While most of us play in our vast system of 63 national parks, others work there. Today, on National Park Service Founders Day, we recognize their efforts and the priceless gift of our country"s national parks. The NPS protects and maintains these parks as well as hundreds of national monuments and other natural, historical, and recreational properties. They include some of our most stunning natural landscapes, like North Cascades National Park in Washington state, featured here. This image, of the Triplets and Cascade Peak, is taken from atop Forbidden Peak.
National Park Service Founders Day
Today in History
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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National Park Service anniversary
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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Anniversary of National Park Service
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Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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Happy Independence Day!
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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A night on the (ghost) town
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
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Where fire meets water
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Rice fields at Sapa, Lào Cai, Vietnam
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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National Bison Day
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Over and under the delta
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Everybody loves World Turtle Day
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An uncommonly cool critter
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Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
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Listening to the sea
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Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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Twosday
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Earth Science Week
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Penguins can t fly!
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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A universe underground
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An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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