Site name: National Park Service

URL: www.nps.gov

Background information: Most people know that the National Park Service (NPS) cares for national parks, a network of nearly 400 natural, cultural, and recreational sites across the nation. The treasures in this system—the first of its kind in the world—have been set aside by the American people to preserve, protect, and share the legacies of this land.

Exercises:

a. Choose a state that would be of interest to you. Indicate the state you chose and the national parks that are in that state.

b. Describe the educational opportunities that are available through the NPS.

c. Go to the employment page on the NPS Web site and select a state of interest to you. Next, choose a job series where you think you would qualify after graduation and search for job openings. Indicate the openings that would be of interest to you.

d. Go to the employment page for the NPS and select a job series that would be of interest to you and search for all jobs nationwide that are available in that job series. What positions did you find most interesting and where were they?

e. It is important that tourism planners consider how tourism will impact on the environment. Surf the NPS Web site and describe how they strive to make their parks environmentally friendly.