BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: 100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire

DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: 100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire:

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Description of Pictures: 100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire
August 4, 2016 – August 2017
The National Park Service turns 100 this year! To celebrate, the National Park Service has teamed up with the National Museum of Natural History to present over 50 images by award-winning photographers, showcasing the majesty, diversity, and importance of America's national parks. Photographs present stories and snapshots from monuments and historic sites, battlefields and picturesque natural scenes from lakeshores and seashores to trails and preserves where both wildlife and people come together.
The 50 images in the exhibition include 14 panoramas by nature photographer Stan Jorstad and 27 images by Carol M. Highsmith, a photographer of America’s cultural and natural heritage.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SINH1N_160806_017.JPG: By the numbers... (As of April 13, 2016) 411 units of the national park system 82 National Monuments 78 National Historic Sites 59 National Parks 50 National Historical Parks 30 National Memorials 18 National Recreation Areas 11 National Battlefields 10 Wild and Scenic Rivers and Riverways 4 National Lakeshores 59 Other designations Related area designations: 24 Affiliated Areas 48 National Heritage Areas 30 National Trails System units 43 National Wild & Scenic Rivers System units 20,000 Permanent, temporary, and seasonal employees 246,000 Volunteers-in-Parks 307.2 million Visitors in 2015 21 National park system units designated as World Heritage Sites 23 International Biosphere Reserves involving 30 national park system units Over 200 National Historic Landmarks are in or overlap with nearly 130 national park system units 26 National Natural Landmarks are in or overlap with 20 national park system units 61 designated Wilderness areas are in 50 national park system units 84 million acres in national park system units
2. SINH1N_160806_023.JPG: Bristlecone Pines Great Basin National Park, Nevada Stan Jorstad, 1995
3. SINH1N_160806_032.JPG: Quinault Rain Forest Olympic National Park, Washington Stan Jorstad, 1995
4. SINH1N_160806_037.JPG: Pu'u O'o Eruption of Kilauea Volcano Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i Carol M. Highsmith, 2005
5. SINH1N_160806_042.JPG: Haleakala Crater Viewed from Keonehe'ehe'e (Sliding Sands) Trail Haleakala National Park, Hawai'i Stan Jorstad, 1995
6. SINH1N_160806_049.JPG: Pu'uhonua (Place of Refuge) Pu'uhonua O Hanaunau National Historical Park, Hawai'i Carol M. Highsmith, 2005
7. SINH1N_160806_054.JPG: Bison in Lower Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Jim Peaco, NPS, 2015
8. SINH1N_160806_061.JPG: Among the Bones Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah Dan Chure, NPS, 2014
9. SINH1N_160806_070.JPG: Quarry Exhibit Hall, Dinosaur National Monument Dan Chure, NPS, 2015
10. SINH1N_160806_074.JPG: Beargrass Blooms near Going-to-the-Sun Road Glacier National Park, Montana Stan Jorstad, 1996
11. SINH1N_160806_082.JPG: Oxbow Bend, Snake River Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Stan Jorstad, 1989
12. SINH1N_160806_086.JPG: Desert Bighorn Sheep Colorado National Monument, Colorado Carol M. Highsmith, 2015
13. SINH1N_160806_091.JPG: Paleontologist's Paradise Badlands National Park, South Dakota Stan Jorstad, 1992
14. SINH1N_160806_098.JPG: Mount Rushmore Amid the Black Hills Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota Carol M. Highsmith, 2009
15. SINH1N_160806_106.JPG: Model in 1939 Sculptor's Studio, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Otto Bochman, NPS, 2015
16. SINH1N_160806_110.JPG: Blue Hen Falls Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio Stan Jorstad, 2004
17. SINH1N_160806_115.JPG: Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
18. SINH1N_160806_120.JPG: Pitcher Plant, Pinhook Bog Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana Joy Marburger, NPS, 2004
19. SINH1N_160806_125.JPG: Caves Preserve the Past Between 25,000 and 18,000 years ago, toward the end of the last Ice Age, some now-extinct mammals fell to their deaths through a deep pit entrance into in what is now Musk Ox Cave. The animals discovered by paleontologists in this natural trap include the extinct shrub ox, American cheetah, and this dire wolf. The cave is now part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.
20. SINH1N_160806_133.JPG: East Surveys of Yellowstone National Park In 1871, geologist Ferdinand Hayden led a team of scientists, photographers, and artists on one of the first federally-funded surveys of the American West. They sent specimens back to the Smithsonian, and their findings influenced the debate in Congress that led to the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872.
21. SINH1N_160806_138.JPG: The Smithsonian Museum and the National Park Service In partnership to study the planet, its plants and animals The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) has long conducted research and collected artifacts and specimens on lands that would eventually become part of the national park system. Some of those collections were instrumental to the protection and inclusion of these areas into the national park system. Here are few of the many items housed in the Museum's collections.
22. SINH1N_160806_141.JPG: Chaco Canyon Ceramics In 1849, the US Army surveyed and mapped the multi-storied structures left by the Ancestral Puebloans in Chaco Canyon. Their civilization had flourished from AD 850-1150, and then disappeared. Little is known about these people, but the objects they left behind provide clues about their culture. In 1906, to preserve places like Chaco Canyon, Congress passed the Antiquities Act, and Chaco Canyon was designated a National Monument in 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Today the park works with descendant Native American communities to understand and preserve this unique culture.
23. SINH1N_160806_146.JPG: North and South Peaks of Denali Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska Stan Jorstad, 1989
24. SINH1N_160806_151.JPG: Brown Bears Salmon Fishing, Brooks Falls Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska Roy Wood, NPS, 2008
25. SINH1N_160806_160.JPG: Researcher Counting Seals, Johns Hopkins Inlet Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska Jamie N. Wombie, NPS, 2007 Glacial ice sites host the largest aggregations of seals in Glacier Bay. Long-term population monitoring and research are critical to understanding factors that influence seal populations in Glacier Bay.
26. SINH1N_160806_166.JPG: Harbor Seals Resting on Glacial Ice, McBride Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Jamie N. Womble, NPS, 2007
27. SINH1N_160806_169.JPG: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska Jet Lowe, NPS, 1985
28. SINH1N_160806_177.JPG: Tundra Wilderness, Valley of Gaedeke Lake Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska Stan Jorstad, 1995
29. SINH1N_160806_184.JPG: "The Most Thoroughly Studied Island in North America" Along the Potomac River, not far from the nation's capital, a quiet 12-acre wooded island holds that distinction. Since 1901, Plummers Island has been the research site for the Washington Biologists' Field Club (WBFC) -- an organization of wildlife biologists, ornithologists, and entomologists. Their goal has been to study and preserve the island's undisturbed flora and fauna. To preserve the island, Congress transferred it to the National Park Service in 1961. The NPS has collaborated with the WBFC and the Smithsonian to study and catalog every plant and animal species on the island.
30. SINH1N_160806_191.JPG: Assortment of Plummers Island Insects Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History More than 3,000 different insect species have been collected and identified from the island. This astonishing diversity includes important pollinators, such as the over 200 bee species documented by scientists from the National Museum of Natural History throughout the past 100 years.
31. SINH1N_160806_195.JPG: Viewing Coral Reefs and Marine Life Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Brett Seymour, NPS, 2014
32. SINH1N_160806_200.JPG: Documenting Anchor from Shipwreck Biscayne National Park, Florida Susanna Pershern, NPS, 2013 A National Park Service archaeologist documents the discovery of an anchor from the 18th-century British warship HMS Fowey.
33. SINH1N_160806_206.JPG: Hawksnest Bay Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands Stan Jorstad, 1996
34. SINH1N_160806_214.JPG: Civil War Earthworks, Cannon, and Michigan Monument Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
35. SINH1N_160806_221.JPG: Carpenter's Shop, Oakland Plantation Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Louisiana Jack Boucher, NPS, 2001
36. SINH1N_160806_226.JPG: Floating Through the Congaree Wilderness Congaree National Park, South Carolina Christopher Somelofske, 2011
37. SINH1N_160806_233.JPG: Piper J-3 Cub, Moton Field Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama Carol M. Highsmith, 2010
38. SINH1N_160806_240.JPG: Edmund Pettus Bridge, 45th Anniversary of the March Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, Alabama Carol M. Highsmith, 2010
39. SINH1N_160806_248.JPG: A Wondrous Diversity of Life, The Roaring Fork Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee Stan Jorstad, 2002
40. SINH1N_160806_253.JPG: Peregrine Falcon New River Gorge National River, West Virginia Gary Hartley, NPS, 2007 A wildlife biologist attaches a satellite tracking unit and releases a juvenile peregrine falcon. In an effort to restore nesting falcons to the New River Gorge, 122 young falcons were released between 2006 and 2011.
41. SINH1N_160806_258.JPG: New River Gorge, New River Gorge National River Robert H. Clark, NPS, 2015
42. SINH1N_160806_261.JPG: Portico Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
43. SINH1N_160806_272.JPG: Library, Cedar Hill, Home of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, District of Columbia Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
44. SINH1N_160806_276.JPG: Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
45. SINH1N_160806_282.JPG: President Lincoln's Coat (detail) Ford's Theater National Historic Site, District of Columbia Carol M. Highsmith, 2007 President Abraham Lincoln wore this greatcoat, with "One Country, One Destiny" stitched in the lining, when he attended Ford's Theatre and was assassinated while in the Presidential Box on April 15, 1865.
46. SINH1N_160806_287.JPG: Balcony and Presidential Box, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Carol M. Highsmith, 1990-2000
47. SINH1N_160806_290.JPG: Fireworks on the National Mall National Mall and Memorial Parks, District of Columbia Carol M. Highsmith, 2008
48. SINH1N_160806_299.JPG: Memorial Day, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, National Mall and Memorial Parks Carol M. Highsmith, 2006
49. SINH1N_160806_304.JPG: Statue of Liberty Restoration Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York Jack Boucher, NPS, 1984
50. SINH1N_160806_308.JPG: "Old House" at Peace field Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
51. SINH1N_160806_313.JPG: 100 Years: America's National Park Service America's national park system belongs to everyone. Our parks, including historic sites, battlefields, lakeshores and seashores, trails, monuments, preserves, and many other special places, tell the stories and preserve the places that define our culture and what we value. Established by Congress in 1916, the National Park Service has worked to conserve the natural and cultural resources of our nation's parks -- all while providing park visitors with unforgettable experiences. Taking care of our parks shapes our values as a nation and expands our understanding of how our actions today will shape our future. Smithsonian Museums and Parks Work Together Prior to 1916, researchers from the Smithsonian Institution collected artifacts and specimens on lands that later became part of the national park system. Some of these collections were instrumental to the protection and inclusion of these areas into the park system.
52. SINH1N_160806_319.JPG: Dining Room (c. 1810-1829), Hampton Mansion Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland Carol M. Highsmith, 2008
53. SINH1N_160806_328.JPG: Hampton Mansion (built 1783-1790), North Facade, Hampton National Historic Site Carol M. Highsmith, 2008
54. SINH1N_160806_335.JPG: Mission Concepcion San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas Carol M. Highsmith, 2014
55. SINH1N_160806_343.JPG: Doll's Theater, Big Room Trail, Carlsbad Cavern Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico Peter Jones, NPS, 2003
56. SINH1N_160806_348.JPG: The Rio Grande Big Bend National Park, Texas Stan Jorstad, 1995
57. SINH1N_160806_353.JPG: Spruce Tree House Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado Stan Jorstad, 1995
58. SINH1N_160806_358.JPG: Desert View Watchtower Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006
59. SINH1N_160806_366.JPG: North Window and Milky Way Arches National Park, Utah Jacob W. Frank, NPS, 2013
60. SINH1N_160806_371.JPG: The Subway, A Slot Canyon Zion National Park, Utah Robert H. Clark, NPS, 2014
61. SINH1N_160806_380.JPG: Zabriskie Point Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada Stan Jorstad, 1986
62. SINH1N_160806_388.JPG: Chavez Home, La Paz Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, California Monica Parra, National Chavez Center, 2014
63. SINH1N_160806_394.JPG: Villa La Paz Conference and Education Center, Operated by National Chavez Center Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Monica Parra, National Chavez Center, 2015
64. SINH1N_160806_403.JPG: South Dome, North Dome, and Half Dome from Glacier Point Yosemite National Park, California Stan Jorstad, 1996
65. SINH1N_160806_406.JPG: Steam Tug Hercules San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California Carol M. Highsmith, 1980-2006 Built for ocean towing, this 1907 steam-powered tug towed sailing ships, disabled vessels, barges, and equipment for a Pearl Harbor dry dock and a Panama Canal lock. The Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate National Recreation Area are in the background.
66. SINH1N_160806_411.JPG: Coast Redwoods Redwood National and State Parks, California Carol M. Highsmith, 2012
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