Today is the 105th birthday of the National Park Service! You may have already noticed that the acronym NPS could stand for two things, National Park Service or National Park System. What's the difference?
The National Park Service is the people. It is an agency of the federal government of the United States. Employees in the Service include interpretive rangers, resource managers, maintenance, human resources, and many other positions.
The National Park System is the places. The members of the Service manage and protect the properties within the System. These properties include parks, preserves, memorials, historical parks and corridors, seashores, lakeshores, rivers, scenic trails, parkways, battlefields or military park, cemeteries, parkway and recreation areas. Properties might be a natural environment, like a forest or river, or human made structure, such as a visitor center or historic building. Many sites have a combination of natural and human made structures. You can learn more about what is contained in the system at the National Park Service website.
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