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Maine Preservation Officials And National Park Service Have Different Views Of McGlashan-Nickerson House

A 135-year-old house at Saint Croix International Historic Site is considered architecturally significant by Maine preservationists, but deemed excess property by the National Park Service, which wants someone to buy it and move it to another location.

Shiloh National Military Park To Redesign Exhibits In Visitor Center

Interpreting, and presenting, history is a key role of the National Park Service. So while the prospect of designing new exhibits for the Shiloh National Military Park visitor center might sound relatively ho-hum, the opportunity to update 30-year-old exhibits describing and explaining the events that occurred at Shiloh in 1862 is enticing.

Groups Continually At Work To Acquire Private Lands Key To National Parks

Ecosystem restoration. Protecting vistas from trophy homes. Critical wildlife habitat. Preserving Civil War history. And yes, even recreational needs are among the many reasons groups work to purchase private inholdings across the National Park System, which contains approximately 2.6 million acres of inholdings.