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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND NATIONAL PARKS 



2. PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS AS DISTINCT FROM NATIONAL 



FORESTS 



The National Parks and Monuments are chiefly notable for their 

 superlative values as scenic wonders and marvels of nature as well as 

 for outstanding historic and scientific interest. The preservation of 

 these values is a matter of great national importance and requires the 



FIG. 113. Angels Window at Cape Royal, Grand Canyon National Park, Ari- 

 zona. This canyon is 4 to 18 miles across, a mile deep and 217 miles long, in a 

 plateau 4000 to 8000 feet above sea level. 



exclusion of all commercial use and exploitation of these lands or their, 

 resources. The primary purpose of our National Forests, however, is 

 for present and future use to best serve local as well as regional and 

 national purposes. They are fundamentally administered for multiple 

 purposes. 



The respective objectives of the National Parks and National 



