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An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Park Service is dedicated to preserving our nation's most significant natural and cultural resources, and to helping people from all over the world enjoy and learn from them. The Service's fundamental responsibility is the National Park System. Since creation of the first park in 1872 the National Park System has grown to include over 350 units and encompass a wild and scenic rivers system, together with a national system of recreation, scenic, and historic trails.

The National Park Service (NPS) also operates several programs that help preserve natural, cultural, and recreational resources outside the system. Resources may be eligible for special titles or designations while they continue to be managed by states, local governments, other federal agencies, or private owners. For instance, cultural resources of state, local, or national significance may be listed by the National Park Service on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, NPS provides technical assistance to state and local governments in conserving rivers, trails, natural areas, and cultural resources.

National Park Service ranger Meg Scheid talks to Valley teachers about the St. Croix International Historic Site at a 2004 professional development workshop in the Madawaska Middle/High school.The director of the National Park Service delegated the lead responsibility to the North Atlantic Region for studying Acadian culture in Maine and developing programming. Headquartered in Boston, the North Atlantic is one of ten NPS regions in the United States. Two regional NPS units relate directly to Maine Acadian culture. Acadia National Park encompasses a site of early Acadian settlement, St. Sauveur (1613), and the name of the park refers to the early Micmac and European use of "-cadie" or "Acadie" for the region of coastal Maine where the park is situated (NPS 1955: III-2). Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, site of the founding 1604 French Acadian settlement, is a second NPS unit in Maine, administered by Acadia National Park. Due to the island's importance in the histories of both Canada and the United States, Parks Canada has plans to interpret St. Croix Island on the New Brunswick side of the St. Croix River. Other relevant NPS sites in the U.S. include three Acadian cultural centers in Louisiana at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

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Some publications and events sponsored by the National Park Service as part of the implementation of the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes photograph by Nicholas Hawes, 2003.


The National Park Service has a long-standing commitment to partnerships dating from the creation of early national parks such as Yellowstone in 1872 and Acadia in 1916. The North Atlantic Region has a special commitment to employ cooperative efforts with others who share our resource concerns and interests, particularly efforts that enhance America's heritage.

 
Some publications and events sponsored by the National Park Service as part of the implementation of the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes photograph by Nicholas Hawes, 2003.
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