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Happy Birthday to the nation's first national preserve - @bigthicketnps!⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ Signed into law on this day in 1974 (just 10 minutes before its twin park Big Cypress National Preserve), the Big Thicket became a unique designation in the National Park Service allowing for protection and the historic utilization of resources by those who resided within its borders.⁠ ⁠ 📷 📷 📷⁠ 1. carnivorous pitcher plants⁠ 2. the Godmother of the Big Thicket, Maxine Johnston⁠ 3. beautiful old trees along the paddling trail⁠ 4. Cypress knees⁠ 5. paddling along the Cooks Lake to Scatterman trail⁠ 6. saw palmetto in the swamps of Big Thicket⁠ 7. The famous Madonna tree⁠ 8. longleaf pine plugs for the annual plantings in the Big Thicket⁠ 9. the endangered Red Cockaded woodpecker - which has the opportunity to be reintroduced into the park within the next 5 years.⁠ ⁠ 📍: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ (at Big Thicket National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjk6yNCtMnh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#wildlifewednesday from the Big Bend of West Texas! #IBrakeForBrownSigns #nationalparkgeek #RecreateResponsibly (at Big Bend National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDYk8_gPSl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy birthday @canyonlandsnps! 📷: Nikon Z6 📍: Canyonlands National Park, UT 📅 : April 2023 #IBrakeForBrownSigns #nationalparkgeek #RecreateResponsibly (at Canyonlands National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cia9HvtgoTh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Spent a lovely morning along the Scatterman paddling trail in the @bigthicketnps for the annual Neches River Rally. Thanks to Big Thicket Association for hosting , the rangers of BITH for the time, and @btbiosphere & @bigthicketnaturalheritagetrust for a fun morning in the water. 📷: Nikon Z7 🔍: Nikon 24-70/4s 📍: 📅 : #IBrakeForBrownSigns #nationalparkgeek #RecreateResponsibly #smallparksaturday (at Big Thicket National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiVti3ygPnr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Birthday National Park Service! What was the Organic Act of 1916 that established the NPS?⁠ ⁠ ❓ ❓ ❓⁠ ⁠ "In order to manage and preserve the nation’s national park lands, Congress passed the National Park Service Organic Act in 1916. 16 U.S.C. §1. The Organic Act established the National Park Service as an agency under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior with the stated purpose of promoting use of national park lands while protecting them from impairment. Specifically, the Act declares that the National Park Service has a dual mission, both to conserve park resources and provide for their use and enjoyment “in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired” for future generations. 16 U.S.C. §1.⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ ⁠ The two most significant amendments to the Organic Act lie in the 1970 National Park System General Authorities Act and the 1978 Redwoods National Park Expansion Act. The General Authorities Act amendment declares that “though distinct in character, [national parks] are united through their interrelated purposes and resources in one National Park System as cumulative expressions of a single national heritage.” National Park System General Authorities Act, Pub. L. 91-383, August 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 825, codified as 16 U.S.C. §1a-1 to 1a-7. This amendment provides that all of the nation’s parks – whether they include natural, cultural or historic resources – are united under the mission, purpose and protection of the Organic Act. The Redwoods Act amendments, which expanded Redwood National Park to address the impacts of resources from logging outside the park, also amended the Organic Act. The amended provision states that all park management activities shall be:⁠ [C]onducted in light of the high public value and integrity of the National Park System and not be exercised in derogation of the values and purposes for which these various areas have been established, except as may have been or shall be directly and specifically provided by Congress." - justice.gov⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrlGeTAmXk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy NPS Reorganization Day!⁠ ⁠ "A major reorganization within President Franklin Roosevelt's executive branch in 1933 had a tremendous impact on the National Park Service. Specifically, two executive orders, effective August 10, 1933, transferred the War Department's parks and monuments to the National Park Service. In addition the National Park Service received all the national monuments held by the Forest Service and the responsibility for virtually all monuments created thereafter. It also assumed responsibility for the parks in the nation's capital, which had previously been managed by a separate office in Washington. The reorganization was one of the most significant events in the evolution of the National Park System. The Service's holdings were greatly expanded and there was now a single, national system of parklands. With the 1933 reorganization and new responsibilities for historical areas, historic preservation became a primary mission of the National Park Service." - https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/hisnps/npshistory/⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ ⁠ ⁠ (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFd5oMOrs4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“In the far southeastern corner of Arizona are the impressive Chiricahua Mountains, one of several sky island mountain ranges surrounded by expansive desert grasslands. The Chiricahua Mountains are an inactive volcanic range twenty miles wide and forty miles long. It forms part of the Mexican Highland section of the Basin and Range Biogeographical Province and rises up dramatically from the valley floor to over nine thousand feet, cresting in a series of uneven, volcanic looking peaks. At the northern end of the range is an extraordinary area of striking geological features and enormous biodiversity. Tucked deep into these steep, forested valleys and beneath the craggy peaks are the remains of violent geological activity that continued for many millions of years—the pinnacles, columns, spires and balanced rocks of Chiricahua National Monument.” -nps.gov/chir 📷: Nikon Z7⁠ 🔍: Nikon 24-70/4s⁠ ⁠ 📍: Chiricahua National Monument, AZ⁠ 📅 : April 2022⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ #smallparkSaturday⁠ #wnpa1938 ..................................................⁠ (at Chiricahua National Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgalvBPO72s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Birthday @glaciernps! #OTD #onthisdayinhistory ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Have you ever heard the eerie sound of complete stillness? There was no wind, no tourists, no wildlife moving about. Just the buzzing of white noise in our ears and the calm waters of Lake McDonald surrounded by the epic mountains of Glacier National Park. 📍: Glacier National Park, Montana 📅 : December 2019 #nationalparkgeek #IBrakeForBrownSigns #montana #travel #glaciernationalpark (at Glacier National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda_cCRlNXn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It's Golden Spike Day!⁠ #otd #onthisdayinhistory ⁠ ❓ ❓ ❓⁠ ⁠ The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike) is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. The spike is now displayed in the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ ⁠ Completing the last link in the transcontinental railroad with a spike of gold was the brainchild of David Hewes, a San Francisco financier and contractor. The spike had been manufactured earlier that year especially for the event by the William T. Garrett Foundry in San Francisco. Two of the sides were engraved with the names of the railroad officers and directors. A special tie of polished California laurel was chosen to complete the line where the spike would be driven. The ceremony was originally to be held on May 8, 1869 (the date actually engraved on the spike), but it was postponed two days because of bad weather and a labor dispute that delayed the arrival of the Union Pacific side of the rail line.⁠ ⁠ The Last Spike, 1881 painting by Thomas Hill⁠ On May 10, in anticipation of the ceremony, Union Pacific No. 119 and Central Pacific No. 60 (better known as the Jupiter) locomotives were drawn up face-to-face on Promontory Summit. It is unknown how many people attended the event; estimates run from as low as 500 to as many as 3,000; government and railroad officials and track workers were present to witness the event. - wikipedia⁠ ⁠ 📷: Nikon Z7⁠ 🔍: Nikon 24-70/4s⁠ ⁠ 📍: Golden Spike National Historical Park, UT⁠ 📅 : August 2020⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ ⁠ (at Golden Spike National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYH-a4MCHQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #InternationalJazzDay! Did you know there is a national park site dedicated to this uniquely American music style? New Orleans is the home to Jazz and @jazznhp takes you through its history and envelopes you in its love of rhythm. #smallparksaturday #nationalparkgeek #ibrakeforbrownsigns #recreateresponsibly #neworleans (at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-zsTdrq5E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #InternationalJazzDay! Did you know there is a national park site dedicated to this uniquely American music style? New Orleans is the home to Jazz and @jazznhp takes you through its history and envelopes you in its love of rhythm. #smallparksaturday #nationalparkgeek #ibrakeforbrownsigns #recreateresponsibly #neworleans (at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-zsTdrq5E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #InternationalJazzDay! Did you know there is a national park site dedicated to this uniquely American music style? New Orleans is the home to Jazz and @jazznhp takes you through its history and envelopes you in its love of rhythm. #smallparksaturday #nationalparkgeek #ibrakeforbrownsigns #recreateresponsibly #neworleans (at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-zsTdrq5E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #InternationalJazzDay! Did you know there is a national park site dedicated to this uniquely American music style? New Orleans is the home to Jazz and @jazznhp takes you through its history envelopes you in its love of rhythm. #smallparksaturday #nationalparkgeek #ibrakeforbrownsigns #recreateresponsibly #neworleans (at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-zsTdrq5E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#PhotoDump because I'm just getting around to editing the photos from the road trip. First up, Saguaro 🌵⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ I find myself anthropomorphizing the 🌵. They all seem to have personalities of their own. I love them and greet them with the two arm salute.⁠ ⁠ 📷 📷 📷⁠ ⁠ It's #internationaldarkskyweek, so I'm throwing in some fun night shots we took out at the discovery trail.⁠ ⁠ Have you been to Saguaro? What did you think about your visit?⁠ ⁠ 📷: Nikon Z7⁠ 🔍: Nikon 24-70/4s⁠ ⁠ 📍: Saguaro National Park, AZ⁠ 📅 : April 2022⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ .................................................. (at Saguaro National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc6q5PetqtL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy National Park Week! 🏔🏜🌵🛶🪸🦦🥾🌞 ❓ ❓ ❓ Each year the @nationalparkservice, in collaboration with the @nationalparkfoundation, celebrate during the presidentially proclaimed National Park Week to highlight America's treasures. National Park Week is a time to explore amazing places, discover stories of history and culture, help out, and find your park. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Parks across the country will host a variety of special programs, events, and digital experiences. Entrance fees are waived on April 16 to kick off National Park Week and encourage everyone to enjoy their national parks. 📷 📷 📷 Post on social media using hashtags #NationalParkWeek and #sParkConnections. You can also use a special hashtag for each theme day. Saturday, April16: #sParkDiscovery Sunday, April 17: #sParkCreativity Monday, April 18: #sParkCollaboration Tuesday, April 19: #sParkInnovation Wednesday, April 20: #sParkOpportunities Thursday, April 21: #sParkPreservation Friday, April 22: #sParkAction Saturday, April 23: #sParkCuriosity Sunday, April 24: #sParkMemories #IBrakeForBrownSigns #nationalparkgeek #RecreateResponsibly .................................................. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcYcu16Myc4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Why are there layers in the sandstone?⁠ ⁠ ❓ ❓ ❓⁠ ⁠ "Navajo Sandstone consists of thick layers of cross-bedded sandstone formed by windblown sand dunes in a vast ancient desert. In the early Jurassic, the climate of the Colorado Plateau dried significantly, creating desert conditions over a broad region. The Navajo Sandstone is the result of the largest known sand desert in the history of our planet, which covered the area of today's Colorado Plateau and beyond.⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ ⁠ Diagonal patterns in the Navajo Sandstone are called cross-bedding. Cross-beds are found in modern active sand dunes, but the Navajo Sandstone preserves the history of ancient wind patterns and migrating sand dunes in this vast desert.⁠ ⁠ Cross-beds dip downward in the direction the winds were blowing." - nps.gov⁠ ⁠ 📷: Nikon Z7⁠ 🔍: Nikon 14-30/4s⁠ ⁠ 📍: Zion National Park, UT⁠ 📅 : April 2022⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ #onetreehill⁠ ⁠ (at Zion National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcTlxARu-V3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The original inhabitants called it Mukuntuweap - so how did Zion get its name?⁠ ⁠ ❓ ❓ ❓⁠ ⁠ "John Wesley Powell, who surveyed the area in 1872, had originally bestowed the name “Mukuntuweap” on the canyon to honor the Southern Paiute, who had lived in the region for centuries. The Paiute word “Mukuntuweap” is believed to mean “straight canyon” or “straight river,” although other translations have included “the place where the Great Spirit dwells” and “Muggins’ farm” (“Muggins” was the name local settlers had given to a Native American man who had a small garden plot at the entrance of the canyon).⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⁠ ⁠ A.M. Woodbury, who worked as a naturalist in Zion in the early 1930s, wrote that the Southern Paiute actually called the canyon “Ioogoon” (“the arrow quiver”) and that the name “Mukuntuweap” was never popular among the Mormons who had started settling in the area during the 1850s. In 1861, one of the settlers, Joseph Black, ventured far into the canyon on his horse and was so amazed by the cliffs’ grandeur and beauty that he rushed back to tell the others.⁠ ⁠ Within a couple of years, three men (“typical Western renegades,” as Woodbury called them), settled inside the canyon, raised livestock and grew corn and tobacco. One of these men, Isaac Behunin, would sit in his yard and contemplate the towers of rock surrounding him. “Here we have natural temples,” he apparently said. “We can worship as we please.” Behunin thought the canyon was just as deserving of the name “Zion” as Salt Lake City, which had first been envisioned as the “City of Zion.” He decided to call the canyon “Little Zion.” - npca.org⁠ ⁠ 📷: Nikon Z7⁠ 🔍: Nikon 24-70/4s⁠ ⁠ 📍: Zion National Park, UT⁠ 📅 : April 2022⁠ ⁠ #IBrakeForBrownSigns ⁠ #nationalparkgeek ⁠ #RecreateResponsibly⁠ ..................................................⁠ ⁠ ⁠ (at Zion National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcLTHZWuRiq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=