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December 14, 2014 -

National Park Service Centennial

National Park Service 100th Anniversary Coins

  • Authorizes U.S. Mint to issue $5 gold, $1 silver, and half-dollar clad coins in 2016 to commemorate the Centennial of the National Park Service.
  • Directs proceeds to the National Park Foundation for use in funding park projects and programs.
  • Is one of only two sets of U.S. commemorative coins that will be issued in 2016.
National Park Service Donor Recognition

  • Sets guidelines for NPS to accept and acknowledge donations to parks and programs.
  • Repeals the prohibition on donor recognition at memorials covered by the Commemorative Works Act (District of Columbia-area memorials) and sets guidelines for recognizing donors for CWA-covered memorials that were dedicated after January 10, 2010.
  • Intended to help generate private donations in advance of the NPS 2016 Centennial.
New Units of the National Park System

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, RI/MA

  • Establishes new park unit that will be comprised of specific historic sites and resources within the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, which stretches from Pawtucket, RI to Worcester, MA.
    Park will protect and interpret resources associated with the development of textile mills and other industries in the valley.
  • Exact boundaries will be determined by the Secretary of the Interior after sufficient lands are acquired for a manageable unit.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, NV

  • Establishes new park unit in the vicinity of greater Las Vegas to protect and interpret significant Pleistocene paleontological, scientific, educational and recreational resources.
  • Transfers 22,650 acres from the Bureau of Land Management to NPS.
    Allows military overflights over the national monument.
    Authorizes an advisory council.
Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM

  • Establishes the existing Valles Caldera National Preserve as a new park unit; the Preserve is a historic ranch with vast natural and cultural resources that lies within a volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains.
    Transfers management of the Preserve from the Valles Caldera Trust to the NPS.
  • Provides for the continuation of certain activities, such as grazing, hunting, fishing, trapping and traditional use.
  • Provides protections for Native American archeological and sacred sites.
    Dissolves the Valles Caldera Trust, provides special hiring authorities for current Trust employees, and governs the transition of assets and liabilities to the NPS.
World War I Memorial, DC

  • Redesignates Pershing Park near the White House as the World War I Memorial in honor of veterans throughout the nation who served in that war.
  • As a memorial to a major war, the site will be counted as its own unit of the National Park System.
  • The District of Columbia World War I Memorial on the National Mall will continue to be dedicated to District residents who served during World War I.
Coltsville National Historical Park, CT

  • Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a new unit to protect and interpret resources associated with the historic Colt arms manufacturing facilities and community in Hartford, CT.
  • Will become a new unit after sufficient lands are acquired to constitute a manageable park and other requirements are met.
  • Authorizes an advisory committee.
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, NY

  • Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a new unit to protect and interpret resources associated with the life and work of Harriet Tubman in Auburn, NY, where she lived in her later years, after her Underground Railroad work.
  • Will become a new unit after sufficient lands are acquired to constitute a manageable park.
  • Will be a companion unit to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park, WA/NM/TN

  • Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a new unit to protect and interpret resources associated with the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
  • Will be one unit with sites in three locations: Hanford, WA; Los Alamos, NM, and Oak Ridge, TN.
  • Will be established within one year of enactment, after the NPS and the Department of Energy enter into an agreement.
  • Will be administered in partnership with the Department of Energy, which will continue to own most facilities.
Park Boundary Adjustments

First State National Monument, DE/PA

  • Redesignates as a National Historical Park the national monument established by Presidential Proclamation in 2013 to protect and interpret Delaware’s colonial history and its role in the early formation of the nation.
  • Authorizes the addition of sites in Wilmington (Old Swedes Church, Fort Christina), Dover (John Dickinson Plantation) and Lewes (Ryves Holt House), if the NPS acquires them.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument, MD

  • Redesignates as a National Historical Park part of the national monument established by Presidential Proclamation in 2013 to protect and interpret resources on the Eastern Shore associated with Tubman’s work in helping slaves escape to freedom.
  • Authorizes the addition of other Tubman-related sites in Talbot, Caroline, and Dorchester Counties, if the NPS acquires them.
  • Park will operate in partnership with Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Harriet Tubman State Park.
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR

  • Redesignates the unit as Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
    Increases park boundary by approximately 4,070 acres.
  • Transfers U.S. Forest Service lands to National Park Service to promote protection of critical natural resources and tourism.
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA

  • Adds to park boundary the Civil War-era Gettysburg Train Station and 45 acres of environmentally important land at the base of Big Round Top.
  • Properties are slated to be donated to the NPS.
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI

  • Adds to park boundary the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Station, resulting in seven historic light stations and a total of nine light towers being managed by the NPS, more than in any other unit of the National Park System.
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, NJ

  • Includes within the park boundary the historic Hinchliffe Stadium, one of the few remaining structures associated with the Negro Baseball League in the early- to mid-20th Century.
  • NPS will not own the stadium, but will provide assistance in interpreting it.
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, NY

  • Adds a second building to the historic site, an affiliated area, which interprets life as an immigrant in New York City in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
  • The historic site is privately run with assistance from the NPS.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, TX

  • Adds to the park boundary approximately 137 acres of land associated with the historic Spanish missions that are protected and interpreted at this park.
  • Lands will be donated to the NPS.
Vicksburg National Military Park, MS

  • Authorizes land within three Civil War battlefields (Raymond, Champion Hill, and Port Gibson) to be included in the park boundary, once the National Park Service acquires the land.
  • The three battlefields are sites where key conflicts occurred as the Union Army, under General Ulysses Grant, advanced to capture the city of Vicksburg.
National Heritage Areas

Extends authority for federal funding until September 30, 2021 for 15 national heritage areas:

  • Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, PA
  • National Coal Heritage Area, WV
  • Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, PA
  • Essex National Heritage Area, MA
  • America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership, IA
  • Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Area, OH
  • Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, NY
  • Automobile National Heritage Area, MI
  • Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, PA
  • Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, PA
  • Wheeling National Heritage Area, WV
  • Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, AZ
  • Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, NY
  • John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, RI/MA
  • Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, CT.
Provides for the extension of funding authority to end on September 30, 2020 rather than 2021 for any of these heritage areas if an evaluation of their accomplishments has not been completed and transmitted to Congress.

Redesignates the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor as the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor.

Redesignates the Automobile National Heritage Area as the MotorCities National Heritage Area.

Adjusts the boundary of the John H. Chafee Blackstone National Heritage Corridor and transitions its federal commission to a non-profit management entity.

National Wild and Scenic Rivers

Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, VT

  • Designates approximately 46.1 miles of these rivers as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
White Clay Creek, PA/DE

  • Designates approximately 9 miles in Delaware as an addition to the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River.
Styx River, OR

  • Designates the subterranean segment of Cave Creek, known as the River Styx, as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
River Studies

Authorizes studies of the following rivers for potential wild and scenic designation:

  • Cave, Lake, No Name, Panther, and Upper Cave Creeks, OR
  • Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed, RI/CT
  • Nashua, MA
  • York, ME
National Park Service Studies

Authorizes studies to determine whether the following areas meet criteria for inclusion in the National Park System:

  • Lower Mississippi River, LA (site of two historic forts)
  • Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (rare cultural and natural resources, such as limestone forest)
  • Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument, NY (memorial to 11,000 patriots who died while incarcerated in British prison ships anchored off Brooklyn during the American Revolutionary War)
  • Flushing Remonstrance, NY (sites in Queens associated with demand for religious freedom during 17th Century)
  • West Hunter Street Baptist Church and the surrounding block, GA (site of 1960’s civil rights activity in Atlanta)
  • Mills Springs Battlefield, KY (Civil War battlefield)
  • New Philadelphia, IL (archeological site of first known town platted and registered by an African American before the Civil War)
  • Authorizes a study to identify ways to commemorate and interpret the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks.
National Capital Area Memorials and Museums

  • Authorizes establishment of a National Desert Storm/Desert Shield Memorial.
  • Extends the authority to establish the Adams Memorial until 2020.
  • Authorizes a commission to study the potential creation of a National Women’s History Museum.
Other NPS-Related Provisions

  • Extends authority for funding under the America Battlefield Protection Program through 2021
  • Allows grants for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefield sites (currently restricted to Civil War sites).
  • Authorizes the NPS to make improvements to a support facility at a national historic site (applicable to Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, CO).
  • Authorizes an adjustment to the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park, WA, and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in order to rebuild the Upper Stehekin Valley Road.
  • Requires the NPS to consider modifying the final rule for off-road vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC.
  • Protects the watershed of the North Fork River (next to Glacier National Park), MT.

    Source: Coalition of National Park Service Retirees