He said the goal of creating the park was to protect forever a wild area that cannot be replaced.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The National Park Service says that in eighteen twenty-two, trade along the Santa Fe Trail totaled fifteen thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

The story of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the area that is Yosemite National Park begins about 500 million years ago.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Park Service rangers explain that mother bats find their babies by remembering their location, their smell and the sound of their cry.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Some areas of Joshua Tree National Park in California, for example, can no longer support the trees that the park is named for.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Zion National Park is an area of huge rocks that were cut through by a river.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Here are a few facts that help show just how big and busy Central Park is.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The park has two fountains, one with flowing water and another that releases a fine mist.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

That has made it possible for the Park Service to hire three thousand seasonal workers.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

That is because the National Park Service plans to close it again for more repairs.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

The volcano that contains Haleakala National Park rises three thousand fifty meters above the sea.

VOA: special.2010.09.08

Earlier this month, officials rededicated the park at a ceremony held on that same spot.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

That area of Yosemite National Park is the traditional international center of rock climbing.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Three areas that surround these rivers are included in the park.

VOA: special.2009.04.15