New web site helps track park projects.Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) is an online collaborative tool that gives the public unprecedented, easy access to documents used in developing and tracking projects within the National Park Service. The public can access the site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov to find out more about projects at Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c. and other parks across the nation. Park projects can include items as routine as trail rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and utility location as well as more complex projects, such as relocating the Liberty Bell and restoring the White House grounds. "The National Park Service relies heavily on feedback from the public to guide its stewardship stewardship the occupation of being a steward or custodian. Referring to animals it implies the caring sort of relationship based on an acceptance of the need to include the rights of animals in overall plans to maintain financial viability. of America's great natural and cultural resources," said Jake JAKE Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment Hoogland, chief of the Environmental Quality Division for the National Park Service. "PEPC makes it easy for people to track projects at a nearby park or a favorite park several time zones away. It gives the public unprecedented access." |
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