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Revisiting the Meaning and Purpose of the “National Park Service Organic Act”

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  • John Lemons

    (University of New England, Department of Environmental Studies)

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National parks have long endured controversy concerning their fundamental purpose. Is their purpose to conserve natural resources and scenery? Provide for the use and enjoyment of people? Or balance conservation with use and enjoyment? Most people involved in the controversy have taken a view that supports one of the three purposes above. In this article, I contend that the fundamental mandate for parks is conservation of natural resources and scenery but that the mandate is “weak” both as a matter of law as well as because of other factors that weaken it.

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  • John Lemons, 2010. "Revisiting the Meaning and Purpose of the “National Park Service Organic Act”," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 81-90, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:46:y:2010:i:1:d:10.1007_s00267-010-9488-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9488-0
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