation nIand';tte, for park into the fabric of each of the the enjoyment of future genera- managers. Mission 375 parks of the National Park tions." This law reflected public System, however, there is also support for resource protection Today, we often refer to this inis- oa significant dimension that often with community involvement, as sion objective as the stewardship f the e,� goes unrecognized by visitors: reinforced later by the National of cultural resources. Cultural N * the richness and complexity of Environmental Policy Act. resources encompass the entire the human story of our nation. National historic preservation range of what makes us hinnaii,atzonal The NPS stewardship of the statutes —including the National including historic buildings, (.11gi- parks is complemented by its Historic Preservation Act and neeringrstructures. battlefields, -s -esponsibilities in the Archaeological Resources 'i. '111d .1V711 leaders hi I 111LISeUill 01�j(_Thl,, deS t�110(1 av,jr,k. rr-, larger national historic preserva- Protection Act — developed from rural landscapes, residential anti tion movement—maintaining the public will. The laws estab- commercial districts, oral 11d elmtce and National Register of Historic Places and providing tools to help other., care for the tangible evi- trance of human actions and aspi- itions. The human story spans at least 12,000 years and includes the living traditions of today's Native Americans and peoples whose roots lie in Africa, Oceania, Europe, and Asia. The story is there to be told on Brooklyn A beaches, in presidential houses, on enormous stretches of arctic tundra, at pueblo ruins and 4 W1 earthen mounds, on battlefields, in the na tion's industrial centers, III historic towns and communities w -e -k and here we live and wot- in inuseunis and laboratories throughout the nation. The NPS adniMisters many seenic icowlers and notio -al mi(I (.111hov/ Protecting the nation's Cultural -easi( -e v Alatiomil illepnor*al in Swith Dukoht. P1 h s, such (is Alomit Ruslmioi I past has been in integral part of (NPS)