What is the difference is between a national forest national monument and national park?

Answer 1

A sanctuary is a "place of safety." A wildlife sanctuary is a place where wildlife can live, or pause during migration, and be protected from most human-created disturbances. By definition, a National Park is a tract of land managed by the National Park Service (US Department of the Interior). Many national parks are also wildlife sanctuaries in that they protect wildlife and their habitat. As mandated by the Congressional Act that formed the National Park Service, National parks must also allow for visitors to access the land and the wildlife, but other wildlife sanctuaries do not necessarily imply easy access for people. Other federal, state, local, or private groups can set aside and manage "sanctuaries" also. Marshes are commonly set aside as wildlife sanctuaries because they provide important habitat for numerous species and are not easily accessible by people anyway.

More than anything the difference between a sanctuary and a national park is a question of what agency manages the land and exactly how the land is used: national parks are managed by the National Park Service, and "sanctuaries," a much broader and non-specific term, may be included within parks or other lands (or not) and can be managed by any kind of agency or private institution.

Answer 2

1. Both national parks and national monuments are managed by the National Park Service, and both are GENERALLY more protected or restrictive than national forests which are managed by the US Forest Service. See the current debate on whether to make Mount St. Helens a National Park or leave it a National Monument here: http://www.mountsthelens.com/NationalPark.html
2. National parks are set up by U.S. congressional legislation; national monuments are set up by U.S. presidential designation.

Answer 3

There are a combination of reasons, but first and foremost in the United States is the legal way in which a national park and a national monument are established. National Parks are established through acts of Congress while National Monuments can be established by the President at his discretion.

Parks, in general, are natural areas and wildlife preserves. Monuments may also be natural features, but are often cultural or historic places.

Answer 4

State parks are managed by state governments, i.e. Montana, Virginia, or Florida. National parks are managed by the federal government, the United States. As such, they usually have somewhat different laws and policies that govern them and how people can use the parks.

Answer 5

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.[1] Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. The continuing acceleration in the digitization of information, combined with the increasing capacity of digital information storage, is causing the traditional model of museums (i.e. as static "collections of collections" of three-dimensional specimens and artifacts) to expand to include virtual exhibits and high-resolution images of their collections for perusal, study, and exploration from any place with internet connectivity if a national monument A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture. In English the word "monumental" is often used in reference to something of extraordinary size and power, as in monumental sculpture, but also to mean simply anything made to commemorate the dead, as a funerary monument or other example of funerary art. The word comes from the Latin "monere," which means 'to remind' or 'to warn.' The term is often used to describe any structure that is a significant and legally protected historic work, and many countries have equivalents of what is called in United Kingdom legislation a Scheduled Monument, which often include relatively recent buildings constructed for residential or industrial purposes, with no thought at the time that they would come to be regarded as "monuments".

Answer 6

In the U.S., national forests are administered by the National Forest Service, a part of the Department of Agriculture. By U.S. congressional mandate, they "are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes."

National parks and monuments are both administered by the National Parks Service, and exist for the same purpose, which "is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

National parks are established by congressional legislation, national monuments are designated by the president.

In addition, any suitable federal land can be designated as "wilderness," and such area "shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character."

Answer 7

Both are administered by the National Parks Service, but the emphasis at a national park is more on preservation of its natural stated, while the emphasis at a national seashore is more on recreational activities. NParks have recreation and NSeashores have preservation, so the differences can be quite subtle.

Answer 8

A national park is owned by the nation, and abides by the Nations rules. A state park is owned by the state and follows the state's rules.

Answer 9

Differentiate museum and shrine