It was August 25, 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, thus creating the National Park Service as a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established. To better understand the history of the service, The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park and the 29 Palms Historical Society will host a virtual lecture tonight. Reporter Cassidy Taylor has your invitation to learn more about the service that protects America’s lands…
Thanks to the efforts of Stephen T. Mather and Horace M. Albright, along with countless other people, the National Park Service was established in 1916. Now, an Old Schoolhouse lecture on Friday, January 8at 7 p.m. looks at the early creation of this then new government agency and it’s protected lands. This virtual presentation will be conducted by National Park Service ranger, Pam Tripp, and is titled “The National Park Service: Inspiring a Nation to Protect America’s Lands.” Tripp’s talk is based on the book Creating the National Park Service; The Missing Years, by Horace M. Albright and Marian Albright Schenck.
Registration for the lecture is $5 and a link to register can be found at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-national-park/register
