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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It’s surströmming time
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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Eurasian lynx
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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National Hummingbird Day
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Hallstatt, Austria
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Panda Day
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Till the cows come home
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International Day for Biodiversity
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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A great white egret in Hungary
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Teacher Appreciation Day
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A holiday beacon of light
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World Whale Day
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Mountain hare hopping into Lunar New Year
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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International Cheetah Day
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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