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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

National Park Service FY 2024 Budget Justifications

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW, TABLES, AND HIGHLIGHTS

General Statement ................................................................................................................................ Overview-1

National Park Service Organizational Chart ...................................................................................... Overview-17

National Park System Units ............................................................................................................... Overview-18

Park Visitation and Acreage .............................................................................................................. Overview-21

Unit Designations and Other Abbreviations ...................................................................................... Overview-30

Budget at a Glance ............................................................................................................................. Overview-34

Discretionary Appropriations ............................................................................................................. Overview-38

Mandatory Appropriations ................................................................................................................. Overview-42

Park and Program Table ..................................................................................................................... Overview-45

Statement of Receipts Collected and Reported .................................................................................. Overview-60

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

Appropriation Overview ........................................................................................................................... ONPS-1

Summary of Requirements ....................................................................................................................... ONPS-2

Fixed Costs and Related Changes ............................................................................................................. ONPS-3

Appropriation Language, Changes, and Citations .................................................................................... ONPS-5

Justification of Program and Performance ................................................................................................ ONPS-9

Park Management ............................................................................................................................ ONPS-9

Resource Stewardship ...................................................................................................................... ONPS-9

Visitor Services .............................................................................................................................. ONPS-41

Park Protection............................................................................................................................... ONPS-55

Facility Operations & Maintenance ............................................................................................... ONPS-65

Park Support .................................................................................................................................. ONPS-75

External Administrative Costs ....................................................................................................... ONPS-85

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

Appropriation Overview ................................................................................................................................ CC-1

Summary of Requirements ............................................................................................................................ CC-2

Appropriation Language, Changes, and Citations ......................................................................................... CC-3

Justification of Program and Performance ..................................................................................................... CC-5

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NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

Appropriation Overview .............................................................................................................................. NRP-1

Summary of Requirements .......................................................................................................................... NRP-3

Fixed Costs and Related Changes ................................................................................................................ NRP-4

Appropriation Language, Changes, and Citations ....................................................................................... NRP-5

Justification of Program and Performance

Natural Programs .............................................................................................................................. NRP-11

Cultural Programs ............................................................................................................................. NRP-21

Environmental Compliance and Review........................................................................................... NRP-35

International Park Affairs ................................................................................................................. NRP-37

Heritage Partnership Programs ......................................................................................................... NRP-41

Statutory and Contractual Aid .......................................................................................................... NRP-47

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

Appropriation Overview .............................................................................................................................. HPF-1

Summary of Requirements .......................................................................................................................... HPF-2

Appropriation Language, Changes, and Citations ....................................................................................... HPF-3

Justification of Program and Performance

Grants-in-Aid ...................................................................................................................................... HPF-5

Grants-in-Aid to Save America’s Treasures ..................................................................................... HPF-17

Historic Preservation Fund Projects .................................................................................................. HPF-19

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriation Overview ........................................................................................................................ CONST-1

Summary of Requirements .................................................................................................................... CONST-3

Fixed Costs and Related Changes .......................................................................................................... CONST-4

Appropriation Language, Changes, and Citations ................................................................................. CONST-5

Justification of Program and Performance

Line Item Construction ................................................................................................................. CONST-7

FY 2024 Line Item Construction Plan ........................................................................................ CONST-10

FY 2024 Project Data Sheets ...................................................................................................... CONST-11

FY 2025-2028 Line Item Construction Plan ............................................................................... CONST-29

Special Programs ........................................................................................................................ CONST-35

Construction Planning ................................................................................................................ CONST-45

Construction Program Management & Operations ..................................................................... CONST-49

Management Planning ................................................................................................................ CONST-57

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE - GAOA

Appropriation Overview .............................................................................................................. LASA-GAOA-1

Justification of Program and Performance

Federal Land Acquisition (GAOA) .................................................................................... LASA-GAOA-7

FY 2024 NPS LWCF Land Acquisition Requested Project List ...................................... LASA-GAOA-10

State Conservation Grants (GAOA) ................................................................................. LASA-GAOA-49

American Battlefield Protection Program ......................................................................... LASA-GAOA-53

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE - GOMESA

Appropriation Overview ......................................................................................................... LASA-GOMESA-1

NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND (GAOA)

Appropriation Overview .............................................................................................................................. LRF-1

National Park Service GAOA Legacy Restoration Fund Projects ............................................................. LRF-15

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RECREATION FEE PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriation Overview, Justification of Program, and Performance .................................................... RecFee-1

Summary Project Data Sheet for Recreation Fee – FY 2023 ....................................................... RecFee-13

Summary Project Data Sheet for Recreation Fee – FY 2024 ....................................................... RecFee-13

Project Data Sheets ...................................................................................................................... RecFee-14

OTHER PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS

Justification of Program and Performance .................................................................................................. OPA-1

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

Justification of Program and Performance .................................................................................................. MTF-1

NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE FUND

Justification of Program and Performance ................................................................................................ CC-M-1

VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS FUND REVOLVING ACCOUNT

Justification of Program and Performance ................................................................................................. VEIF-1

FEDERAL LANDS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM

Appropriation Overview, Justification of Program, and Performance ....................................................... FLTP-1

FY 2023-2026 Federal Lands Transportation Program Plan ..................................................................... FLTP-5

SPECIAL EXHIBITS

Exhibit A: Deferred Maintenance & Repairs .......................................................................................... SpecEx-1

Exhibit B: Allocations Received from Other Accounts .......................................................................... SpecEx-3

Exhibit C: Budget Realignment .............................................................................................................. SpecEx-4

Exhibit D: Compliance with Section 403 ................................................................................................ SpecEx-5

Exhibit E: Statement on Land Exchanges ............................................................................................... SpecEx-7

Exhibit F: Employee Count by Grade ..................................................................................................... SpecEx-9

Exhibit G: Administrative Provisions ................................................................................................... SpecEx-10

Exhibit H: FY 2024 General Provisions ............................................................................................... SpecEx-12

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Overview, Tables, and Highlights

National Park Service

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General Statement

“...when I served as senator and Vice President, Jill and I made sure to take our

children and grandchildren to national parks all around the country. They’re

treasures and wonders that define the identity of us as a nation. They’re a birthright

that we pass down from generation to generation.”

-President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

NPS Mission

The NPS Organic Act, 1916

“...The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal

areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by

such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purposes of the said parks,

monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery 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 generations...”

As the steward of 424 park units, 25 national scenic and national historic trails, and 66 wild and scenic

rivers, the National Park Service (NPS) is charged with conserving these lands and historic features that

were designated for their cultural and historic significance, scenic and environmental attributes, and

educational and recreational opportunities. Additionally, the NPS helps the Nation protect resources for

public enjoyment through its financial and technical assistance programs that support activities outside of

the National Park System.

The NPS serves a vital role connecting our republic and our citizens to our environment, our past, and

each other. It is the NPS that is responsible for safeguarding the irreplaceable magnificent natural

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wonders and significant historical and cultural resources. Recent additions to the National Park System,

like the New Philadelphia National Historic Site, ensure we are continuing America’s commitment to

appreciate the interwoven history that we have as Americans. Programs such as the Japanese American

WWII History National Network, Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, and Tribal Heritage grants

reflect the nation’s commitment for parks to serve as sources of support, validation, healing, and

connection for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, and others who have been historically

marginalized and underserved. Because parks serve so many— welcoming nearly 312 million visitors in

2022— the National Park System is a driver of economic activity for our communities. While visitors

have inspirational, educational, and recreational experiences, they also provide an economic boon to

communities. In 2021, visitors spent $20.5 billion in local gateway regions; supporting more than 323,000

jobs, generating $14.6 billion in labor income, $24.3 billion in economic value added, and $42.5 billion in

total economic output.

Budget and Appropriations Overview

National Park Service Funding

Budget Authority ($000) 2022 Actual

2023

Enacted

2024

Request

Change

from 2023

Enacted

(+/-)

Current Appropriations 3,264,994 3,475,254 3,764,499 +289,245

Mandated and Other Transfers, Net -2,135 -3,300 -3,300 0

Current Budget Authority, Net

3,262,859 3,471,954 3,761,199 +289,245

Permanent Approprations

1,881,725 1,220,458 1,200,293 -20,165

Total Budget

Authority, w/o Supplemental

5,144,584 4,692,412 4,961,492 +269,080

Total FTE

18,622 19,390 20,759 +1,369

Net Current Budget Authority accounts for: in FY 2022, transfers out of $3,300,000 to the 400 Years of African American

History Commission, transfers in of $130,000 for drug trafficking deterrent actions, and $1,035,000 in receipts from the Medical

Services Fund; in FY 2023 transfers out of $3,300,000 to the 400 Years of African American History Commission; in FY 2024

transfers out of $3,300,000 to the 400 Years of African American History Commission.

Permanent Appropriations reflects budget authority after impact of sequestration or pop-ups, where applicable. FY 2022

amount includes $700,000,000 in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169). FY 2023 excludes allocation

transfer funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169).

Total Budget Authority excludes: in FY 2022 $229,472,000 for supplemental disaster funding provided by the FY 2022

Extending Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (P.L. 117-43) ; in FY 2023 $1,500,000,000 for supplemental

disaster funding provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-238).

Amounts include FTE funded from discretionary appropriations, mandatory fund sources, reimbursable activity, allocation

accounts. Excludes 38 FTE provided under supplemental appropriations.

Cullinane Thomas, C., and L. Koontz. 2021. 2020 National Park Visitor Spending Effects: Economic Contributions to Local Communities,

States, and the Nation. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/EQD/NRR—2022/2395. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm

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The discretionary budget request for the NPS is $3.8 billion, an increase of $289.2 million compared to

the FY 2023 enacted, not including FY 2023 supplemental funding. This level supports an estimated

15,601 direct FTE (without FTE supported by supplemental funding) and 1,705 allocation and

reimbursable FTE. Recreation fee revenue and other mandatory funding sources provide funding of $1.2

billion supporting 3,453 FTE, a decrease of $20.2 million from FY 2023 Enacted. The total budget

authority for the FY 2024 request is $5.0 billion and 20,759 FTE.

The NPS FY 2024 request prioritizes advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities,

tackling the climate crisis in the National Park System, conserving our natural resources, and using

science to inform decisions. The request makes bold investments essential for the NPS’s continued

mission success in its second century while remaining committed to the daily mission of ensuring that the

American public continues to have an enriching experience at each site.

Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) –The FY 2024 budget request for this appropriation is

$3.2 billion. This includes $509.6 million for Resource Stewardship, $300.3 million for Visitor Services,

$457.7 million for Park Protection, $983.0 million for Facility Operations and Maintenance including

$136.0 million for repair and rehabilitation projects and $188.2 million for cyclic maintenance projects,

$697.3 million for Park Support and $241.8 million for External Administrative Costs. The FY 2024

operations budget includes an $86.8 million programmatic increase to support science and build NPS

resiliency to climate change and increase NPS conservation efforts. The operations account also includes

an $18.8 million investment to advance racial justice and tell the full stories of underserved communities.

This amount includes $3.0 million to support recent or potential new parks that preserve important places

and tell the stories of those that have been historically underrepresented. Additionally, to invest in the

future of our parks, this account supports $17.3 million to build park capacity throughout the National

Park System in visitor services, park protection, facility operations and maintenance and park support and

$8.2 million for new and critical responsibilities in NPS operations.

Centennial Challenge – The FY 2024 budget request for this appropriation is $15.0 million. Funding

would provide a Federal match to leverage partner donations for signature projects and programs at

national parks. The Centennial Challenge program is instrumental in garnering and fostering strong

partnerships. All Federal funds must be matched on at least a 1:1 basis, leveraging a total of at least $30.0

million.

National Recreation and Preservation (NR&P) – The FY 2024 budget request for this appropriation is

$95.2 million. This appropriation is dedicated to supporting local community efforts to preserve natural

and cultural resources. Natural resources programs funded in this account support collaborative and

community-driven efforts and outcome-focused investments to preserve and enhance rural landscapes,

urban parks and rivers, important ecosystems, cultural resources, and wildlife habitat. NPS cultural

programs support public participation in preservation of the Nation’s cultural heritage through National

budget includes an increase of $3.0 million to fund a recently-established grant program to preserve

African American burial grounds and invests in staffing for grants administration to ensure proper

management of a growing workload of grants funded through this appropriation and the Historic

Preservation Fund. It also maintains funding for NR&P programs such as Rivers, Trails and Conservation

Assistance, National Register programs, Chesapeake Gateways and Trails, Native American Graves

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Protection and Repatriation, Japanese American Confinement Sites, American Battlefield Protection

Program Assistance, American Indian and Native Hawaiian Art and Culture, and the 9/11 Memorial Act.

This appropriation also supports management of Heritage Partnership Programs as well as cooperation

with other nations on park and heritage resource management issues.

Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) – The FY 2024 budget request for this appropriation is $177.9

million. This appropriation supports Historic Preservation Offices in States, territories, and Tribal lands to

preserve historically and culturally significant sites and provides competitive grants to other entities. As

part of the budget’s advancement of racial justice and equity for underserved communities, the request

includes $2.5 million for Tribal Heritage Grants to Federally-recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages

and Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations to preserve and protect their cultural heritage. The

request also includes $62.2 million for grants to State Historic Preservation Offices and $23.0 million to

Tribal Historic Preservation Offices to help meet preservation responsibilities under the National Historic

Preservation Act to protect and preserve historic resources, based on local needs and priorities. This

appropriation also includes $11.0 million for grants-in-aid to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

(HBCUs) to support preservation of historic structures on HBCU campuses, $12.5 million for Paul Bruhn

Historic Revitalization Grants to support subgrant programs for historic preservation projects that

stimulate economic growth in rural areas, $30.3 million for Competitive grants to preserve historic sites

that tell the story of the struggle for African-American civil rights and equal rights in America, $10.0

million for Semiquincentennial Preservation Grants to support restoration and preservation of sites that

commemorate the founding of the nation, and $26.5 million for Save America’s Treasures grants to

support preservation of nationally significant sites and collections.

Construction – The FY 2024 budget request for this appropriation is $286.7 million. This appropriation

funds construction projects, equipment replacement, management, planning, operations, and special

projects. The request includes $128.7 million for line-item construction, including $4.0 million for the

remediation of abandoned mineral lands to clean up hazardous sites and return them to their natural

condition. The FY 2024 request also includes $15.9 million for zero emission fleet modernization

deployment and related infrastructure, $18.3 million for DOI Field Communications Modernization, and

$14.9 million to improve and expand NPS housing. The budget includes increases of $7.0 million to

address transportation barriers from underserved communities to national parks and $4.1 million for

Climate Vulnerability studies.

Budget Priorities

Conservation Initiative

The FY 2024 budget is an important step by the Biden-Harris Administration to address the critical

challenges of our time by increasing scientific capacity and improving strategic thinking and resource

planning to leave lands and waters preserved for future generations to use and enjoy. The Conservation

initiative directly supports several Administration priorities laid out in Executive Order 14008 – Tackling

the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad including (1) conserve 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters

by 2030 (the “America the Beautiful” Initiative), (2) support youth corps programs, and (3) support

climate resilience and adaptation.

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Park/Program Name Summary

Amount

($000) FTE

Operation of the National Park

System Appropriation $86,820 403

Youth Corps Programs

Expand Youth Corps Programs in

support of Conservation $31,000 10

Natural Resources Capacity

Enhance Capacity for Natural Resource

Stewardship Servicewide $28,500 228

Management and Policy Support

for Climate Change

Improve Science-Informed Resource

Management $12,500 92

Cultural Resources Climate

Assessment Team

Improve Climate Risk Assessments and

Responses for Cultural Resources $3,720 24

Inventory & Monitoring

Expand Capacity to Gather and Maintain

Natural Resource Data $3,100 15

Research Learning Centers

Support Scientific and Research

Collaboration $3,000 6

Cooperative Ecosystems Studies

Units (CESU)

Expand Interdisciplinary Partnerships for

Resource Stewardship $2,000 7

Natural Disaster Response

Capacity

Establish Permanent Expertise for

Disaster Responses $2,000 13

Public Health Protection

Enhance Capacity of the Office of Public

Health $1,000 0

Construction Appropriation $23,830 13

Zero Emission Fleet

Modernization Deployment and

Infrastructure

Install Equipment and Charging

Infrastructure to Support ZEVs $10,701 0

Emergencies and Unscheduled

Projects

Help Parks Recover from Disasters or

Climate Impacts $7,000 0

Climate Vulnerability

Assessments

Help Parks Understand and Adapt to

Climate Risks $4,129 13

Abandoned Mineral Lands

Projects

Improve Lands Impacted by Mineral

Extraction $2,000 0

Total $110,650 416

The NPS is a vital component of the governmentwide approach to address the impacts of climate change.

The FY 2024 budget includes multiple and varied investments to better understand and address resource

challenges on park lands stemming from climate change. It proposes targeted investments servicewide to

protect the nation’s treasured natural resources from 21st century threats. Stewardship of our natural

resources is a mission critical task for NPS and, as such, the task is ingrained in NPS units, programs,

budget activities and appropriations. For natural resource conservation, the FY 2024 budget seeks to

bolster existing successful programs protecting wildlife and landscape, fund climate change science and

resiliency, and increase resources supporting climate and natural resource decision making.

Fundamental to this effort is increasing operational budgets to improve the field capacity to engage in the

natural resource management activities in support of E.O. 14008 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and

Abroad. The budget also includes significant investments for the youth corps programs, the Inventorying

and Monitoring program, Research Learning Centers, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units, and natural

resource management teams.

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Racial Justice and Equity for Undeserved Communities

The Biden-Harris Administration, through Executive Order 13985 – Advancing Racial Equity and

Support for Underserved Communities, and Executive Order 14091 – Further Advancing Racial Equity

and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, directs Federal agencies to

operate in an environment that advances equity for all, including people of color and others who have

been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.

Park/Program Name Summary

Amount

($000) FTE

Operation of the National Park

System Appropriation

$18,825 32

Tribal Co-Stewardship

Expand Tribal co-stewardship of park

resources $7,075 0

Park Accessibility

Support Disability Community by

Improving Accessible Programming and

Projects $5,000 5

Increasing Representation in Our

Public Lands Start-up at New Units and Sites $3,000 8

Potential new parks

Support potential new parks that preserve

important places and tell the stories of

those that have been historically

underrepresented [$1,800] [0]

Brown v. Board of

Education National

Historical Park Summerton Site [$640] [4]

New Philadelphia NHS Initial Start Up [$295] [2]

Blackwell School NHS New Unit [$265] [2]

Native American Tourism and

Improving Visitor Experience

(NATIVE) Act

Support more inclusive national travel

and tourism strategy to benefit Tribes $2,500 13

Subsistence Managers

Support management of subsistence uses

of NPS lands in Alaska $1,000 5

National Networks

Establish Japanese American World War

II History Network $250 1

National Recreation and

Preservation $4,000 4

African American Burial

Grounds

Establish United States African

American Burial Grounds Preservation

Program $3,000 0

Grants Administration

Support growing workload for grants

administration $1,000 4

Historic Preservation Fund $2,500 0

Tribal Heritage Grants

Provide grants for the preservation and

protection of cultural heritage $2,500 0

Construction Appropriation $7,000 2

Transportation Barriers

Assess and Address Transportation

Barriers to Parks from Underserved

Communities $7,000 2

Total $32,325 38

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NPS is committed to presenting an inclusive and complete story of America in which everyone can see

themselves reflected in national parks. Targeted investments will help preserve the stories of the cultures

and history across America, engage new audiences, and expand access to America’s national parks and

programs. Additional resources include funding for the Increasing Representation in Our Public Lands

initiative, Japanese American WWII History National Network, and to address transportation barriers

from underserved communities to national parks as part of efforts to expand national parks visitation from

all communities.

The NPS is committed to respecting and strengthening Indigenous connections, enhancing our nation-to-

nation relationships, and fully upholding our trust and treaty responsibilities. To that end, the NPS FY

2024 budget proposes increases support for Tribal participation in management of Federal lands and

waters with cultural and natural resources of significance and value to Indian Tribes and their citizens,

new subsistence managers, and implementation of the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor

Experience (NATIVE) Act.

The FY 2024 budget also demonstrates the NPS’s commitment to making parks accessible to all visitors

and employees proposing funding for the Park Accessibility for Visitors and Employees program, putting

accessibility on equal footing with other important facility and programmatic considerations and ensuring

NPS compliance with Federal laws and industry best practices.

Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative: Increasing Representation in

Our Public Lands

The budget proposes $3.0 million and 8 FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to

increase representation at parks. The funding supports start-up costs for new units or sites that were

recently added to the National Park System under the Biden-Harris Administration. The budget also

establishes a new funding line of $1.8 million that will be used at potential new parks to more rapidly

initiate site start-up.

• Start-up for Potential New Parks (+$1,800,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will support initial start-

up costs in establishing potential new parks following designation. Historically, the NPS has

requested funding in the fiscal year following establishment, rather than setting funding aside to

in advance of designation. Setting funds aside specifically for potential new parks demonstrates

the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to supporting our public lands. This funding will

be reserved for immediate needs at potential new parks, allowing the NPS to more rapidly hire

staff and cover operating expenses.

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park – Summerton (+$640,000 / +4 FTE)

– Funding will support interpretive expenses, facility operations and utility costs, and staff to

support the visitor contact site at the new addition of the Summerton site in South Carolina.

While buildings are not expected to be in the NPS’s ownership immediately, the park requires

base funding to meet the basic operations and maintenance requirements.

• New Philadelphia NHS (+$295,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support initial costs required to

establish this new park unit, including a site manager to provide leadership and supervision of

park operations and an interpreter to be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the new park.

Funding will also cover start-up and support costs for the new site’s first full year of operations.

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• Blackwell School NHS (+$250,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support initial costs required to

establish this new park, including a site manager to provide leadership and supervision of park

operations and a park guide to be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the new park.

Funding will also support basic management and facility needs for the new site’s inaugural year

of operations.

Park Capacity

The budget proposes $25.4 million and 177 FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for to

add capacity for current operations and address new and additional responsibilities at parks and central

offices.

Supporting Park Capacity

The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE to support basic operational capacity needs at all parks,

rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen critical

functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has lost almost 19 percent of its ONPS-

funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and other authorized sites

have been added to the National Park System, and visitation has grown by more than 30 million. This

proposed increase will provide parks additional funds for basic operations to better serve visitors and

resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

In addition to base funding, these increases provide much needed support for the United States Park

Police and for NPS criminal investigative services. At the USPP, funding supports additional recruit

classes, including salary, benefits, and equipment for newly initiated officers. For NPS criminal

investigative services, funding supports special agents. Criminal investigators are highly skilled and

specialized, stationed across the nation, and are charged with conducting complex, sensitive, and long-

term criminal investigations in coordination with law enforcement park rangers.

New and Critical Responsibilities

The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52 FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new

and critical responsibilities at parks and offices. Funding will support park requirements to manage new

responsibilities, to interface with the public and tribal governments, and to meet regulatory requirements.

Additional funding will increase operating capacity at parks and offices with new and critical needs,

broaden programming and maintenance activities, expand law enforcement presence, and improve park

safety and security.

Park/Program Name Summary

Amount

($000) FTE

Supporting Park Capacity Park Base Increase $10,050 92

Park Protection

Increase United States Park Police and

Investigative Capacity $7,215 33

New and Critical Responsibilities

Boston Area Parks Pay Inversion Correct Pay Inversion at Boston Parks $886 0

Birmingham Civil Rights NM,

Freedom Riders NM Staffing and Operations Capacity $620 6

Denali NP & Preserve

Denali Park Road Facilities Operation &

Maintenance $550 4

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Park/Program Name Summary

Amount

($000) FTE

Fort Smith NHS Park Protection Capacity $500 3

Public Health Officers Pay

Increase Enhance Organizational Capacity $375 0

Coltsville NHP Staffing and Operations Capacity $340 4

Bryce Canyon NP

Community Planning and Outreach

Capacity $305 3

Pea Ridge NMP Staffing and Operations Capacity $300 2

Zion NP Climate Change Adaptation Capacity $300 3

Joshua Tree NP

Law Enforcement and Maintenance

Capacity $290 3

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania

NMP Staffing and Operations Capacity $260 2

Ala Kahakai NHT Maintaining Trails and Lands $250 2

Partnerships and Civic

Engagement

Expand capacity related to intellectual

property and other emerging issues $250 1

San Francisco Regional Office Tribal Liaison $250 1

Channel Islands NP Aviation Program $235 0

Saint-Gaudens NHP Staffing and Operations Capacity $225 4

César E. Chávez NM Interpretation and Education Capacity $215 2

Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM Staffing and Operations Capacity $215 2

Monocacy NB Interpretation and Education Capacity $200 2

Wolf Trap NP Security Screening Contract $200 0

North Cascades NP, Lake

Chelan NRA, Ross Lake NRA

Cultural Liaison for Indigenous

Communities $194 1

Keweenaw NHP Staffing and Operations Capacity $180 2

Port Chicago Naval Magazine

NMem Outreach and Visitor Services Capacity $176 2

NPS Liaison to the White House White House Visitors Office Capacity $165 0

Colonial NHP Staffing and Operations Capacity $150 1

Lake Mead NRA Wage Pay Differential $150 0

Point Reyes NS

Tribal Liaison and Cooperative

Assistance $150 1

Manassas NBP

Facility Operations and Maintenance

Capacity $130 1

Roosevelt Campobello IP Meeting Budget Request $119 0

Sub-Total, New and Critical $8,180 52

Total, Park Capacity $25,445 177

• Boston Area Parks Pay Inversion (+$886,000 / +0 FTE) - This funding increase supports pay

increases not captured by the NPS Fixed Cost request, for parks in the Boston, Massachusetts

area, In FY 2023, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) authorized the use of unrestricted

pay rates in accordance with 5 CFR § 532.801 in wage areas affected by pay inversion, which

included Boston, MA. Pay inversion occurs when rates of pay for a lower grade level are higher

than rates of pay for a higher grade level. Pay inversion produces recruitment, retention, and

promotion hardships in wage areas where it occurs. This pay inversion occurred when

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implementing the $15 per hour minimum rate of pay special rates, in accordance with OPM’s

Compensation Policy Memorandum (CPM) 2022-02, “Achieving a $15 Per Hour Minimum Pay

Rate for Federal Employees.” When a regular wage schedule inversion is corrected as a result of

this authority, any applicable special schedule in the same wage area should also be corrected so

as to not disadvantage the Federal employees on the associated special schedule.

• Birmingham Civil Rights NM (+$620,000 / +6 FTE) – Funding will support operations and

administration at the Gaston Motel in Birmingham and the bus depot in Anniston and will help

the continued standing-up of this new park. Funding will enhance the visitor experience, address

infrastructure, interpretation, and maintenance needs; provide decision making closer to the front

line, and expand public access.

• Denali NP & Preserve (+$550,000 / +4 FTE) – Funding will support increased capacity in

Facility Operations and Maintenance in personnel specifically for Denali Park Road. Intensifying

effects of climate change on the western portion of Denali Park Road are requiring more frequent

corrective maintenance. These positions will provide field-level oversight of heavy equipment

operators stationed at Toklat during the operating season and will plan for out-year maintenance

during the off-season. Funding also provides support for the park’s aviation program, radio and

dispatch staff, and operational safety and health. Aviation is an integral part of Denali’s year-

round operations. Summer aviation operations include flights by the park pilot in two park-owned

planes, high altitude helicopter for mountaineering operations, fire program helicopter, and

contract flights. Park policy requires a stand-alone Park Aviation Manager, which has only been

covered as collateral duty of existing employees, requiring a waiver from national aviation policy.

• Fort Smith NHS (+$500,000 / +3 FTE) – Funding will support implementation of a law

enforcement program at the park to address critical resource protection, and staff and visitor

safety issues. This park faces particular resource threats by virtue of its location, and has seen an

increase in boundary encroachment, Archaeological Resource Protection Act violations, resource

damage, and other criminal activity. The proposed increase would allow the park to have full

patrol coverage during periods of heaviest use to mitigate resource threats and safety issues.

• Public Health Officers Pay Increase (+$375,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will pay for fixed cost

increases for Public Health Officers not otherwise included in the fixed cost request. Public

Health Officers are not NPS FTE, and therefore not captured in the fixed cost calculation.

However, the bureau has agreement with the United States Public Health Service to pay their

salaries, which increase in accordance with approved pay scales. Funding in support of these pay

increases will make available other programmatic budget needs, which will enhance the

organizational capacity of the Public Health program, allow for mission essential inspection

travel, and ensure a strong public health presence to better address, prevent, and manage

environmental health risks, disease threats and rapidly emerging public health issues.

• Coltsville NHP (+$340,000 / +4 FTE) – Funding will support initial operations and staffing as

the park has completed acquisition of the historic structures required in its authorizing legislation.

The park plans to stabilize, restore, and rehabilitate those structures into a visitor center,

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administrative offices, and potential leasing/concessions opportunities. This request will support

interpretive staffing, facility maintenance, and administrative support.

• Bryce Canyon NP (+$305,000 / +3 FTE) – Funding will support new staff positions dedicated to

building effective relationships, sharing Indigenous knowledge, and working with local

Indigenous communities. These new positions will additionally address visitor use management,

transportation, and sustainability as visitation and congestion increase within the park.

• Pea Ridge NMP (+$300,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will allow the park to restore critical

operational capacity for visitor services and facility management. In recent years, the park has

shared resources for these functions with another park, but that arrangement is not sustainable in

terms of cost and staff recruitment, retention, and morale issues.

• Zion NP (+$300,000 / +3 FTE) – Funding will support the park’s visitor services and technical

resource management as staff work to protect natural and cultural resources, as well as provide

safety for visitors while managing climate change impacts. Funding will additionally support

novel techniques for Threatened Species habitat management and other ecosystem management

strategies.

• Joshua Tree NP (+$290,000 / +3 FTE) – Funding will support law enforcement and trail

maintenance. With the FY 2022 budget, the park used the Land and Water Conservation Fund to

acquire 2,200 acres. New lands have a mix of informal trails, archeological resources, and scars

from other recreational use prior to park acquisition. Positions are needed to patrol and improve

the lands for safe recreation under NPS administration.

• Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania NMP (+$260,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support staffing for

law enforcement and volunteer and youth coordination. This increase is necessitated by rapid

urbanization around the park, which have placed strain on the park’s capacity to address law

enforcement issues like boundary encroachments, vehicular accidents, vandalism, and incidents

involving loss of life, but they also present an opportunity to expand the park’s volunteer program

to improve community engagement. This local population growth has provided a welcome

expansion of recreational visits to the park and increased outreach opportunities.

• Ala Kahakai NHT (+$250,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support staff to coordinate resource

management and to maintain trails and lands. The park has acquired or is in the process of

acquiring additional parcels. Additional staff will ensure management of the parcels will be

managed in compliance with cultural and natural resource requirements and resilient to climate

change. Staff will also ensure trails are maintained for safe and enjoyable visitor use.

• Partnerships and Civic Engagement (+$250,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding will provide for

additional staff to support NPS brand and intellectual property management. Work includes goal

development, trademark inventory, coordination with user groups, record keeping, and other

activities. Funding would support a Trademark Specialist to focus on loss of trademark protection

for key intellectual property assets and risk management.

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• San Francisco Regional Office Tribal Liaison (+$250,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding will support a

Native American Affairs Liaison in the San Francisco Regional Office. The liaison will have

regionwide responsibilities for representing the NPS, its programs, and the Region to Tribal

Governments and other Native American and Native Hawaiian groups and related organizations.

The liaison will provide advice in complex and sensitive issues regarding Tribal/NPS land issues,

treaty rights, NPS management policies and regulations affecting Tribal governments, park

specific regulations affecting tribes, and other related programs affecting Tribal relationships. The

liaison will also provide advice, training and technical assistance to park superintendents to carry

out Tribal consultations with American Indian Tribes and build mutually beneficial relationships.

• Channel Islands NP (+$235,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will support non-personnel needs of the

park’s aviation program. Hourly costs for the aviation program have increased by 32 percent

since 2012, yet the park budget for the activity has remained flat. Fixed wing and helicopter

support are used for crew changes in remote locations, and for emergency response.

• Saint-Gaudens NHP (+$225,000 / +4 FTE) – Funding will support staffing to meet the needs of

increased visitation due to a recently-established performing arts program under a lease on a

large, donated property. It will allow the park to better care for visitor impacts on the landscape,

provide additional interpretive services, and develop a robust leasing and partnership program.

• César E. Chávez NM (+$215,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support staff to develop an

integrated interpretation and education program. Interpretation is a key piece of the monument’s

purpose, and additional staff will help develop and execute programs and build relationships. This

additional funding and capacity will help the park better tell the complex and diverse set of stories

reflecting contributions to the farmworker movement; digital and Spanish-language programming

will allow the park to tell the stories to wider and more diverse audiences. The resources will also

help the park provide visitor services and interpretive opportunities coordinated with the partner

organization.

• Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM (+$215,000 / +2 FTE) – Expands on funding provided in FY

2023 and provides support for law enforcement personnel and essential non-personnel services.

Law enforcement will not only protect visitors and staff at the site but will provide critical

support for resource protection—other monuments in the area have faced significant challenges

including vandalism and damage. Non-personnel services include much needed equipment and

supplies to operate and maintain the site, including information technology equipment, training,

fleet, space leasing, and law enforcement equipment.

• Wolf Trap NP (+$200,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will enhance the visitor experience by

supporting contracted security personnel and metal detection screening for visitors entering the

Filene Center. Funding also supports perimeter access control, and roving patrols to provide a

visible security presence. The security contract helps to address deficiencies identified in

Department of the Interior-led security reviews. Tickets purchased for entertainment at the Filene

Center include a per-ticket fee, which yields approximately $300,000 per year in support of the

contract; this amount does not cover the entire cost of the required security screening, requiring

the park to support the additional costs.

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• Monocacy NB (+$200,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support additional staffing for interpretive

services to address topics emerging from recently completed research and outreach: enslavement

and its lasting legacies, Native American habitation, monumentation, and the complexities of our

shared American history. It will also support additional law enforcement staffing to address

increasing visitation, recreational use, and criminal incidents including those involving illegal

drugs, gang activity, and cultural and natural resource damage. The park expects these changes to

allow the visitor center to operate daily, which is not possible with the current level of staffing.

• North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, Ross Lake NRA (+$194,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding

will support a Tribal liaison position who would provide partnership with local Tribes to consult

with and integrate relevant Indigenous communities into park management efforts. In particular,

the liaison support will be critical as the park approaches relicensing of three dams on traditional

Tribal land, fire regime change, and more.

• Keweenaw NHP (+$180,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support operating costs and staffing for

the visitor center, as well as staffing for year-round operation of a multi-park curatorial facility.

This level of staffing will allow the park to maintain daily, year-round visitor center hours to meet

growing visitation. The park’s curatorial staff would also serve Isle Royale NP and Pictured

Rocks NL. The park’s broader recruitment outreach strategies and pipelines include Tribal

communities.

• Port Chicago Naval Magazine NMem (+$176,000 / +2 FTE) – Funding will support

interpretive staff to provide educational tours for visitors. These positions will help create a 21st

Century visitor experience by supporting public tours and community-based programming that

addresses values and ideals of service, sacrifice, courage, and the fight for social justice. Port

Chicago is located on an active military base, with access controlled by the US Army, and has

visitation restrictions for security reasons. Because of the access restrictions, visitation is almost

entirely dependent on the park having sufficient park guides.

• NPS Liaison to the White House (+$165,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will support the salary costs

for the White House Visitors Office, an unbudgeted expense incurred by the NPS since

approximately 1978. This funding will cover the administratively determined salaries for these

positions, costs which fluctuate from one administration to the next, and for which no FTEs or

funding have been allocated to the NPS.

• Colonial NHP (+$150,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding will support Information Technology staffing

for Colonial NHP, which also provides administrative support for Fort Monroe NM and Captain

John Smith Chesapeake NHT. This will improve the park’s ability to meet information resource

requirements and support appropriate financial management for all three units.

• Lake Mead NRA (+$150,000 / +0 FTE) – Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the only park

or program within the National Park Service with a collective bargaining union that negotiates

wages outside of the Federal Wage System. Per agreement, wages are linked to the Bureau of

Reclamation Lower Colorado Dams Office. Annual salary increases for these employees have

been greater than those received by other NPS wage grade and/or general schedule employees.

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Between 2017 and 2023, the average annual increase for Lake Mead union employees was 2.98

percent, compared to a 2.48 percent average for similarly graded employees. Because these

employees fall outside of the traditional pay system, standard pay increases that otherwise are

capture in the NPS Fixed Cost request have not been captured, leading to an erosion of

purchasing power at the park.

• Point Reyes NS (+$150,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding will support staff and cooperative assistance to

implement engagement objectives of the park’s partnership with the Federated Indians of Granton

Rancheria. The partnership will enhance interpretation and education of tribal history and culture,

incorporate Indigenous knowledge in the management of Tule Elk, ranch lands, and other priority

areas.

• Manassas NBP (+$130,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding will support a project manager to coordinate

review of priority needs, strategic planning, and provide administrative oversight for projects.

This additional capacity will centralize these duties to streamline operations, improve the park’s

strategic approach to investments, and allow other staff to focus on their core work.

• Roosevelt Campobello IP (+$119,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding will ensure the NPS’s contribution

to the international park is commensurate with funding provided by our Canadian partners and is

funded at the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission’s proposed level.

NPS Administrative Priorities

The budget proposes $27.9 million and 21 FTE spread across multiple ONPS and Construction budget

subactivities in support of several Administration and NPS priorities.

Park/Program Name Summary

Amount

($000) FTE

Operation of the National Park

System

$14,690 21

Contracting & Financial

Assistance

Improve and Expand Upon DEIA Efforts

in Contracting $1,545 2

Unigrid Brochure Meet Increased Printing Costs $625 3

Visitor Services on the Digital

Platform

Continue Efforts to Improve Digital

Tools $3,000 5

America 250

Support Visitor Services for America’s

Semiquincentennial Commemoration $2,000 11

Central IT Costs Invest in Bureau IT Modernization Needs $7,240 0

Law Enforcement Psychological

Screening

Increase Law Enforcement Capacity with

Contract $280 0

Construction $13,255 0

Housing Improvement Program

Continue Efforts to Improve and Expand

Housing Capacity $7,000 0

Department of the Interior Field

Communications Modernization

(DIFCOM) Initiative

Expand and Improve Remote Broadband

and Communications Capacity $6,255 0

Total, NPS Administrative Priorities: $27,945 21

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Information Technologies

Investments totaling $10.2 million to improve information technology systems and visitor services on

digital platforms support the Administration’s initiative to improve the customer experience and service

delivery under Executive Order 14058 and help the NPS achieve its goals as an OMB-designated High

Impact Service Provider (HISP). An increase of $1.5 million to better connect small businesses and

underserved communities with NPS contracting processes supports the Administration’s diversity, equity,

inclusion, and accessibility efforts under Executive Order 13985 and 14091. This funding will help the

NPS identify and address systematic barriers that unintentionally limit the ability of some vendors to fully

participate in procurement and financial assistance programs.

DOI Field Communication Modernization (DIFCOM)

On a given day, Interior field operations include firefighters battling fires in Eastern Oregon, NPS law

enforcement officers in Big Bend National Park interdicting smugglers, BLM search and rescue teams

providing assistance to a distressed family in the Sonoran desert, USGS installing early warning systems

on a high threat Aleutians volcano, FWS conducting duck counts for harvest management, and dozens of

other critical functions to effectively manage the Nation’s natural and cultural resources. Field

communications modernization helps enable capabilities being implemented across DOI communities of

practice. From first responder needs to applications such as hazard warning systems, resource

management data collection and, in-field collaboration, modernization enables last mile connectivity to

these tools in the field, improves safety, increases efficiency, and delivers better data for management

decisions.

The decades-old land mobile radio (LMR) systems that DOI operates have a backlog of at least $185

million to bring to acceptable condition and require tens of millions annually to maintain that condition.

Meanwhile, cost-effective modern solutions meet requirements for voice, high-speed data, and video,

while reducing the footprint of DOI-owned infrastructure and the costs of maintaining those systems.

Where replaced, the modern systems will support streamlined interoperability with other agencies. The

2024 budget includes $32.2 million for field communications modernization, including $6.3 million for

NPS. In 2024, DOI will focus on modernization in Alaska, the Southeastern United States, and the Pacific

Islands as, where feasible, it leverages deployment of communications networks outside of Interior’s

owned infrastructure, such as FirstNet and other dedicated public safety broadband, as well as improved

satellite systems in locations where terrestrial broadband is not feasible. This approach will assess and

invest in updated technology where it makes sense while considering the Department’s historical reliance

on the traditionally more expensive LMR network in areas of the country where LMR remains the most

reliable means of communication.

Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act Report

The Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act (GAO-IG Act, P.L. 115-414) enacted January 3,

2019, requires that Agencies report the status of each open audit recommendation issued more than one

year prior to the submission of the Agency’s annual budget justification to Congress. The Act requires

Agencies to include the current target completion date, implementation status, and any discrepancies on

closure determinations.

The Department of the Interior leadership takes audit follow-up very seriously and considers our external

auditors, to include the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Office of the Inspector General,

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valued partners in not only improving the Department’s management and compliance obligations but also

enhancing its programmatic and administrative operations. As stewards of taxpayer resources, the

Department applies cost-benefit analysis and enterprise risk management principles in recommendation

implementation decisions. The Department’s GAO-IG Act Report will be available at the following link:

https://www.doi.gov/cj

The Service’s Organization

The NPS is headquartered in Washington, DC, with regional offices and additional central support

locations. The Director reports to the Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Fish and

Wildlife and Parks, and has direct line authority over headquarters and Regional Directors. Headquarters-

based Associate and Assistant Directors provide policy and program management and oversight. Seven

Regional Directors oversee park management and operations, as well as regionalized programs, across the

12 Department of the Interior Unified Regions. (See organizational chart, next page.)

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National Park Service

Organizational Chart

Director

Deputy Director,

Operations

Associate Director,

Natural Resource

Stewardship and

Science

Associate Director,

Visitor and Resource

Protection

Associate Director,

Cultural Resources,

Partnerships, and

Science

Associate Director

Park Planning,

Facilities, and Lands

Associate Director,

Interpretation,

Education, and

Volunteers

Regional Directors

Deputy Director,

Congressional and

External Relations

Associate Director,

Partnerships and

Civic Engagement

Assistant Director,

Legislative and

Congressional

Affairs

Assistant Director,

Communications

Deputy Director,

Management and

Administration

Comptroller

Associate Director,

Visitor Services

Associate Director,

Workforce and

Inclusion

Associate Director,

Information

Resources

Chief of Staff

Chief, Equal

Employment

Opportunity

Native American

Affairs Liaison

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National Park System Units

In Alphabetical Order

1. Abraham Lincoln

Birthplace NHP

2. Acadia NP

3. Adams NHP

4. African Burial

Ground NM

5. Agate Fossil Beds

6. Alagnak Wild River

7. Alibates Flint

Quarries NM

8. Allegheny Portage

RR NHS

9. Amistad NRA

10. Andersonville NHS

11. Andrew Johnson

NHS

12. Aniakchak NM

13. Aniakchak NPres

14. Antietam NB

15. Apostle Islands NL

16. Appalachian NST

17. Appomattox Court

House NHP

18. Arches NP

19. Arkansas Post

NMem

20. Arlington House,

The Robert E. Lee

Memorial NMem

21. Assateague Island

22. Aztec Ruins NM

23. Badlands NP

24. Bandelier NM

25. Belmont-Paul

Women’s Equality

26. Bent’s Old Fort NHS

27. Bering Land Bridge

NPres

28. Big Bend NP

29. Big Cypress NPres

30. Big Hole NB

31. Big South Fork

NR&RA

32. Big Thicket NPres

33. Bighorn Canyon

NRA

34. Birmingham Civil

Rights NM

35. Biscayne NP

36. Black Canyon of the

Gunnison NP

37. Blackstone River

Valley NHP

38. Blue Ridge Parkway

39. Bluestone NSR

40. Booker T.

Washington NM

41. Boston African

Amer. NHS

42. Boston Harbor

Islands NRA

43. Boston NHP

44. Brices Cross Roads

NBS

45. Brown v. Board of

Education NHP

46. Bryce Canyon NP

47. Buck Island Reef

48. Buffalo NR

49. Cabrillo NM

50. Camp Nelson NM

51. Canaveral NS

52. Cane River Creole

NHP

53. Canyon de Chelly

54. Canyonlands NP

55. Cape Cod NS

56. Cape Hatteras NS

57. Cape Krusenstern

58. Cape Lookout NS

59. Capitol Reef NP

60. Capulin Volcano NM

61. Carl Sandburg Home

NHS

62. Carlsbad Caverns NP

63. Carter G. Woodson

Home NHS

64. Casa Grande Ruins

65. Castillo de San

Marcos NM

66. Castle Clinton NM

67. Castle Mountains

68. Catoctin Mountain

Park

69. Cedar Breaks NM

70. Cedar Creek and

Belle Grove NHP

71. César E. Chávez NM

72. Chaco Culture NHP

73. Chamizal NMem

74. Channel Islands NP

75. Charles Pickney

NHS

76. Charles Young

Buffalo Soldiers NM

77. Chattahoochee River

NRA

78. Chesapeake & Ohio

Canal NHP

79. Chickamauga and

Chattanooga NMP

80. Chickasaw NRA

81. Chiricahua NM

82. Christiansted NHS

83. City of Rocks NRes

84. Clara Barton NHS

85. Colonial NHP

86. Colorado NM

87. Congaree NP

88. Constitution Gardens

89. Coronado NMem

90. Cowpens NB

91. Crater Lake NP

92. Craters of the Moon

93. Craters of the Moon

NPres

94. Cumberland Gap

NHP

95. Cumberland Island

96. Curecanti NRA

97. Cuyahoga Valley NP

98. Dayton Aviation

NHP

99. De Soto NMem

100. Death Valley NP

101. Delaware NSR

102. Delaware Water Gap

NRA

103. Denali NP

104. Denali NPres

105. Devils Postpile NM

106. Devils Tower NM

107. Dinosaur NM

108. Dry Tortugas NP

109. Dwight D.

Eisenhower

Memorial

110. Ebey’s Landing

NHR

111. Edgar Allan Poe

NHS

112. Effigy Mounds NM

113. Eisenhower NHS

114. El Malpais NM

115. El Morro NM

116. Eleanor Roosevelt

NHS

117. Eugene O’Neill NHS

118. Everglades NP

119. Federal Hall NMem

120. Fire Island NS

121. First Ladies NHS

122. First State NHP

123. Flight 93 NMem

124. Florissant Fossil

Beds NM

125. Ford’s Theatre NHS

126. Fort Bowie NHS

127. Fort Caroline NMem

128. Fort Davis NHS

129. Fort Donelson NB

130. Fort Frederica NM

131. Fort Laramie NHS

132. Fort Larned NHS

133. Fort Matanzas NM

134. Fort McHenry NM &

Historic Shrine NM

135. Fort Monroe NM

136. Fort Necessity NB

137. Fort Point NHS

138. Fort Pulaski NM

139. Fort Raleigh NHS

140. Fort Scott NHS

141. Fort Smith NHS

142. Fort Stanwix NM

143. Fort Sumter and Fort

Moultrie NHP

144. Fort Union NM

145. Fort Union Trading

Post NHS

146. Fort Vancouver NHS

147. Fort Washington

Park

148. Fossil Butte NM

149. Franklin D.

Roosevelt Memorial,

NMem

150. Frederick Douglass

NHS

151. Frederick Law

Olmsted NHS

152. Fredericksburg/Spots

ylvania Battlefields

Memorial NMP

153. Freedom Riders NM

154. Friendship Hill NHS

155. Gates of the Arctic

156. Gates of the Arctic

NPres

157. Gateway Arch NP

158. Gateway NRA

159. Gauley River NRA

160. General Grant

NMem

161. George Rogers Clark

NHP

162. George Washington

Birthplace NM

163. George Washington

Carver NM

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National Park System Units

In Alphabetical Order (continued)

164. George Washington

Memorial Parkway

165. Gettysburg NMP

166. Gila Cliff Dwellings

167. Glacier Bay NP

168. Glacier Bay NPres

169. Glacier NP

170. Glen Canyon NRA

171. Golden Gate NRA

172. Golden Spike NHP

173. Governors Island

174. Grand Canyon NP

175. Grand Portage NM

176. Grand Teton NP

177. Grant-Kohrs Ranch

NHS

178. Great Basin NP

179. Great Egg Harbor

NS&RR

180. Great Sand Dunes

181. Great Sand Dunes

NPres

182. Great Smoky

Mountains NP

183. Greenbelt Park

184. Guadalupe

Mountains NP

185. Guilford Courthouse

NMP

186. Gulf Islands NS

187. Hagerman Fossil

Beds NM

188. Haleakala NP

189. Hamilton Grange

NMem

190. Hampton NHS

191. Harpers Ferry NHP

192. Harriet Tubman NHP

193. Harriet Tubman

Underground

Railroad NHP

194. Harry S. Truman

NHS

195. Hawaii Volcanoes

196. Herbert Hoover NHS

197. Hohokam Pima NM

198. Home of FD

Roosevelt NHS

199. Homestead NHP

200. Honouliuli NHS

201. Hopewell Culture

NHP

202. Hopewell Furnace

NHS

203. Horseshoe Bend

NMP

204. Hot Springs NP

205. Hovenweep NM

206. Hubbell Trading Post

NHS

207. Independence NHP

208. Indiana Dunes NP

209. Isle Royale NP

210. James A Garfield

NHS

211. Jean Lafitte NHP &

Pres

212. Jewel Cave NM

213. Jimmy Carter NHP

214. John D. Rockefeller,

Jr. Memorial

Parkway

215. John Day Fossil Beds

216. John F Kennedy

NHS

217. John Muir NHS

218. Johnstown Flood

NMem

219. Joshua Tree NP

220. Kalaupapa NHP

221. Kaloko-Honokohau

NHP

222. Katahdin Woods and

Waters NM

223. Katmai NP

224. Katmai NPres

225. Kenai Fjords NP

226. Kennesaw Mountain

NBP

227. Keweenaw NHP

228. Kings Canyon NP

229. Kings Mountain

NMP

230. Klondike Gold Rush

NHP

231. Knife River Indian

Village NHS

232. Kobuk Valley NP

233. Korean War

Veterans Memorial

234. Lake Chelan NRA

235. Lake Clark NP

236. Lake Clark NPres

237. Lake Mead NRA

238. Lake Meredith NRA

239. Lake Roosevelt NRA

240. Lassen Volcanic NP

241. Lava Beds NM

242. Lewis & Clark NHP

243. Lincoln Boyhood

NMem

244. Lincoln Home NHS

245. Lincoln Memorial,

NMem

246. Little Bighorn

Battlefield NM

247. Little River Canyon

NPres

248. Little Rock Central

High School NHS

249. Longfellow House –

Washington’s

Headquarters NHS

250. Lowell NHP

251. Lyndon B. Johnson

Memorial Grove on

the Potomac NMem

252. Lyndon B. Johnson

NHP

253. Maggie L. Walker

NHS

254. Mammoth Cave NP

255. Manassas NBP

256. Manhattan Project

NHP

257. Manzanar NHS

258. Marsh-Billings-

Rockefeller NHP

259. Martin Luther King,

Jr. Memorial

260. Martin Luther King,

Jr. NHP

261. Martin Van Buren

NHS

262. Mary McLeod

Bethune Council

House NHS

263. Medgar and Myrlie

Evers Home NM

264. Mesa Verde NP

265. Mill Springs

Battlefield NM

266. Minidoka NHS

267. Minute Man NHP

268. Minuteman Missile

NHS

269. Mississippi National

River & Rec Area

270. Missouri National

Recreational River

NW&SR

271. Mojave NPres

272. Monocacy NB

273. Montezuma Castle

274. Moores Creek NB

275. Morristown NHP

276. Mount Rainier NP

277. Mount Rushmore

NMem

278. Muir Woods NM

279. N Park of American

Samoa, NP

280. Natchez NHP

281. Natchez Trace NST

282. Natchez Trace Pkwy

283. National Capital

Parks

284. National Mall

285. Natural Bridges NM

286. Navajo NM

287. New Bedford

Whaling NHP

288. New Orleans Jazz

NHP

289. New Philadelphia

NHS

290. New River Gorge

NP&Res

291. Nez Perce NHP

292. Nicodemus NHS

293. Ninety Six NHS

294. Niobrara National

Scenic Riverway

295. Noatak NPres

296. North Cascades NP

297. Obed Wild & Scenic

River

298. Ocmulgee NHP

299. Olympic NP

300. Oregon Caves

NM&Pres

301. Organ Pipe Cactus

302. Ozark National

Scenic Riverways

303. Padre Island NS

304. Palo Alto Battlefield

NHP

305. Paterson Great Falls

NHP

306. Pea Ridge NMP

307. Pearl Harbor NMem

308. Pecos NHP

309. Pennsylvania Avenue

NHS

310. Perry’s Victory &

International Peace

Memorial NMem

311. Petersburg NB

312. Petrified Forest NP

313. Petroglyph NM

314. Pictured Rocks NL

315. Pinnacles NP

316. Pipe Spring NM

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317. Pipestone NM

318. Piscataway Park

319. Point Reyes NS

320. Port Chicago Naval

Magazine NMem

321. Potomac Heritage

NST

322. Poverty Point NM

323. Prince William

Forest Park

324. Pu’uhonua o

Honaunau NHP

325. Pullman NHP

326. Puukohola Heiau

NHS

327. Rainbow Bridge NM

328. Reconstruction Era

NHP

329. Redwood NP

330. Richmond NBP

331. Rio Grande Wild &

Scenic River

332. River Raisin NBP

333. Rock Creek Park

334. Rocky Mountain NP

335. Roger Williams

NMem

336. Rosie the

Riveter/WWII Home

Front NHP

337. Ross Lake NRA

338. Russell Cave NM

339. Sagamore Hill NHS

340. Saguaro NP

341. Saint Croix Island

IHS

342. Saint Croix NSR

343. Saint Paul’s Church

NHS

344. Saint-Gaudens NHP

345. Salem Maritime

NHS

346. Salinas Pueblo

Missions NM

347. Salt River Bay NHP

& Ecological

Preserve

348. San Antonio

Missions NHP

349. San Francisco

Maritime NHP

350. San Juan Island NHP

351. San Juan NHS

352. Sand Creek Massacre

NHS

353. Santa Monica Mtns

NRA

354. Saratoga NHP

355. Saugus Iron Works

NHS

356. Scotts Bluff NM

357. Sequoia NP

358. Shenandoah NP

359. Shiloh NMP

360. Sitka NHP

361. Sleeping Bear Dunes

362. Springfield Armory

NHS

363. Statue of Liberty NM

364. Ste. Genevieve NHP

365. Steamtown NHS

366. Stones River NB

367. Stonewall NM

368. Sunset Crater

Volcano NM

369. Tallgrass Prairie

NPres

370. Thaddeus

Kosciuszko NMem

371. Theodore Roosevelt

Birthplace NHS

372. Theodore Roosevelt

Inaugural NHS

373. Theodore Roosevelt

Island NMem

374. Theodore Roosevelt

375. Thomas Edison NHP

376. Thomas Jefferson

Memorial

377. Thomas Stone NHS

378. Timpanogos Cave

379. Timucuan Ecological

& Historic NPres

380. Tonto NM

381. Tule Lake NM

382. Tule Springs Fossil

Beds NM

383. Tumacacori NHP

384. Tupelo NB

385. Tuskegee Airmen

NHS

386. Tuskegee Institute

NHS

387. Tuzigoot NM

388. Ulysses S. Grant

NHS

389. Upper Delaware

Scenic &

Recreational River

390. Valles Caldera NPres

391. Valley Forge NHP

392. Vanderbilt Mansion

NHS

393. Vicksburg NMP

394. Vietnam Veterans

Memorial

395. Virgin Islands Coral

Reef NM

396. Virgin Islands NP

397. Voyageurs NP

398. Waco Mammoth NM

399. Walnut Canyon NM

400. War in the Pacific

NHP

401. Washington

Monument

402. Washita Battlefield

NHS

403. Weir Farm NHP

404. Whiskeytown Unit

NRA

405. White House

406. White Sands NP

407. Whitman Mission

NHS

408. William Howard Taft

NHS

409. William Jefferson

Clinton Birthplace

Home NHS

410. Wilson’s Creek NB

411. Wind Cave NP

412. Wolf Trap National

Park for the

Performing Arts

413. Women’s Rights

NHP

414. World War I

Memorial

415. World War II

Memorial

416. Wrangell-Saint Elias

417. Wrangell-Saint Elias

NPres

418. Wright Brothers

NMem

419. Wupatki NM

420. Yellowstone NP

421. Yosemite NP

422. Yucca House NM

423. Yukon-Charley

Rivers NPres

424. Zion NP

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP 267,081 344.50 344.50

Acadia NP 4,008,527 48,209.25 49,071.40

Adams NHP 16,971 9.17 23.82

African Burial Grounds NM 23,611 0.35 0.35

Agate Fossil Beds NM 16,972 2,730.08 3,057.87

Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS 182,177 1,255.02 1,284.27

Amache NHS

0 0.00 0.00

Amistad NRA 1,082,153 57,496.60 62,945.15

Andersonville NHS 54,239 500.88 515.61

Andrew Johnson NHS 54,407 16.68 16.68

Antietam NB 119,849 2,752.75 3,258.36

Apostle Islands NL 257,064 42,160.70 69,377.43

Appalachian NST

0 183,166.33 243,453.18

Appomattox Court House NHP 85,413 1,700.30 1,774.60

Arches NP 1,509,726 76,545.95 76,678.98

Arkansas Post NMem 24,049 663.91 757.51

Assateague Island NS 2,408,246 18,928.27 41,346.50

Aztec Ruins NM 54,152 266.78 318.40

Badlands NP 1,018,186 233,809.13 242,755.94

Baltimore Washington Parkway

0 0.00 0.00

Bandelier NM 235,269 33,654.44 33,676.67

Bent’s Old Fort NHS 24,913 735.60 798.54

Bering Land Bridge NPres 2,642 2,651,327.60 2,697,391.01

Big Bend NP 525,975 775,273.38 801,163.21

Big Cypress NPres 2,998,329 677,344.66 720,564.01

Big Hole NB 49,895 655.61 975.61

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area 817,463 115,422.00 123,698.72

Big Thicket NPres 280,084 108,748.14 113,121.96

Bighorn Canyon NRA 220,558 68,490.87 120,296.22

Birmingham Civil Rights NM

0 0.88 0.88

Biscayne NP 702,763 171,395.41 172,971.11

Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP 284,379 30,730.20 30,779.83

Blackstone River Valley NHP

0 88.00 1,489.00

Blue Ridge Parkway 15,963,573 89,187.30 100,668.22

Bluestone NSR 16,590 3,032.00 4,309.51

Booker T. Washington NM 19,965 239.01 239.01

Boston African American NHS 379,791 0.00 0.59

Boston Harbor Islands NRA 29,508 245.57 1,482.31

Boston NHP 1,979,956 37.96 43.82

Brown v. Board of Education NHS 14,774 1.85 1.85

Bryce Canyon NP 2,304,205 35,832.58 35,835.08

Buffalo NR 1,263,496 94,067.84 94,293.08

Cabrillo NM 760,793 159.94 159.94

Camp Nelson NM 28,285 464.97 464.97

Canaveral NS 2,202,193 57,647.69 57,661.69

Cane River Creole NHP 14,862 62.39 205.50

Canyonlands NP 805,693 337,570.43 337,597.83

Cape Cod NS 3,924,813 27,549.84 43,608.39

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Cape Hatteras Group - Cape Hatteras NS, Fort

Raleigh NHS, Wright Brothers NMem 3,686,171 31,127.36 31,294.82

Cape Lookout NS 548,790 25,173.62 28,243.36

Capitol Reef NP 1,265,693 241,223.33 241,904.50

Capulin Volcano NM 90,917 792.84 792.84

Carl Sandburg Home NHS 76,391 268.36 268.49

Carlsbad Caverns NP 400,061 46,427.26 46,766.45

Casa Grande Ruins NM & Hohokam Pima NM 67,415 472.50 2,162.50

Castillo de San Marcos NM & Fort Matanzas NM 1,293,018 317.82 319.49

Catoctin Mountain Park 469,998 5,889.79 5,890.92

Cedar Breaks NM 690,741 6,154.60 6,154.60

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP

0 134.95 3,704.96

César E. Chávez NM 11,794 10.50 116.56

Chaco Culture NHP 41,313 32,840.14 33,960.19

Chamizal NMem 19,800 54.90 54.90

Channel Islands NP 333,960 79,018.62 249,561.00

Charles Pinckney NHS 13,162 28.45 28.45

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM 3,450 59.66 59.66

Chattahoochee River NRA 3,469,919 5,271.19 12,416.75

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP 4,472,711 14,451.17 19,628.10

Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP 952,412 9,432.97 9,523.48

Chickasaw NRA 1,460,008 9,894.13 9,898.63

Christiansted NHS, Buck Island Reef NM, & Salt

River Bay NHP & Ecological Preserve 153,265 19,266.38 20,032.04

City of Rocks NRes 83,301 10,022.78 14,407.19

Colonial NHP 2,825,275 8,605.18 8,675.04

Colorado NM 482,657 20,536.39 20,536.39

Coltsville NHP

0 0.00 0.00

Congaree NP 212,934 26,600.96 26,692.60

Cowpens NB 215,133 790.90 841.56

Crater Lake NP 545,091 183,223.77 183,224.05

Craters of the Moon NM&Pres 242,198 737,658.78 752,377.33

Cumberland Gap NHP 748,049 24,530.56 24,546.83

Cumberland Island NS 67,640 19,524.92 36,346.83

Curecanti NRA 1,042,846 43,579.72 43,590.56

Cuyahoga Valley NP 2,879,958 20,514.63 32,571.89

Dayton Aviation NHP 82,858 85.10 110.56

De Soto NMem 198,634 24.78 30.00

Death Valley NP 1,228,814 3,355,171.58 3,408,395.63

Delaware Water Gap NRA 4,394,240 58,416.83 68,708.88

Denali NP&Pres 420,868 6,036,901.93 6,075,028.96

Devils Postpile NM 143,149 800.19 800.19

Devils Tower NM 484,794 1,346.91 1,347.21

Dinosaur NM 351,360 205,925.51 210,281.92

Dry Tortugas NP 83,458 61,481.22 64,701.22

Ebey’s Landing NHR

0 2,774.83 19,333.51

Edgar Allan Poe NHS

6,994 0.52 0.52

Effigy Mounds NM 57,749 2,489.26 2,526.39

Eisenhower NHS 23,013 690.46 690.46

El Malpais NM 164,599 109,946.76 114,347.12

El Morro NM 61,310 1,039.92 1,278.72

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Eleanor Roosevelt NHS 17,423 180.50 180.50

Eugene O’Neill NHS 19,940 13.19 13.19

Everglades NP 1,148,991 1,508,652.75 1,508,938.57

Fire Island NS 387,797 6,242.18 19,580.65

First Ladies NHS 7,071 0.46 0.46

First State NHP

0 1,364.85 1,409.22

Flagstaff Area Parks - Sunset Crater Volcano NM,

Walnut Canyon NM, Wupatki NM 451,112 41,364.60 41,642.44

Flight 93 NMem 380,747 1,584.70 2,262.65

Florissant Fossil Beds NM 69,788 6,272.32 6,278.09

Fort Caroline NMem & Timucuan Ecological &

Historic Preserve 1,434,494 17,156.96 46,401.06

Fort Davis NHS 46,796 523.00 523.00

Fort Donelson NB 202,708 1,253.65 1,319.25

Fort Frederica NM 213,559 304.05 305.34

Fort Laramie NHS 39,924 871.78 873.11

Fort Larned NHS 26,377 679.66 718.39

Fort McHenry NM & Historic Shrine 198,840 43.26 43.26

Fort Monroe NM

0 327.12 367.12

Fort Necessity NB 253,947 894.47 902.80

Fort Point NHS 957,300 29.00 29.00

Fort Pulaski NM 466,618 5,365.13 5,623.10

Fort Scott NHS 25,660 16.77 20.11

Fort Smith NHS 115,497 37.96 75.00

Fort Stanwix NM 65,746 15.52 15.52

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie NHP 398,255 228.41 232.52

Fort Union NM 7,859 720.60 720.60

Fort Union Trading Post NHS 13,008 370.23 440.14

Fort Vancouver NHS 950,708 197.41 206.72

Fossil Butte NM 17,801 8,198.00 8,198.00

Frederick Law Olmsted NHS 12,704 7.21 7.21

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP 782,182 7,567.55 8,405.46

Freedom Riders NM

0 6.02 6.02

Friendship Hill NHS 16,227 661.44 674.56

Gates of the Arctic NP&Pres 9,457 8,308,013.20 8,472,505.52

Gateway Arch NP 1,583,413 90.96 192.83

Gateway NRA 8,740,144 20,445.66 26,606.63

Gauley River NRA 168,062 5,243.30 11,565.75

George Rogers Clark NHP 118,979 25.30 26.17

George Washington Birthplace NM 89,853 550.23 654.19

George Washington Carver NM 28,508 240.00 240.00

George Washington Memorial Parkway

7,876,495 6,721.91 6,904.84

Gettysburg NMP 749,265 5,200.55 6,032.07

Gila Cliff Dwellings NM 46,315 533.13 533.13

Glacier Bay NP&Pres 449,495 3,280,840.78 3,281,789.43

Glacier NP 2,950,985 1,012,897.68 1,013,126.39

Glen Canyon NRA 2,640,239 1,239,763.84 1,254,116.62

Golden Gate NRA 15,128,021 57,314.23 82,116.03

Golden Spike NHP 49,655 2,203.20 2,735.28

Governor’s Island NM 78,427 22.41 22.91

Grand Canyon NP 4,751,338 1,180,650.85 1,201,647.03

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Grand Canyon Parashant NM

0 0.00 0.00

Grand Portage NM 91,494 709.97 709.97

Grand Teton NP 2,890,367 308,664.46 310,044.36

Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS 23,279 1,491.46 1,618.43

Great Basin NP 141,502 77,180.00 77,180.00

Great Egg Harbor Scenic & Recreational River

0 0.00 43,311.42

Great Sand Dunes NP&Pres 503,024 136,373.84 149,031.73

Great Smoky Mountains NP 13,342,237 522,076.73 522,426.88

Guadalupe Mountains NP 229,422 86,367.10 86,367.10

Guilford Courthouse NMP 354,686 254.44 254.44

Gulf Islands NS 5,609,509 99,779.27 138,305.52

Hagerman Fossil Beds NM 23,622 4,334.65 4,351.15

Haleakala NP 1,034,533 33,480.65 33,480.80

Hampton NHS 12,201 62.04 62.04

Harpers Ferry NHP 371,912 3,561.02 3,669.19

Harriet Tubman NHP

0 0.50 31.50

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NHP

0 480.00 480.00

Harry S Truman NHS 19,878 12.59 12.59

Hawaii Volcanoes NP 1,602,807 344,812.18 344,812.18

Herbert Hoover NHS 98,215 181.11 186.80

Home of Franklin D Roosevelt NHS 85,603 838.43 838.43

Homestead NM of America 48,645 204.54 210.45

Honouliuli NHS

0 123.02 154.46

Hopewell Culture NHP 50,449 1,146.35 1,775.78

Hopewell Furnace NHS 56,325 848.06 848.06

Horseshoe Bend NMP 67,668 2,040.00 2,040.00

Hot Springs NP 2,317,284 5,026.10 5,554.15

Hovenweep NM 27,043 784.93 784.93

Independence NHP 2,469,209 34.76 44.87

Indiana Dunes NP 2,906,142 11,108.37 15,349.08

Isle Royale NP 25,467 539,281.91 571,790.30

James A Garfield NHS 29,076 7.82 7.82

Jean Lafitte NHP & Pres & Poverty Point NM 256,857 21,080.70 26,786.71

Jewel Cave NM 118,785 1,273.51 1,273.51

Jimmy Carter NHS 34,908 47.54 78.35

John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway 1,094,868 23,777.22 23,777.22

John Day Fossil Beds NM 165,200 13,456.16 14,062.19

John F Kennedy NHS 100 0.09 0.09

John Muir NHS 38,524 338.30 344.14

Johnstown Flood NMem 148,248 169.01 177.76

Joshua Tree NP 3,104,357 781,908.85 795,155.85

Kalaupapa NHP 35,007 22.88 10,778.88

Kaloko-Honokohau NHP 291,800 615.90 1,163.05

Katahdin Woods and Waters NM 44,600 87,564.27 87,564.27

Katmai NP&Pres, Aniakchak NM&Pres & Alagnak

WR 34,361 4,567,368.61 4,725,186.85

Kenai Fjords NP 390,563 603,129.86 669,650.05

Kennesaw Mountain NBP 1,381,306 2,897.53 2,913.63

Keweenaw NHP 14,573 135.78 1,870.00

Kings Mountain NMP 239,146 3,945.29 3,945.29

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit NHP 56,059 0.00 0.00

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Klondike Gold Rush NHP 340,667 3,420.00 12,996.49

Knife River Indian Village NHS 9,404 1,595.85 1,751.00

Lake Clark NP&Pres 18,199 3,740,754.81 4,030,110.17

Lake Mead NRA 6,129,756 1,471,003.26 1,495,815.53

Lake Meredith NRA & Alibates Flint Quarry NM 1,309,043 46,056.74 46,348.60

Lake Roosevelt NRA 1,143,450 100,390.31 100,390.31

Lassen Volcanic NP 422,510 106,505.38 106,589.02

Lava Beds NM & Tule Lake NM 131,715 46,727.44 46,729.81

Lewis & Clark NHP 279,432 2,745.62 3,410.15

Lincoln Boyhood NMem 103,857 185.68 199.96

Lincoln Home NHS 139,123 12.03 12.24

Little Bighorn Battlefield NM 175,066 765.34 765.34

Little River Canyon NPres 749,420 11,170.45 15,291.63

Little Rock Central High School NHS 88,450 2.22 28.22

Longfellow House - Washington’s Headquarters

NHS 57,587 1.98 1.98

Lowell NHP 199,095 30.63 143.37

Lyndon B Johnson NHP 120,429 674.33 1,571.71

Maggie L Walker NHS 4,721 0.36 1.29

Mammoth Cave NP 664,150 52,007.62 54,016.29

Manassas NBP 512,843 4,426.31 5,073.44

Manhattan Project NHP 26,935 113.61 113.61

Manhattan Sites

3,431,897 9.49 10.20

Manzanar NHS 119,030 813.81 813.81

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 58,342 555.07 643.07

Martin Luther King, Jr NHP 216,456 14.07 39.17

Martin Van Buren NHS 11,313 52.17 284.93

Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home NM 10,522 0.74 0.74

Mesa Verde NP 495,161 52,251.98 52,485.17

Mill Springs Battlefield NM

0 33.46 1,459.19

Minidoka NHS 14,127 388.30 396.30

Minute Man NHP 958,222 801.94 1,027.76

Minuteman Missile NHS 108,322 40.15 43.80

Mississippi NRRA 288,523 91.74 53,775.00

Missouri NRR 130,539 872.42 48,456.55

Mojave NPres & Castle Mountains NM 776,900 1,507,936.58 1,570,734.87

Monocacy NB 128,944 1,552.81 1,646.88

Montezuma Castle NM & Tuzigoot NM 499,808 1,380.22 1,827.41

Moores Creek NB 52,917 87.75 87.75

Morristown NHP 301,561 1,705.69 1,710.72

Mount Rainier NP 1,590,838 236,334.67 236,381.64

Mount Rushmore NMem 2,565,497 1,239.52 1,278.45

Muir Woods NM 791,870 522.98 553.55

Natchez NHP 51,432 97.43 119.75

Natchez Trace Parkway, Brices Cross Roads NBS,

Tupelo NB 6,646,909 52,209.30 52,382.46

Natchez Trace NST

0 0.00 10,995.00

National Capital Parks-East

2,890,798 14,572.88 14,849.78

National Mall & Memorial Parks

32,647,518 371.45 372.63

National Park of American Samoa 1,935 0.00 8,256.67

Natural Bridges NM 69,810 7,636.49 7,636.49

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New Bedford Whaling NHP 12,113 0.34 34.00

New Orleans Jazz NHP 32,016 0.00 5.13

New Philadelphia NHS

0 0.00 0.00

New River Gorge NP&Pres 1,636,140 54,020.12 72,345.91

Nez Perce NHP 309,720 3,863.06 4,564.93

Nicodemus NHS 5,418 1.64 4.39

Ninety Six NHS 98,247 1,021.94 1,021.94

Niobrara NSR 79,898 1,030.40 29,088.57

North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, Ross Lake

NRA 1,060,022 679,965.73 684,294.65

Obed WSR 296,661 4,181.01 5,489.85

Ocmulgee Mounds NHP 151,949 1,607.60 3,431.05

Olympic NP 2,462,368 913,573.71 922,649.41

Oregon Caves NM & Pres 65,747 4,554.03 4,554.03

Organ Pipe Cactus NM 136,001 329,365.29 330,688.86

Ozark NSR 1,296,156 61,368.42 80,784.30

Padre Island NS 553,658 130,355.46 130,434.27

Palo Alto Battlefield NHS 185,361 1,814.94 3,426.87

Paterson Great Falls NHP 267,397 4.15 51.33

Pea Ridge NMP 81,767 4,278.75 4,300.35

Pearl Harbor NMem 1,468,853 21.64 21.64

Pecos NHP 51,967 6,410.44 6,693.50

Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial 90,058 23.14 25.38

Petersburg NB 191,900 2,709.63 9,350.21

Petrified Forest NP 519,157 147,144.45 221,390.21

Petroglyph NM 356,913 2,941.26 7,209.04

Pictured Rocks NL 957,118 35,771.46 73,235.97

Pinnacles NP 285,402 26,674.91 26,685.73

Pipe Spring NM 23,286 40.00 40.00

Pipestone NM 77,097 297.08 297.08

Point Reyes NS 2,439,429 65,234.35 71,053.38

Port Chicago Naval Magazine NMem 1,078 5.00 5.00

Potomac Heritage NST

0 0.00 0.00

President’s Park 755,629 18.07 18.07

Prince William Forest Park 293,664 14,611.80 16,059.05

Pullman NHP

0 0.40 0.40

Pu’uhonua O Honaunau NHP 299,617 419.80 419.80

Puukohola Heiau NHS 31,703 60.95 86.24

Rainbow Bridge NM 564 160.00 160.00

Reconstruction Era NHP

13,799 15.53 15.53

Redwood NP 467,854 77,746.46 138,999.37

Richmond NBP 169,494 4,066.34 8,143.26

Rio Grande WSR 278 0.00 13,123.39

River Raisin NBP 234,729 42.18 42.18

Rock Creek Park 2,029,435 1,755.21 1,755.21

Rocky Mountain NP 4,215,553 265,524.20 265,847.74

Roger Williams NMem 32,304 4.56 4.56

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home NHS

0 0.00 0.00

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front NHP 33,751 0.00 145.19

Russell Cave NM 17,801 310.45 310.45

Sagamore Hill NHS 127,766 83.02 83.02

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Saguaro NP 890,957 88,030.98 92,876.52

Saint Croix Island IHS 11,852 6.50 6.50

Saint Croix NSR & Lower Saint Croix NSR 807,051 40,768.73 92,743.08

Saint-Gaudens NHP 26,453 190.75 190.75

Salem Maritime NHS 239,808 8.93 9.02

Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 38,548 985.13 1,071.42

San Antonio Missions NHP 1,275,769 616.51 990.28

San Francisco Maritime NHP 3,028,445 30.03 49.86

San Juan Island NHP 740,889 2,114.52 2,145.56

San Juan NHS 976,469 53.20 75.13

Sand Creek Massacre NHS 4,937 6,503.34 12,583.34

Santa Monica Mountains NRA 792,688 25,162.38 153,125.53

Saratoga NHP 72,086 3,101.80 3,607.59

Saugus Iron Works NHS 23,544 8.51 8.51

Scotts Bluff NM 179,373 2,954.21 3,004.73

Sequoia NP & Kings Canyon NP 1,642,343 865,754.72 865,963.83

Shenandoah NP 1,526,544 199,329.12 200,445.92

Shiloh NMP 385,963 5,487.93 9,322.28

Sitka NHP 131,678 58.22 116.29

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL 1,528,723 57,812.94 71,310.21

Southeast Arizona Group

199,784 17,850.05 17,854.40

Southern Four Corners Group

437,950 520.09 84,360.09

Springfield Armory NHS 14,512 20.60 54.93

Statue of Liberty NM & Ellis Island 2,912,860 58.38 58.38

Ste. Genevieve NHP

0 13.05 17.47

Steamtown NHS 69,305 51.29 62.48

Stones River NB 452,102 650.14 709.49

Stonewall NM 1,578,361 0.12 7.70

Tallgrass Prairie NPres 26,790 33.12 10,882.67

Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem 1,390 0.02 0.02

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS 18,961 1.18 1.18

Theodore Roosevelt NP & International Peace

Garden 678,722 69,702.12 70,446.89

Thomas Edison NHP 30,560 21.25 21.25

Thomas Stone NHS 5,067 328.25 328.25

Timpanogos Cave NM 149,969 250.00 250.00

Tonto NM 31,759 1,120.00 1,120.00

Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

43,780 22,650.00 22,650.00

Tumacacori NHP 37,026 357.74 360.32

Tuskegee Airmen NHS 14,196 44.71 89.68

Tuskegee Institute NHS 9,299 8.92 57.92

Ulysses S. Grant NHS 31,672 9.60 9.60

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River &

Middle Delaware NSR 269,673 30.75 76,972.89

Valles Caldera NPres 69,659 89,805.31 89,805.31

Valley Forge NHP 1,543,929 3,175.70 3,468.54

Vanderbilt Mansion NHS 326,356 211.65 211.65

Vicksburg NMP 428,070 2,468.66 2,524.11

Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM

0 11,608.48 12,708.07

Virgin Islands NP 210,798 13,105.24 15,052.33

Voyageurs NP 221,492 133,284.52 218,222.35

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Park Units and Groups

FY 2022

Recreational

Visitation

FY 2022

Acreage

Federal

FY 2022

Acreage

Gross

Waco Mammoth NM 85,546 7.11 107.23

War in the Pacific NHP 376,919 958.25 2,030.65

Washita Battlefield NHS 13,714 315.20 315.20

Weir Farm NHS 36,752 68.05 74.20

West. Arctic Parklands - Noatak NPres, Cape

Krusenstern NM, Kobuk Valley NP 52,178 8,891,507.05 8,986,883.70

Whiskeytown NRA 1,416,749 42,492.09 42,503.25

White Sands NP 726,669 146,344.31 146,344.31

Whitman Mission NHS 50,275 138.53 138.53

William Howard Taft NHS 26,549 1.92 3.64

William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home NHS 6,589 0.68 0.68

Wilson’s Creek NB 272,036 2,035.49 2,421.76

Wind Cave NP 612,288 33,970.84 33,970.84

Wolf Trap NP 448,575 130.28 130.28

Women’s Rights NHP 31,573 7.03 7.44

Wrangell-Saint Elias NP&Pres 65,236 12,280,604.41 13,175,791.37

Yellowstone NP 3,392,749 2,219,789.13 2,219,790.71

Yosemite NP 3,575,149 760,020.05 761,747.50

Yucca House NM

0 33.87 33.87

Yukon-Charley Rivers NPres 744 2,195,546.98 2,526,512.44

Zion NP 4,754,752 143,793.41 147,242.66

Grand Total 311,155,177 81,129,809.59 85,134,368.43

Amache NHS, Coltsville NHP, Grand Canyon Parashant NM, and Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home NHS are not officially park

units; therefore, visitation is not counted.

Appalachian NST – pedestrian traffic and multiple access points along the trail present problems in estimating visitation.

Counts for the Baltimore Washington Parkway are reported as part of National Capital Parks East.

Visitation information is not available for new parks, or for sites that are under development or renovation. These include:

Birmingham Civil Rights NM, Blackstone River Valley NHP, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP, Ebey’s Landing NHR, Edgar

Allan Poe NHS, First State NM, Fort Monroe NM, Freedom Riders NM, Great Egg Harbor NS & RR, Harriet Tubman NHP &

Harriet Tubman Underground RR NHP, Honouliuli NHS, Mill Springs Battlefield NM, Potomac Heritage NST, Pullman NM,

Reconstruction Era NHP, Ste. Genevieve NHP, Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM, Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM, Yucca House NM.

George Washington Memorial Parkway group includes: Arlington House The R.E. Lee Memorial, Clara Barton NHS, George

Washington Memorial Parkway, LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac, and Theodore Roosevelt Island.

Manhattan Sites group includes: Castle Clinton NM, Federal Hall NMem, General Grant NMem, Hamilton Grange NMem,

Saint Paul’s Church NHS, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS.

Visitation at Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail is included in the visitation data reported for Natchez Trace Parkway.

National Capital Parks-East group includes: Carter G. Woodson Home NHS, Frederick Douglass NHS, Fort Washington Park,

Greenbelt Park, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, National Capital Parks Central, National Capital Parks East, and

Piscataway Park.

National Mall and Memorial Parks group includes: Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality NM, Constitution Gardens, Dwight D.

Eisenhower Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Ford’s Theatre NHS, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Lincoln

Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, National Mall, Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam

Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, World War I Memorial, and World War II Memorial.

New Philadelphia NHS was established on December 29, 2022, and therefore does not appear in the FY 2021 visitation report

or the FY 2022 acreage report.

Southeast Arizona group includes: Chiricahua NM, Fort Bowie NHS, and Coronado NMem

Southern Four Corners group includes: Navajo NM, Canyon de Chelly NM, and Hubbell Trading Post NHS

FY 2022 data reflects visitation during the fiscal year from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The NPS also reports

calendar year visitation which reflects visitation from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Visitation counts will differ

between these ranges.

Federal Acreage includes only land or interests in land owned by the NPS and other Federal Agencies; it fluctuates when

ownership changes occur. Numbers do not add to total because of rounding.

Gross Acreage includes all land within the Authorized Boundary, encompassing land owned by the United States, including the

NPS and other Federal agencies, as well as State and local governments, and private organizations and persons. The Gross

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Acreage may not accurately reflect increases to NPS owned property, as it is a relatively static number and does not fluctuate

when ownership changes occur. Numbers do not add to total because of rounding.

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Unit Designations and Other Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description

IHS International Historic Site

NB National Battlefield

NBP National Battlefield Park

NBS National Battlefield Site

NHP National Historical Park

NHR National Historic Reserve

NHS National Historic Site

NHT National Historic Trail

NL National Lakeshore

NM National Monument

NM&Pres National Monument and Preserve

NMem National Memorial

NMP National Military Park

NNL National Natural Landmark

NP National Park

NPres National Preserve

NP&Pres National Park and Preserve

NR National River

NRA National Recreation Area

NRes National Reserve

NS National Seashore

NSR National Scenic River/Riverway

NST National Scenic Trail

NW&SR National Wild and Scenic River

ABAAS Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards

ABPP American Battlefield Protection Program

AML Abandoned Mineral Lands

ANILCA Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

API Asset Priority Index

ARPA Archeological Resource Protection Act

ASMIS Archeological Sites Management Information System

ATS Alternative Transportation System

BIL Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

BIRB Bureau Investment Review Board

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BOR Bureau of Reclamation

CAP Capital Asset Plans

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

CESI Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative

CESU Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CLC Cooperative Landscape Conservation

CLG Certified Local Government

CLI Cultural Landscapes Inventory

CLP Collaborative Landscape Planning

CR Continuing Resolution

CRDIP Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program

CRGIS Cultural Resources Geographic Information System

CRPP Cultural Resources Preservation Program

CRV Current Replacement Value

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Abbreviation Description

CWA Clean Water Act

CWD Chronic Wasting Disease

DEI Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DM Deferred Maintenance

DO Director’s Order

DOC Department of Commerce

DoD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOEd Department of Education

DOI Department of the Interior

DOL Department of Labor

DOS Department of State

DSC Denver Service Center

EA Environmental Assessment

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EMP Environmental Management Program

EO Executive Order

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FBMS Financial and Business Management System

FCI Facility Condition Index

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

FLHP Federal Lands Highway Program

FLP Federal Lands to Parks Program

FLREA Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

FMSS Facility Management Software System

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FPI Federal Preservation Institute

FPPS Federal Personnel Payroll System

FTE Full-Time Equivalent

FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FY Fiscal Year

GAO Government Accountability Office

GAOA Great America Outdoors Act

GIS Geographic Information System

GLRI Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

GMP General Management Plan

GOMESA Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GSA U.S. General Services Administration

HABS Historic America Buildings Survey

HAER Historic America Engineering Record

HALS Historic America Landscapes Survey

HAZMAT Hazardous Materials

HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities

HDP Heritage Documentation Programs

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Abbreviation Description

HFC Harpers Ferry Center

HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HPF Historic Preservation Fund

HPP Heritage Partnership Program

HPS Heritage Preservation Services

HR Human Resources

HROC Human Resource Operations Center

I&M Inventory and Monitoring

IBC Interior Business Center

IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity

IMARS Incident Management, Analysis, and Reporting System

IPMT Invasive Plant Management Team

IRA Inflation Reduction Act

IRB/BIRB Investment Review Board / Bureau Investment Review Board

IT Information Technology

LARS Land Acquisition Rating System

LASA Land Acquisition and State Assistance

LIC Line Item Construction

LRF Legacy Restoration Fund

LSI Leasehold Surrender Interest

LWCF Land and Water Conservation Fund

MABO Major Acquisition Buying Office

NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

NAPA National Academy of Public Administration

NCPTT National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NHA National Heritage Area

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NLC National Leadership Council

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPATMA National Parks Air Tour Management Act

NPF National Park Foundation

NPS National Park Service

NR&P National Recreation and Preservation

NRDA Natural Resource Damage Assessment

O&M Operations and Maintenance

OIA Office of International Affairs

OCS Outer Continental Shelf

OMB Office of Management and Budget

ONPS Operation of the National Park System

OPA Oil Pollution Act

OPA Other Permanent Appropriation

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PDS Project Data Sheet

PEPC Planning, Environment and Public Comment

PFMD Park Facility Management Division

PHS U.S. Public Health Service

PL Public Law

PLC Public Land Corps

PMIS Project Management Information System

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Abbreviation Description

PMO Project Management Office

POSS Point of Sale System

PPFL Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands

RFCP Recreation Fee Comprehensive Plan

RLC Research Learning Center

RM Recurring Maintenance

RM Resource Manual

RMP Resource Management Plan

ROD Record of Decision

RSS Resource Stewardship Strategy

RTCA Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance

SAT Save America’s Treasures grant program

SCA Student Conservation Association

SCORP State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office/Officer

SO Secretarial Order

T&E Threatened and Endangered

THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Office/Officer

UMP Unit Management Plan

UPARR Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Fund

US United States

USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USC United States Code

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USFS U.S. Forest Service

USGS U.S. Geological Survey

USPP U.S. Park Police

VA Value Analysis

VIP Volunteers-in-Parks

WCF Working Capital Fund

WNS White Nose Syndrome

YCC Youth Conservation Corps

YIP Youth Internship Program

YPP Youth Partnership Program

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Budget at a Glance

NPS Fiscal Year 2024

(Dollars in Thousands)

NPS FY 2024 Budget at a Glance (dollar amounts in thousands)

2022 Actual 2023 Enacted

2024 Fixed

Costs

2024 Internal

Transfers

2024

Program

Changes

2024

Request

Appropriation: OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

PARK MANAGEMENT

RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP 364,330 419,717 +15,289 -17,817 +92,448 509,637

Youth Corps Programs [0] [0] [0] [0] [+31,000] [31,000]

Cultural Resources Climate Assessment Team [0] [0] [0] [0] [+3,720] [3,720]

Park Capacity for Natural Resource Management [0] [0] [0] [0] [+28,500] [28,500]

Research Learning Centers [0] [0] [0] [0] [+3,000] [3,000]

Mgmt. & Policy Support for Climate Change Decision Making [0] [0] [0] [0] [+11,500] [12,500]

Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,000] [2,000]

Inventory and Monitoring Program [46,214] [52,654] [+2,441] [0] [+3,100] [58,745]

Japanese American WWII History National Network [0] [0] [0] [0] [+250] [250]

New Subsistence Managers [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,000] [1,000]

New & Critical Responsibilities [0] [0] [0] [0] [+740] [8,180]

Supporting Park Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+563] [10,050]

Expand Tribal Co-Stewardship [0] [0] [0] [0] [+7,075] [7,075]

VISITOR SERVICES 260,210 308,487 +11,408 -29,011 +9,380 300,264

Semiquincentennial Commemoration [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,000] [2,000]

Unigrid Brochure Printing [0] [0] [0] [0] [+625] [625]

Increasing Representation on Public Lands [0] [0] [0] [0] [+390] [3,000]

New & Critical Responsibilities [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,085] [8,180]

Supporting Park Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,280] [10,050]

Visitor Services on the Digital Platform [0] [0] [0] [0] [+3,000] [3,000]

PARK PROTECTION 407,757 429,396 +15,879 -1,764 +14,226 457,737

Law Enforcement Psychological Screening [0] [0] [0] [0] [+280] [280]

Special Agents [7,632] [7,888] [+415] [0] [+1,850] [10,153]

New & Critical Responsibilities [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,950] [8,180]

Supporting Park Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,781] [10,050]

United States Park Police Capacity [118,505] [123,419] [+6,106] [0] [+5,365] [134,890]

Natural Disaster Response Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,000] [2,000]

Public Health Protection [3,525] [3,747] [+36] [0] [+1,000] [5,158]

FACILITY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 914,790 938,677 +34,713 +3,312 +6,315 983,017

New & Critical Responsibilities [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,094] [8,180]

Supporting Park Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+3,896] [10,050]

Increasing Representation on Public Lands [0] [0] [0] [0] [+325] [3,000]

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NPS FY 2024 Budget at a Glance (dollar amounts in thousands)

2022 Actual 2023 Enacted

2024 Fixed

Costs

2024 Internal

Transfers

2024

Program

Changes

2024

Request

Mgmt. & Policy Support for Climate Change Decision Making [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,000] [12,500]

PARK SUPPORT 612,654 609,514 +22,541 +42,701 +22,557 697,313

New & Critical Responsibilities [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,311] [2,311]

Centralized Information Technology Costs [0] [0] [0] [0] [+6,386] [6,386]

Supporting Park Capacity [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,530] [10,050]

Implement the NATIVE Act [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,500] [2,500]

Increasing Representation on Public Lands [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,285] [3,000]

Park Accessibility [0] [0] [0] [0] [+5,000] [5,000]

Contracting and Financial Assistance Workflow Management [0] [0] [0] [0] [+1,545] [1,545]

EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 207,287 217,633 +20,723 +2,579 +854 241,789

Employee Compensation Payments [19,945] [19,377] [+532] [0] [0] [19,909]

Unemployment Compensation Payments [18,142] [18,142] [+1,021] [0] [0] [19,163]

Centralized IT & Telecommunications Costs [17,165] [19,165] [0] [0] [0] [19,165]

Postage [2,861] [2,861] [0] [0] [0] [2,861]

Space Rental Payments [88,218] [94,458] [+11,495] [0] [0] [105,953]

Departmental Program Charges [60,956] [63,630] [+7,675] [2,579] [+854] [74,738]

Total Operation of the National Park System 2,767,028 2,923,424 +120,553 0 +145,780 3,189,757

Transfer to 400 Years of African American History Commission -3,300 -3,300 0 0 0 -3,300

Medical Services Fund 1,035 0 0 0 0 0

Transfer in for Drug Trafficking Deterrent Actions 130 0 0 0 0 0

Total Operation of the National Park System Budget Authority 2,764,893 2,920,124 +120,553 0 +145,780 3,186,457

Appropriation: CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000

Total Centennial Challenge 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000

Appropriation: NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

NATURAL PROGRAMS 16,452 18,579 +629 0 0 19,208

Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance [10,971] [13,000] [+501] [0] [0] [13,501]

National Natural Landmarks [700] [724] [+33] [0] [0] [757]

Hydropower Recreation Assistance [898] [926] [+36] [0] [0] [962]

Chesapeake Gateways and Trails [3,009] [3,027] [+25] [0] [0] [3,052]

Federal Lands to Parks [874] [902] [+34] [0] [0] [936]

CULTURAL PROGRAMS 34,408 39,327 +860 0 +4,000 44,187

National Register Programs [17,204] [17,662] [+708] [0] [0] [18,370]

National Center for Preservation Technology & Training [2,019] [2,058] [+54] [0] [0] [2,112]

Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Grants [2,157] [3,407] [0] [0] [0] [3,407]

Japanese American Confinement Site Grants [3,405] [4,655] [0] [0] [0] [4,655]

American Battlefield Protection Program Assistance Grants [1,198] [1,198] [0] [0] [0] [1,198]

American Indian & Native Hawaiian Art & Culture Grants [1,500] [2,750] [0] [0] [0] [2,750]

9/11 Memorial Act Grants [2,750] [4,000] [0] [0] [0] [4,000]

Oklahoma City Endowment [1,000] [0] [0] [0] [0] [0]

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NPS FY 2024 Budget at a Glance (dollar amounts in thousands)

2022 Actual 2023 Enacted

2024 Fixed

Costs

2024 Internal

Transfers

2024

Program

Changes

2024

Request

African-American Burial Grounds Program [0] [0] [0] [0] [+3,000] [3,000]

Grants Administration [3,175] [3,597] [+98] [0] [+1,000] [4,695]

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND REVIEW 456 465 +19 0 0 484

INTERNATIONAL PARK AFFAIRS 1,950 1,990 +67 0 0 2,057

Office of International Affairs [1,274] [1,308] [+59] [0] [0] [1,367]

Southwest Border Resource Protection Program [676] [682] [+8] [0] [0] [690]

HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS 27,144 29,232 +49 0 0 29,281

Commissions and Grants [26,112] [28,167] [0] [0] [0] [28,167]

Administrative Support [1,032] [1,065] [+49] [0] [0] [1,114]

STATUTORY AND CONTRACTUAL AID 3,500 2,919 0 0 -2,919 0

Total National Recreation and Preservation 83,910 92,512 +1,624 0 1,081 95,217

Appropriation: HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

GRANTS-IN-AID 131,300 148,900 0 0 +2,500 151,400

GRANTS-IN-AID TO STATES & TERRITORIES [57,675] [62,150] [0] [0] [0] [62,150]

GRANTS-IN-AID TO INDIAN TRIBES [16,000] [23,000] [0] [0] [0] [23,000]

TRIBAL HERITAGE GRANTS [0] [0] [0] [0] [+2,500] [2,500]

GRANTS-IN-AID TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES [10,000] [11,000] [0] [0] [0] [11,000]

PAUL BRUHN HISTORIC REVITALIZATION GRANTS [10,000] [12,500] [0] [0] [0] [12,500]

COMPETITIVE GRANTS

Competitive Grants - African American Civil Rights [21,750] [24,000] [0] [0] [0] [24,000]

Competitive Grants - History of Equal Rights [4,625] [5,000] [0] [0] [0] [5,000]

Competitive Grants - Underrepresented Communities [1,250] [1,250] [0] [0] [0] [1,250]

SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL PRESERVATION GRANTS [10,000] [10,000] [0] [0] [0] [10,000]

SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES 26,500 26,500 0 0 0 26,500

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND PROJECTS 15,272 29,115 0 0 -29,115 0

Total Historic Preservation Fund 173,072 204,515 0 0 -26,615 177,900

Appropriation: CONSTRUCTION

LINE-ITEM CONSTRUCTION 136,700 126,700 0 0 +2,000 128,700

Line Item Construction Projects [132,700] [120,700] [0] [0] [0] [120,700]

Abandoned Mineral Lands Projects [0] [2,000] [0] [0] [+2,000] [4,000]

Demolition and Disposal Projects [4,000] [4,000] [0] [0] [0] [4,000]

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 21,502 45,949 +13 0 +30,956 76,918

Emergencies and Unscheduled Projects [3,848] [3,848] [0] [0] [+7,000] [10,848]

Housing Improvement Program [2,933] [7,886] [+13] [0] [+7,000] [14,899]

Dam Safety and Security Program [1,247] [1,247] [0] [0] [0] [1,247]

Equipment Replacement Program [13,474] [32,968] [0] [0] [+16,956] [49,924]

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING 15,183 15,183 0 0 0 15,183

CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS 39,921 34,891 +2,268 0 0 37,159

Construction Program Management [2,838] [2,902] [+88] [0] [0] [2,990]

Denver Service Center Operations [17,322] [14,719] [+1,439] [0] [0] [16,158]

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NPS FY 2024 Budget at a Glance (dollar amounts in thousands)

2022 Actual 2023 Enacted

2024 Fixed

Costs

2024 Internal

Transfers

2024

Program

Changes

2024

Request

Harpers Ferry Center Operations [10,447] [10,736] [+461] [0] [0] [11,197]

Regional Facility Project Support [9,314] [6,534] [+280] [0] [0] [6,814]

MANAGEMENT PLANNING 12,678 17,080 +456 0 +11,129 28,665

Unit Management Plans [7,427] [9,572] [+244] [0] [+11,129] [20,945]

Special Resource Studies [1,486] [1,529] [+64] [0] [0] [1,593]

Environmental Impact Planning and Compliance [3,765] [5,979] [+148] [0] [0] [6,127]

Total Construction 225,984 239,803 +2,737 0 +44,085 286,625

Supplemental P.L. 117-43 229,472 0 0 0 0 0

Supplemental HR 2617 0 1,500,000 0 0 -1,500,000 0

Total Construction Budget Authority 455,456 1,739,803 +2,737 0 -1,455,915 286,625

Total, Current Appropriations 3,264,994 3,475,254 +124,914 0 +164,331 3,764,499

Total, Current Appropriations - Pre-Transfers & Inc. Balance Cancellations 3,264,994 3,475,254 +124,914 0 +164,331 3,764,499

Total, Budget Authority 3,492,331 4,971,954 +124,914 0 -1,335,669 3,761,199

NOTE: Bracketed numbers reflect total funding for that program or initiative. The table only includes line items that have proposed changes; therefore, bracketed numbers may not add to Subactivity

totals except for in the Program Changes column. Additionally, if a “base” has multiple changes across Subactivities, the total shown in brackets reflects all changes.

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Discretionary Appropriations

Fiscal Year 2024

(Dollars in Thousands)

APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed

Costs

Changes

FY 2024

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Total

Change from

FY 2023

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

PARK MANAGEMENT

RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP

Natural Resource Stewardship 232,999 272,329 +10,073 -16,187 +80,100 346,315 +73,986

Cultural Resources Stewardship 119,879 135,727 +5,019 -1,630 +12,348 151,464 +15,737

Everglades Restoration and Research 11,452 11,661 +197 0 0 11,858 +197

SUBTOTAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP 364,330 419,717 +15,289 -17,817 +92,448 509,637 +89,920

VISITOR SERVICES

Interpretation and Education 249,058 292,601 +10,821 -24,729 +9,314 288,007 -4,594

Commercial Services 11,152 15,886 +587 -4,282 +66 12,257 -3,629

SUBTOTAL VISITOR SERVICES 260,210 308,487 +11,408 -29,011 +9,380 300,264 -8,223

PARK PROTECTION

Law Enforcement and Protection 370,478 387,285 +14,322 +1,000 +10,579 413,186 +25,901

Health and Safety 37,279 42,111 +1,557 -2,764 +3,647 44,551 +2,440

SUBTOTAL PARK PROTECTION 407,757 429,396 +15,879 -1,764 +14,226 457,737 +28,341

FACILITY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE

Facility Operations 363,923 448,183 +16,574 -68,526 +2,805 399,036 -49,147

Facility Maintenance 550,867 490,494 +18,139 +71,838 +3,510 583,981 +93,487

SUBTOTAL FACILITY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 914,790 938,677 +34,713 3,312 +6,315 983,017 +44,340

PARK SUPPORT

Management, Policy and Development 173,422 207,083 +7,658 -17,024 +12,582 210,299 +3,216

Administrative Support 439,232 402,431 +14,883 +59,725 +9,975 487,014 +84,583

SUBTOTAL PARK SUPPORT 612,654 609,514 +22,541 42,701 +22,557 697,313 +87,799

SUBTOTAL PARK MANAGEMENT 2,559,741 2,705,791 +99,830 -2,579 +144,926 2,947,968 +242,177

EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

Employee Compensation Payments 19,945 19,377 +532 0 0 19,909 +532

Unemployment Compensation Payments 18,142 18,142 +1,021 0 0 19,163 +1,021

Centralized IT & Telecommunications Costs 17,165 19,165 0 0 0 19,165 0

Postage 2,861 2,861 0 0 0 2,861 0

Space Rental 88,218 94,458 +11,495 0 0 105,953 +11,495

Departmental Program Charges 60,956 63,630 +7,675 +2,579 +854 74,738 +11,108

SUBTOTAL EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 207,287 217,633 +20,723 2,579 854 241,789 +24,156

SUBTOTAL ONPS APPROPRIATION (Current Appropriations) 2,767,028 2,923,424 +120,553 0 +145,780 3,189,757 +266,333

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APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed

Costs

Changes

FY 2024

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Total

Change from

FY 2023

Transfer to Semiquincentennal Commission 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfer to 400 Year of African American History Commission -3,300 -3,300 0 0 0 -3,300 0

Medical Services Fund 1,035 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfer in for Drug Trafficking Deterrent Actions 130 0 0 0 0 0 0

SUBTOTAL ONPS APPROPRIATION - Budget Account Listing (BAL) 2,764,893 2,920,124 +120,553 0 +145,780 3,186,457 +266,333

SUBTOTAL ONPS (Total Budget Authority) 2,764,893 2,920,124 +120,553 0 +145,780 3,186,457 +266,333

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000 0

SUBTOTAL CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE APPROPRIATION (Current

Appropriations) 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000 0

SUBTOTAL CC APPROPRIATION - Budget Account Listing (BAL) 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000 0

SUBTOTAL CC (Total Budget Authority) 15,000 15,000 0 0 0 15,000 0

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

NATURAL PROGRAMS

Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance 10,971 13,000 +501 0 0 13,501 +501

National Natural Landmarks 700 724 +33 0 0 757 +33

Hydropower Recreation Assistance 898 926 +36 0 0 962 +36

Chesapeake Gateways and Trails 3,009 3,027 +25 0 0 3,052 +25

Federal Lands to Parks 874 902 +34 0 0 936 +34

SUBTOTAL NATURAL PROGRAMS 16,452 18,579 +629 0 0 19,208 +629

CULTURAL PROGRAMS

National Register Programs 17,204 17,662 +708 0 0 18,370 +708

National Center for Preservation Technology & Training 2,019 2,058 +54 0 0 2,112 +54

Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Grants 2,157 3,407 0 0 0 3,407 0

Japanese American Confinement Site Grants 3,405 4,655 0 0 0 4,655 0

American Battlefield Protection Program Assistance Grants 1,198 1,198 0 0 0 1,198 0

American Indian & Native Hawaiian Art & Culture Grants 1,500 2,750 0 0 0 2,750 0

9/11 Memorial Act Grants 2,750 4,000 0 0 0 4,000 0

Oklahoma City Endowment 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0

African American Burial Grounds Program 0 0 0 0 +3,000 3,000 +3,000

Grants Administration 3,175 3,597 +98 0 +1,000 4,695 +1,098

SUBTOTAL CULTURAL PROGRAMS 34,408 39,327 +860 0 +4,000 44,187 +4,860

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND REVIEW 456 465 +19 0 0 484 +19

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND REVIEW 456 465 +19 0 0 484 +19

INTERNATIONAL PARK AFFAIRS

Office of International Affairs 1,274 1,308 +59 0 0 1,367 +59

Southwest Border Resource Protection Program 676 682 +8 0 0 690 +8

SUBTOTAL INTERNATIONAL PARK AFFAIRS 1,950 1,990 +67 0 0 2,057 +67

HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS

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APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed

Costs

Changes

FY 2024

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Total

Change from

FY 2023

Commissions and Grants 26,112 28,167 0 0 0 28,167 0

Administrative Support 1,032 1,065 +49 0 0 1,114 +49

SUBTOTAL HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS 27,144 29,232 +49 0 0 29,281 +49

STATUTORY AND CONTRACTUAL AID 3,500 2,919 0 0 -2,919 0 -2,919

SUBTOTAL STATUTORY AND CONTRACTUAL AID 3,500 2,919 0 0 -2,919 0 -2,919

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL RECREATION & PRESERVATION

APPROPRIATION (Current Appropriations) 83,910 92,512 +1,624 0 +1,081 95,217 +2,705

SUBTOTAL NR&P - Budget Account Listing (BAL) 83,910 92,512 +1,624 0 +1,081 95,217 +2,705

SUBTOTAL NR&P (Total Budget Authority) 83,910 92,512 +1,624 0 +1,081 95,217 +2,705

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

GRANTS-IN-AID

GRANTS-IN-AID TO STATES & TERRITORIES 57,675 62,150 0 0 0 62,150 0

GRANTS-IN-AID TO INDIAN TRIBES 16,000 23,000 0 0 0 23,000 0

TRIBAL HERITAGE GRANTS [640]0 [920]0 0 0 +2,500 2,500 +2,500

GRANTS-IN-AID TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 10,000 11,000 0 0 0 11,000 0

PAUL BRUHN HISTORIC REVITALIZATION GRANTS 10,000 12,500 0 0 0 12,500 0

COMPETITIVE GRANTS

African American Civil Rights 21,750 24,000 0 0 0 24,000 0

History of Equal Rights 4,625 5,000 0 0 0 5,000 0

Underrepresented Communities 1,250 1,250 0 0 0 1,250 0

SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL PRESERVATION GRANTS 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 10,000 0

SUBTOTAL GRANTS-IN-AID 131,300 148,900 0 0 +2,500 151,400 +2,500

SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES 26,500 26,500 0 0 0 26,500 0

SUBTOTAL SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES 26,500 26,500 0 0 0 26,500 0

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND PROJECTS 15,272 29,115 0 0 -29,115 0 -29,115

SUBTOTAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND PROJECTS 15,272 29,115 0 0 -29,115 0 -29,115

SUBTOTAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND APPROPRIATION (Current

Appropriations) 173,072 204,515 0 0 -26,615 177,900 -26,615

SUBTOTAL HPF - Budget Account Listing (BAL) 173,072 204,515 0 0 -26,615 177,900 -26,615

SUBTOTAL HPF (Total Budget Authority) 173,072 204,515 0 0 -26,615 177,900 -26,615

CONSTRUCTION

LINE ITEM CONSTRUCTION

Line Item Construction Projects 132,700 120,700 0 0 0 120,700 0

Abandoned Mineral Lands Projects 0 2,000 0 0 +2,000 4,000 +2,000

Demolition and Disposal Projects 4,000 4,000 0 0 0 4,000 0

SUBTOTAL LINE ITEM CONSTRUCTION 136,700 126,700 0 0 +2,000 128,700 +2,000

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

EMERGENCIES & UNSCHEDULED PROJECTS 3,848 3,848 0 0 +7,000 10,848 +7,000

HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 2,933 7,886 +13 0 +7,000 14,899 +7,013

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APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed

Costs

Changes

FY 2024

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Total

Change from

FY 2023

DAM SAFETY & SECURITY PROGRAM 1,247 1,247 0 0 0 1,247 0

EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM 13,474 32,968 0 0 +16,956 49,924 +16,956

SUBTOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS 21,502 45,949 +13 0 +30,956 76,918 +30,969

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING 15,183 15,183 0 0 0 15,183 0

SUBTOTAL CONSTRUCTION PLANNING 15,183 15,183 0 0 0 15,183 0

CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MGMT & OPERATIONS

Construction Program Management 2,838 2,902 +88 0 0 2,990 +88

Denver Service Center Operations 17,322 14,719 +1,439 0 0 16,158 +1,439

Harpers Ferry Center Operations 10,447 10,736 +461 0 0 11,197 +461

Regional Facility Project Support 9,314 6,534 +280 0 0 6,814 +280

SUBTOTAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MGMT & OPERATIONS 39,921 34,891 +2,268 0 0 37,159 +2,268

MANAGEMENT PLANNING

Unit Management Plans 7,427 9,572 +244 0 +11,129 20,945 +11,373

Special Resources Studies 1,486 1,529 +64 0 0 1,593 +64

Environmental Impact Planning and Compliance 3,765 5,979 +148 0 0 6,127 +148

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT PLANNING 12,678 17,080 +456 0 11,129 28,665 +11,585

SUBTOTAL CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION (Current

Appropriations) 225,984 239,803 +2,737 0 +44,085 286,625 +46,822

Supplemental P.L. 117-43 229,472 0 0 0 0 0 0

Supplemental HR 2617 0 1,500,000 0 0 -1,500,000 0 -1,500,000

SUBTOTAL CONSTRUCTION - (Total Current Appropriations) 455,456 1,739,803 +2,737 0 -1,455,915 286,625 -1,453,178

SUBTOTAL CONSTRUCTION (Total Budget Authority) 455,456 1,739,803 +2,737 0 -1,455,915 286,625 -1,453,178

TOTAL CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS 3,264,994 3,475,254 +124,914 0 +164,331 3,764,499 +289,245

TOTAL CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS - Pre Transfers & Inc. Balance

Cancellations 3,264,994 3,475,254 +124,914 0 +164,331 3,764,499 +289,245

TOTAL DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY 3,492,331 4,971,954 +124,914 0 -1,335,669 3,761,199 -1,210,755

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Mandatory Appropriations

Fiscal Year 2024

(Dollars in Thousands)

APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

1,2

FY 2023

Estimate

3,4,5

FY 2024

Estimate

6,7,8

Total Change

from FY 2023

MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS

RECREATIONAL FEE PERMANENT APPROPRIATION

Recreational Fee Program 345,532 350,500 355,494 +4,994

Deed Restricted Parks Fee Program 3,099 8,000 10,000 +2,000

[Subtotal, Recreation Fee Programs] [348,631] [358,500] [365,494] [+6,994]

Transportation Systems Fund 91 212 217 +5

Pymt-Tax Losses on Land Acquired for GRTE NP 16 16 17 +1

SUBTOTAL RECREATIONAL FEE PERMANENT APPROPRIATION 348,738 358,728 365,728 +7,000

OTHER PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS

Contribution for Annuity Benefits for USPP 42,101 39,674 39,549 -125

Park Concessions Franchise Fees 143,200 131,632 140,153 +8,521

Concessions Improvement Accounts 9,802 9,800 9,800 0

[Subtotal, Concessions Fees and Accounts] [153,002] [141,432] [149,953] [+8,521]

Park Building Lease and Maintenance Fund 10,833 11,645 12,515 +870

Filming/Recording Special Use Fee Program 175 1,200 1,200 0

Operation & Maintenance of Quarters 24,039 24,640 25,253 +613

Delaware Water Gap, Route 209 Operations 5 25 25 0

SUBTOTAL OTHER PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS 230,155 218,616 228,495 +9,879

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

Donations (General) 96,931 52,000 52,000 0

Preservation, Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln 3 3 3 0

SUBTOTAL MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 96,934 52,003 52,003 0

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE (GOMESA)

Land Acquisition and State Assistance (GOMESA) 84,098 117,875 117,875 0

SUBTOTAL LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE (GOMESA) 84,098 117,875 117,875 0

FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITION (GAOA)

EMERGENCIES, HARDSHIP, RELOCATION 2,358 3,368 5,000 +1,632

INHOLDINGS, DONATIONS, & EXCHANGES 6,601 7,000 11,000 +4,000

PROJECTS 55,445 65,925 61,825 -4,100

RECREATIONAL ACCESS 13,673 14,500 12,000 -2,500

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT 13,673 14,500 14,500 0

SUBTOTAL FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITION (GAOA) 91,750 105,293 104,325 -968

STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS (GAOA)

FORMULA STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 196,144 200,456 157,197 -43,259

COMPETITIVE STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 103,730 124,145 135,000 +10,855

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APPROPRIATION/ACTIVITIES/SUBACTIVITIES/Program Components

FY 2022

Actual

1,2

FY 2023

Estimate

3,4,5

FY 2024

Estimate

6,7,8

Total Change

from FY 2023

STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS ADMINISTRATION (NPS) 11,316 11,083 13,347 +2,264

STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS ADMINISTRATION (States) 0 0 0 0

SUBTOTAL STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS (GAOA) 311,190 335,684 305,544 -30,140

AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM (GAOA)

AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM ACQUISITION GRANTS 16,408 17,400 17,400 0

ABPP MODERNIZATION GRANTS 943 1,000 1,000 0

ABPP BATTLEFIELD RESTORATION GRANTS 943 1,000 1,000 0

ABPP GRANTS ADMIN 566 600 600 0

SUBTOTAL AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM (GAOA) 18,860 20,000 20,000 0

SUBTOTAL LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE (GAOA) 421,800 460,977 429,869 -31,108

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

Inflation Reduction Act - NPS Employees 500,000 0 0 0

Inflation Reduction Act - Deferred Maintenance 200,000 0 0 0

Inflation Reduction Act - National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and Resilience 0 0 0 0

Inflation Reduction Act - National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration 0 0 0 0

Inflation Reduction Act - DOI Environmental Reviews 0 0 0 0

SUBTOTAL ONPS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT 700,000 0 0 0

VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS FUND

Visitor Experience Improvements Fund 0 12,259 6,323 -5,936

SUBTOTAL VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS FUND 0 12,259 6,323 -5,936

SUBTOTAL MANDATORY AUTHORITY 1,881,725 1,220,458 1,200,293 -20,165

FY 2022 Actual column does not include these sequestered Receipt amounts: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,166, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise Fees’ $393, Park Building Lease &

Maintenance Fund’s $26, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $54, or OCS State Conservation Grants’ $5,083. Also not included are: Federal Land Acquisition (GAOA) - Emergencies, Hardship,

Relocation’s $143, Inholdings, Donations & Exchanges’ $399, Projects’ $3,351, Recreational Access’ $827, Acquisition Management’s $827; State Conservation Grants (GAOA) - Formula State

Conservation Grants’ $11,856, Competitive State Conservation Grants’ $6,270, State Conservation Grant Administration’s $684; American Battlefield Protection Program (GAOA) - American

Battlefield Protection Program Acquisition Grants’ $992, ABPP Modernization Grants’ $57, ABPP Battlefield Restoration Grants’ $57, ABPP Grant Admin’s $34.

FY 2022 Actual column includes pop up of funds that were sequestered in FY 2021, but became available in FY 2022: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,166, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise

Fees’ $393, Park Building Lease & Maintenance Fund’s $26, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $54.

FY 2023 Estimate column does not include these sequestered Receipt amounts: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,166, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise Fees’ $393, Park Building Lease &

Maintenance Fund’s $26, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $54, OCS State Conservation Grants’ $7,125, or Visitor Experience Improvements Fund $741. Also not included are: Federal Land

Acquisition (GAOA) - Emergencies, Hardship, Relocation’s $195, Inholdings, Donations & Exchanges’ $399, Projects’ $3,781, Recreational Access’ $827, Acquisition Management’s $827; State

Conservation Grants (GAOA) - Formula State Conservation Grants’ $11,400, Competitive State Conservation Grants’ $7,125, State Conservation Grant Administration’s $629; American Battlefield

Protection Program (GAOA) - American Battlefield Protection Program Acquisition Grants’ $992, ABPP Modernization Grants’ $57, ABPP Battlefield Restoration Grants’ $57, ABPP Grant

Admin’s $34.

FY 2023 Estimate column includes pop up of funds that were sequestered in FY 2022, but became available in FY 2023: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,166, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise

Fees’ $393, Park Building Lease & Maintenance Fund’s $26, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $54. Also included are: Federal Land Acquisition (GAOA) - Emergencies, Hardship, Relocation’s

$142, Inholdings, Donations & Exchanges’ $399, Projects’ $3,351, Recreational Access’ $827, Acquisition Management’s $827; State Conservation Grants (GAOA) - Formula State Conservation

Grants’ $11,856, Competitive State Conservation Grants’ $6,270, State Conservation Grant Administration’s $684; American Battlefield Protection Program (GAOA) - American Battlefield

Protection Program Acquisition Grants’ $992, ABPP Modernization Grants’ $57, ABPP Battlefield Restoration Grants’ $57, ABPP Grant Admin’s $34.

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FY 2023 Estimate column includes an estimated transfer of $13,000 from Park Concessions Franchise Fees to Visitor Experience Improvements Fund.

FY 2024 Estimate column does not include these estimated sequestered Receipt amounts: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,172, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise Fees’ $399, Park Building

Lease & Maintenance Fund’s $29, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $57, OCS State Conservation Grants’ $7,125, or Visitor Experience Improvement Fund’s $337. Also not included are:

Federal Land Acquisition (GAOA) - Emergencies, Hardship, Relocation’s $290, Inholdings, Donations & Exchanges’ $641, Projects’ $3,507, Recreational Access’ $676, Acquisition Management’s

$827; State Conservation Grants (GAOA) - Formula State Conservation Grants’ $8,814, Competitive State Conservation Grants’ $7,727, State Conservation Grant Administration’s $769; American

Battlefield Protection Program (GAOA) - American Battlefield Protection Program Acquisition Grants’ $992, ABPP Modernization Grants’ $57, ABPP Battlefield Restoration Grants’ $57, ABPP

Grant Admin’s $34.

FY 2024 Estimate column includes pop up of funds that were sequestered in FY 2023, but became available in FY 2024: Recreational Fee Program’s $2,166, GRTE $1, Park Concessions Franchise

Fees’ $393, Park Building Lease & Maintenance Fund’s $26, Operation & Maintenance of Quarters’ $54, Visitor Experience Improvements Fund $741. Also included are: Federal Land Acquisition

(GAOA) - Emergencies, Hardship, Relocation’s $198, Inholdings, Donations & Exchanges’ $399, Projects’ $3,808, Recreational Access’ $827, Acquisition Management’s $827; State Conservation

Grants (GAOA) - Formula State Conservation Grants’ $11,372, Competitive State Conservation Grants’ $7,177, State Conservation Grant Administration’s $625; American Battlefield Protection

Program (GAOA) - American Battlefield Protection Program Acquisition Grants’ $992, ABPP Modernization Grants’ $57, ABPP Battlefield Restoration Grants’ $57, ABPP Grant Admin’s $34.

FY 2024 Estimate column includes an estimated transfer of $5,919 from Park Concessions Franchise Fees to Visitor Experience Improvements Fund.

FY 2023 Estimate column does not include transfers of $95,000 for National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and Resilience, $95,000 for National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and

Ecosystem Restoration, or $5,000 for DOI Environmental Reviews from other appropriations for Inflation Reduction Act funding.

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Park and Program Table

Fiscal Year 2024

(Dollars in Thousands)

Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

PARK BASE UNITS

Parks

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP 14 14 1,461 1,548 76 200 1,824

Acadia NP 65 153 9,006 9,461 489 178 10,128

Adams NHP 19 19 2,692 2,808 119 79 3,006

African Burial Grounds NM 4 4 1,398 1,459 35 25 1,519

Agate Fossil Beds NM 6 6 992 1,068 48 25 1,141

Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS 15 15 2,243 2,349 96 25 2,470

Amache NHS 0 0 0 505 0 0 505

Amistad NRA 32 33 4,517 4,731 213 78 5,022

Andersonville NHS 13 15 1,710 1,806 77 76 1,959

Andrew Johnson NHS 9 11 1,081 1,161 56 25 1,242

Antietam NB 25 30 3,898 4,082 215 110 4,407

Apostle Islands NL 26 37 3,246 3,410 191 108 3,709

Appalachian NST 8 10 1,948 2,023 89 83 2,195

Appomattox Court House NHP 19 19 2,004 2,108 99 76 2,283

Arches NP 12 34 2,245 2,365 108 76 2,549

Arkansas Post NMem 8 8 953 1,029 48 76 1,153

Assateague Island NS 31 64 5,867 6,069 234 213 6,516

Aztec Ruins NM 16 18 1,410 1,499 81 76 1,656

Badlands NP 30 52 4,647 4,800 219 238 5,257

Bandelier NM 28 49 3,597 4,072 193 135 4,400

Bent’s Old Fort NHS 12 13 1,361 1,449 68 76 1,593

Bering Land Bridge NPres 0 0 1,378 1,375 0 25 1,400

Big Bend NP 66 90 7,877 8,235 413 176 8,824

Big Cypress NPres 49 73 7,492 7,810 367 334 8,511

Big Hole NB 5 6 661 725 22 25 772

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area 43 66 4,956 5,207 271 188 5,666

Big Thicket NPres 21 31 2,865 2,995 146 112 3,253

Bighorn Canyon NRA 30 35 4,010 4,328 189 128 4,645

Birmingham Civil Rights NM 3 3 295 946 13 645 1,604

Biscayne NP 28 37 4,608 4,789 249 163 5,201

Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP 15 20 2,069 2,175 107 76 2,358

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Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Blackstone River Valley NHP 12 12 1,798 1,877 79 25 1,981

Blackwell School NHS 0 0 0 0 0 265 265

Blue Ridge Parkway 120 161 17,874 18,729 889 171 19,789

Bluestone NSR 0 0 87 87 6 25 118

Booker T Washington NM 8 8 1,059 1,282 54 25 1,361

Boston African American NHS 6 6 882 957 47 25 1,029

Boston Harbor Islands NRA 16 18 1,346 1,431 68 130 1,629

Boston NHP 70 77 10,354 10,798 484 176 11,458

Brown v. Board of Education NHP 9 9 1,518 1,608 55 665 2,328

Bryce Canyon NP 25 57 3,788 3,966 183 381 4,530

Buffalo NR 51 72 6,486 6,803 343 143 7,289

Cabrillo NM 12 21 1,875 1,970 87 76 2,133

Camp Nelson NM 6 8 739 1,251 38 25 1,314

Canaveral NS 24 40 3,539 3,708 178 95 3,981

Cane River Creole NHP 8 9 1,240 1,322 47 25 1,394

Canyonlands NP 57 108 6,959 7,286 357 199 7,842

Cape Cod NS 63 81 8,413 8,796 453 604 9,853

Cape Hatteras Group - Cape Hatteras NS, Fort Raleigh NHS, Wright Brothers

NMem 69 110 10,484 10,861 456 133 11,450

Cape Lookout NS 20 38 2,763 2,897 147 143 3,187

Capitol Reef NP 22 33 2,690 2,880 151 97 3,128

Capulin Volcano NM 7 10 802 873 40 76 989

Carl Sandburg Home NHS 10 11 1,376 1,464 69 76 1,609

Carlsbad Caverns NP 50 56 6,234 6,481 283 126 6,890

Casa Grande Ruins NM & Hohokam Pima NM 7 9 932 1,009 52 25 1,086

Castillo de San Marcos NM & Fort Matanzas NM 15 45 2,298 2,428 114 76 2,618

Catoctin Mountain Park 24 28 3,704 4,256 190 87 4,533

Cedar Breaks NM 5 8 794 862 41 76 979

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP 7 7 950 1,020 47 25 1,092

César E. Chávez NM 0 0 507 562 14 240 816

Chaco Culture NHP 12 19 2,232 2,347 115 25 2,487

Chamizal NMem 19 19 2,659 2,791 122 25 2,938

Channel Islands NP 51 56 7,988 8,314 383 680 9,377

Charles Pinckney NHS 4 4 606 673 35 25 733

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM 6 6 942 1,007 39 25 1,071

Chattahoochee River NRA 24 30 3,836 3,993 185 102 4,280

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP 61 67 10,127 10,907 495 105 11,507

Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP 25 27 3,716 3,889 171 25 4,085

Chickasaw NRA 32 38 4,309 4,516 203 76 4,795

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Christiansted NHS, Buck Island Reef NM, & Salt River Bay NHP & Ecological

Preserve 15 17 2,847 2,968 97 150 3,215

City of Rocks NRes 0 0 456 454 1 25 480

Colonial NHP 55 61 7,443 7,884 376 226 8,486

Colorado NM 17 37 2,095 2,209 113 76 2,398

Coltsville NHP 0 0 188 188 4 365 557

Congaree NP 14 16 1,829 1,934 96 303 2,333

Cowpens NB 8 9 963 1,035 45 25 1,105

Crater Lake NP 40 75 5,688 5,949 284 371 6,604

Craters of the Moon NM&Pres 15 26 1,747 1,843 74 120 2,037

Cumberland Gap NHP 23 31 3,782 3,949 170 79 4,198

Cumberland Island NS 24 28 3,120 3,263 155 76 3,494

Curecanti NRA 39 45 4,746 4,958 245 265 5,468

Cuyahoga Valley NP 92 114 11,889 12,299 637 139 13,075

Dayton Aviation NHP 19 19 2,175 2,289 110 25 2,424

De Soto NMem 7 7 785 857 41 25 923

Death Valley NP 67 97 9,735 10,559 452 317 11,328

Delaware Water Gap NRA 77 98 10,761 11,367 567 113 12,047

Denali NP&Pres 106 154 15,924 16,603 797 1,070 18,470

Devils Postpile NM 4 5 674 735 32 76 843

Devils Tower NM 10 17 1,510 1,600 68 76 1,744

Dinosaur NM 32 45 4,113 4,310 203 132 4,645

Dry Tortugas NP 13 20 2,274 2,386 113 76 2,575

Ebey’s Landing NHR 0 2 363 414 10 25 449

Edgar Allan Poe NHS 0 0 446 446 28 25 499

Effigy Mounds NM 13 13 1,322 1,415 71 88 1,574

Eisenhower NHS 7 7 1,223 1,314 61 25 1,400

El Malpais NM 18 22 2,088 2,195 112 91 2,398

El Morro NM 7 8 1,006 1,084 53 25 1,162

Eleanor Roosevelt NHS 5 5 957 1,040 60 25 1,125

Eugene O’Neill NHS 3 4 703 774 34 76 884

Everglades NP 131 219 18,378 19,211 928 453 20,592

Fire Island NS 43 50 5,510 5,764 312 134 6,210

First Ladies NHS 7 7 1,031 1,099 37 25 1,161

First State NHP 7 7 1,030 1,104 58 25 1,187

Flagstaff Area Parks - Sunset Crater Volcano NM, Walnut Canyon NM, Wupatki

NM 28 47 4,100 4,302 191 83 4,576

Flight 93 NMem 13 14 1,731 1,832 84 25 1,941

Florissant Fossil Beds NM 9 11 1,092 1,176 60 76 1,312

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Fort Caroline NMem & Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve 24 24 2,981 3,114 147 90 3,351

Fort Davis NHS 11 14 1,465 1,560 68 25 1,653

Fort Donelson NB 13 14 1,642 1,736 80 25 1,841

Fort Frederica NM 6 6 953 1,030 49 25 1,104

Fort Laramie NHS 15 16 1,822 1,921 89 25 2,035

Fort Larned NHS 11 12 1,188 1,274 68 25 1,367

Fort McHenry NM & Historic Shrine 23 26 2,783 2,919 133 25 3,077

Fort Monroe NM 4 4 1,296 1,360 27 25 1,412

Fort Necessity NB 15 16 1,771 1,873 88 76 2,037

Fort Point NHS 1 1 561 620 18 25 663

Fort Pulaski NM 9 23 1,499 1,587 64 76 1,727

Fort Scott NHS 12 14 1,492 1,586 73 25 1,684

Fort Smith NHS 11 12 1,183 1,326 62 525 1,913

Fort Stanwix NM 14 14 1,727 1,828 89 25 1,942

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie NHP 21 22 2,264 2,368 112 25 2,505

Fort Union NM 12 14 1,341 1,426 66 25 1,517

Fort Union Trading Post NHS 9 9 926 1,004 54 25 1,083

Fort Vancouver NHS 19 23 2,165 2,281 111 25 2,417

Fossil Butte NM 7 9 818 881 37 76 994

Frederick Law Olmsted NHS 27 28 1,959 2,138 98 91 2,327

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP 39 41 4,989 5,245 280 336 5,861

Freedom Riders NM 1 1 498 553 13 25 591

Friendship Hill NHS 6 8 619 684 33 25 742

Gates of the Arctic NP&Pres 34 46 3,411 3,622 160 331 4,113

Gateway NRA 208 239 27,577 28,813 1,331 189 30,333

Gateway Arch NP 86 134 10,998 11,374 569 25 11,968

Gauley River NRA 2 2 919 996 52 25 1,073

George Rogers Clark NHP 9 9 1,007 1,088 54 25 1,167

George Washington Birthplace NM 16 16 1,859 1,953 84 25 2,062

George Washington Carver NM 13 13 1,600 1,696 76 25 1,797

George Washington Memorial Parkway 84 94 14,576 15,162 641 348 16,151

Gettysburg NMP 53 60 7,586 7,927 392 76 8,395

Gila Cliff Dwellings NM 4 5 415 779 20 25 824

Glacier Bay NP&Pres 32 73 5,544 5,954 287 112 6,353

Glacier NP 125 271 15,502 16,226 836 628 17,690

Glen Canyon NRA 98 141 13,149 13,706 669 453 14,828

Golden Gate NRA 168 266 26,159 27,417 1,464 313 29,194

Golden Spike NHP 11 12 1,196 1,511 58 25 1,594

Governor’s Island NM 2 2 1,591 1,642 56 25 1,723

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Grand Canyon NP 151 390 23,523 24,753 1,183 144 26,080

Grand Canyon Parashant NM 12 12 1,726 1,826 86 83 1,995

Grand Portage NM 9 9 1,458 1,614 58 76 1,748

Grand Teton NP 94 218 13,741 14,396 687 266 15,349

Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS 16 17 1,647 1,753 89 110 1,952

Great Basin NP 22 37 2,957 3,099 154 121 3,374

Great Egg Harbor Scenic & Recreational River 0 0 302 302 6 25 333

Great Sand Dunes NP&Pres 18 26 2,819 2,946 137 109 3,192

Great Smoky Mountains NP 159 265 21,164 22,124 1,090 628 23,842

Guadalupe Mountains NP 23 24 3,205 3,347 143 79 3,569

Guilford Courthouse NMP 8 8 1,240 1,316 51 25 1,392

Gulf Islands NS 49 75 7,806 8,127 354 325 8,806

Hagerman Fossil Beds NM 4 5 1,004 1,074 39 25 1,138

Haleakala NP 39 87 6,044 6,388 289 282 6,959

Hampton NHS 7 7 1,328 1,413 67 25 1,505

Harpers Ferry NHP 47 50 7,286 7,523 357 76 7,956

Harriet Tubman NHP 2 2 636 685 24 25 734

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NHP 2 2 623 703 54 25 782

Harry S Truman NHS 13 14 1,398 1,553 81 25 1,659

Hawaii Volcanoes NP 61 119 8,639 9,028 435 313 9,776

Herbert Hoover NHS 11 13 1,513 1,608 73 76 1,757

Home of Franklin D Roosevelt NHS 27 30 4,052 4,232 224 104 4,560

Homestead NM of America 14 14 1,389 1,481 77 76 1,634

Honouliuli NHS 1 1 357 409 13 25 447

Hopewell Culture NHP 14 15 1,464 1,684 77 76 1,837

Hopewell Furnace NHS 11 11 1,569 1,660 74 25 1,759

Horseshoe Bend NMP 8 9 889 1,154 50 25 1,229

Hot Springs NP 40 44 4,954 6,001 254 76 6,331

Hovenweep NM 3 8 607 670 32 25 727

Independence NHP 175 180 26,164 27,260 1,133 25 28,418

Indiana Dunes NP 75 115 10,031 10,392 525 574 11,491

Isle Royale NP 34 46 4,795 5,021 247 93 5,361

James A Garfield NHS 8 9 841 917 48 25 990

Jean Lafitte NHP & Pres 42 43 6,010 6,238 270 142 6,650

Jewel Cave NM 11 17 1,317 1,410 77 110 1,597

Jimmy Carter NHS 17 18 2,286 2,388 95 76 2,559

John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway 0 0 602 602 41 25 668

John Day Fossil Beds NM 13 14 1,779 1,877 84 76 2,037

John F Kennedy NHS 0 0 572 570 24 25 619

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John Muir NHS 14 15 1,115 1,202 65 25 1,292

Johnstown Flood NMem 9 9 870 937 41 25 1,003

Joshua Tree NP 43 111 6,878 7,161 333 440 7,934

Kalaupapa NHP 33 40 5,084 5,268 236 182 5,686

Kaloko-Honokohau NHP 16 23 2,116 2,324 86 135 2,545

Katahdin Woods and Waters NM 7 8 1,182 1,250 56 76 1,382

Katmai NP&Pres, Aniakchak NM&Pres & Alagnak WR 25 40 4,806 5,149 215 215 5,579

Kenai Fjords NP 30 36 4,409 4,606 233 443 5,282

Kennesaw Mountain NBP 15 19 2,030 2,141 97 25 2,263

Keweenaw NHP 13 15 1,879 1,980 84 256 2,320

Kings Mountain NMP 11 12 1,197 1,274 59 76 1,409

Klondike Gold Rush NHP 26 40 3,473 3,627 171 76 3,874

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit NHP 6 6 811 1,083 41 25 1,149

Knife River Indian Village NHS 9 9 978 1,579 49 76 1,704

Lake Clark NP&Pres 22 27 3,800 3,959 183 107 4,249

Lake Mead NRA 101 186 20,042 20,858 824 521 22,203

Lake Meredith NRA & Alibates Flint Quarry NM 26 34 3,484 3,640 178 76 3,894

Lake Roosevelt NRA 40 52 6,526 6,817 286 151 7,254

Lassen Volcanic NP 35 59 5,551 5,777 233 218 6,228

Lava Beds NM & Tule Lake NM 18 32 2,532 2,888 137 140 3,165

Lewis & Clark NHP 15 20 1,838 1,940 87 97 2,124

Lincoln Boyhood NMem 9 9 1,168 1,283 64 25 1,372

Lincoln Home NHS 27 29 3,102 3,230 157 25 3,412

Little Bighorn Battlefield NM 10 13 1,380 1,467 61 76 1,604

Little River Canyon NPres 14 16 1,503 1,598 81 76 1,755

Little Rock Central High School NHS 9 9 1,070 1,645 51 25 1,721

Longfellow House - Washington’s Headquarters NHS 0 0 1,346 1,338 71 25 1,434

Lowell NHP 60 63 9,044 9,437 423 303 10,163

Lyndon B Johnson NHP 26 27 4,215 4,379 156 76 4,611

Maggie L Walker NHS 5 6 698 1,042 42 25 1,109

Mammoth Cave NP 52 107 7,185 7,523 358 226 8,107

Manassas NBP 26 29 3,530 3,780 193 206 4,179

Manhattan Project NHP 4 7 1,049 1,264 43 25 1,332

Manhattan Sites 20 20 4,836 5,083 101 25 5,209

Manzanar NHS 11 13 1,443 1,538 67 25 1,630

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 14 15 2,252 2,365 122 76 2,563

Martin Luther King, Jr NHP 25 25 4,652 5,584 165 25 5,774

Martin Van Buren NHS 11 11 1,398 1,488 65 25 1,578

Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home NM 1 1 182 1,126 10 240 1,376

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Mesa Verde NP 50 94 6,975 7,308 345 139 7,792

Mill Springs Battlefield NM 6 6 874 932 31 25 988

Minidoka NHS 3 4 497 774 28 25 827

Minute Man NHP 25 29 3,364 3,508 182 143 3,833

Minuteman Missile NHS 8 8 769 876 40 25 941

Mississippi NRRA 19 22 2,177 2,697 119 191 3,007

Missouri NRR 9 11 1,269 1,342 63 83 1,488

Mojave NPres & Castle Mountains NM 34 42 6,023 6,253 280 163 6,696

Monocacy NB 10 12 1,729 1,870 75 276 2,221

Montezuma Castle NM & Tuzigoot NM 10 22 1,756 1,852 66 76 1,994

Moores Creek NB 5 6 733 803 34 25 862

Morristown NHP 24 24 2,924 3,067 161 76 3,304

Mount Rainier NP 84 178 13,055 13,624 674 407 14,705

Mount Rushmore NMem 34 49 4,510 4,709 230 76 5,015

Muir Woods NM 6 10 531 599 47 25 671

Natchez NHP 14 14 2,702 2,806 90 25 2,921

Natchez Trace NST 0 0 84 205 0 25 230

Natchez Trace Parkway, Brices Cross Roads NBS, Tupelo NB 94 103 12,590 13,122 579 109 13,810

National Capital Parks-East 98 99 17,991 19,046 663 139 19,848

National Mall & Memorial Parks 216 224 38,510 40,126 1,529 266 41,921

National Park of American Samoa 12 16 1,480 1,562 63 201 1,826

National Park Service Liaison to the White House 60 67 10,254 10,663 455 190 11,308

National Parks of New York Harbor (Hqtrs) 6 6 926 1,009 56 25 1,090

Natural Bridges NM 5 9 579 643 29 25 697

New Bedford Whaling NHP 8 9 1,037 1,115 60 25 1,200

New Orleans Jazz NHP 5 5 1,426 1,511 51 25 1,587

New Philadelphia NHS 0 0 0 0 0 295 295

New River Gorge NP&Pres 72 85 8,216 8,600 421 156 9,177

Nez Perce NHP 19 20 2,693 3,111 122 94 3,327

Nicodemus NHS 3 3 810 872 23 25 920

Ninety Six NHS 6 6 518 578 29 25 632

Niobrara NSR 5 5 1,102 1,176 35 76 1,287

North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, Ross Lake NRA 46 104 7,484 7,783 350 530 8,663

Obed WSR 11 11 1,174 1,261 75 84 1,420

Ocmulgee Mounds NHP 11 13 1,450 2,052 77 76 2,205

Olympic NP 98 197 13,572 14,265 741 350 15,356

Oregon Caves NM & Pres 14 16 1,882 1,983 91 83 2,157

Organ Pipe Cactus NM 33 37 4,877 5,073 232 171 5,476

Ozark NSR 59 75 7,245 7,597 384 173 8,154

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Padre Island NS 48 63 6,309 6,562 301 453 7,316

Palo Alto Battlefield NHS 13 13 1,175 1,254 69 76 1,399

Paterson Great Falls NHP 7 7 1,121 1,198 53 25 1,276

Pea Ridge NMP 10 11 1,366 1,517 73 376 1,966

Pearl Harbor NMem 32 35 4,896 5,078 205 25 5,308

Pecos NHP 19 21 2,533 2,661 135 76 2,872

Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial 10 14 1,240 1,323 59 25 1,407

Petersburg NB 26 26 4,002 4,179 179 76 4,434

Petrified Forest NP 36 55 4,071 4,267 218 121 4,606

Petroglyph NM 13 16 1,889 2,001 90 25 2,116

Pictured Rocks NL 19 34 2,856 2,980 132 107 3,219

Pinnacles NP 22 35 3,923 4,079 171 165 4,415

Pipe Spring NM 11 12 1,398 1,490 67 76 1,633

Pipestone NM 11 12 1,210 1,415 59 76 1,550

Point Reyes NS 47 80 8,343 8,726 429 484 9,639

Port Chicago Naval Magazine NMem 1 1 326 386 21 201 608

Potomac Heritage NST 0 0 472 499 4 25 528

Prince William Forest Park 27 31 3,819 3,995 201 76 4,272

Pullman NHP 7 7 1,120 1,525 46 25 1,596

Pu’uhonua O Honaunau NHP 11 22 2,087 2,199 104 135 2,438

Puukohola Heiau NHS 10 14 1,313 1,397 66 25 1,488

Rainbow Bridge NM 0 0 160 160 9 25 194

Reconstruction Era NHP 9 9 678 1,479 30 25 1,534

Redwood NP 75 103 9,601 10,271 500 453 11,224

Richmond NBP 28 28 3,463 3,638 188 80 3,906

Rio Grande WSR 0 0 225 225 15 25 265

River Raisin NBP 7 7 883 956 44 25 1,025

Rock Creek Park 48 48 9,804 10,172 384 150 10,706

Rocky Mountain NP 91 237 14,159 14,809 723 497 16,029

Roger Williams NMem 5 5 749 815 35 25 875

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home NHS 0 0 373 373 0 25 398

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front NHP 10 10 1,399 1,494 76 25 1,595

Russell Cave NM 4 4 430 492 26 25 543

Sagamore Hill NHS 14 14 1,711 1,806 82 76 1,964

Saguaro NP 31 74 4,093 4,579 227 238 5,044

Saint Croix Island IHS 2 2 262 315 14 25 354

Saint Croix NSR & Lower Saint Croix NSR 34 37 4,207 4,406 236 146 4,788

Saint-Gaudens NHP 10 10 1,403 1,485 42 250 1,777

Salem Maritime NHS 19 20 2,799 2,928 117 139 3,184

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Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 12 14 1,533 1,627 70 25 1,722

San Antonio Missions NHP 32 36 4,254 4,966 207 25 5,198

San Francisco Maritime NHP 55 61 8,109 8,513 457 25 8,995

San Juan Island NHP 7 13 1,110 1,191 56 76 1,323

San Juan NHS 27 88 3,755 3,929 186 25 4,140

Sand Creek Massacre NHS 5 5 918 1,128 30 25 1,183

Santa Monica Mountains NRA 53 71 8,970 9,294 404 328 10,026

Saratoga NHP 18 21 2,745 2,870 137 78 3,085

Saugus Iron Works NHS 5 5 982 1,057 58 76 1,191

Scotts Bluff NM 13 13 1,066 1,145 60 25 1,230

Sequoia NP & Kings Canyon NP 134 266 17,876 18,670 846 453 19,969

Shenandoah NP 84 186 13,379 13,976 621 414 15,011

Shiloh NMP 26 30 3,054 3,194 164 76 3,434

Sitka NHP 16 19 2,356 2,468 108 25 2,601

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL 38 93 4,661 4,895 272 150 5,317

Southeast Arizona Group 23 23 3,881 4,034 159 127 4,320

Southern Arizona Group (Hqtrs) 13 15 1,875 1,979 123 81 2,183

Southern Four Corners Group 34 39 4,315 4,474 183 76 4,733

Springfield Armory NHS 12 13 1,602 1,701 82 25 1,808

Statue of Liberty NM & Ellis Island 93 94 24,833 25,466 686 25 26,177

Ste. Genevieve NHP 7 8 1,245 1,512 41 25 1,578

Steamtown NHS 44 44 6,137 6,412 284 25 6,721

Stones River NB 13 13 1,403 1,493 76 76 1,645

Stonewall NM 2 2 229 280 12 25 317

Tallgrass Prairie NPres 9 11 1,152 1,299 54 76 1,429

Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem 0 0 188 188 12 25 225

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS 0 0 316 316 0 25 341

Theodore Roosevelt NP & International Peace Garden 28 41 3,293 3,491 171 142 3,804

Thomas Edison NHP 20 21 3,180 3,328 162 25 3,515

Thomas Stone NHS 2 2 693 760 39 25 824

Timpanogos Cave NM 13 22 1,225 1,311 68 114 1,493

Tonto NM 7 9 958 1,038 33 25 1,096

Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM 4 4 776 840 37 25 902

Tumacacori NHP 11 15 1,433 1,522 74 76 1,672

Tuskegee Airmen NHS 6 6 1,024 1,274 30 25 1,329

Tuskegee Institute NHS 8 8 1,100 1,361 36 25 1,422

Ulysses S Grant NHS 12 12 1,368 1,458 64 25 1,547

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River & Middle Delaware NSR 24 25 3,693 3,844 177 116 4,137

Valles Caldera NPres 28 34 5,101 5,257 193 269 5,719

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Valley Forge NHP 51 52 6,983 7,278 346 95 7,719

Vanderbilt Mansion NHS 17 18 1,179 1,266 63 25 1,354

Vicksburg NMP 26 27 3,720 3,870 168 76 4,114

Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM 0 0 510 510 30 25 565

Virgin Islands NP 33 37 5,421 5,615 223 354 6,192

Voyageurs NP 36 52 4,533 4,734 245 209 5,188

Waco Mammoth NM 2 2 403 458 14 76 548

War in the Pacific NHP 12 14 1,720 1,808 62 76 1,946

Washita Battlefield NHS 7 7 838 909 42 76 1,027

Weir Farm NHS 8 9 1,436 1,520 68 25 1,613

West. Arctic Parklands - Noatak NPres, Cape Krusenstern NM, Kobuk Valley NP 21 22 2,780 2,956 185 90 3,231

Whiskeytown NRA 31 65 4,594 4,789 229 101 5,119

White Sands NP 15 27 1,942 2,046 99 76 2,221

Whitman Mission NHS 6 6 889 966 50 25 1,041

William Howard Taft NHS 9 9 899 969 45 25 1,039

William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home NHS 5 5 774 878 31 25 934

Wilson’s Creek NB 24 26 3,526 3,674 157 237 4,068

Wind Cave NP 24 56 2,837 3,149 157 183 3,489

Wolf Trap NP 40 40 4,592 4,890 224 225 5,339

Women’s Rights NHP 14 14 1,707 1,797 70 25 1,892

Wrangell-Saint Elias NP&Pres 38 50 6,505 6,779 318 113 7,210

Yellowstone NP 286 519 38,349 39,884 2,038 453 42,375

Yosemite NP 208 562 31,352 32,680 1,489 453 34,622

Yucca House NM 0 0 120 120 8 25 153

Yukon-Charley Rivers NPres 0 0 1,975 1,975 92 25 2,092

Zion NP 68 164 8,692 9,115 426 560 10,101

Subtotal, Park Units 9,820 14,416 1,429,259 1,511,154 68,675 45,086 1,624,915

National Trails System

[Appalachian NST] [8] [10] [1,948] [2,023] [89] [83] [2,195]

[Natchez Trace NST] [0] [0] [84] [205] [0] [25] [230]

[Potomac Heritage NST] [0] [0] [472] [499] [4] [25] [528]

Ala Kahakai NHT 4 9 621 661 34 275 970

Butterfield Overland NHT 0 0 0 205 0 25 230

California NHT 0 0 417 440 7 25 472

Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT 4 4 879 921 35 25 981

Chilkoot NHT 0 0 0 205 0 25 230

El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT 0 0 264 287 10 25 322

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT 0 0 355 378 12 25 415

Ice Age NST 4 5 989 1,036 40 25 1,101

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Juan Bautista de Anza NHT 3 3 623 663 30 25 718

Lewis & Clark NHT 16 16 2,390 2,488 115 25 2,628

Mormon Pioneer NHT 0 0 308 331 14 25 370

New England NST 0 0 278 301 0 25 326

North Country NST 5 5 1,355 1,404 42 25 1,471

Old Spanish NHT 0 0 308 331 3 25 359

Oregon NHT 0 0 529 552 26 25 603

Overmountain Victory NHT 0 0 393 416 14 25 455

Pony Express NHT 0 0 316 339 7 25 371

Santa Fe NHT 17 17 803 915 31 25 971

Selma to Montgomery NHT 10 10 2,243 2,637 84 25 2,746

Star Spangled Banner NHT 0 0 219 242 11 25 278

Trail of Tears NHT 0 0 573 596 27 25 648

Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route NHT 1 1 341 371 9 25 405

National Trail System Program 0 2 408 413 6 0 419

Subtotal, National Trail System 64 71 14,612 16,132 557 800 17,489

[Subtotal, National Trail System with Park Units] [71] [81] [17,116] [18,859] [650] [933] [20,442]

Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers

[Great Egg Harbor Scenic & Recreational River] [0] [0] [302] [302] [6] [25] [333]

Eightmile WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Farmington (West Branch) WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Housatonic River WSR 0 0 0 200 0 25 225

Lamprey WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Lower Delaware WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Lower Farmington & Salmon Brook WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Maurice WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Missisquoi and Trout Rivers WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Musconetcong WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Nashua WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Sudbury, Assabet, Concord WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Taunton WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Wekiva WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Westfield WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

White Clay Creek WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed WSR 0 0 300 300 0 25 325

York River WSR 0 0 0 200 0 25 225

Wild & Scenic River Program 0 2 100 104 6 0 110

Subtotal, Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers 0 2 4,600 5,004 6 425 5,435

[Subtotal, Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers with Park Units] [0] [2] [4,902] [5,306] [12] [450] [5,768]

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Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Affiliated Areas

American Memorial Park 10 11 1,680 1,727 89 0 1,816

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church NHS 0 0 36 36 2 0 38

Ice Age National Scientific Reserve 0 0 739 739 0 0 739

Lower Eastside Tenement Museum 0 0 249 249 0 0 249

Oklahoma City NMem 7 7 855 886 53 0 939

Pinelands NR 0 0 301 301 0 0 301

Roosevelt Campobello International Park 0 0 1,691 1,691 0 119 1,810

Thomas Cole NHS 0 0 158 158 0 0 158

Subtotal, Affiliated Areas 18 18 5,709 5,787 144 119 6,050

Other Field Offices & Partner Organizations

400 Years of African American History Commission 0 0 3,300 3,300 0 0 3,300

Accokeek Foundation 0 0 749 749 0 0 749

Alice Ferguson Foundation 0 0 195 195 0 0 195

Anchorage Interagency Visitor Center 5 5 739 762 37 0 799

Beringia 1 1 674 674 18 0 692

Chesapeake Bay Office 2 7 509 524 24 500 1,048

Erie Canalway NHA Commission 0 0 281 289 4 0 293

Fairbanks Interagency Visitor Center 4 4 723 751 47 0 798

Johnstown Area Heritage Associate Museum 0 0 44 44 0 0 44

Lower Mississippi Delta Technical Assistance 0 0 230 230 0 0 230

Maine Acadian Culture Comm Technical Assistance 0 0 99 99 1 0 100

Masau Trail 0 0 34 34 2 0 36

National Capital Area Performing Arts Program 0 0 2,227 2,227 0 0 2,227

National Park Foundation 0 0 5,000 10,000 0 0 10,000

Route 66 National Historic Highway 0 0 302 302 5 0 307

Subtotal, Other Field Offices 13 18 15,106 20,180 138 500 20,818

United States Park Police Operations

United States Park Police Operations 0 429 92,249 95,012 4,954 5,365 105,331

Subtotal, USPP Operations - Washington D.C. 0 429 92,249 95,012 4,954 5,365 105,331

Total, Park Base 9,914 14,954 1,561,535 1,653,269 74,474 52,295 1,780,038

Central Offices

Washington Office 0 360 83,464 94,541 874 31,470 126,885

Departmental Unified Regions 0 1,221 141,513 148,436 7,297 5,525 161,258

Total, Central Offices 0 1,581 224,977 242,977 8,171 36,995 288,143

Program/Support Offices

Park Administrative Support Functions

Accounting Operations Center 0 113 19,564 20,202 1,125 0 21,327

Park Concession Program 0 15 4,759 4,850 158 0 5,008

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Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Human Resources Operation Center 0 60 9,188 9,476 459 0 9,935

Information Technology Programs 0 93 52,526 62,060 1,068 9,386 72,514

Major Acquisition Buying Offices 0 224 26,898 27,646 1,656 0 29,302

Servicing Human Resources Office 0 237 29,001 30,125 1,831 0 31,956

Learning and Development Program 0 55 15,193 15,584 510 0 16,094

Subtotal, Park Administrative Support Functions 0 797 157,129 169,943 6,807 9,386 186,136

Park Natural Resource Support Functions

Air Quality Program 0 25 8,172 8,335 267 0 8,602

Biological Resource Management Program 0 48 9,365 9,488 495 2,000 11,983

Geologic Resource Center 0 18 4,405 4,506 194 2,500 7,200

Cooperative Landscape Conservation 0 8 1,452 1,506 95 1,500 3,101

Inventory and Monitoring Program 0 255 46,214 52,654 2,441 3,650 58,745

Natural Sounds Program 0 19 3,648 3,749 176 0 3,925

Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration 0 19 1,424 1,473 80 0 1,553

Social Science Program 0 8 1,532 5,076 83 0 5,159

Everglades Restoration and Research:

South Florida Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Plan 0 24 5,070 5,219 154 0 5,373

South Florida Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative 0 9 4,014 4,068 27 0 4,095

South Florida Task Force Support 0 3 2,368 2,374 16 0 2,390

Water Resources Program 0 51 13,270 13,557 496 1,500 15,553

Subtotal, Park Natural Resource Support Functions 0 487 100,934 112,005 4,524 11,150 127,679

Park Cultural Resource Support Functions

Field Resource Centers:

Midwest Archeological Center 0 22 1,439 1,500 99 0 1,599

National Capital Museum Resource Center 0 7 692 711 42 0 753

Southeast Archeological Center 0 17 1,094 1,120 61 0 1,181

Western Archeological Center 0 10 1,334 1,372 63 0 1,435

National Networks

African American Civil Rights Network 0 0 5,375 5,384 0 0 5,384

National Underground Railroad to Freedom Network 0 0 2,500 2,505 1 0 2,506

Reconstruction Era National Historic Network 0 4 475 627 28 0 655

Japanese American World War II History Network 0 0 0 0 0 250 250

World War II Heritage Cities Network 0 0 475 627 0 0 627

Cultural Resources Project Support 0 17 3,198 3,198 0 0 3,198

Subtotal, Park Cultural Resource Support Functions 0 77 16,582 17,044 294 250 17,588

Park Facility Maintenance Support Functions

D.C. Water & Sewer Program 0 0 12,313 12,313 0 0 12,313

Land Use Planning 0 0 150 150 0 0 150

Facility Management Program Support:

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Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Enterprise Facility Management Software System 0 11 7,180 7,280 71 0 7,351

Asset Management Program 0 20 9,128 9,232 129 0 9,361

Maintenance Project Planning 0 0 12,292 12,292 556 0 12,848

Subtotal, Park Facility Maintenance Support Functions 0 31 41,063 41,267 756 0 42,023

Park Interpretation & Education Support Functions

Informational Publications 0 20 3,477 3,514 177 625 4,316

Interpretation and Education Programs 0 6 1,996 4,458 72 31,000 35,530

Subtotal, Park Interpretation & Education Support Functions 0 26 5,473 7,972 249 31,625 39,846

Park Visitor Protection Support Functions

Public Health Program 0 3 3,525 3,747 36 1,375 5,158

Special Agents (Criminal Investigators) 0 39 7,632 7,888 415 1,850 10,153

Fire and Aviation Management Program 0 47 1,733 1,770 80 0 1,850

SW Border Radio Communications Program 0 0 582 582 0 0 582

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 0 17 5,193 7,484 175 0 7,659

Office of Public Trust - Body-Worn Cameras Program 0 5 4,100 4,100 60 0 4,160

United States Park Police Headquarters 0 91 26,256 28,407 1,152 0 29,559

Subtotal, Park Visitor Protection Support Functions 0 202 49,021 53,978 1,918 3,225 59,121

Park Partnership Support Functions

Volunteers In Parks Program 0 2 6,927 7,711 23 0 7,734

Youth Partnership Programs 0 7 784 809 35 0 844

Subtotal, Park Partnership Support Functions 0 9 7,711 8,520 58 0 8,578

Total, Program/Support Offices 0 1,629 377,913 410,729 14,606 55,636 480,971

PROJECT FUNDING

Natural Resources Project Funds

Natural Resources 0 0 16,316 17,816 0 0 17,816

SW Border Resource Restoration Program 0 0 971 971 0 0 971

Subtotal, Natural Resources Project Funds 0 0 17,287 18,787 0 0 18,787

Cultural Resources Project Funds

Cultural Resources 0 0 23,985 23,985 0 0 23,985

Subtotal, Cultural Resources Project Funds 0 0 23,985 23,985 0 0 23,985

Facility Maintenance Project Funds

Cyclic Maintenance 0 0 188,184 188,184 0 0 188,184

Emergency Management and Damage Program 0 0 2,712 2,712 0 0 2,712

Environmental Management Program 0 0 6,113 6,113 0 0 6,113

Repair/Rehabilitation Projects 0 0 135,980 135,980 0 0 135,980

Subtotal, Facility Maintenance Project Funds 0 0 332,989 332,989 0 0 332,989

Interpretation & Education Project Funds

Interpretation & Education Program 0 0 1,848 3,848 0 0 3,848

Subtotal, Interpretation & Education Project Funds 0 0 1,848 3,848 0 0 3,848

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Operation of the National Park System Organizations

FY 2022

Park Base

FTE

FY 2022

Total FTE

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2024

Fixed Costs

& Internal

Transfers

FY 2024

Program

Changes

FY 2024

Request

Recreation & Partnership Project Funds

Challenge Cost Share Program 0 0 386 386 0 0 386

Connecting National Trails to Park Program 0 0 925 925 0 0 925

Recreational Access Program 0 0 3,350 3,350 0 0 3,350

Youth Partnership Program 0 0 14,546 14,546 0 0 14,546

Subtotal, Recreation & Partnership Project Funds 0 0 19,207 19,207 0 0 19,207

Total, Projects 0 0 395,316 398,816 0 0 398,816

Total, Park Management 0 0 2,559,741 2,705,791 97,251 144,926 2,947,968

External Administrative Costs 0 0 207,287 217,633 23,302 854 241,789

Total, Operation of the National Park System 0 0 2,767,028 2,923,424 120,553 145,780 3,189,757

Represents Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) funded from park base operating dollars.

Total FTE shown for parks are by organization, irrespective of funding source. For example, some temporary positions in parks are funded from construction, recreation fees, etc.

The National Trails System includes three units that are designated as park units. They are listed under the National Trails System in brackets to show the total Trails budget level.

The NPS uses these totals when responding to inquiries as to the amount of funding directly available for “park base operations.” Items which follow this total also support park operations, but are

not directly managed at the park level.

The Final amounts reflect presentation adjustments or shifts of funds within reprogramming guidelines. Amounts may vary from previously listed levels.

The Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission Budget Request will be submitted to House and Senate Appropriation Committees under separate cover.

The United States Park Police Operations includes support for New York area parks, San Francisco area parks, and Washington D.C. area parks.

The current number of NPS park units is 424. Not all units are individually listed as some are primarily operated in conjunction with another unit. For these occurrences the units have been

consolidated and are presented as one. The following consolidations are incorporated:

Unit: George Washington Memorial Parkway

Units Included: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial; Clara Barton NHS; George Washington Memorial Parkway; Lyndon B. Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac; Theodore

Roosevelt Island NMem

Unit: Manhattan Sites

Units Included: Castle Clinton NM; Federal Hall NMem; General Grant NMem; Hamiltion Grange NMem; Saint Paul’s Church NHS; Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS

Unit: National Capital Parks - East

Units Included: Carter G. Woodson Home NHS; Fort Washington Park; Frederick Douglass NHS; Greenbelt Park; Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS; Piscataway Park

Unit: National Mall & Memorial Parks

Units Included: Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality NM; Constitution Gardens; Ford’s Theatre; Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial; Korean War Veterans Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; Martin

Luther King, Jr. Memorial; Pennsylvania Avenue NHS; Thomas Jefferson Memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; World War I Memorial; World War II Memorial; Washington Monument

Unit: Southeast Arizona Group

Units Included: Chiricahua NM; Coronado NMem; Fort Bowie NHS

Unit: Southern Four Corners Group

Units Included: Canyon de Chelly NM; Hubbell Trading Post NHS; Navajo NM

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Statement of Receipts Collected and Reported

(Dollars in Thousands)

These funds are deposited by NPS concessioners in private bank accounts as a condition of an applicable concession contract

made before the 1998 Concessions Act, and are available only for expenditure by the concessioner, with park approval, for

required capital improvements which directly support the facilities and services provided by the concessioner. These are not

receipts for the U.S. Government and are added here only to match an OMB configuration.

Account

Number Receipt Account Title

FY 2022

Actual

($000s)

FY 2023

Projected

($000s)

FY 2024

Projected

($000s)

5110.1 Recreational Fee Program 345,532 350,500 355,500

5110.1 Deed-Restricted Parks Fee Program 3,099 8,000 10,000

5164.1 Transportation Systems Fund 91 212 217

5666.1

Payment for Tax Losses on Land Acquired for Grand Teton

NP 16 16 17

Subtotal, Recreation Fee Receipt Account 348,738 358,728 365,734

14X1034 Contribution for Annuity Benefits for USPP 42,101 39,674 39,549

5431.1 Park Concessions Franchise Fees 143,200 144,632 146,078

5163.1 Rental Payments, Park Buildings Lease and Maint. Fund 10,833 11,645 12,518

5247 Filming and Photography Special Use Fee Program 175 1,200 1,200

5049.1 Rents and Charges for Quarters 24,039 24,640 25,256

5076.1 Delaware Water Gap Rt. 209, Commercial Operation Fees 5 25 25

5169.1 Concessions Improvement Accounts

9,802 9,800 9,800

Subtotal, Other Permanent Appropriations 230,155 231,616 234,426

8037.1 Donations to National Park Service 96,080 51,000 51,000

8037.2 Earnings on Investments, Donations to NPS 851 1,000 1,000

8052.2

Earnings on Investments, Preservation, Birthplace of

Abraham Lincoln 3 3 3

Subtotal, Miscellaneous Trust Funds 96,934 52,003 52,003

5762.1 Fees, National Park Medical Services Fund 1,088 2,000 2,000

5762.3 Donations, National Park Medical Services Fund 1 1 1

Subtotal, NPS Medical Services 1,089 2,001 2,001

TOTAL, RECEIPTS REPORTED BY NPS TO

SPECIAL ACCOUNTS 676,916 644,348 654,164

2419.1 Fees and Other Charges for Program Admin. Services 21 21 21

2229

Sale of Timber, Wildlife and Other Natural Land Products,

Not Elsewhere Classified 3 3 3

TOTAL, RECEIPTS REPORTED BY NPS TO THE

GENERAL FUND 24 24 24

GRAND TOTAL, RECEIPTS REPORTED BY NPS 676,940 644,372 654,188

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Appropriation: Operation of the National Park System

Mission Overview

The Operation of the National Park System appropriation provides the operating funding for our Nation’s

national parks, trails, partnership wild and scenic rivers, affiliated areas, partner organizations, central

offices, and program offices. The parks preserve and commemorate natural and cultural resources that are

woven into our national heritage. This appropriation contributes to several important mission areas of the

Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, including conserving natural and cultural

resources to effectively manage resources for the enjoyment of all; expanding outdoor recreation to

support the link between recreation experiences, natural landscapes, and visitor satisfaction; protecting

people through the preparedness of NPS law enforcement; and maintaining and operating NPS assets.

Appropriation Overview

The Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) appropriation is composed of two budget activities:

Park Management

The Park Management activity covers the management and operation of park areas and servicewide

programs. It is structured in line with the functional activities the NPS undertakes to fulfill its mission,

including actively managing and promoting conservation practices and providing opportunities for

recreation on our Nation’s public lands. For information about funding by park and program please refer

to the ONPS-Summaries section. The five functional activities included in the budget are:

• Resource Stewardship encompasses resource management operations that provide for the

protection and conservation of unique natural, cultural, and historical features of the National

Park System.

• Visitor Services includes educational and interpretive programs to enhance the visitor’s

experience. It also supports efficient management of commercial services for the benefit of

visitors and the protection of resources.

• Park Protection includes law enforcement programs, the United States Park Police, and public

health operations, which provide for the protection of park resources, visitors, and staff.

• Facility Operations and Maintenance encompasses the operations and maintenance of

buildings, other facilities, lands, and the protection of other government investments.

• Park Support covers the management, supervision, and administrative operations for park areas,

servicewide programs, and partnerships.

External Administrative Costs

The External Administrative Costs activity funds costs that are largely determined by organizations

outside the NPS and for which funding requirements are less flexible. The requirements for these costs

are mandated in accordance with applicable laws. To promote efficient performance, these costs are

managed centrally. The categories funded from this activity support all activities and programs of the

NPS.

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Summary of Requirements for Operation of the National Park System

(Dollars in Thousands)

Budget Activity/Subactivity

FY 2022

Actual

FY 2022

Actual

FTE

FY 2023

Enacted

FY 2023

Enacted

FTE

FY 2024

Request

Fixed

Costs

(+/-)

FY 2024

Request

Internal

Transfers

(+/-)

FY 2024

Request

Program

Changes

(+/-)

FY 2024

Request

Program

Changes

(+/-) FTE

FY 2024

Request

FY 2024

Request

FTE

FY 2024

Request

Total

Change

from FY

2023 (+/-)

Park Management

Resource Stewardship 364,330 2,117 419,717 2,292 +15,289 -17,817 +92,448 +398 509,637 2,690 +89,920

Visitor Services 260,210 2,320 308,487 2,406 +11,408 -29,011 +9,380 +53 300,264 2,459 -8,223

Park Protection 407,757 2,331 429,396 2,406 +15,879 -1,764 +14,226 +73 457,737 2,479 +28,341

Facility Operations and Maintenance 914,790 4,111 938,677 4,221 +34,713 +3,312 +6,315 +55 983,017 4,276 +44,340

Park Support 612,654 3,065 609,514 3,135 +22,541 +42,701 +22,557 +54 697,313 3,189 +87,799

Subtotal, Park Management 2,559,741 13,944 2,705,791 14,460 +99,830 -2,579 +144,926 +633 2,947,968 15,093 +242,177

External Administrative Costs 207,287 0 217,633 0 +20,723 +2,579 +854 0 241,789 0 +24,156

TOTAL, OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL

PARK SYSTEM 2,767,028 13,944 2,923,424 14,460 +120,553 0 +145,780 +633 3,189,757 15,093 +266,333

Transfer to 400 Years of African American

History Commission -3,300 0 -3,300 0 0 0 0 0 -3,300 0 0

Medical Services Fund 1,035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfer in for Drug Trafficking Deterrent

Actions 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL, ONPS - Budget Account Listing

(BAL) 2,764,893 13,944 2,920,124 14,460 +120,553 0 +145,780 +633 3,186,457 15,093 +266,333

Funding totals do not include supplemental funding

FTE reports Current Direct FTE only

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Fixed Costs and Related Changes

Operation of the National Park System

Fixed Cost Element

2023

Enacted

Total or

Change

2023

Enacted

to 2024

Request

Change Description

Change in Number of Paid Days -6,688 +7,260

This column reflects changes in pay associated with

the change in the number of paid days between 2023

and 2024. 2024 has one day more than 2023.

Pay Raise +69,523 +91,513

The President’s Budget for 2024 includes one quarter

of the 4.6% pay raise for 2023 and three quarters of a

planned 5.2% pay raise for 2024.

Employer Share of Federal Employee

Retirement System (FERS) 0 +1,057

This column reflects no budgeted increase to the

employer contribution to the Federal Employee

Retirement System and a 0.6% increase to the

employer contribution for the Law Enforcement

Federal Employees Retirement System.

Departmental Working Capital Fund

(WCF) +2,674 +7,675

The change reflects the final 2024 Central Bill

approved by the Working Capital Fund Consortium.

Workers’ Compensation Payments -568 +532

The amounts reflect final chargeback costs of

compensating injured employees and dependents of

employees who suffer accidental deaths while on

duty. Costs for 2024 will reimburse the Department

of Labor, Federal Employees Compensation Fund,

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8147(b) as amended by Public

Law 94-273.

Unemployment Compensation Payments 0 +1,021

The amounts reflect projected changes in the costs of

unemployment compensation claims to be paid to the

Department of Labor, Federal Employees

Compensation Account, in the Unemployment Trust

Fund, pursuant to Public Law 96-499.

Rental Payments +4,240 -365

The amounts reflect changes in the costs payable to

General Services Administration (GSA) and others

for office and non-office space as estimated by GSA,

as well as the rental costs of other currently occupied

space. These costs include building security. Costs of

mandatory office relocations, i.e. relocations in cases

where due to external events there is no alternative

but to vacate the currently occupied space, are also

included.

Baseline Adjustments for O&M

Increases 0 +11,860

In accordance with space maximization efforts across

the Federal Government, this adjustment captures the

associated increase to baseline operations and

maintenance requirements resulting from movement

out of GSA or direct-leased (commercial) space and

into Bureau-owned space. While the GSA portion of

fixed costs will go down as a result of these moves,

Bureaus often encounter an increase to baseline

O&M costs not otherwise captured in fixed costs.

This category of funding properly adjusts the

baseline fixed cost amount to maintain steady-state

funding for these requirements.

Account Total Fixed Cost +120,553

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Internal Realignments and Non-Policy/Program

Changes (Net-Zero)

FY 2024

(+/-) Description

Budget Realignment to Reflect 2022 Actual

Obligations

Park Management/Resource Stewardship -17,817

Internal adjustment to redistribute the variance in

enacted funding amounts and actual charges in FY

2022 by ONPS Subactivity

Park Management/Visitor Services -29,011

Internal adjustment to redistribute the variance in

enacted funding amounts and actual charges in FY

2022 by ONPS Subactivity

Park Management/Park Protection +700

Internal adjustment to redistribute the variance in

enacted funding amounts and actual charges in FY

2022 by ONPS Subactivity

Park Management/Facility Operations and

Maintenance +3,312

Internal adjustment to redistribute the variance in

enacted funding amounts and actual charges in FY

2022 by ONPS Subactivity

Park Management/Park Support +42,816

Internal adjustment to redistribute the variance in

enacted funding amounts and actual charges in FY

2022 by ONPS Subactivity

Net Account Total, Budget Realignment 0

Internal Transfers to Reconcile Funding Need with

Funding Source

Park Management/Park Protection/Law Enforcement

and Protection -2,464

Amounts reflect the adjustment of charges between

Working Capital Fund Direct Bill and Working

Capital Fund Central Bill.

Park Management/Park Support/Administrative

Support -115

Amounts reflect the adjustment of charges between

Working Capital Fund Direct Bill and Working

Capital Fund Central Bill.

External Administrative Costs/Departmental Program

Charges +2,579

Amounts reflect the adjustment of charges between

Working Capital Fund Direct Bill and Working

Capital Fund Central Bill.

Net Account Total, Internal Transfers 0

Please see Exhibit C: Budget Realignment for additional information.

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OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

Appropriation Language

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of areas and facilities

administered by the National Park Service and for the general administration of the National Park Service,

[$2,923,424,000]$3,189,757,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which

[$11,661,000]$11,858,000 shall be for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades

restoration [and], $135,980,000 shall be for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for constructed

assets [and] $188,184,000 shall be for cyclic maintenance projects for constructed assets and cultural

resources [and], $10,000,000 shall be for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States

Code [shall remain available until September 30, 2024], and not to exceed $15,000 may be for official

reception and representation expenses: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act

are available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwithstanding

section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101;

Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be made available for

the purposes specified by that Act: Provided further, That sections (7)(b) and (8) of that Act shall be

amended by striking “July 1, [2023]2024” and inserting “July 1, [2024]2025”.

In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount

deposited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services Fund established pursuant to such

section of such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from such Fund. (Department of

the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023.)

Justification of Major Proposed Language Changes

The phrase “to remain available until September 30, 2025” was inserted to request that the full Operation

of the National Park System appropriation be available for two years. Two-year funding availability will

allow the NPS to mitigate the impact of continuing resolutions. Multi-year funding is consistent with the

period of availability of the operating funds at other Interior land management bureaus and similar

agencies. This change enhances consistency across the Department of the Interior.

The phrase “and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses” was added to

enable NPS to use up to $15,000 of appropriated amounts for courtesy and social responsibilities

associated with official duties, primarily for outreach, engagement, and consultation with Tribal partners

to honor traditions. This request would provide NPS similar authority provided to other agencies to

extend hospitality to official visitors without bureau employees bearing expenses from their own personal

funds.

Appropriations Language Citations

1. For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of areas and

facilities administered by the National Park Service

Division A of subtitle I of title 54, United States Code, creates the National Park Service (NPS),

defines the National Park System, and provides authorities related thereto, including authority for

management, operation, and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the NPS.

Other parts of the United States Code provide authorities related to certain subjects, as follows:

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5 U.S.C. 5901(a), Uniform allowance for employees of the National Park Service.

54 U.S.C. 1019, Concessions and Commercial Use authorizations.

16 U.S.C. 21 – 450ss-3, 459 to 460a-11, and 460m –460-kkk, Specific national park areas or

categories of National Park areas.

16 U.S.C. 6801 note, Recreation fees and fee collection and use.

54 U.S.C. 102303-102304, 320101-320104, 320106: Acquisition, operation and management of

historic and archeological sites, buildings, and properties.

16 U.S.C. 1131-1136: National Wilderness Preservation System.

16 U.S.C. 1241-1249: National Scenic and National Historic Trails.

16 U.S.C. 1281(c): National Wild and Scenic Rivers System components.

54 U.S.C. 102701 Authorizes the law enforcement activities of the U.S. Park Police.

54 U.S.C. 101122 Authorizes appropriations to the National Park Foundation

2. and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $3,189,757,000 which shall

remain available until September 30, 2025,

54 U.S.C. 100101, 100301-100302, which creates the National Park Service, authorizes this

provision, which is included because of the desire of Congress to collect the agency’s general

administrative expenses in one appropriation. Language also makes appropriation available for

two years.

3. of which $11,858,000 shall be for planning and interagency coordination in support of

Everglades restoration,

16 U.S.C. 410r-5 to 410r-8, the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989,

as amended, authorizes activities to restore Everglades National Park, and appropriations for this

purpose. The following citation includes the length of availability for Everglades restoration

funding; the NPS proposes the availability of funding for these funds to remain available for two

years, consistent with past appropriations.

4. $135,980,000 shall be for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for constructed

assets, $188,184,000 shall be for cyclic maintenance projects for constructed assets and

cultural resources,

54 U.S.C. 100101, 100301-100302, which creates the National Park Service, authorizes this

provision. The NPS proposes the availability of funding for these funds to remain available for

two years, consistent with past appropriations.

5. and $10,000,000 shall be for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States

Code.

54 U.S.C. 101122 authorizes appropriations to the National Park Foundation, for use to match

contributions made to the Foundation.

6. and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses

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The NPS proposes new language to enable NPS to use up to $15,000 of appropriated amounts for

courtesy and social responsibilities associated with official duties, primarily for outreach,

engagement, and consultation with Tribal partners to honor traditions. This request would provide

NPS similar authority provided to other agencies to extend hospitality to official visitors without

bureau employees bearing expenses from their own personal funds.

7. That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American History Commission

Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under

this heading shall be made available for the purposes specified by that Act

This provision directs the NPS to transfer $3,300,000 of funding to the 400 Years of African-

American History Commission. The Commission is a Federally appointed committee, operating

independently as established by the Secretary of the Interior and administered by the National

Park Service.

The Commission was established in the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

to coordinate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English

colonies. The Commission’s purpose is to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities

throughout the United States that recognize and highlight the resilience and cultural contributions

of Africans and African Americans over 400 years; acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws

that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States; encourage civic, patriotic, historical,

educational, artistic, religious, and economic organizations to organize and take part in

anniversary activities; assist States, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the

commemoration; and coordinate public scholarly research about the arrival of Africans and their

contributions to the United States.

8. for purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 116-9, an amount equal to the amount

deposited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services Fund established

pursuant to such section of such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be derived

from such Fund.

This provision allows the NPS to utilize funds collected in the National Park Medical Services

Fund, as authorized by section 2404 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and

Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9), for the purposes of executing that section.

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Justification of Program and Performance

Activity: Park Management

Subactivity: Resource Stewardship

Resource

Stewardship ($000)

2022

Actual

2023

Enacted

Fixed

Costs

(+/-)

Internal

Transfers

(+/-)*

Program

Changes

(+/-)

2024

Request

Change

from 2023

Enacted

(+/-)

Natural Resource

Stewardship 232,999 272,329 +10,073 -16,187 +80,100 346,315 +73,986

Cultural Resource

Stewardship 119,879 135,727 +5,019 -1,630 +12,348 151,464 +15,737

Everglades

Restoration and

Research 11,452 11,661 +197 +0 +0 11,858 +197

Total

Requirements 364,330 419,717 +15,289 -17,817 +92,448 509,637 +89,920

Total FTE

Requirements 2,117 2,292 0 0 +398 2,690 +398

*Internal Transfers column reflects adjusted amounts by budget subactivity and program component based on an analysis of

actual charges in the NPS accounting system for FY 2022. In order to more transparently represent amounts requested in FY

2024, the budget presentation incorporates these amounts in the Internal Transfers column, reflecting a programmatic base

funding realignment.

Summary of FY 2024 Program Changes for Resource Stewardship

Program Changes ($000) FTE

• Conservation Initiative – Youth Corps Programs +31,000 +10

• Conservation Initiative – Natural Resource Capacity at Parks +28,500 +228

• Conservation Initiative – Climate Change and Natural Resources Management

Team +11,500 +92

• Conservation Initiative – Cultural Resources Assessment Team +3,720 +24

• Conservation Initiative – Inventory and Monitoring Program +3,100 +15

• Conservation Initiative – Research Learning Centers +3,000 +6

• Conservation Initiative – Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units +2,000 +7

• Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Tribal Co-

Stewardship +7,075 +0

• Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Alaska

Subsistence Management +1,000 +5

• Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Japanese

American WWII History National Networks +250 +1

• New and Critical Responsibilities +740 +5

• Supporting Park Capacity +563 +5

TOTAL Program Changes +92,448 +398

Mission Overview

The Resource Stewardship subactivity supports the NPS mission by protecting, conserving, and restoring

natural and cultural resources, and providing the knowledge and information necessary to ensure their

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proper management. Public lands are the perfect place to find peace and solitude and observe some of

America’s most iconic species and landscapes. Conservation stewardship of these treasures is a key

component of the NPS mission. Implementing programs and projects to support land, water, and wildlife

conservation, the NPS is a leader in protecting and managing America’s resources for current and future

generations to enjoy.

Subactivity Overview

As a steward of the nation’s natural and cultural heritage, a primary responsibility of the NPS is to

conserve and protect park resources and values. The NPS inventories, evaluates, documents, conserves,

protects, monitors, maintains, and interprets the natural and cultural resources at 424 park units, 25 trails

and 66 wild and scenic rivers. National Park Service stewardship helps to sustain resources and allows for

their continued appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment. The resource stewardship subactivity

consists of the following areas of responsibility:

Natural Resource Stewardship

• Supports parks by providing park and resource managers with knowledge gained through

systematic and critical investigations, responsive technical assistance, continuing education for

park personnel, and cost-effective research programs that address complex landscape-level

management issues. Partners include the United States Geological Survey, other Federal and State

agencies, and Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit-affiliated academic institutions around the

country.

• Helps understand, conserve, and protect the natural resources in the National Park System

through active management, research, and stewardship projects. This work enhances visitor

experiences while conserving iconic resources including geologic features and wildlife, detecting

and managing invasive plants and animals, restoring disturbed ecosystems, and conducting

tactical and other studies to address natural resource operational needs.

• Assesses the vulnerability of park resources and infrastructure to the effects and potential effects

of climate change. This work improves resource resiliency and develops adaptation strategies to

protect resources and assets from the threat of a changing climate. Seeks to develop climate

change monitoring information in collaboration with parks, other Department of the Interior

bureaus, other agencies, and partners.

• Conducts systematic inventories of natural resources and monitoring of park resource conditions

to inform park management decisions through the organization of 32 ecosystem-based multi-park

Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Networks.

• Contributes to the conservation and restoration of scenery, wildlife, vegetation, air and water

quality, marine resources, geologic and paleontological resources, night skies and natural sounds

resulting in healthy intact ecosystems that deliver the best visitor experience.

Cultural Resource Stewardship

• Identifies, documents, preserves, protects, and commemorates the sites, landscapes, buildings,

people, events, and objects that define the nation’s diverse heritage. Maintains knowledge and

inventories of these resources to facilitate appropriate and cost-effective preservation and

protection, as well as access to resources.

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• Provides secure and environmentally stable facilities for museum collections to ensure long-term

preservation and accessibility of the collections for research, public use, enjoyment, and increased

understanding.

• Conducts applied research aimed at preserving cultural resources. Provides detailed, systematic

data about resources and their preservation and protection needs. Guides the application of

specific methods and techniques for preservation maintenance.

• Operates seven cultural resource centers which provide research, project supervision, technical

assistance, information management, and Geographic Information Systems expertise.

• Oversees NPS compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and

assists all NPS sites with related activities, providing technical advice, guidance, and training.

Everglades Restoration and Research

• Implements conservation projects essential to the conservation and restoration of the natural

ecological systems affecting Big Cypress NPres, Biscayne NP, Everglades NP, and Dry Tortugas

NP. Projects include feasibility studies, pilot projects, and restoration projects.

• Under the leadership of the Department’s Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives, supports

NPS efforts on restoration projects and programs, the activities of the South Florida Ecosystem

Restoration Task Force, and supports efforts associated with the Invasive Exotic Species Strategic

Action Framework.

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Subactivity: Resource Stewardship

Program Component: Natural Resource Stewardship

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Natural Resource Stewardship activities:

• Protect High Elevation and Subalpine Forest from Ungulates at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

• Prevent Extinction of a Critically Endangered Butterfly at Biscayne National Park

• Prevent Fossil Loss at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

• Restore Prairie and Oak Savanna for Pollinators and T&E Species at Ice Age National Scenic

Trail

• Restore grasslands and reintroduce endangered plant species in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

National Historical Park

• Restore Watershed at Fort Bowie National Historic Site

• Investigate Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Sea Turtle Nest Management at Padre Island National

Seashore

• Respond to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease at Four Caribbean Parks

• Analyze, Protect, and Reintroduce Sentry Milk-Vetch at Grand Canyon National Park

• Investigate Impact of Changing Ecosystems on Caribou Herds in Alaska

• Restore Native Freshwater Mussel Beds in Cuyahoga Valley National Park

• Determine Whitebark Pine Health and Develop Recovery Actions in Yellowstone National Park

• Survey and Implement Recovery Actions for Threatened Mexican Spotted Owl in Valles Caldera

National Preserve

• Complete Meadow Restoration, Revegetation, and Invasive Treatments in Yosemite National

Park

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Natural Resource Stewardship is $346,315,000 and 1,842 FTE, a

program change of +$80,100,000 and +363 FTE compared to FY 2023 Enacted.

Conservation Initiative – Youth Corps Programs (+$31,000,000 / +10 FTE) – Funding will support

mobilizing the next generation of conservation and resilience workers, maximizing the creation of

accessible training opportunities and providing a pathway to well-paying jobs. The NPS administers a

wide variety of internship and other youth programs with partnerships dedicated to hiring youth.

Programs include the American Sign Language Conservation Corps, the Ancestral Lands Conservation

Corps, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Internship Program, the Latino Heritage Internship

Program, the Scientists in Parks program, and the Veteran Fire Corps.

With this investment, the NPS intends to expand and enhance its youth corps programs by increasing

individual parks’ capacity to host conservation teams and projects to improve grassroots capacity; engage

a multi-media team to highlight the importance of the work and attract diverse recruits; establish long-

term apprenticeship programs to create a pathway to good, union jobs critical to NPS work in trades such

as carpentry, brick and stone masonry, electrical, plumbing, building retrofitting, renewable energy

technology; establish a living wage requirement for the program; and expand program administration to

streamline financial assistance and increase the program’s ability to operationalize performance data.

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Conservation Initiative – Natural Resource Capacity at Parks (+$28,500,000 / +228 FTE) – Funding

will increase natural resource stewardship capacity servicewide. This investment renews the NPS

commitment to a core competency and mission-essential task while supporting key administration efforts

related to climate change, conservation, and natural sciences. The NPS proposes targeted natural resource

capacity increases at a substantial number of parks, which represent the majority of the NPS’s natural

resources holdings and responsibilities. These parks will also provide support to smaller parks with

natural resources workloads. This investment provides park superintendents capacity to address climate

change consequences and specific threats to the natural resources in their area of operations. For example,

this funding would allow for the park-level recruitment of natural resource staff including but not limited

to natural resource protection specialists, biologists, hydrologists, wildlife veterinarians, ecologists,

environmental engineers, natural resource technicians, geologists, botanists, and physical scientists.

The increase also proposes additional capacity at the regional level to coordinate collaborative

conservation. It increases NPS’s investment in its responsibilities to the Chesapeake Bay Program

regional partnership with a $0.5 million increase, and it requests $1 million to reinforce the NPS’s

responsibilities managing the Colorado River basin.

Conservation Initiative – Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Team (+$11,500,000

/ +92 FTE) – Funding will increase support for the National Park Service’s spectrum of servicewide

natural resource management programs. For example, an increase to the geologic resources division will

assess risk to park visitors, staff and infrastructure from major geologic hazards arising from climate

change such as rockfall; landslides; flooding and debris flows (especially post- fire); permafrost;

hurricanes; and earthquakes. An investment in the cooperative landscape conservation program will

support science and actions that identify, implement, and advance landscape- and seascape-scale

collaborative conservation. And an increase to the water resources division will help identify, support and

secure sustainable water sources to support park operations and visitor use.

Conservation Initiative – Inventory and Monitoring Program (+$3,100,000 / +15 FTE) –This

funding increase will support additional capacity across the Inventory and Monitoring program. This

program is a system-wide inventory and monitoring effort designed to address the natural resource

inventory and monitoring needs in ~300 parks by conducting natural resource inventories and monitoring

the condition or “health” of key vital sign parameters. These best available science-based metrics and raw

empirical data provide park managers, planners, and interpreters with a broad-based understanding of the

status and trends in the condition of park natural resources and provide a critical basis for making and

assessing the results of management decisions. The network is open-source and research is utilized by

other agencies, partners, scientists, academics, and citizens alike and is a key tool for communicating with

the public on the efficacy of resource protection efforts.

Conservation Initiative – Research Learning Centers (+$3,000,000 / +6 FTE) – Funding will allow

the NPS to provide dedicated support to the NPS system of Regional Learning Centers (RLC), whose

purpose is to bring science and research collaboration to the forefront of the Service. The RLCs promote

research in parks and make the findings of research available and understandable to the widest possible

audience.

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Conservation Initiative – Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (+$2,000,000 / +7 FTE) –This

funding will increase the NPS commitment to Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs). A CESU is

an interdisciplinary partnership of Federal agencies, Tribes, academic institutions (including minority

serving institutions), State and local governments, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and other

partners working together within a broad bio-geographic area to support informed public trust resource

stewardship. Through its membership in this national network of CESUs, the NPS collaborates with other

Federal agencies and many non-Federal partners to generate cost-effective and high-quality scientific and

scholarly information. CESUs attract expert researchers to conduct studies in parks, providing usable

knowledge for resource managers, responsive technical assistance to parks, and continuing education for

park personnel. The staff associated with this increase would work with multiple parks and programs to

identify research, technical assistance, and education needs, assist in securing funding for park-based

projects, help parks connect with specialized expertise available through the CESU network, and

contribute scholarly expertise to lead or contribute to projects at the park, region, and servicewide levels.

Racial Justice and Equity for Undeserved Communities Initiative – Alaska Subsistence

Management (+$1,000,000 / +5 FTE) –This funding supports the management of subsistence hunting,

trapping, and fishing on NPS lands and waters in Alaska. Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act (ANILCA) establishes that subsistence uses of fish and wildlife shall be given priority

over other uses of these resources for rural Alaska residents (native and non-native). This “rural

preference” allows local rural residents to engage in subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping on Federal

public lands. Nowhere else in the United States is there a Federally mandated program to manage

traditional subsistence harvests of fish and wildlife on Federal lands, including national parks,

monuments, and preserves. ANILCA mandates that NPS recognize the significance of traditional Alaska

Native and non-Native subsistence uses as a cultural value of the people in and around most national park

lands in Alaska that preserves a vital piece of America’s heritage. It also recognizes the importance of

maintaining unimpaired ecosystems and natural and healthy populations of fish and wildlife as a

foundation for providing opportunities for traditional subsistence activities and other uses for future

generations. The NPS has facilitated the program in the past through funded projects like harvest studies

conducted cooperatively with local Tribes and other rural communities and research on fish and wildlife

populations. Dedicated program staff will ensure the consistent resourcing and focus the program

deserves.

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Program Overview

The NPS manages natural resources in the National Park System to meet its statutory responsibility to

conserve resources unimpaired for future generations. National parks conserve natural resources, play

unique roles amid changing environmental conditions as places for scientific research and baselines for

understanding, and serve as venues to communicate and collaborate with partners and the public. Active

conservation management efforts to align resource stewardship in the environment include identifying

and mitigating stressors that threaten resource resilience (e.g. invasive species, air and water quality

impacts, extreme events such as storms and flooding, etc.), conducting inventory and monitoring

activities to identify changes in and/or stressors to park resources, restoring disturbed land and resources

to build long-term adaptive capacity, restoring habitats and connectivity, and developing partnerships

with private landowners, other Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and NGOs to address issues at the

landscape scale. These activities are largely conducted at the park level, utilizing park personnel and

contractor or cooperator support. Centralized or team-based subject-matter specialists also provide park

managers with cost-effective scientific support, specialized expertise, and technical assistance on a wide

range of air, sound, water, geologic, and biological resource management needs, including science-based

decision-making support and problem resolution.

The NPS is using the National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Framework to

organize and communicate broad goals for resource management, priorities for natural resource

stewardship and science in the National Park System, and useful actions and activities that can be

implemented to achieve these goals. The framework identifies four areas that guide NPS natural resource

stewardship actions and investments: 1) addressing immediate site-specific challenges that occur at the

park level, 2) managing amid continuous change, 3) working collaboratively with partners and

stakeholders, including Tribes, and 4) enhancing stewardship and science access and engagement. In

addition, park managers and natural resource subject matter experts collaborate to prepare the park’s

Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS), a science and scholarship-based plan that fosters an integrated

natural and cultural resource approach for aligning resource stewardship actions and investments in

coordinated and prioritized ways, while addressing potential impacts to park ecosystems including

invasive species, environmental change, and water quality and quantity to achieve resource values

identified in park foundation documents and related management plans. As a resource stewardship

strategy is completed, it supersedes the park’s resource management plan (RMP). The RSS is updated

routinely as resource conditions change, new information is collected, stewardship activities are

completed, or stewardship goals are achieved.

Natural resource activities and programs include the following:

Air Resource Management and Research

Established in response to amendments to the 1977 Clean Air Act to protect clean air, especially in

national parks and wilderness areas, the NPS maintains an extensive air monitoring network. The NPS, in

cooperation with State and Federal partners, maintains a network of over 150 fine particle samplers, 53 of

which monitor visibility in parks. The NPS also operates a network of more than 53 ambient air quality

monitoring sites to determine other key air quality performance indicators, namely ozone and deposition

of mercury, sulfur, nitrate and ammonia. Air quality monitoring is conducted in cooperation with other

Federal and State agencies as part of national networks. States actively consult with the NPS when

developing air quality management plans that might affect parks, especially Class I areas.

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The NPS reviews permit applications for new and modified sources of air pollution, actively works with

applicants, and assists States during the permitting process to reduce levels of air pollution from these

sources and mitigate potential adverse effects on park resources.

The NPS has statutory responsibilities under the Clean Air Act (P.L. 88-206) to protect important scenic

resources and other air quality related values in parks from impairment due to air pollution. Air quality

applied research provides an understanding of the effects of air pollution on the condition of park

resources and ecosystems, and air quality related values integral to visitor experience and enjoyment of

parks not available through the USGS or other Federal agencies. A significant portion of this effort is the

acquisition of research information in national parks, and information on the composition of particulates

in the air that cause visibility impairment. Combined with research on the transport and transformation of

air pollutants, these data help identify the sources of the pollutants that may affect visibility in parks and,

in cooperation with other agencies, can point to mitigation strategies that improve air quality in parks.

 Learn more about the results of air quality management at: Air Resource Management (nps.gov)

Biological Resources Management

The NPS manages an extensive range of activities to conserve, restore, preserve and manage biological

resources, native species and their habitats, and contribute to the overall health of the park and landscape-

level ecosystem. The NPS works closely with States on the identification and conservation of critical

migration corridors that intersect parks and State priority areas.

Invasive Plant Management Teams (IPMTs) serve more than 287 parks over a broad geographic area and

work to detect, identify, develop, conduct, and evaluate invasive species management projects.

The Wildlife Health Team provides professional veterinary consultation and technical assistance to parks.

Among the priority wildlife diseases receiving ongoing surveillance and management are Chronic

Wasting Disease, Plague, Rabies, vector-borne disease and tick-borne disease, bighorn sheep pneumonia

and hemorrhagic diseases of cervids, Hantavirus from deer mice exposure, Lyme Disease and Relapsing

Fever from tick exposure, and White Nose Syndrome.

The Wildlife Conservation Team provides science-based expertise and leadership to parks and NPS in

addressing complex wildlife conservation issues, restoration of species, marine and terrestrial migrations,

and strategic law and policy education and interpretation to parks and managers throughout the System.

 Learn more about aspects of biological resource management at: Biological Resources Division

(nps.gov)

Cooperative Landscape Conservation

The National Park Service’s approach to climate change, science, adaptation, and communication is

through the Cooperative Landscape Conservation (CLC) program. The NPS leverages its resources and

expertise with that of other Federal agencies, States, Tribes, and others to focus on problems of concern to

the nation’s varied ecosystems. National parks contain some of the Nation’s most treasured landscapes

and historical sites, many of which are particularly vulnerable to changes in the environment. The NPS

develops and applies science to understand risks to park resources from environmental hazards, identifies

specific factors that affect park resources and park investments, and develops approaches to protect

resources and make them more resilient. The NPS provides support to park managers servicewide in

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developing vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies, and collaborates with other bureaus,

agencies, and partners to develop and share scientific information. In serving park visitors, the NPS

develops interpretive products and provides first-hand learning opportunities about environmental impacts

and how the NPS is responding to protect park resources and the Nation’s heritage.

 Learn more about cooperative landscape conservation at: Climate Change (nps.gov)

At a Glance…

NPS Water Supply Sources

Water, in adequate quantity and quality, is essential for NPS ecosystems and operations including supplies for

visitors and staff, firefighting activities, restoration efforts, stock watering, and concession operations. Oak Spring in

the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park is the sole water source for a busy hub of visitor infrastructure and

services within the park. An analysis by NPS scientists found that the flow from the spring directly correlates with

rainfall in the basin and thus is vulnerable to potential future declines in precipitation. Such information is essential

for park managers to develop actions that ensure adequate water supply, yet very few parks have information to

understand the vulnerability to climate change of water supply sources. Analyzing parks’ water security through

climate change vulnerability assessments is a continuing priority in FY 2024.

Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

The NPS provides technical support and guidance to parks in assessing injuries to park resources and

seeking damages for restoration pursuant to the System Unit Resource Protection Act (54 U.S.C.

100721), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) (104 Stat. 484), the Clean Water Act (CWA) (86 Stat. 816)

as amended by OPA, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA) (94 Stat. 2767). This support includes responses to oil and hazardous materials incidents

affecting parks, together with incidents involving human-caused injury to park resources (natural and

cultural), property, and visitor use. Costs and damages are recovered through negotiated settlements with

responsible parties. Cost recovery provides a means to achieve restoration of injured park resources rather

than requesting additional appropriated funds.

This NPS activity also has responsibility to coordinate NPS efforts within the DOI for the protection of

the Nation’s natural, cultural, and historic resources resulting from any manmade disaster or incident of

national emergency in full partnership with other Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments.

 Learn more at: Resource Damage and Assessment (nps.gov)

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Geologic Resources

Geological features and processes are key influences on the health of park watersheds, landscapes, and

marine resources, as well as the NPS’s ability to sustain biological communities on the lands and waters it

manages. Subject matter specialists provide park managers with scientific information and technical

support in areas including disturbed land restoration; mitigation of geologic hazards (e.g., rockfalls,

landslides, debris flows); geologic resource inventory and monitoring; management and protection of

paleontological resources, cave and karst systems, soil resources, and coastal shorelines; and planning that

integrates the use of information on park geologic features and processes in park decision making.

At a Glance…

Geologic Hazards and the Unstable Slopes Management Program

Rockfall damage to Zion National Park Road

Natural active geological processes like rockfalls and landslides are a danger to life and property. In 2022 alone,

four park visitors lost their lives due to rockfalls. In recent years, vital roads and facilities at Zion, Denali, Hawaii

Volcanoes, and Yellowstone National Parks have sustained major damage from such geological events. Many other

parks are also at risk for active geologic hazards. The NPS developed the Unstable Slopes Management Program

(USMP) in collaboration with other agencies and the Federal Highways Administration to proactively identify,

prioritize, and address these hazards. USMP provides a simple analytical field tool used at many NPS units to assess

and prioritize potential slope hazards so parks can focus limited resources to mitigate top priority hazardous slopes.

The NPS also protects park natural resources from adverse impacts associated with past, present, and

future energy and mineral development in and adjacent to parks. NPS areas contain a substantial number

of current non-Federal oil, gas, and mineral activity, including 364 oil and gas operations in 12 park units;

1,102 mining claims in 15 park units; and 10 mining and other mineral operations in four park units.

Conversely, abandoned mining and oil and gas exploration and production sites represent a substantial

portion of the disturbed lands requiring restoration in parks. Abandoned Mineral Land (AML) features are

remnants of a time when reclamation of mined areas was not required by Federal or State laws and

regulations. Many of these sites have serious public safety issues and resource impacts, yet many are also

valuable natural and historic properties due to their cultural values and the critical wildlife habitat they

provide. There are over 39,000 features

in 133 parks, of which approximately 3,800 mine features and

150 orphaned oil and gas wells require action.

Individual elements of an AML site, such as vertical shafts, adits, open stopes, and open pits; structures such as headframes,

mills, wellheads, and storage facilities; landform modifications such as access roads and drainage diversions; and piles of ore,

waste rock, soil stockpiles, and tailings.

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The NPS is also actively engaged in cave research in response to Title II of P.L. 101-578, which

established the Cave Research Institute, and P.L.105-325, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute

Act of 1998, through partnerships with the State of New Mexico, New Mexico Institute of Mining and

Technology (NMT), City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.

 Learn more about the geologic resource activities at: Geologic Resource Division (nps.gov)

Inventory and Monitoring (I&M)

The NPS administers a park system-wide inventory and monitoring effort designed to assess the natural

resource inventory and monitoring needs in ~300 parks by conducting basic natural resource inventories

and monitoring the conditions of key ecosystem parameters. These data provide park managers, planners,

and interpreters with the baseline and current status and trends of park natural resources, which serves as

the evidence basis for making management decisions, assessing results of management decisions,

collaborating with other agencies and partners, and communicating the importance of conserving park

natural systems and native species to the public.

I&M leverages its resources through partnerships as part of a strategy to maximize the availability, use,

and relevance of science-based information. I&M integrates, collaborates, and works across disciplines

and scales with NPS natural resource stewardship activities (e.g., climate, air quality, water resources)

and other agencies to compile, analyze, and report natural resource information. This approach supports

the NPS strategy to provide cost-efficient information of optimal use to park managers while meeting data

quality standards. I&M consists of 32 networks that provide expertise and natural resource condition

information to support the management of natural resources in parks. I&M science also routinely provides

the basis for park natural resource condition assessments, integration with resource stewardship strategy

development, and other park planning and management efforts.

Parks must determine appropriate levels and types of visitor use and permitted activities such as fishing,

river use, backcountry use, and hunting. Parks must also evaluate, plan, and design the appropriate type,

location, and level of activities that can be conducted without impairing resources. This often results in

the development of a management or operations plan that utilizes an environmental assessment to

evaluate alternatives and needed mitigation. These plans rely heavily on integrating information from

various sources, of which NPS I&M is critical.

 Learn more about the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program at: Inventory and Monitoring (nps.gov)

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Inventory and Monitoring Networks Map

Natural Sounds

Natural sounds, sometimes referred to as the “acoustic environment” or “soundscape” of a national park,

are the aggregate of all sounds that occur, together with the physical capacity for transmitting natural

sounds. As an intrinsic physical element of the environment, noise can affect both park resources and

visitor experience. Although noise is one of the more pervasive sources of pollution, it is still considered

an emerging issue for NPS and therefore, it often is not well addressed in most parks. Responding to 49

U.S.C. 40128, Overflights of National Parks, which requires NPS and the FAA to reduce noise from low

flying air tours over national parks to protect park resources and values, as well as the visitor experience,

the NPS initiated sustained efforts to provide a consistent approach to managing acoustic environments

(or soundscapes). The NPS performs acoustic monitoring, data collection and analysis, and development

of ambient acoustic baseline information and planning assistance along with source specific monitoring

and recommendations for mitigation of measurable impacts from noise. An integral element of this effort

is working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation to

implement the National Parks Air Tour Management Act (NPATMA). The NPS continues to work to

manage air tours over national parks to protect park resources and values under the statute. The NPS and

the FAA are working closely together to complete Air Tour Management Plans (ATMPs) for all parks in

which they are required by December 2024.

The NPS has completed acoustic monitoring at 1,007 sites in 132 parks. While the principal focus of the

activity remains on park overflights, parks are also beginning to address a range of other notable noise

sources, including park operations, oil and gas development within and adjacent to park boundaries, and

motorized recreation, which requires specialized technical assistance to accurately measure and analyze

park soundscapes to industry standards. In addition, the NPS has developed various models and other

tools to help train park staff and build internal capacity for measuring ambient baseline sounds levels and

source-specific noise. The NPS continues to work with partners to advance understanding of the role that

natural sounds play in overall ecosystem health and visitor enjoyment.

 Learn more about natural sounds activities at: Natural Sounds (nps.gov)

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Research Learning Centers

Research Learning Centers (RLCs) provide an infrastructure for researchers to conduct research and

exchange information for their networks of parks. They support and facilitate research by government and

nongovernment scientists that informs the stewardship of parks and their protected resources. The 19

RLCs are listed in the table below.

Research Learning Center Host Benefitting

Parks

Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Great Smoky Mountains NP 4

Atlantic Research Center Cape Cod NS 8

Continental Divide Research Learning Center Rocky Mountain NP 3

Crater Lake Science and Learning Center Crater Lake NP 1

Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center Glacier NP 3

Desert Research Learning Center Saguaro NP 11

Great Lakes Research and Education Center Indiana Dunes NP 14

Gulf Islands Research and Education Center Gulf Islands NS 1

Jemez Mountains Research Learning Center Valles Caldera NPres 2

Murie Science and Learning Center Denali NP&Pres 17

North Coast and Cascades Research Learning Center Olympic NP 8

Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center Kenai Fjords NP 11

Old-Growth Bottomland Forest Research and Education

Center Congaree NP 22

Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center Point Reyes NS 8

Schoodic Education and Research Center Acadia NP 11

Southern California Research Learning Center Santa Monica Mountains NRA 3

Tule Springs Expedition Research Learning Center

Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM 1

Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance National Capital Area 16

Yosemite Research Learning Center Yosemite NP 1

TOTAL 19 145

 Learn more about the RLCs at: Research Learning Centers (nps.gov)

Social Science Program

The social science program conducts and promotes state-of-the-art social science related to the mission of

the NPS and delivers critical knowledge to park managers and the public. The program provides research

and technical assistance to park and program managers and to non-Federal researchers. Activities include

Socioeconomic Monitoring which provide rigorous and nationally representative results of visitor

demographics, trip characteristics, and attitudes regarding the visitor experience in parks; the Visitor

Spending Effects which estimates the impacts park visitors have on local, regional, and national

economies in terms of their contribution to sales, income, and jobs; and the collection, analysis, and

publication of official NPS visitation statistics. NPS uses this information to improve visitor services,

enhance civic engagement, protect natural and cultural resources, and manage parks more effectively.

 Learn more about social science activities at: Social Science (nps.gov)

Water Resources

The NPS protects and manages fresh and marine waters in parks, including aquatic biota and vegetation.

It also works to restore water quantity (levels and flows) and quality to desired conditions, including

applicable Clean Water Act standards; and to ensure that water and water rights are available to meet

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visitor and administrative needs. The program provides park managers assistance to ensure the consistent

application of laws and regulations throughout the National Park System and develop technical

information so that management decision-making is based on science. Aquatic resource professionals

address park management needs, including water resources planning, identification and prioritization of

protection and restoration projects, development of water-related scientific information, aquatic resource

restoration projects, and participation in legal or administrative processes.

The NPS works closely with States on the application of the Clean Water Act to protect water quality in

parks and conducts water quality monitoring on selected water bodies. The NPS participates in State

water rights administrative and court processes and seeks to negotiate resolution of issues with the States

and other parties. The NPS also works to assess, protect, and restore upland, coastal, and marine

watershed conditions; floodplain, stream, wetland, and riparian resources; groundwater resources; wild

and scenic rivers; and freshwater and marine fisheries, and manages, disseminates, and archives relevant

hydrologic data. The NPS ensures protection of infrastructure and ecosystem function through programs

developed to evaluate development that impacts floodplains and wetlands. The NPS is also engaged in

efforts to prevent the spread and introduction of aquatic invasive species, working with other Federal

agencies, State partners, Tribes, and multi-stakeholder groups. For example, NPS units in the western

U.S. began developing programs to address the threat of quagga and zebra mussels in 2007. As of FY

2022, there are 10 western parks with quagga and zebra mussel management or prevention programs.

Beginning in FY 2023, for the first time, Quagga/Zebra Mussel (QZM) funds will support an invasive

mussel management program east of the Mississippi River, at Voyageurs National Park.

The NPS manages 88 ocean, coastal and Great Lakes parks that attract over 95 million recreational visits

and generate over $6 billion in visitor spending for local economies. NPS responds more effectively and

efficiently to changing ocean and coastal conditions by working with other DOI bureaus, the National

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and academic partners. The NPS provides

technical expertise and guidance to park managers in addressing priorities like aquatic invasive species,

cooperative fisheries management with States, harmful algal blooms, ocean acidification, habitat

mapping, marine debris, shoreline management, and water level changes and restoration.

 Learn more about water resource stewardship activities at: Water Resources Division (nps.gov)

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At a Glance…

Aquatic Resource Restoration

NPS Director Sams participates in wetland

restoration work at Delaware Water Gap National

Recreation Area

The NPS manages over 20 million acres of wetlands, including salt and freshwater marshes, swamps, peatlands,

mudflats, and intertidal zones. These highly productive and biologically diverse systems enhance water quality,

control erosion, maintain stream flows, sequester carbon, and harbor at least 35 percent of threatened and

endangered species. Approximately 2.2. million acres of NPS aquatic resources require restoration. The NPS has

established wetland protection policies and procedures, is acquiring baseline wetland inventory data, and is actively

restoring degraded and lost wetlands. Since 2000, program staff have provided restoration assistance to more than

90 NPS units. Restoring physical and biological integrity of degraded aquatic ecosystems enhances visitor

experiences and bolsters aquatic resource resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.

Natural Resource Projects

The Natural Resources Projects program provides a dedicated servicewide fund source to complete the

National Park System’s highest priority natural resource projects. While individual park units receive

operational funds for the stewardship of natural resources, discrete resource stewardship projects focused

on specific challenges and situations are generally beyond the funding capabilities of individual units. A

servicewide program is an efficient approach that simultaneously allows NPS leadership to address long-

standing park needs, react effectively to emerging threats, and implement bureau, Department and

Administration priorities servicewide.

All NPS units and programs are eligible to submit proposals for funding consideration. Submissions are

centrally administered through the NPS’s project management information system (PMIS) to ensure

application to high priority issues and facilitate effective internal controls and financial risk management.

Annually, senior leaders in the Directorate of Natural Resources Stewardship and Science (NRSS) and

servicewide through the Natural Resource Advisory Group (NRAG) are impaneled to evaluate, prioritize,

and select projects for funding.

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Annually, projects are submitted for a wide range of natural resource subjects including but not limited to

invasive species prevention/mitigation; the management of and study of impacts to at-risk species; the

restoration of plants, animals, streams, wetlands and ecosystems, tactical biological studies, field-testing

of novel stewardship techniques , scientific or management methodology refinement, climate change

vulnerability assessments, scenario and adaptation planning, and addressing highest priority

environmental challenges. The panel evaluates projects based upon four criteria: 1) significance of the

resource, 2) urgency and severity of threat, 3) expected results upon completion and 4) cost effectiveness.

Additionally, project funds may be set aside to address specific issues, typically these are rapidly

emerging threats to resources; recent examples include invasive mussels and white nose syndrome.

Projects that directly address the park unit resource stewardship strategy, and/or park, regional, bureau,

departmental or administration priorities are given advantage, all other criteria being equal.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

In 2009, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was established to restore and protect the Great

Lakes region. Led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the GLRI invests in the region’s

environmental and public health through a coordinated interagency process, now guided by Action Plan

III (2020-2024). The program focuses on five major restoration areas: cleaning up toxics and areas of

concern; combating invasive species; improving nearshore health, in part by reducing phosphorus runoff;

restoring wetlands, other habitats and at-risk species; and integrated solutions to cross-cutting issues.

GLRI funds are distributed by the EPA and are meant to fund Great Lakes activities of Federal agencies,

States, Tribes, and partners. The NPS received approximately $7.8 million in FY 2022 to implement

initiative projects and has received approximately $4.5 million annually in the past decade. In addition,

the NPS works with other Federal agencies to identify priorities and potential future collaborative

projects.

 Learn more about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, visit http://glri.us

National Trails System

The National Trails System (NTS) is a nationwide network of national scenic trails, national historic

trails, and national recreation trails. Of the 32 congressionally designated national scenic and historic

trails, NPS administers or co-administers 25 trails. In 2022 and 2023, the National Trails System grew to

include two new national historic trails through the congressional designations of the Chilkoot NHT and

Butterfield Overland NHT.

A hiker on Chilkoot NHT in Alaska

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The network of national scenic and historic trails within the system, at over 55,000 miles, is larger than

the interstate highway system and connects more than 6,000 thousand communities with access to the

outdoors. More than 80 million Americans live within 5 miles of a national trail and NTS trails serve

millions of visitors each year, and the NPS continues to strive to increase equitable access to national

trails. Many communities have adopted “trail town” affinity programs to support their local economic

strategies and their greening, access, or health goals.

The NPS provides interagency coordination, policy development, partnership training, financial

assistance, technical assistance, research, communications, networking, mapping, and reporting for the

benefit of the National Trails System. Interagency coordination with the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is an essential part of these efforts since many of the national

trails cross lands administered by these other agencies. Executive Order 13195 and a 2017 Memorandum

of Understanding signed by the NPS, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers strengthen this interagency collaboration and sharing of resources.

All national scenic and national historic trails are cooperatively managed by design and demonstrate

successful collaboration with partner organizations. Partnerships are integral for the National Trails

System, and the NPS works with a wide array of State, Tribal, and local governments, private

landowners, nonprofit organizations, and other partners to leverage resources, maintain, and sustain the

system. Over the last decade NTS partners have generated an average of more than 1 million hours of

volunteer and public service support annually. Cooperative management partners generally contribute

more funds and in-kind resources to NTS management each year than appropriated Federal funds.

Recent national trail projects include providing youth engagement experiences to encourage the next

generation of environmental stewards along the New England NST and Arizona NST; improving the

visitor experience along the Pacific Crest NST; providing safety training for volunteers working along the

North County NST and Ice Age NST; providing opportunities for youth and community engagement

focused on cultural history along the Juan Bautista de Anza NHT, Ala Kahakai NHT, Star-Spangled

Banner NHT, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route NHT, and the Freedom Trail NRT;

providing healthy recreation opportunities along the Erie and Ohio Canal Towpath NRT; developing

interpretive resources along the Trail of Tears NHT and Continental Divide NST and Pacific Northwest

NST; developing programing to engage Tribal youth along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT; and

supporting interagency and partner training and research at the national level to support the National

Trails System.

 Learn more about the National Trails System at: National Trails System (nps.gov)

Components of the National Trails System

Administered by the NPS

Ala Kahakai NHT

Appalachian NST

Butterfield Overland NHT

California NHT

Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT

Chilkoot NHT

El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT

Ice Age NST

Juan Bautista de Anza NHT

Lewis & Clark NHT

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Mormon Pioneer NHT

Natchez Trace NST

New England NST

North Country NST

Oregon NHT

Overmountain Victory NHT

Pony Express NHT

Potomac Heritage NST

Santa Fe NHT

Selma to Montgomery NHT

Star-Spangled Banner NHT

Trail of Tears NHT

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

NHT

Administered by Other Agencies

Arizona NST (USFS)

Continental Divide NST (USFS)

Florida NST (USFS)

Iditarod NHT (BLM)

Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) NHT (USFS)

Pacific Crest NST (USFS)

Pacific Northwest NST (USFS)

Co-Administered by NPS and BLM

Old Spanish NHT

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT

National Recreation Trails

National recreation trails are a category of the National Trails System designated by either the Secretary

of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. National recreation trails provide close-to-home outdoor

recreation opportunities and access on Federal, State, Tribal, and other local lands near communities

across the nation. Combined, these trails create a network of over 1,300 existing land and water-based

trails in all 50 States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. They provide the opportunity to

connect people to the outdoors, improve access for healthy outdoor activities, and increase conservation

efforts within State and municipal parks and various Federal lands. The NPS works with Federal, State,

Tribal, and local partners to provide resources and technical expertise to promote the development and

recognition of these trails in partnership with American Trails. In June 2022, the Secretary of the Interior

designated nine new national recreation trails in seven states, adding nearly 600 miles to the National

Trails System.

 Learn more about the National Recreation Trails at: www.americantrails.org and at: National Trails

System (nps.gov)

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System:

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by Congress in 1968 (P.L. 90-542; 16 U.S.C.

1271 et seq.) to protect certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-

flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is

notable for safeguarding the special character of these rivers, while also recognizing the potential for their

appropriate use and development. It encourages coordinated river management that crosses political

boundaries and promotes public engagement in developing goals for river protection and implementing

conservation actions. Rivers may be designated by Congress or, if certain requirements are met, by the

Secretary of the Interior. Designated river segments need not include the entire river and may include

tributaries.

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Kayakers on the recently-designated York Wild and Scenic River

There are 228 rivers that comprise the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The NPS has

responsibilities for 66 of these, including rivers that are units of the National Park System or located

within or adjacent to park boundaries, rivers administered by NPS through legislatively established

partnerships, and rivers that are managed by States or Tribes. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requires

the NPS to prepare Comprehensive River Management Plans and establish boundaries and river

classifications. The NPS Unit Management Plan program supports this planning function.

Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers are a unique collaborative management model within the system.

These 18 partnership rivers are managed by locally driven, cooperative planning between local, State, and

regional stakeholders and the NPS. Nationally designated river protection, supported by limited Federal

funding and technical assistance, leverages substantial additional State, local, and private funding. To

date, locally based river management councils or committees have been formed on each partnership river

specifically for this purpose.

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System evaluates and approves Federally assisted water resource

projects that impact over 4,000 miles of designated rivers. Together, the NPS and its partners work to

satisfy other requirements under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, including to protect and enhance a

river’s free-flow, water quality, and other values which led to a river’s designation as part of the National

Wild and Scenic River System. New rivers may be added to the system through various mechanisms,

including congressionally authorized studies.

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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

 Learn more about the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System at: National Wild and Scenic River

System (rivers.gov) and: Wild & Scenic Rivers (nps.gov)

National Park System Rivers

Alagnak (AK)

Alatna (AK)

Aniakchak (AK)

Bluestone (WV)

Cache la Poudre (CO)

Charley (AK)

Chilikadrotna (AK)

Delaware (middle) (NJ & PA)

Delaware (upper) (NY & PA)

Flathead (MT)

Great Egg Harbor (NJ)

John (AK)

Kern (CA)

Kings (CA)

Klamath (CA)

Kobuk (AK)

Koyukuk (North Fork) (AK)

Merced (CA)

Missouri (NE & SD)

Mulchatna (AK)

Niobrara (NE)

Noatak (AK)

Obed (TN)

Rio Grande (TX)

River Styx (OR)

Salmon (AK)

St. Croix (MN & WI)

Snake Headwaters (WY)

Surprise Canyon Creek (CA)

Tinayguk (AK)

Tlikakila (AK)

Tuolumne (CA)

Virgin (UT)

Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers

Delaware (Lower) (NJ & PA)

Eightmile (CT)

Farmington (West Branch) (CT)

Great Egg Harbor (NJ)

Housatonic (CT)

Lamprey (NH)

Lower Farmington & Salmon Brook (CT)

Maurice (NJ)

Musconetcong (NJ)

Nashua, Squannacook, & Nissitissit (MA & NH)

Sudbury, Assabet, & Concord (MA)

Taunton (MA)

Upper Missisquoi & Trout (VT)

Wekiva (FL)

Westfield (MA)

White Clay Creek (DE & PA)

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed (CT & RI)

York (ME)

Rivers Managed by States and/or Tribes

American (Lower) (CA)

Allagash Wilderness Waterway (ME)

Big and Little Darby Creeks (OH)

Cossatot (AR)

Eel (CA and Tribal administration)

Klamath (CA, OR and Tribal administration)

Little Beaver (OH)

Little Miami (OH)

Loxahatchee (FL)

Lumber (NC)

Middle Fork Vermillion (IL)

New (NC)

St. Croix (Lower) (MN, WI)

Smith (CA)

Trinity (CA and Tribal administration)

Wolf (WI and Tribal administration)

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Subactivity: Resource Stewardship

Program Component: Cultural Resource Stewardship

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Cultural Resource Stewardship activities:

• Continue to inventory archeological sites on NPS lands to ensure their appropriate preservation

and protection. In FY 2024, an estimated 1,000 sites are expected to be newly inventoried, with

54 percent of over 85,000 total inventoried sites in good condition.

• Continue to inventory cultural landscapes on NPS lands to ensure their appropriate preservation

and protection. In FY 2024, an estimated 30 cultural landscapes are expected to be inventoried,

including capturing of GIS data. Of the total of 957 already inventoried as of the end of FY 2022,

47 percent are in good condition.

• Maintain 62 percent of historic structures in good condition in FY 2024.

• Catalog an estimated 1.0 million museum objects, ending FY 2024 with an estimated 138.4

million cataloged objects.

• Review and update scope of collection statements; remove items that are not museum objects or

outside the scope.

• Continue providing access to museum objects and park stories through online exhibits on public

websites.

• Oversee the preparation of 90-100 Historic Resource Studies, Special History Studies, and

Administrative Histories for parks and national programs.

• Oversee the preparation of 45-55 National Register of Historic Places documentation for parks.

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Cultural Resource Stewardship is $151,464,000 and 812 FTE, a program

change of +$12,348,000 and +35 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Tribal Co-Stewardship

(+$7,075,000 / +0 FTE) – This increase would establish a funding stream dedicated to expanding Tribal

co-stewardship, in support of Secretarial Order 3403, Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes

in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters and recently-issued NPS policy. Funds would largely be

deployed via annual funding agreements between parks and Tribes. Funds would support both recurring

operational work, similar to the longstanding annual funding agreement between the Grand Portage Band

of Lake Superior Chippewa and Grand Portage NM for a variety of facilities operations, and non-

recurring project work, similar to the recent funding agreement between member Tribes of Kawerak, Inc.

and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve to complete work on several maintenance projects over three

years. Parks working toward expanding co-stewardship opportunities in the future include Badlands

National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area, Bandelier

National Monument, and Canyon de Chelly National Monument, among others.

Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Japanese American WWII

History National Networks (+$250,000 / +1 FTE) – Funding would support implementation of the

Japanese American World War II History Network authorized in the FY23 Omnibus appropriations bill.

The new network will coordinate partners nationwide on research and education efforts relating to

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Japanese American World War II history and Japanese American experiences during the war, including

relocation centers and confinement sites.

Conservation Initiative – Cultural Resources Climate Assessment Team (+$3,720,000 / +24 FTE) –

Funding would create an interdisciplinary climate assessment and adaptation team to design and conduct

inventory and monitoring of cultural resources impacted by climate change. Preservation specialists, like

engineers and architects, will bring the knowledge needed to assess climate impacts on park structures,

and archeologists and anthropologists will help assess threats to sites and the connections of indigenous

and associated communities. These positions will bring expertise needed to help parks make sound

decisions about adaptation and resiliency. With this funding the team will develop a baseline inventory

and scalable methodology to identify typologies for materials, evaluate and monitor conditions and

trends, develop risk-exposure scenarios to evaluate the impacts of climate change on cultural resources,

and identify resilient, cost-effective, and long-term treatment and adaptation strategies. For example, in

FY 2024, the team will build an inventory system to assess and track climate impacts on cultural

resources using baseline data sets developed by preservation specialists to monitor original and repair

materials at Dry Tortugas National Monument’s Fort Jefferson and to analyze material performance under

predicted and actual environmental conditions.

New and Critical Responsibilities (+$740,000 / +5 FTE) - The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52

FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new and additional responsibilities at parks

and central offices. In FY 2024, funding will support the management of newly added lands, facilities,

visitor centers, and interpretive offerings at Denali NP and Preserve, Birmingham Civil Rights NM/

Freedom Riders NM, Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM, and others, as well as park protection increases at

Fort Smith NHS and Joshua Tree NP. Specific funding also supports new spending for community

outreach with Tribal communities at Bryce Canyon NP, North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, and Ross

Lake NRA. Additional details on this request can be found in the Budget Overview section.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$563,000 / +5 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

Program Overview

The NPS engages in preservation and protection activities as a steward of the Nation’s archeological

resources, cultural landscapes, ethnographic resources, history, historic and prehistoric structures, and

museum collections. The NPS also conducts associated applied research, which provides the foundation

of cultural resource stewardship by providing detailed, systematic data for planning, management, and

interpretation to enable cultural resource managers to preserve and protect cultural resources. Parks

conduct most cultural resource management actions, with regional and servicewide offices and centers

providing essential support in areas such as policy development, training, and major preservation work.

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Cultural resources contained within the National Park System are extensive and varied, and include

cultural landscapes such as the National Mall, historic structures such as Independence Hall, and myriad

archeological sites. Many parks also have associated museum collections, such as the original objects

from the night President Lincoln was killed on display at Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site. Cultural

resources tell the story of the Nation and its people, from the ancient sites of Aztec National Monument to

the modern ones of Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, the battlefields of Gettysburg National

Military Park, and the historic immigration gateways of Ellis Island. Overall, the National Park system

contains over 26,000 historic and prehistoric structures, 4,200 statues, monuments, and memorials, more

than 85,000 archeological sites, more than 950 cultural landscapes, and more than 189 million museum

objects and archival documents. Proactive resource management is essential. This includes, but is not

limited to, monitoring the condition of cultural resources, regular and ongoing maintenance to slow

deterioration and repair damage, proper archival and collections storage conditions and policies for

resource use, and preventing and responding to resource threats from weather events and fires, air

pollution, improper use, and vandalism and looting. Parks also strive to identify and document the

relationships between traditionally associated peoples and resources to provide culturally sensitive

management and interpretation of resources. Parks conduct education and interpretation programs in

cultural heritage to convey the significance of the resources and their meanings to a broad and diverse

constituency. NPS-managed cultural resources are described below.

Archeological Resources

Sites and artifacts provide unique and irreplaceable information that connects modern communities with

the cultural heritage of the United States. These resources are extremely vulnerable to threats including

climate change and other natural processes, development, excessive visitor use, vandalism, and looting.

Park resource managers monitor site conditions, facilitate research, and implement preservation strategies

to maintain the integrity and improve the condition of archeological resources and make information

gathered through applied research available to resource managers, research professionals and the public.

Archeological information and research are used in public programs such as ranger events and exhibits

that interpret archeological artifacts, park and program websites, and educational opportunities.

Cultural Landscapes

Cultural landscapes are geographic areas associated with a historic event, activity, or person, or which

exhibits other cultural or aesthetic values. Cultural landscapes managed by NPS include battlefields and

cemeteries such as Gettysburg National Military Park and National Cemetery, urban landscapes such as

the National Mall, and places such as the Jamestown Island Area at Colonial National Historical Park, the

site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, and Manzanar National Historic Site, a

camp where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

Parks manage cultural landscapes through research, planning, and stewardship, with the goal of defining

the values and associations that make the landscape historically significant, identifying the type and

degree of change that can occur while maintaining the historic character of the landscape, and planning

for an undertaking the long-term preservation of the landscape through preservation maintenance and

treatments and other resource protection activities.

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Ethnographic Resources

NPS engages in ethnographic research using professional methods of cultural anthropology. Work

includes assessments, surveys, field studies, and consultations that provide for the identification,

evaluation, and interpretation of the relationships between contemporary cultural communities, including

Native Americans and other traditionally associated peoples, and ethnographically significant natural and

cultural resources in parks. This work facilitates the provision of culturally sensitive resource

management, as well as interpretive and educational materials.

Historic and Prehistoric Structures

Historic structures are constructed works including buildings and monuments, dams and canals, nautical

vessels and defensive works such as forts, temple mounds and ruins, and bridges and tunnels. The

preservation and protection of historic and prehistoric structures has two basic goals: slowing the rate at

which historic material is lost and maintaining the historic character and integrity of resources. For

historic and prehistoric structures, stewardship focuses on five major activities: 1) control of physical

work and use; 2) monitoring conditions of deterioration and structural failure; 3) protecting structures

from human and environmental threats; 4) retaining or delegating responsibility for structures; and 5)

developing the skills, knowledge, and mind-set needed to support the program.

Museum Collections

Museum collections from over 402 units of the National Park System are maintained in 328 parks, at six

NPS cultural resource centers, and at 833 non-Federal repositories. These collections include 41.9 million

archeological, 3.3 million historical, 90,000 art, 4.3 million biological, 1.4 million paleontological, 22,000

ethnological, and 96,000 geological items, plus over 85,000 linear feet of archives. Collections include

items ranging from historic furnishings in the home of John Adams and flags that flew over Fort Sumter,

to Thomas Edison’s handwritten notes on inventions. Other important museum program activities include

developing on-site and virtual exhibits, Teaching with Museum Collections lesson plans, and technical

guidance in the NPS Museum Handbook.

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Historical Research

The Park History Program conducts historical research studies to ensure that the information presented in

parks and national programs and used in park planning activities and management is based on the most

accurate information available. This includes the development and oversight of park administrative

histories, which provides invaluable information to park managers on their park’s history, including

decisions made over time, and the salient historical issues that determined important decisions of park

management. The program also trains employees in oral history techniques, practices, and management of

resources, and manages a program to identify, prioritize, and nominate National Park Service properties

to the National Register of Historic Places in compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic

Preservation Act.

The Park History Program also manages several national research and preservation programs through

shared leadership with local, State, and Federal entities, as well as interested individuals and

organizations. These programs include the African American Civil Rights Network to recognize sites,

facilities, and programs that interpret the history of the African American civil rights movement in the

United States; the National Maritime Heritage Program that administers grants for non-NPS partners to

steward historic resources and educate the public about the nation’s maritime history; the National

Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program to transfer surplus historic lighthouses to non-Federal

partners for preservation, public education, and recreation; and the American World War II Heritage

Cities program to recognize U.S. cities and other local jurisdictions for their historic contributions to the

domestic war effort and current preservation efforts around WWII homefront history. Through the

African American Civil Rights Network, the NPS will continue to support the Center for Civil Rights

Research at the University of South Carolina in FY 2024 with up to $3.4 million through a cooperative

agreement.

At a Glance…

“History and Hope: Interpreting the Roots of Our Climate Crisis and Inspiring Action”

The “History and Hope: Interpreting the Roots of Our Climate Crisis and Inspiring Action” project supports the

ongoing servicewide response as articulated in both the NPS Climate Change Response Strategy and the National

Climate Change interpretation and Education Strategy. The “History and Hope” toolkit expands interpretation of

climate change by using history to help visitors see climate change in a new light from its human-caused origins to

its solutions. The NPS is now working to create an accessible and expanded version of the toolkit to be available to

the public. One park reports that the toolkit provides “deeper, more nuanced interpretation that sticks with the visitor

after their visit, . . . a path forward for interpreters who don’t know where to start.”

Park Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program

The Park NAGPRA program oversees NPS compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and assists all NPS sites with related activities, providing technical advice,

guidance, and training. The law applies to the NPS as an agency that manages public land and cares for

collections containing Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of

cultural patrimony. The agency is required to return certain items to lineal descendants, Tribes, and

Native Hawaiian organizations and to plan for and manage the discovery of such items on Federal land.

National Networks

The NPS manages five national networks around important themes in American history: African

American Civil Rights, the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, the Reconstruction Era,

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American World War II Heritage Cities, and the Japanese American World War II History Network.

These programs coordinate preservation, research, and education efforts nationwide across large networks

of partners. Through shared leadership with local, State, and Federal entities, as well as other

stakeholders, the NPS educates the public about the history and significance of these themes; provides

technical assistance to empower communities to document, preserve, and tell their stories; and maintains

listings of historic sites, interpretive and educational programs, and facilities with verifiable connections

to the themes. Through these combined activities, these programs and their many non-NPS partners are

advancing scholarship and knowledge, making it accessible for school curricula, academic study, and

heritage tourism.

Cultural Resource Projects

Cultural Resource Project funds are used to complete the National Park System’s highest priority cultural

resource management projects. These projects are beyond the funding capabilities of the parks

themselves, and are designed to preserve, protect, and provide information about the diverse array of

NPS’s cultural resources. These funds are central to implementing bureau- and Department-level strategic

plans, and they enable the NPS to achieve a standard of excellence for the stewardship of the resources

that form the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation.

This project funding supports interdisciplinary research, documentation, stabilization, and conservation of

NPS cultural resources, and directly supports the goals of resource stewardship, relevance, and education.

Project funds support park planning needs relating to proposed development and allow parks to inventory

and evaluate cultural resources per the requirements of Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation

Act. They also provide for baseline research and treatment guidance that is critical to support the

streamlined compliance process for deferred maintenance and infrastructure projects that impact park

resources.

To be considered for this funding, projects must support NPS responsibilities under the Organic Act, the

National Historic Preservation Act, or other NPS-related legislation; address how information and

knowledge that results from these projects will be actively transferred to park managers, staff, visitors,

partners, researchers, and educators, as appropriate; and, where applicable, address how geographic

information systems (GIS) spatial data will be created in accordance with NPS GIS standards. Projects are

ranked and selected for funding according to regional and park unit priorities, whether the project

develops core baseline documentation or stabilizes cultural resources, and if the project addresses

planning and documentation needs for cultural resources, and if the project addresses requirements for

compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Youth Programs

The Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate

students from traditionally underrepresented populations to explore the cultural resources and historic

preservation fields. In FY 2023, the program will engage interns at multiple sites across the country.

Internships are offered during a 12-week summer session and include projects such as preparing historical

reports on cultural resources, planning exhibits on historical topics, participating in archeological

excavations, conducting surveys of historic buildings, cataloging park and museum collections, providing

interpretive programs for youth groups, developing community outreach programs, and writing lesson

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plans based on historical themes. Some internships confer Direct Hire Authority status to interns who

complete the program. Additional internships may be created as needed for more advanced projects.

The Historic Preservation Internship Training Program, administered in partnership with the National

Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity

to gain practical experience in cultural resource management in National Park Service headquarters, field

offices, parks, as well as in other Federal agencies. Working under the direction of historic preservation

professionals, students undertake short-term projects to learn about and contribute to national historic

preservation programs and the Federal government’s preservation and management of historic properties.

At a Glance…

Providing Professional Experience and Connecting Youth with the Past: The Urban Archeology Corps

The Urban Archaeology Corps (UAC) is a national program that employs youth to conduct archeology on NPS

lands. The program aims to increase the diversity of the profession while creating a pipeline using direct hiring

authorities into federal service. Projects have included background research, survey, condition assessments,

excavation, collections management, and interpretation and public education. Teams typically consist of 2-10 people

for projects running 6-10 weeks. The program has employed 200 people since 2012.

In 2022, the UAC employed 26 people ages 16-34 through youth-serving nonprofit partners. At Colonial NHP, a

team conducted excavations, expanded community outreach and engagement, and conducted archeological site

condition assessments. Two UAC teams worked at five parks in the Hudson River Valley to conduct projects

including excavation, baseline documentation, and public interpretation. At Fort Frederica NM and Cumberland

Island NS, a team from the Southeast Conservation Corps assisted with survey and excavation of multiple

indigenous and historic sites, removed vegetation from mound sites, and assisted with preservation treatments at

cemeteries.

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Subactivity Resource Stewardship

Program Component: Everglades Restoration and Research

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Everglades Restoration and Research activities:

• Continue operations and activities of the Department of the Interior’s Office of Everglades

Restoration Initiatives (OERI) in its policy coordination and management role for the

Department, and its role in working with Federal, State, local, and Tribal representatives of the

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.

• Focus data sciences efforts to assess existing long term biological and hydrologic databases, that

will allow resource managers, decision-makers, and the public to understand the trends in

Everglades NP resources as they relate to water management changes and restoration benefits.

• Continue to participate in interagency planning and modeling efforts supporting the ongoing

multiple and simultaneous CERP planning projects associated with the Biscayne Bay and

Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration project, the Western Everglades Planning

Project, phases of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) including the next operational

plan, the Southern Everglades Project, and seepage management projects along the eastern

boundary of Everglades NP.

• Continue implementation of the Tamiami Trail Next Steps Phase 2 project, which upon

completion will restore an additional 75 to 80 billion gallons of water a year to flow into

Everglades NP and Florida Bay.

• Implement the Osceola Camp cure plan which identified the areas of the camp (located within

Northeast Shark River Slough) that would need to be elevated for CEPP to be implemented.

• Continue to conduct modeling and implement monitoring to ensure that the planned, constructed

or operated projects will deliver maximum benefits to the South Florida National parks and

preserve.

• Expand resilience and sustainability research efforts and resource management to address impacts

of climate change and sea level rise on the Everglades ecosystem.

• Continue our targeted applied science efforts to guide restoration, operations, and natural

resources management.

• Provide technical tools to support land and ecosystem managers, evaluate restoration plans, and

support detection, containment, and control of exotic invasive species.

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Everglades Restoration and Research is $11,858,000 and 36 FTE. There

are no proposed program changes from FY 2023 Enacted.

Program Overview

The Everglades Restoration and Research program is a critical component of the restoration,

conservation, and protection of Federal interest lands in south Florida. Projects implemented through this

program relate directly to the restoration of the ecological systems for Everglades and Biscayne National

Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve, and indirectly for Dry Tortugas National Park. The monitoring,

targeted research, and evaluation components of this program provide technical tools and data that assist

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the NPS in understanding the function of the present ecosystem, in evaluation of alternative plans for

restoration, and in assessment of the effects of built restoration projects on NPS resources. The program

also supports work on detection, containment and control techniques for exotic species, conducts studies

of large-scale ecosystem events, and studies the potential effects of changing weather patterns on sea-

level rise and saltwater intrusion; all of which threaten DOI resources in south Florida. The program will

focus applied science projects on data and syntheses needed to inform decisions regarding the design and

function of the current and future restoration projects, the effects of infrastructure and operations on

threatened and endangered species, the effects of large scale disturbance events (such as the effects of the

2015 seagrass die-off in Florida Bay, and the long-term impacts of Hurricane Irma in 2017), and the

effects of environmental impacts and invasive species on NPS resources.

The NPS is a major partner in the combined State and Federal effort to restore the Everglades ecosystem.

The south Florida park units are among the collaborating entities implementing major water resource

projects such as the Modified Water Deliveries and the regional Comprehensive Everglades Restoration

Plan (CERP). Restoring the Everglades is a more than $20 billion program of large-scale modifications to

the water management infrastructure of south Florida and has a targeted completion date beyond 2038.

Projects affecting NPS lands and waters occur in phases through the end of CERP implementation. The

NPS works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to

support CERP projects through the development of restoration performance measures, hydrology models,

water quality analysis, ecological models and quantitative evaluations of the environmental benefits of

proposed actions. Additionally, while the funding for the Everglades restoration effort to date has focused

almost exclusively on water management infrastructure and operations, in the last decade new

information provided by the research component of the Program has highlighted the need to address

exotic invasive species, land-use, and environmental and climate change issues that interact with water

management and affect NPS resources at the ecosystem scale.

Restoration components directly affecting South Florida ecosystems are in progress and nearing

completion. The Biscayne Bay coastal wetlands phase 1 project, to rehydrate coastal wetlands and reduce

damaging point-source freshwater discharge to Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park, is scheduled

for completion by late 2024. This project will improve freshwater wetlands ecosystems and wildlife

habitat benefiting aquatic vegetation, oysters and critical fish, crocodiles, and wading birds.

The $200 million Tamiami Trail Next Steps Project represents a new approach to collaboration between

Federal and State agencies by merging funding and expertise to achieve important regional transportation,

sustainability, and Everglades restoration goals all in one project. The Florida Department of

Transportation (FDOT) in coordination with NPS began construction of the remaining 6.7 miles of the

Tamiami Trail Next Steps Phase 2 Project in April, 2021. Phase 2 of the project is focused on raising and

reconstructing the remaining 6.7 miles of the eastern Tamiami Trail with features to further improve

water conveyance, roadway safety, and stormwater treatment. The Next Steps Phase 2 Project will

enhance the connectivity and waterflow between the marshes north and south of the Tamiami Trail while

maintaining a vital transportation link. The project will allow additional water to move south from Lake

Okeechobee, which is critical for the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades

Restoration Plan. This project will allow for an additional 75 to 80 billion gallons of water a year to flow

south into the Everglades National Park and Florida Bay.

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Phase 1 of the Tamiami Trail Next Steps Project improved water flow through the Tamiami Trail with the

construction of a one-mile bridge in 2013 and 2.3-miles of bridging completed in 2019. Everglades

National Park received a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to match a commitment from

the State of Florida. By the completion of Phase 2 in 2025, water is expected to flow more freely with

fewer impediments into Everglades National Park for the first time since the early 1900s.

Construction of several other restoration components of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP),

a critical element of CERP that is anticipated to bring improvements in water quantity and quality,

directly benefiting the Everglades National Park, will be initiated in FY 2024. These components are

critical to decrease reliance on S333s structures and for water to flow freely into a march (Water

Conservation Area 3B), under the Tamiami Trail Next Steps bridges, and then into Everglades National

Park. The CEPP operational plan will also be worked on in FY 2024 to decide how to operate these

structures and other CEPP components.

Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI)

Funding in FY 2024 will also sustain the continued operations and activities of the Department of the

Interior’s Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI). Since 1995, the OERI has provided senior

executive level leadership in support of the congressionally mandated responsibilities of the Department

and the Secretary in the restoration of America’s Everglades. OERI will provide support necessary to

fulfill the Secretary’s role and responsibilities as chair of the intergovernmental South Florida Ecosystem

Restoration Task Force (Task Force). The OERI, under the leadership of the Secretary of the Interior, will

continue its role as the south Florida liaison for the Office of the Secretary in coordinating all

departmental and bureau-level Everglades restoration activities, projects and programs.

In FY 2024, the OERI leadership and staff will continue to work directly with the Federal, State, local

government, and Tribal representatives on the Task Force and administer, manage, and support the

priorities, activities, meetings, and the required Congressional reporting responsibilities of the Task Force,

its Working Group, the Science Coordination Group, and any designated advisory bodies.

Congressionally mandated reporting documents produced by the OERI will include the South Florida

Ecosystem Restoration Strategy and Biennial Report, the annual Integrated Financial Plan, the Plan for

Coordinating Science, and the annual Cross-cut Budget.

In the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, section 504, Congress directed the Task Force to

develop a priority list of invasive species that significantly impact the structure and function of ecological

communities, native species, or habitats within the South Florida Ecosystem. The Task Force member

agencies are also directed to manage these species through coordination and collaboration. Congress

directs the Task Force to develop innovative strategies and tools; guide applied research; facilitate

improved management; and prevent future introductions of nonnative species. Funding will directly

support specialized staff expertise in invasive exotic plants and animals and OERI will be responsible for

managing and guiding the Task Force’s efforts in implementing the Invasive Exotic Species Strategic

Action Framework.

Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative (CESI)

The Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative will remain one of the primary sources providing targeted

scientific information for use in restoration decision-making and guiding NPS land management

responsibilities in south Florida. CESI-funded applied science has contributed to the basic body of

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knowledge about the Everglades ecosystem: how it functioned naturally before large-scale drainage in the

first part of the 20th century, how it has been altered and is currently functioning, and what the

requirements are for restoration of the ecosystem. CESI funded research continues to be utilized directly

in planning for CERP and other water management projects and processes by directly addressing land

managers and restoration planner questions.

The close coordination among the bureaus receiving research and development funding for Everglades

restoration significantly increases efficiency, both financially and in terms of the timeliness of science

project results. Since many of the projects selected via the requests for proposals have three- to four-year

durations, CESI funding is available for a limited number of new projects each year. As restoration

projects are implemented, CESI funding is contributing to monitoring the effects of these projects on NPS

resources. During the life of the program, the emphasis on funding of projects has shifted from basic

research and modeling to emphasizing restoration project assessment and monitoring. Given new

developments in the following fields: threatened and endangered species, invasive species introduction

and expansion, climate change, sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion, funding for the applied research

component of CESI remains essential to ensure the existence of a sound scientific foundation for the

design and operation of CERP projects as well as for the other natural resource management actions in

south Florida.

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

The NPS program for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan involves staff participation on

interagency teams responsible for planning, proposing, and evaluating alternatives, and monitoring

ecological impacts of CERP restoration projects affecting NPS/DOI lands and resources. Some of these

projects take place on or are adjacent to NPS lands, and others, although located on lands belonging to the

State, affect the upstream watershed and water deliveries to NPS units. Projects vary from reservoir

construction, to stormwater treatment area construction, to levee construction/removal, to seepage

management projects, to projects that modify the operation of existing water management infrastructure.

Staff participation involves bringing the NPS perspective and mission critical goals into the interagency

planning process, performing modeling and analyses and reporting of technical information for use in

planning and design, and providing scientific and technical briefings to NPS and DOI leadership. The

NPS program for the CERP also supports employees who participate in the programmatic aspects of the

CERP, particularly its system-wide restoration coordination and verification program (RECOVER), as

well as staff who participate in ongoing water quality compliance and technical review for the Everglades.

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Activity: Park Management

Subactivity: Visitor Services

Visitor Services

($000)

2022

Actual

2023

Enacted

Fixed

Costs

(+/-)

Internal

Transfers

(+/-)*

Program

Changes

(+/-)

2024

Request

Change from

2023

Enacted (+/-)

Interpretation and

Education 249,058 292,601 +10,821 -24,729 +9,314 288,007 -4,594

Commercial

Services 11,152 15,886 +587 -4,282 +66 12,257 -3,629

Total

Requirements 260,210 308,487 +11,408 -29,011 +9,380 300,264 -8,223

Total FTE

Requirements 2,320 2,406 0 0 +53 2,459 +53

*Internal Transfer column reflects adjusted amounts by budget subactivity and program component based on an analysis of actual

charges in the NPS accounting system for FY 2022. In order to more transparently represent amounts requested in FY 2024, the

budget presentation incorporates these amounts in the Internal Transfers column, reflecting a programmatic base funding

realignment.

Summary of FY 2024 Program Changes for Visitor Services

Program Changes ($000) FTE

• Visitor Services on the Digital Platform

+3,000 +5

• Semiquincentennial Commemoration (America 250)

+2,000 +11

• New and Critical Responsibilities

+2,085 +17

• Supporting Park Capacity

+1,280 +12

• Unigrid Brochure Printing

+625 +3

• Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative – Increasing

Representation on Public Lands

+390 +5

TOTAL Program Changes

+9,380 +53

Mission Overview

The Visitor Services subactivity is central to the National Park Service mission, as it ensures meaningful

experiences for park visitors through greater understanding and access to America’s natural, cultural,

historical and recreational treasures. These experiences are facilitated through formal and informal

experiential and educational platforms, leading to greater protection, appreciation, and enjoyment. Youth

programs inspire future generations while providing workforce and skill building opportunities for

teenagers and young adults interested in cultural, natural, and recreational resource protection.

Millions of visitors access Interior’s public lands seeking inspiration and recreation, helping to grow the

booming outdoor recreation industry. Visitors also come to learn and share the stories of our natural and

cultural history. Visitor Services facilitate connecting to the great outdoors at NPS public recreation areas

across the country and continues to expand access for the benefit of all.

Subactivity Overview

The National Park Service Centennial Act (P.L. 114-289) states that “the Secretary shall ensure that

management of System units and related areas is enhanced by the availability and use of a broad

program of the highest quality interpretation and education.” National park areas have long been an

inspiration for hundreds of millions of Americans and people from around the world. The NPS provides

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an array of opportunities, activities and services that promote enjoyment, health, lifelong learning,

stewardship and workforce development. The goal of the NPS is to foster an understanding and

appreciation of these places of natural beauty and cultural and historical significance.

Interpretation and Education

• Fosters experiences that engender meaning with audiences and draw connections to the breadth of

America’s natural, cultural, historical and recreational resources. Employs a variety of

interpretation approaches that foster dialogue, promote learning and convey the complexity of

natural and human history and recreational opportunities associated with place. Ensures

responsible use of facilities and promotes safety for staff, visitors and volunteers.

• Contributes to America’s educational system, ensuring that parks are places of experiential

formal and informal lifelong learning. Builds local and national level partnerships with non-

governmental organizations (NGOs), school and community-based education programs that use

traditional and web-based educational tools.

• Provides exceptional visitor services from the first spark of interest to a well-informed visit to

long-lasting memories. Informs visitors and volunteers of safety regulations and precautions, and

available programs and services. Provides web-based access to resources via traditional websites

and emerging social media channels. Delivers civic engagement opportunities for service learning

and volunteerism to accomplish mission critical science, conservation, educational, and

recreational work in units of the National Park System.

Commercial Services

• Manages concession contracts, commercial use authorizations, and leases for the benefit of

visitors and the protection of resources.

• Ensures an adequate return to the government through the collection of concessions franchise fees

and the recovery of costs associated with commercial use authorizations.

• Provides for necessary and appropriate accommodations and services for park visitors through the

provision of quality visitor facilities and services at reasonable costs.

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Subactivity: Visitor Services

Program Component: Interpretation and Education

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Interpretation and Education activities:

• Execute $3.8 million in Interpretation and Education projects servicewide, including those

centered on telling the story of historically marginalized groups.

• Establish 12 urban outreach and community engagement coordinators across the NPS to lead

efforts in building strategic community relationships, increasing engagement with historically

excluded communities, and building more inclusive park connections with urban communities.

• Provide continued guidance and support for multifaceted/hybrid distance learning, as well as

build a strategic long-term approach to evolving education programming to better meet the needs

of teachers, students, and families.

• Enhance and highlight interpretive recreation opportunities introducing more Americans to

camping, fishing, and other NPS recreation activities.

• Continue to build exceptional visitor service standards and measurable vital signs to better assess

and manage changing visitation throughout the system.

• Continue effort to digitize Junior Ranger activities to provide progressively wider access and

modern tools for reaching a growing audience of multigenerational families and young people.

• Develop an innovative, inclusive and data-driven approach to modern visitor experiences and

infrastructure that includes onsite, digital, and media engagement.

• Help launch the implementation of the American Semiquincentennial Commemoration.

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Interpretation and Education is $288,007,000 and 2,383 FTE, a program

change of +$9,314,000 and +52 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Visitor Services on the Digital Platform (+$3,000,000 / +5 FTE) – Funding would support continued

development of new and improved digital tools for visitors as part of ongoing work to improve the

customer experience. In FY 2022, the Office of Management and Budget designated the NPS as a High

Impact Service Provider (HISP) under Executive Order 14058 – Transforming Federal Customer

Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government. Funding will support improving the

visitor digital experience as one of two designated services. The effort will interlink visitor experiences,

NPS business services, and NPS data such as geographic information, maps, and park statistics. New

tools would facilitate trip planning, convey up-to-date information about park conditions, organize digital

copies of park passes, and provide engaging, short-form content and interpretation. Tools would connect

park information to rec.gov services and establish application programming interfaces to help other travel

systems access and use NPS data. NPS will prioritize investments that reduce congestion and wait times

from high visitation to improve customer experience. Funding will support preliminary scoping efforts in

the inaugural year and will support development of applications, systems, and content. When completed

and released to the public, visitor use, and feedback will provide parks with better information about

visitation trends and visitor expectations.

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Semiquincentennial Commemoration (America 250) (+$2,000,000 / +11 FTE) – The proposed

funding supports visitor services related to America 250th, the commemoration of the semiquincentennial

year of the United States of America. In FY 2024, the NPS will use these funds to develop servicewide

diverse programming (unigrid brochures, etc.) that will be distributed to all parks throughout the

commemorative period, as well as begin hiring additional temporary staff and related visitor service needs

at parks expected to be directly impacted by increased visitation around the 250

New and Critical Responsibilities (+$2,085,000 / +17 FTE) – The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52

FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new and additional responsibilities at parks

and central offices. In FY 2024, funding will support the management of newly added lands, facilities,

visitor centers, and interpretive offerings at Denali NP and Preserve, Birmingham Civil Rights NM/

Freedom Riders NM, Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM, and others, as well as park protection increases at

Fort Smith NHS and Joshua Tree NP. Specific funding also supports new spending for community

outreach with Tribal communities at Bryce Canyon NP, North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, and Ross

Lake NRA Additional details on this request can be found in the Budget Overview section.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$1,280,000 / +12 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

Unigrid Brochure Printing (+$625,000 / +3 FTE) – Additional funding would support increased

printing costs for brochures and other printed park informational materials. Unigrid brochures provide

visitors with essential park information, orientation, and warnings about critical health and safety

concerns. As interpretation platforms, they describe global phenomena and serve as vehicles for parks and

culturally diverse park partners to share sensitive stories with honesty and candor. Parks report that even

in the digital age demand for paper copies has grown with increased visitation, as well as requests from

schools, Chambers of Commerce, park partners, school systems, and teachers who make the brochures

part of their classroom curricula. Per-unit pricing of the brochures had remained stable over the past 13

years, hovering around 7 cents each. However, the Government Publishing Office (GPO) recently issued

a major modification of the Unigrid print contract, which reflects new paper costs amounting to 10.4 cents

per brochure.

Racial Justice and Equity for Undeserved Communities Initiative – Increasing Representation on

Public Lands (+$390,000 / +5 FTE) – The budget proposes $3.0 million and 5 FTE across multiple

ONPS budget subactivities to support the Increasing Representation in our Public Lands initiative. Funds

will support the initial operations at two new park units established by the Biden-Harris administration:

New Philadelphia NHS and the Blackwell School NHS, as well as the expansion site in Summerton, SC

for Brown v. Board of Education NHP. An additional $1.8 million is proposed for potential new park

designations that preserve important places and tell the stories of those that have been historically

underrepresented and underserved to more rapidly initiate unit start up.

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Program Overview

The purpose of interpretation and education programming is to advance the NPS mission by providing

memorable interpretive, educational, and recreational experiences that will (1) help the public create and

understand the meaning and relevance of park resources and stories, and (2) inspire stewardship actions to

protect and enhance those resources and stories. Park-based Interpretation and Education programs

engaged approximately 85 million people in personal services in 2022. This is still significantly lower

than the more than 150 million people reached in a typical year, due to the impacts of the COVID-19

pandemic but was an increase of 15 million people from 2021. While many visitor experiences were

shifted to social media and other digital platforms, the NPS expects to continue increasing its in-person

engagement.

Interpretation and Engagement: Interpretation and visitor engagement inspires and connects visitors of

all ages to America’s natural and cultural heritage. Through facilitating engagement and enjoyment of

NPS sites, visitors learn and are moved toward stewardship and conservation for this and future

generations. Programs educate the public on the diversity of cultures and stories that shaped the heritage

of each park and surrounding communities. Interpretation elevates multiple points of view regarding the

history of the park, including previously excluded and untold stories with the goal of being equitable and

inclusive in the programs and media presented.

Parks use a staff of trained professional rangers to present a wide variety of formal and informal

audience-centered programs delivered in-person, as well as through various technological means using a

variety of interpretive tools and techniques. These include participatory dialogues, guided tours and talks,

special events, Junior Ranger programs, theme-based programs, curriculum-based field trips, community

engagement and informal interpretation provided by rangers, guides and volunteers. Wayside and interior

exhibits, on-site and digital information and orientation tools and publications, self-guided trails and

tours, and interactive web-based programs are also available.

Volunteer Programs: The National Park Service works hand-in-hand with communities to engage

people of all ages and backgrounds in meaningful and mutually beneficial volunteer opportunities.

Growth in volunteerism with public lands reflects the interest of the public to experience and protect

national parks. Volunteers come from all ages and backgrounds to share their time and talents in support

of mission operations. Through short-term volunteer events and longer-term recurring opportunities, these

active engagement stewardship efforts connect people to public lands and build community.

The NPS creates stewardship opportunities through the following programs:

• Volunteers-In-Parks Program (VIP): The VIP program is authorized by the Volunteers-In-The-

Parks Act of 1969. It provides a means through which the NPS can accept and utilize voluntary

help and services from the public. Volunteers work side-by-side with NPS employees in nearly

every discipline and unit and are a valuable human resource that strengthens the service we

provide to the public and supports mission operations. In 2022, the NPS mobilized 123,581

volunteers at nearly 400 national park sites, programs, and offices. Volunteers provided over 3.6

million hours estimated to be worth an average hourly rate of $28.54, a total value to the NPS of

almost $110 million.

• Trails & Rails Program (TRP): The TRP is an innovative partnership between the NPS,

Amtrak, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M

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University. Since 2000, the program provides rail passengers with educational opportunities

which foster an appreciation and greater understanding of the natural and cultural heritage, sites

and the geography of the areas through which the trains travel. In 2022, TRP programs

coordinated 186 volunteers in 616 interpretation programs. These volunteers engaged 83,211 rail

passengers and contributed 21225 hours: a total value to the NPS of approximately $ 569,421.

• Community Volunteer Ambassadors (CVA): This unique public-private partnership program

utilizes a young adult service corps who are strategically engaged in the active citizenry efforts of

parks and programs to increase community volunteerism. Through this program, parks and

programs build capacity for volunteer engagement in their local communities and create new

opportunities to engage the public through volunteer service. In 2022, 173 CVAs mobilized

25,195 volunteers, who served 335,707 hours. These volunteer projects include interpretation and

education services to public audiences, resource stewardship and habitat management, and

National Day of Service events such as National Public Lands Day and the Martin Luther King,

Jr. Day of Service.

• Volunteer.gov: Launched in 2002, Volunteer.gov has served as the primary means of recruiting

volunteers for public lands, and the National Park Service manages this shared-service online

volunteer recruitment and management platform, working in partnership with other federal

agencies. Together, the agencies and bureaus using Volunteer.gov manage over 450,000

volunteers who contribute more than 10 million hours of volunteer service annually, for an

annual value of $285 million. Over 1,700 volunteer opportunities were made available to the

public through Volunteer.gov in 2022, and new functionality is being added to the platform to

help federal volunteer managers operate their volunteer programs more efficiently.

• Education Programs: The National Park Service hosted more than 1.1 million students at park

units in 2022. National Parks are where K-12 student’s history and science curricula can come

alive. They are able to see where history actually happened and how nature is science in motion.

The NPS also facilitated virtual distance learning programs for 12,000 students and 600 teacher

engagement programs.

• Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program: The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program is the leading

program of the National Park Service’s servicewide education efforts. Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

provides K-12 educators with a professional development opportunity during the summer months

to research and learn in an NPS unit. Following their summer NPS experience, Teacher-Ranger-

Teacher participants return to classrooms with increased knowledge of natural resources, wildlife,

geography, geology, and the historical and cultural resources preserved and interpreted at the

parks. In the summer of 2022, the NPS hosted 52 Teacher-Ranger-Teachers in 47 park units.

Since its inception in 2007, the program has directly impacted more than 250,000 K-12 students

across the country by training their teachers to use science and heritage resources available

through the NPS. Over 1,900 teachers have participated in the program, contributing more than

1,200 new lesson plans since 2012.

National Unigrid Brochure Program: Unigrid brochures developed, produced, and maintained by

Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services are distributed to parks servicewide. They are used to orient

visitors to parks and supply visitors with accurate, interpretive, and logistical information. The brochures

serve as a tool to provide the official expression of the park and its resources, the responsible use of those

resources, and the critical information necessary to keep visitors safe. In FY 2022, the National Unigrid

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Brochure Program worked with nearly 400 parks and NPS program offices. Over 11 million brochures

were printed. COVID-19 issues systemwide adversely affected quantity, which usually runs between 22 –

24 million copies annually. Using soy-based inks, the program produces brochures that are

environmentally friendly and cost effective, each brochure costs 12 cents per printed copy. The program

made significant gains in programmatic accessibility, converting Unigrids to Braille, increasing the total

number of Braille brochures to 100% of the inventory of NPS park Unigrids. The program also continues

to expand accessibility by using Unigrid materials in mobile applications, as well as online publication of

content that is compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

At a Glance…

NPS Unigrid Brochure Program

For almost as long as there have been national parks, there have been visitor brochures. As the National Park System

grew, so did the need for publications. They came in a wide variety of formats, fonts, and folding methods that made

it increasingly difficult to keep up with demand. In 1985, the Unigrid program received one of the first Presidential

Design Awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, which noted, “The program fulfills the primary objective

of a design system, reducing routine decisions so that effort can be concentrated on quality. The implementation of

the program demonstrates sensitivity to the wide variety of subject matter and attention to the finest detail. It is an

example to others and has already achieved international recognition.”

Read more about the history of the Unigrid program here: A Brief History of the Unigrid (nps.gov)

Junior Ranger Program: The Junior Ranger Program is the premiere NPS program for engaging young

people in discovering the significance of park sites and introducing them to the story of America’s natural

and cultural history. Junior Ranger programs are designed to provide participants with the flexibility to

discover and interact with a park at their own pace, alongside family, and within the limits of their visit.

Each park maintains a program that reflects the individual identity and significance of that place. Today,

there are over 400 Junior Ranger programs with individual badges or patches to earn in NPS sites across

the Nation. In 2022, over 1.6 million youth engaged with the Junior Ranger program.

Every Kid Outdoors (EKO) is an interagency program between the National Park Service (NPS),

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and U.S. Forest Service providing free

entrance to 4

graders and their families. The Every Kid Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-9) formalized the

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program for seven years beginning September 1, 2019. In addition, some State park systems honor the

pass. In FY 2022, 111,210 passes were redeemed by students and their families. During the lifetime of the

EKO program over a million passes have been redeemed. The program also encourages the agencies to

offer related school programs to fourth graders.

National Park Service Recreational Fishing and Junior Ranger Angler: The National Park Service’s

vast rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans provide exceptional opportunities for fishing and fishing-related

activities in 213 park sites across the United States. In FY 2022, the Recreational Fishing and Junior

Ranger Angler program has invested in a diverse set of partnerships to expand the program’s reach into a

broad cross-section of the population. The NPS partnered with the National Park Trust (NPT) to extend

fishing experiences to 400 Title I students and 200 college students from Historically Black Colleges and

Universities. NPT partnered with Our Military Kids (OMK) and Tragedy Assistance Program for

Survivors (TAPS) to provide 14 fishing outings in national parks for military and gold star families,

reaching 350 individuals representing more than 100 families. The NPS partnered with Blue Star Families

to reach 100+ military families in four metropolitan areas through recreational fishing clinics and outdoor

activities. Environment for the Americas hosted 21 interns at 19 park units providing hundreds of

education programs and promoting in park fishing access.

Youth Programs:

The National Park Service Youth and Young Adult Programs encompass a full range of youth-oriented

developmental programs and projects conducted in national park units. Through public-private

partnerships with nonprofit youth serving organizations, the NPS Youth Programs provide employment,

volunteer service and engagement opportunities for teenagers and young adults. Under the umbrella of the

Century Conservation Service Corps (21

CSC) the NPS engages 16-30-year-old Americans,

including low-income and disadvantaged individuals and veterans in compensated positions to participate

in natural and cultural conservation work projects that maintain park resources. Youth employment is a

cost-effective method to preserve resources while providing the participants with developmental job

skills, training, and education.

The NPS collaborates with education partners and youth organizations to create a pathway to employment

with a focus on diversifying the NPS workforce. At least 10,000 youth each year are involved in a multi-

year progression of experiences from engagement and education programs to internship and volunteer

opportunities to employment. Partners include organizations such as service and conservation corps,

community-based environmental and heritage organizations, and educational institutions. Youth programs

also serve to provide recreational opportunities and an expansion of career choices to participants.

The NPS is firmly committed to providing high quality youth employment opportunities. These

opportunities will provide skills development, clear performance goal and objectives, safe working

environments that are accommodating and inclusive, direct links to potential NPS career opportunities, a

living wage or stipend, and experiences and products that have clear positive value to the public and our

nation’s natural and cultural resources.

In FY 2022, there were 4,292 participant hires through youth serving partner organizations and 367

participants in youth conservation corps programs. The NPS YMCA partner program provides outdoor

recreation, education, volunteer service and employment opportunities to youth. In FY 2022 the program

had 16,449 participants including 4,316 children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and 200

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children from active-duty military families. In recent years, NPS Youth Programs have designed major

national programs that support DOI priorities in the areas of creating a next generation of conservation

stewards, restoring trust with local communities, supporting infrastructure needs, and employing veterans.

• The Park Planning, Facilities and Lands (PPFL) Build Up Internship Program will provide

career pathways into the National Park Service (NPS) for students with competitive and highly

specialized skillsets in technical fields. The program gives them an opportunity to learn from and

contribute to a wide array of activities that make up PPFL’s operations and aims to engage the

next generation of skilled technical professionals at NPS. The Build Up internship will include

high-achieving, highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students with a background in

technical specialties. Specialties include but are not limited to: Architecture, Community

planning, Engineering, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land resources, Planning, Social

sciences, Survey or cartographic services, and Web design and development.

• The American Sign Language Conservation Corps Program: The program provides

opportunities to young adults who are deaf and/or hard of hearing. This demographic sector has

unemployment rates as high as 80 percent. The participants work on 21 CSC projects focused on

the deferred maintenance needs of the NPS. The NPS has developed projects with three service

conservation corps and other partnerships with educational institutions across the nation that

serve the deaf and hard of hearing community.

• The NPS Historically Black Colleges and Universities Internship Program (HBCUI): The

NPS HBCUI Program provides 39 internship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate

students in natural and cultural resource conservation. 31 HBCU institutions were represented in

the FY 2022 program year. This program also received considerable philanthropic support to

match the Federal investment.

• The Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP): TTAP provides opportunities to

veterans under 35 years of age and non-veteran young adults in the historic preservation

vocational trades of carpentry and brick masonry. The participants work on 26-week project work

assignments that assist with the restoration and preservation of historic structures in the NPS. The

goal of this program is to place the participants in NPS maintenance positions or on the path to

obtaining a good, union job.

• The Indian Youth Service Corps: Established through the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,

Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9), this program enrolls participants between the ages

of 16 and 30, and veterans aged 35 or younger, a majority of whom are Indian. The program

supports Indian Tribes through agreements between Tribes and a conservation corps to carry out

appropriate conservation projects on eligible service land. The Indian Youth Service Corps

Program (IYSC) Guidelines were finalized in 2022. In FY 2022 the NPS supported the IYSC

Traditional Trades Advancement Program, the Navajo Capacity Builders Service Corps Program,

the Native Voices Project in the Grand Canyon which involved 11 Grand Canyon Affiliated

Tribes, and the Ahta Heritage Youth Development Program at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

in collaborative partnership with the Ahtna Alaska Native Corporation. The NPS also supported

Native American youth development projects in regions, involved 25 Tribal Nations, two Alaska

Tribal Nations and one Alaska Native Corporation, and provided employment opportunities for

290 youth and young adults. The National Park Foundation raised $1 million in support of the

IYSC.

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• The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP): The NPS LHIP provides 33 internship

opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in natural and cultural resource conservation

at 33 NPS sites and program offices The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) connects

Latino early career professionals to national parks across the country and to diverse career

development experiences via internships. These experiences range from archiving historical

documents and supporting visitor services to conducting research projects and creating

communications messages about national parks and their activities.

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Subactivity: Visitor Services

Program Component: Commercial Services

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Commercial Services activities:

• Proactively manage concession contracting, including analyzing leasehold surrender interest,

component maintenance reserves and appropriate return to the Federal government associated

with applicable new contracts.

• Consider opportunities for new services and facilities updates where appropriate as to ensure

relevance of offerings for visitors.

• Improve criteria and processes to assess concessioner performance in meeting contract

requirements and achieving customer satisfaction.

• Award new commercial services contracts as authorized under the Visitor Experience

Improvements Authority contained in the National Park Service Centennial Act (P.L. 114-289),

which allows the NPS to enter into other commercial visitor services arrangements such as

management contracts, a model more common in the private sector hospitality industry.

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Commercial Services is $12,257,000 and 76 FTE, a program change of

+$66,000 and +1 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$66,000 / +1 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

Program Overview

Visitor services are provided to visitors to national parks via a range of private-public partnerships such as

concession contracts and commercial use authorizations, known collectively as commercial services.

Some parks manage only one or two concessions contracts that provide for basic visitor services such as

food service or convenience items, while other parks oversee dozens of contracts providing for a wide

range of services, such as accommodations, food and beverage restaurant operations, retail stores, marina

operations, guided services and more. Concessions contracts vary widely, from a boat house operation

that rents kayaks and equipment to the iconic park lodges that host tens of thousands of visitors a year.

The NPS Commercial Services Program oversees these services and regulates organizations and

businesses that use park resources for compensation, monetary gain, or benefit through concession

contracts, commercial use authorizations, and leases in order to ensure visitors receive fair value for the

goods or services provided and the Federal government receives a fair return from concessioners.

Oversight of park facilities leases is also provided through the Commercial Services Program.

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Commercial services in national parks have a long history—the Yellowstone Park Act of 1872 gave the

Secretary of the Interior the authority to grant leases, privileges, and permits to private citizens and

corporations for operating commercial services on public lands. By 1916, concession operations existed

in many national park areas. In 1965, the Concessions Policy Act, P.L. 89-249, established greater

safeguards and controls on concessions operations and limited concession operations to those that are

necessary and appropriate for public use and visitor enjoyment while consistent to the highest practicable

degree in the preservation and conservation park areas and resources. The National Parks Omnibus

Management Act of 1998, P.L. 105-391 (54 U.S.C. §101911 – 101938, “the Concessions Law”)

established additional management requirements, emphasizing increased competition for concession

contracts, reducing the number of concessioners eligible to receive a preferential right of contract

renewal, replacing sound value possessory interest with leasehold surrender interest, and permitting

franchise fees to be returned to the NPS.

The NPS manages almost 500 concession contracts, 6,500 commercial use authorizations (CUAs), and

more than 175 leases with private sector operators to provide commercial visitor services. NPS has

awarded more than 900 contracts since the Concessions Law was enacted, using standard contract

language based on private sector practices. These contracts enhance visitor experiences and set the

framework for consistent oversight of commercial visitor services. As required by the Concessions Law,

NPS uses external consultants to aid in the development of new prospectus documents for these contracts,

and a legislatively mandated evaluation and selection process.

Regulations and policies are in place to guide agency operations to manage park concessions responsibly

and make rational, well-informed decisions. NPS also provides guidelines to all concessioners on

maintaining facilities and providing services that are safe, sanitary, attractive, and demonstrate sound

management. Presently, there are more than 5,000 NPS assets assigned to concessioners, and NPS

requires condition assessments and environmental management audits for NPS concession-managed

facilities and operations. These audits and assessments are conducted by contracted experts and aid NPS

in determining environmental conditions as well as cyclic, preventative, and component renewal

maintenance requirements and necessary capital investments, allowing for improvement of facility

conditions and operations. Additionally, the NPS requires both periodic and annual evaluations of each

concession operation to guarantee adherence to contract requirements and established standards.

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At a Glance…

Commercial Services Management at Yosemite National Park

First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square

miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.

Yosemite National Park includes some of the most iconic viewsheds in the United States. The park’s popularity and

year-round operations make it one of most visited national parks in the system with an average of over 4.0 million

visitors per year.

Wawona Hotel, a National Historic Landmark, is a

Victorian-era historic hotel located four miles from

Yosemite’s southern entrance.

Commercial services provided throughout the park include lodging (upscale hotel rooms, standard motel rooms,

rustic and tent cabins), food and beverage, retail, fuel, interpretive tours, mountaineering services, skiing, horse and

mule tours, photography and art sales, and equipment rentals.

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Activity: Park Management

Subactivity: Park Protection

Park Protection

($000)

2022

Actual

2023

Enacted

Fixed

Costs

(+/-)

Internal

Transfers

(+/-)*

Program

Changes

(+/-)

2024

Request

Change

from 2023

(+/-)

Law Enforcement

and Protection 370,478 387,285 +14,322 +1,000 +10,579 413,186 +25,901

Health and Safety 37,279 42,111 +1,557 -2,764 +3,647 44,511 +2,440

Total

Requirements 407,757 429,396 +15,879 -1,764 +14,226 457,737 +28,341

Total FTE

Requirements 2,331 2,406 0 0 +73 2,479 +73

*Internal Transfer column reflects adjusted amounts by budget subactivity and program component based on an analysis of actual

charges in the NPS accounting system for FY 2022. In order to more transparently represent amounts requested in FY 2024, the

budget presentation incorporates these amounts in the Internal Transfers column, reflecting a programmatic base funding

realignment. This column also includes a transfer out of $2.5 million from the Law Enforcement and Protection program

component to fund an increase in the Working Capital Fund (WCF) Central Bill for DOI’s Incident Management, Analysis and

Reporting System (IMARS). These amounts were previously billed to NPS via the WCF Direct Bill.

Summary of FY 2024 Program Changes for Park Protection

Program Changes ($000) FTE

• United States Park Police Capacity

+5,365 +24

• Conservation Initiative – Natural Disaster Response Capacity

+2,000 +13

• Supporting Park Capacity

+1,950 +17

• Special Agents (Criminal Investigators)

+1,850 +9

• New and Critical Responsibilities

+1,781 +10

• Conservation Initiative – Public Health Protection

+1,000 0

• Law Enforcement Psychological Screening Contract

+280 0

TOTAL Program Changes

+14,226 +73

Mission Overview

The Park Protection Subactivity supports the NPS mission by contributing to the protection and

preservation of natural and cultural resources and ensuring visitors can safely enjoy and experience the

national parks.

Subactivity Overview

Park Protection plays a key role in serving the public interest through professional law enforcement,

physical security, and emergency services that combine the best of the traditional Ranger and the modern

public safety professional. These efforts include the preparation, response, and support of recovery efforts

from public health emergencies, natural disasters, and other impactful events.

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Subactivity: Park Protection

Program Component: Law Enforcement and Protection

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Law Enforcement and Protection activities:

• Continue to provide law enforcement and public safety resource protection services across parks

that welcome millions of visitors annually.

• Continue to provide specialized United States Park Police (USPP) protection for national icons

and the millions of visitors to NPS sites in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.

• Deter crimes, such as drug cultivation and trafficking, which cause degradation in wilderness and

other areas, threatening endangered species, archeological sites, historical sites, and other unique

and precious park resources.

• Ensure a safe environment for persons exercising their First Amendment rights and celebrating

events of national significance.

• Contribute to border security, counter-drug operations, and emergency services.

Justification of FY 2024 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for the Law Enforcement and Protection program is $413,186,000 and 2,240

FTE, a program change of +$10,579,000 and +57 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

United States Park Police Capacity (+$5,365,000 / +24 FTE) – Funding will support additional recruit

classes and civilian support staff for the U.S. Park Police (USPP). Funding will help provide the

necessary capacity for ensuring the protection of the millions of annual visitors of the metropolitan areas

they safeguard. Funding would provide for salary and benefits for newly initiated officers along with the

required equipment and communication tools.

Special Agents (Criminal Investigators) (+$1,850,000 / +9 FTE) – Increased funding would support

additional specialized and highly skilled criminal investigators. Agents are stationed across the national

park system and conduct complex, sensitive, and long-term criminal investigations, working closely with

Law Enforcement (LE) rangers in the parks. Examples of typical cases include crimes of violence, major

resource violations, drug cultivation, and major property crimes. There are currently 60-70 cases at any

given time that are beyond the staffing capacity of the program, which currently funds 25 agents. As

capacity in the Special Agent program has declined, workload has fallen back to park LE rangers who

don’t have specialized training. This funding would ensure there is sufficient expertise in the Special

Agent program to address specialized criminal investigations and return capacity to park LE programs

currently attempting to cover some of this complex workload.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$1,607,000 / +15 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

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New and Critical Responsibilities (+$1,477,000 / +9 FTE) – The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52

FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new and additional responsibilities at parks

and central offices. In FY 2024, funding will support the management of newly added lands, facilities,

visitor centers, and interpretive offerings at Denali NP and Preserve, Birmingham Civil Rights NM/

Freedom Riders NM, Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM, and others, as well as park protection increases at

Fort Smith NHS and Joshua Tree NP. Specific funding also supports new spending for community

outreach with Tribal communities at Bryce Canyon NP, North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, and Ross

Lake NRA. Additional details on this request can be found in the Budget Overview section.

Law Enforcement Psychological Screening Contract (+$280,000 / +0 FTE) – Funding would support

a psychological screening contract for NPS law enforcement. Psychological testing is required for all

newly hired law enforcement officers and is a best practice for hiring in public safety positions.

Additional funding would allow for the NPS to become compliant with Department policy and is

consistent with President Biden’s Executive Order 14074 – Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing

and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. Covering this contract from

within funds available would further reduce law enforcement capacity.

Program Overview

The NPS is required to enforce all pertinent Federal laws and regulations within all park units. This is an

integral component in keeping our natural and cultural resources unimpaired for future generations,

providing the public the opportunity to enjoy the national park units in a safe manner, and providing

employees a safe place of employment.

NPS law enforcement personnel perform a variety of functions, including protecting and preserving

resources, park lands and areas with special protection designations, such as wilderness areas and Icon

status; ensuring the safety of visitors and providing search and rescue and emergency medical services;

managing large-scale incidents and developing emergencies, including structural fires and natural

disasters, such as hurricanes; and providing a level of on-the-ground customer service that has long been

the tradition of the National Park Service.

The NPS focuses on enforcement of Federal laws and regulations and the reduction of crimes in our

national parks through a number of means, including employing community-oriented policing methods,

proactive patrols, agent participation in interagency task forces, and by increasing the use of science and

technology to target crime. Drug production, trafficking, and use on parklands are combated by focusing

resources on counter-drug operations and promoting drug education and other community outreach

programs. These proactive approaches, along with training and information gathering, enhance visitor and

employee safety, resource protection, and homeland security.

Law Enforcement Operations

Park law enforcement rangers provide critical services to ensure visitor and employee safety and security,

protection of park resources, prevention of drug operations and other illegal activities in park areas, and

apprehension of criminal violators. The United States Park Police (USPP) supports these efforts and

provides law enforcement services to designated National Park Service sites in the metropolitan areas of

Washington, D.C., New York City, and San Francisco. The USPP has primary law enforcement jurisdiction

on approximately 135,000 acres of NPS land, patrolling areas with tens of millions of annual visitors, is

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responsible for traffic control on all NPS lands within its jurisdiction, and patrols five major parkways

that serve as principal evacuation routes from Washington, D.C.

Border Security

Law enforcement efforts are critical throughout the NPS, and enhanced physical security is required at

parks located on the international borders. The NPS utilizes law enforcement park rangers and special

agents, and collaborates with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities and organizations

to assist in providing security and protection of park resources and ensuring visitor safety on park lands

adjacent to international borders. Ongoing efforts at these parks include the following:

• Ranger patrols and surveillance of roads, trails, and backcountry areas.

• Short and long-term counter-smuggling and drug cultivation investigations and operations.

• Cooperation and coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border

Protection, and other Federal, State, and local agencies involved with border security.

Counter-Drug Operations

The National Park Service works diligently to ensure that all pertinent Federal laws and regulations are

enforced within park units. This includes funding for national parks located along international borders to

address problems such as drug trafficking that can threaten park lands and visitors. These efforts are an

integral component in keeping our natural and cultural resources unimpaired for future generations,

providing the public the opportunity to enjoy parks in a safe manner, and providing employees a safe

place of employment. Through the utilization of law enforcement rangers and special agents, in

collaboration with Federal, State, and local authorities, the NPS is actively engaged in visitor and resource

protection efforts that include:

• Short and long-term counter-smuggling and drug cultivation investigations and operations

• Ranger patrols and surveillance of roads, trails, and backcountry areas

• Cooperation and coordination with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border

Protection, and other Federal, State, and local agencies involved with border security

Additionally, the NPS, in concert with the U.S. Forest Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration,

and other Federal, State, and local partners, actively combats illegal drug operations in park areas.

Through these efforts, the NPS supports Federal drug control priorities by reducing domestic drug

production and availability.

Emergency Services

The NPS provides emergency management, search and rescue capabilities throughout all fifty States and

territories, and medical oversight and credentialing of emergency medical providers that render aid to

thousands of visitors and employees. Emergency services are provided by park personnel who are

engaged in various lifesaving and emergency management disciplines critical to ensuring the safety of

visitors and staff. The NPS also provides medical services and currently collects fees for these services at

ten units. Funds are deposited into the National Park Medical Services fund as offsetting collections and

are made available each year by a provision in the annual appropriations act. Additionally, the NPS

supports Federal, Tribal, State, and local responses to natural disasters and emergencies, providing

services within and beyond the boundaries of the NPS. Operational responsibilities also include

emergency medical services, lifeguard activities, and search and rescue operations under the National

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Response Framework. Finally, the NPS provides incident management operations, which include large

scale emergency management planning efforts for a variety of special activities.

Resource and Environmental Protection

The NPS actively manages natural and cultural resources in the National Park System to meet its statutory

responsibility to preserve these resources unimpaired for future generations. Law enforcement personnel,

including USPP, protect park resources through investigations, remote surveillance, improved security,

prosecution of suspects, and increased interagency cooperation. The NPS provides prevention and

investigation efforts directed towards environmental crimes impacting resources, including USPP aviation

support in detection efforts, and utilization of preventative educational programs for both park visitors

and neighbors to combat the negative effects of human habitation. Preventive measures focus on

educating visitors, particularly offenders, about the effects of inappropriate or illegal behavior on

irreplaceable resources. Similarly, educating NPS employees about the impact of their work habits on the

quality of resources provides effective preventive protection and helps employees recognize illegal

activities.

National Icon Protection

The USPP and other law enforcement rangers work to protect each of the park units, and enhanced

physical security is required at national Icon parks such as the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore,

Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln and Jefferson

Memorials, to address intrusions, vulnerabilities, and potential terrorist threats.

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the NPS has maintained a proactive anti-terrorism

stance in providing protection and police services at national Icon parks. For example, the USPP provides

security on the National Mall through a variety of measures, including visitor screening at the Washington

Monument, deployment of permanent perimeter vehicle barriers, and anti-terrorism training for USPP

officers, other NPS employees, and concessionaires.

Wilderness Protection

Wilderness areas serve as a critical anchor for habitat conservation, clean air, and water repositories. Over

50 percent of the National Park System acreage is congressionally designated wilderness, and thus must

be accordingly protected and managed. Parks maintain wilderness character by patrolling wilderness

areas; enforcing regulations; educating visitors on the importance of wilderness and wilderness

protection; monitoring human impacts; conducting restoration projects; and employing condition

monitoring techniques and research to ensure consistent wilderness resource protection and conservation.

Policy and protection efforts consistent with the 1964 Wilderness Act are implemented to ensure these

areas are sufficiently protected and held to the standard of care intended by Congress.

Illegal Trade and Poaching

Natural and cultural resources are often threatened by human impacts and uses. Illegal activities such as

poaching and illegal trade operations cause harm to and, in some cases, destruction of the resources for

which the parks were established. Illegal trade operations, involving wildlife and plant parts taken from

national park areas are significant. Wildlife and plants are taken illegally for different reasons, often for

personal consumption or for the sale of wildlife body parts in local or international markets. The illegal

killing and/or removal of wildlife from the parks, including several federally listed threatened or

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endangered species, is suspected to be a factor in the decline of numerous species of wildlife and could

cause the local extinction of many more if not properly addressed.

Archeological and Paleontological Crimes

The NPS annually experiences hundreds of documented violations where archeological or paleontological

resources are damaged or destroyed. Damage occurs at a variety of sites, including archeological sites,

which include burials, tools, pottery, and baskets associated with historic and prehistoric subsistence and

village sites, ceremonial sites, and shipwrecks and associated artifacts. The Archeological Resource

Protection Act (ARPA), the Antiquities Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation

Act (NAGPRA) provide a statutory basis for the protection of archeological sites and cultural resources in

parks. Regular monitoring and law enforcement activities reduce and deter looting and devastation of the

resources. Protection efforts at parks for ARPA activities have resulted in criminal prosecutions as well as

increased site protection throughout the NPS. The NPS plans to continue these investigative efforts and

will continue to support the training of investigative, resource protection, and archeological staff.

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Subactivity: Park Protection

Program Component: Health and Safety

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Health and Safety activities:

• Provide search and rescue, natural disaster, and critical incident and emergency response services.

• Reduce the incidence of preventable injuries and ensure a safe environment for park visitors;

maintain a safe and productive workforce through risk management, training, and safe work

practices.

• Improve and promote positive public health at parks by addressing issues such as food safety,

water and wastewater treatment, and prevention, detection, and containment of zoonotic, vector-

borne, and communicable diseases.

• Continue to ensure all NPS buildings meet fire and life safety codes and have appropriate fire

protection systems.

• Ensure employees that respond to structure fires and other all-hazard incidents are properly

trained, equipped, and certified.

• Collaborate with the Center for Disease Control and State health departments to better define

disease transmission hazards in National Park System sites.

Justification of FY 2023 Program Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for Health and Safety is $44,551,000 and 239 FTE, a program change of

+$3,647,000 and +16 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Conservation Initiative – Natural Disaster Response Capacity (+$2,000,000 / +13 FTE) – Funding

will support the Service’s recurring efforts to keep itself equipped to protect life and property through the

coordinated utilization of a cadre of NPS employees that provides for a reserve of trained, qualified, and

disciplined incident response personnel for use in emergency situations that frequently occur across NPS

lands. Establishing a small cadre of regionally based emergency planners, team managers, and training

support specialists will allow the Service to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from complex

multi-jurisdictional incidents such as hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, and eruptions. Funding would

provide for incident planning, required training, maintenance of incident personnel qualifications, and

logistical support for the Service’s approximately 20,000 staff and existing Incident Management Teams,

serving as a force multiplier, significantly increasing servicewide capacity for timely and cost-effective

incident response.

Conservation Initiative – Public Health Protection (+$1,000,000 / 0 FTE) – Funding will enhance the

organizational capacity of the Public Health (OPH) program, allow for mission essential inspection travel,

and ensure a strong public health presence to better address, prevent, and manage environmental health

risks, disease threats and rapidly emerging public health issues related to climate change, in support of

Executive Order 13994 – Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to High-Consequence Public Health Threats.

OPH will lead in the expansion of promising practices, technology and tools, and partnerships that

promote parks as a health resource to the American public, with a focus on underserved communities in

support of Executive Order 13985 – Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved

Communities. OPH will also lead an effort to plan, conduct, evaluate, and establish a framework and

approach to provide for implementation of science-informed health promotion and protection practices

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servicewide. OPH is supporting these efforts through the White House Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and

Health.

New and Critical Responsibilities (+$473,000 / +1 FTE) – The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52

FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new and additional responsibilities at parks

and central offices. In FY 2024, funding will support the management of newly added lands, facilities,

visitor centers, and interpretive offerings at Denali NP and Preserve, Birmingham Civil Rights NM/

Freedom Riders NM, Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM, and others, as well as park protection increases at

Fort Smith NHS and Joshua Tree NP. Specific funding also supports new spending for community

outreach with Tribal communities at Bryce Canyon NP, North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, and Ross

Lake NRA. Additional details on this request can be found in the Budget Overview section.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$174,000 / +2 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

Program Overview

The NPS implements strategies to provide a safe and accident-free recreational and working environment

for NPS visitors and employees. Servicewide efforts address visitor safety, search and rescue, critical

incident response services, public health, occupational health and safety, aviation support activities, and

structural fire prevention.

Critical Incident Response

NPS emergency service operations are critical to protecting and responding to visitors, employees, and

resources in distress throughout the system. Emergency services are provided by park personnel who are

engaged in various lifesaving and emergency management disciplines. Operations include emergency

medical services, search and rescue, lifeguard services, and incident management. Structural and wildland

fire operations are provided, including prevention efforts and suppression activities. Aviation support is

critical to furthering these efforts, as mission activities support search and rescue, law enforcement,

backcountry patrol, wildland fire management, and natural resource management. These services are also

often utilized beyond the boundaries of the NPS to assist in local and national disasters and emergencies.

Public Health

The NPS promotes visitor and public health through NPS staff in parks and support by officers from the

US Public Health Service (PHS), the uniformed service of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The PHS has an almost century long tradition of service with the NPS. PHS officers serve as advisors and

consultants on health-related issues associated with food, drinking water, wastewater, vector-borne and

infectious diseases, emergency response, and backcountry operations. NPS staff and PHS officers also

respond to public health emergencies such as the Coronavirus pandemic, and natural disasters such as

Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, and are involved in numerous ongoing health promotion and protection

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projects. The NPS also collaborates and partners with local, state, and other Federal health jurisdictions

and public health protection activities and surveillance efforts have helped detect disease outbreaks, led to

timely implementation of disease control measures, and decreased transmission.

Risk Management

Visitor and employee safety is paramount for the NPS and thus, many risk management practices are

instituted to provide effective visitor and occupational safety, and health and employee wellness efforts.

NPS objectives include identification and management of risks to the visiting public, mitigation of

operational risks to enhance mission effectiveness, the reduction of human error-related accidents,

formulation of and compliance with safety and occupational health standards, and education and

advocacy for a fit and healthy workforce.

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Activity: Park Management

Subactivity: Facility Operations & Maintenance

Facility

Operations &

Maintenance

($000)

2022

Actual

2023

Enacted

Fixed Costs

(+/-)

Internal

Transfers

(+/-)*

Program

Changes

(+/-)

2024

Request

Change from

2023

Enacted (+/-)

Facility

Operations 363,923 448,183 +16,574 -68,526 +2,805 399,036 -49,147

Facility

Maintenance 550,867 490,494 +18,139 +71,838 +3,510 583,981 +93,487

Total

Requirements 914,790 938,677 +34,713 +3,312 +6,315 983,017 +44,340

Total FTE

Requirements 4,111 4,221 0 0 +55 4,276 +55

*Internal Transfer column reflects adjusted amounts by budget subactivity and program component based on an analysis of actual

charges in the NPS accounting system for FY 2022. In order to more transparently represent amounts requested in FY 2024, the

budget presentation incorporates these amounts in the Internal Transfers column, reflecting a programmatic base funding

realignment.

Summary of FY 2024 Program Changes for Facility Operations and Maintenance

Program Changes ($000) FTE

• Supporting Park Capacity

+3,896 +36

• New and Critical Responsibilities

+1,094 +11

• Conservation Initiative - Management and Policy Support for Climate Change

Decision Making

+1,000 +8

• Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative - Increasing

Representation on our Public Lands

+325 +0

TOTAL Program Changes +6,315 +55

Mission Overview

The Facility Operations and Maintenance subactivity supports the National Park Service (NPS) mission

by contributing to the protection and maintenance of natural and cultural resources, the knowledge and

planning to manage those resources appropriately, and the modernization and renewal of employee and

visitor facilities and infrastructure. The NPS is guardian of a world-renowned network of parks,

monuments, and other special places with natural beauty, historical, or cultural significance. The bureau

ensures that this vast system of land, waters, and assets remain accessible for all.

Subactivity Overview

Facility Operations and Maintenance play key roles in fulfillment of the NPS mission, ensuring continued

protection, preservation, serviceability, and use of park facilities and infrastructure and natural and

cultural resources. The NPS maintains a diverse range of recreational, public use, historic and support

facilities in dispersed locations and varied circumstances. These sites span time from prehistoric ruins into

the 21

century and represent diverse cultures. All park units come with myriad resources, facilities, and

features — including many that are unique to specific sites. Each site must be properly maintained to

achieve management objectives and to protect government, partner and donated investments.

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Subactivity: Facility Operations & Maintenance

Program Component: Facility Operations

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of planned FY 2024 Facility Operations activities:

• Perform maintenance of landscapes and trails (e.g., mowing, trimming, weeding, planting).

• Perform custodial and janitorial functions on in-use park facilities, including public restrooms.

• Prevent asset deterioration by performing pest management.

• Asset weatherization and seasonal activation and deactivation.

• Removing litter and debris to keep parks clean, promote responsible environmental stewardship,

and mitigate hazards.

Justification of FY 2024 Programmatic Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for the Facility Operations program is $399,036,000 and 2,424 FTE, a

program change of +$2,805,000 and +22 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$1,860,000 / +17 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

New and Critical Responsibilities (+$640,000 / +5 FTE) - The budget proposes $8.2 million and 52

FTE spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities for new and additional responsibilities at parks

and central offices. In FY 2024, funding will support the management of newly added lands, facilities,

visitor centers, and interpretive offerings at Denali NP and Preserve, Birmingham Civil Rights NM/

Freedom Riders NM, Medgar and Myrlie Evers NM, and others, as well as park protection increases at

Fort Smith NHS and Joshua Tree NP. Specific funding also supports new spending for community

outreach with Tribal communities at Bryce Canyon NP, North Cascades NP, Lake Chelan NRA, and Ross

Lake NRA. Additional details on this request can be found in the Budget Overview section.

Racial Justice and Equity for Underserved Communities Initiative - Increasing Representation on

our Public Lands (+$305,000 / +0 FTE) - The budget proposes $3.0 million and 5 FTE across multiple

ONPS budget subactivities to support the Increasing Representation in our Public Lands initiative. Funds

will support the initial operations at two new park units established by the Biden-Harris administration:

New Philadelphia NHS and the Blackwell School NHS, as well as the expansion site in Summerton, SC

for Brown v. Board of Education NHP. An additional $1.8 million is proposed for potential new park

designations that preserve important places and tell the stories of those that have been historically

underrepresented and underserved to more rapidly initiate unit start up.

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Program Overview

Facility Operations activities support nearly all aspects of resource protection and visitor services,

ensuring buildings, roads, trails, picnic areas, campgrounds, and other infrastructure are available for use

by visitors and park personnel. The reliability of facility components is essential to efficient park

operations, recreational access, visitor satisfaction, and health and safety. The Facility Operations

function encompasses day-to-day activities that allow for the continued use of facilities and are conducted

with employee and visitor safety as the primary goal. These activities in a park are separate from, but

work in concert with the Facility Maintenance regimen, which is used to directly extend the life of the

resource and provide long-range development and protection of facilities. The Facilities Operations

function incorporates the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of the day-to-day work

activities. The two functions collaborate to ensure an efficient, effective, and comprehensive maintenance

program.

Many parks operate much as a municipality might, performing waste removal, water and wastewater

processing, landscape maintenance, and shared-space servicing. The mixture of these activities varies,

depending on the park unit needs and the time of the year. Parks must consider the type, size, and scope

of the required operational activities, and take into account seasonal fluctuations in those requirements.

Facility Operations funds also support central program management, such as core offices and staff for

facilities program administration, oversight, planning, and reporting. It also provides staff for key safety

and compliance activities, such as accessibility. Federal laws and regulations require that all Federal

buildings, facilities, programs, activities, and services are accessible to and usable by persons with

disabilities. The NPS is committed to ensuring visitors with disabilities have access to the full range of

opportunities and experiences available in the national parks, while maintaining consistency with other

legal mandates for conservation and protection of resources. A national program provides support to

parks to improve accessibility servicewide. During FY 2024, accessibility program support will focus on

improving workforce competency around accessibility through staff and volunteer training.

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Subactivity: Facility Operations & Maintenance

Program Component: Facility Maintenance

FY 2024 Program Activities

The following are examples of FY 2024 Facility Maintenance activities:

• Perform all aspects of asset management on over 75,000 assets including trails, campgrounds,

utilities, historic structures, landscapes, housing, visitor centers, and other facilities that support

the National Park Service mission.

• Direct project funding to the highest-priority facility maintenance and repair needs in the National

Park Service to address the full complement of activities of a successful and effective facility

lifecycle management program.

Justification of FY 2024 Programmatic Changes

The FY 2024 budget request for the Facility Maintenance program is $583,981,000 and 1,852 FTE, a

program change of +$3,510,000 and +33 FTE from FY 2023 Enacted.

Supporting Park Capacity (+$2,036,000 / +19 FTE) – The budget proposes $17.3 million and 125 FTE

funding spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to support basic operational capacity needs at

all parks, rivers, and trails. Funding is spread across multiple ONPS budget subactivities to strengthen all

critical functions at parks. Between FY 2011 and FY 2022, the NPS has collectively lost almost 19

percent of its ONPS-funded Full-Time Equivalent capacity. Over the same period, over 30 units and

additional authorized sites have been added to the national park system, and visitation has grown by more

than 30 million. This proposed increase will provide park additional funds for basic operations to better

serve visitors and resources and ease planning for urgent and emerging needs.

Conservation Initiative - Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Team (+$1,000,000 /

+8 FTE) – Funding will build capacity for expertise in sustainable asset management, leveraging

vulnerability assessments to develop strategies and standards for asset conservation and adaption to the

effects of climate change and extreme weather events, as well as managing and cleaning up contaminated

sites. Capacity in these fields will help the NPS develop risk assessments, documentation protocols, and

monitoring processes to support adaptation and protection of natural resources and other assets.

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