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Sustainable Housing for Park Rangers in Big Bend National Park, Texas
No full textA team of graduate architecture students and
faculty from the School of Architecture, at the
University of Texas at Austin, under the direction
of Associate Professor Michael Garrison, and the
Department of Architecture, Texas Tech
University, under the direction of Associate
Professor Glenn Hill, have designed
environmentally friendly "green" homes for park
rangers in Big Bend National Park, Texas. With
funding from the National Park Foundation and a
construction commitment of 1.2 million dollars
by the National Park Service, design teams in the
joint project have developed permanent
sustainable housing responsive to the hot-arid
desert climate
Landsat MSS classification of fire fuel types in Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Canada
No full textJ1: Global Ecology & Biogeography Letters; M3: Article; Milne, David Franklin, Steven E. Wilson, Bradley A. Ghitter, Geoff Heathcott, Mark McCaffrey, Thomas M. Ow, Charlotte F. Y.; Source Information: Mar1994, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p33; Subject Term: FOREST fires; Author-Supplied Keyword: Canada (Wood Buffalo National Park); Author-Supplied Keyword: Forest fire; Author-Supplied Keyword: Fuel type classification; Author-Supplied Keyword: Landsat data; Number of Pages: 0p; Document Type: Articl
Park dedication: notice
No full textThis document, written in the summer of 1940, expresses the interest on behalf of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be on hand to dedicate the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The dedication did take place that year, on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10,000 came to Newfound Gap to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak.UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
WASHINGTON
NOTICE CONCERNING GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL PARK DEDICATION
The President has indicated his desire to dedicate the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park in the near future, should there be a favorable
opportunity for him to make an overnight trip to that area. It is manifestly impossible now to. set a definite date for his departure from
Washington, due to the critical international situation.
Because of this uncertainty, it is extremely doubtful that sufficient
time will be available after his decision to prepare and issue invitations
giving definite dates. Therefore, the invitations are necessarily of indefinite date, with the expectation that invited guests will learn of the
dedication date, when announced, through the press or radio.
As seats are limited, the favor of an immediate reply is requested.
Seats will be furnished to the limit of availability to those responding,
and tickets will be mailed as soon as the definite date of the dedication
is known.
The dedicatory ceremonies will take place at Newfound Gap, on the
State line between North Carolina and Tennessee. This site is on a good
paved highway — the only paved transmountain road in the park.
All the usable area at the Gap will be required, for the audience
during the dedication. Cars will be parked on the Clingsmans Dome road,
a stub road leading off from the transmountain road at Newfound Gap.
Passengers may be discharged at the dedication site, but the driver will
be required to take his car to the parking place.
A limited number of shuttle cars will operate on the Clingsmans Dome
road to take drivers from and to their parked cars.
The dedication will commence at 2:00 p. m., E. S. T. About one hour
prior to the dedication the approach roads will be closed at a point
about 10 miles from Newfound Gap.
It is suggested that box lunches be carried. There will, however,
be refreshment stands at the Gap serving soft drinks, sandwiches, and
ice cream.
June 24, 1940
Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement
No full textThis 6-page series of correspondence between C. P. Ambler, J. M. Greer, H. M. Branson, and J. T. Wilder discusses the relationship Appalachian National Park Association has with the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. Formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S, the Appalachian National Park Association grew out of work with the Asheville Board of Trade. Although in somewhat of a rivalry, both states eventually cooperated to acquire land and secure funding for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement
No full textVarious organizations and individuals expressed support for an Appalachian National Park. A movement for a national park in the Appalachians was spearheaded by Appalachian National Park Association, formed in 1899. The association raised public awareness of the issue, but disbanded before the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement
No full textVarious organizations and individuals expressed support for an Appalachian National Park. A movement for a national park in the Appalachians was spearheaded by Appalachian National Park Association, formed in 1899. The association raised public awareness of the issue, but disbanded before the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Park Redevelopment
No full textFinal report for ARCH406: Graduate Architecture Design Studio III (Fall 2024). University of Maryland, College ParkWe worked with the Prince Georges County staff of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) on projects for two local parks, Edmonston Park and Riverdale Park. Our charge was to envision the redevelopment of those parks with buildings that would serve parkgoers from now into the future. Sustainable design was a mandate.Prince George's County, M
Park fiction - a participatory artistic park project
No full textThe extraordinary green recreational area Park Fiction was proposed, planned, and established by a group of artists, residents, and local institutions in Hamburg from 1994 until 2005. The project was financially supported with public funds from the programme Art in Public Spaces sponsored by the Hamburg Department of Culture. The special combination of art and social work of the group has been seen as an important one and was honoured with an invitation to present Park Fiction at the documenta 11 in 2002. The basic conditions and the main phases of the eleven year history of the project are outlined in the text. Difficulties and helpful conditions are analysed. Special regard is given to the combination of social work and art in the project. The significance of the project for the careers of the project members is also taken into account. At the end, the subtle instrumentalisation of the park within the gentrification process of Hamburg is considered.Publisher PD
Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement
No full textThis 8-page series of correspondence between J. M. Moore and Mary Harris to C. P. Ambler suggest their ideas on locations for a national park. Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) was a founding member and long-time secretary of the Appalachian National Park Association. The association promoted the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. Originally, the association favored western North Carolina as the sole site for a proposed national park, but soon expanded their vision to include more of the southern Appalachian mountains
Horace Kephart and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
No full textThis 1971 thesis reports on Horace Kephart’s involvement in promoting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Horace Kephart (1862-1931), a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author, left his work as a librarian in St. Louis in 1904 and permanently moved to western North Carolina. His popular book, “Camping and Woodcraft,” first published 1906, is considered a standard manual for campers after almost a century of use. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains, producing “Our Southern Highlanders” in 1913. Throughout his life, Kephart wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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