(Encyclopedia) Sequoia National Park, 402,510 acres (162,960 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons. The…
(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe Mountains National ParkGuadalupe Mountains National Parkgwäˈdəl&oomacr;p [key], 86,416 acres (34,998 hectares), W Tex. Located in the Guadalupe Mts., the park contains…
(Encyclopedia) Jasper National Park, 4,200 sq mi (10,878 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mts.; est. 1907. It is the second largest of the Canadian scenic national parks and contains…
(Encyclopedia) Grand Teton National ParkGrand Teton National Parktētŏnˈ, tēˈtŏn [key], 309,993 acres (125,503 hectares), NW Wyo.; est. 1929. The park, which includes Jackson Lake and part of Jackson…
(Encyclopedia) Mount Revelstoke National ParkMount Revelstoke National Parkrĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River…
(Encyclopedia) 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…
(Encyclopedia) National Recovery Administration (NRA), in U.S. history, administrative bureau established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. In response to President Franklin Delano…
(Encyclopedia) Audubon Society, National, one of the oldest and best-known U.S. environmental organizations; founded 1886 by George Cird Grinnell and named for John James Audubon. The nonprofit…
(Encyclopedia) Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (…
(Encyclopedia) National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), Washington, D.C., founded in 1931 by Hans Kindler, who conducted the orchestra until 1949. Its first home was Constitution Hall; since 1986 it has…
