NATIONAL PARKS POLICY AND WILD LIFE 



" The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the 

 Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations herein- 

 after specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental 

 purpose of the said parks, monuments, and reser\^ations, which purpose is to 

 conserve the scener\- and the natural and historic objects and the wild life 

 therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by 

 such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future gen- 

 erations.'' 



An act to establish a National Park Serznce, 



and for other purposes. Public — No. 



235 — 64th Congress, (H. R. 15522); 



1916. 



" For the information of the public an outline of the administrative policj" 

 to which the new Service will adhere may now be announced. This' policj- is 

 based on three broad principles : 



'first, that the national parks must be maintained in absolutely unim- 

 paired form for the use of future generations as well as those 

 of our own time; 

 "^second, that they are set apart for the use, obserA'ation, health, and 



pleasure of the people; and 

 ' third, that the national interest must dictate all decisions affecting 

 public or private enterprise in the parks.' " 



Fraxklix K. Laxe, 



Third Annual Report, U. S. National Park 



Service, p. 361 ; 1919. 



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