Special Places Home: How does the National Park Service assist in the restoration or stewardship of these places?

What are special places? A lighthouse... pristine open space… a historic downtown... a piece of the old turnpike... How does the National Park Service assist in the protection, restoration, or stewardship of special places?

• Provides opportunities to assess the significance of special places through a Special Resource Study
• Provides documentation of important architecture or engineering accomplishments
• Provides opportunities to transfer surplus federal lands for use as public parks
• Provides opportunities to list an important natural area as a National Natural Landmark
• Provides access to the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmark Program
• Provide lessons and models of grassroots conservation efforts with an National Park Service role
• Provides communities with information on federal programs and initiatives like the American Heritage Rivers Program
• Provides grants to states to acquire open space
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