The best part though was getting the first full view of Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam at the national-park headquarters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trekking Nepal] Reference

In a tiny Costa Rican village, his crew slept in A-frame cabins and helped villagers build housing in hopes of drawing national-park tourists and generating additional income.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Change the World] Reference

The Canyon of the Colorado should be made a national park; and the national-park system should include the Yosemite and as many as possible of the groves of giant trees in California.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

One possible solution to the vagaries of national-park funding would be for Congress to create an endowment that would provide regular funds for the parks to rely upon, so that they wouldn't be subject to the whims of particular administrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not a Walk in the Park] Reference

Listed as a threatened species in 1990, the reptiles were being crushed by cattle and joy-riding ORVers, environmentalists charged; saving the tortoise required getting these despoilers out of the desert, which in turn required national-park designation.    From Wordnik.com.  [BIRTH OF A PARK] Reference

In a 2006 paper, Pergams and Zaradic performed an elaborate statistical analysis correlating numerous social variables with national-park visits, and found that almost the entire decline could be attributed to increases since 1987 in videogames, Internet usage, movie viewing (and the price of gasoline).    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of the Wilderness] Reference

Secretary of the Interior directed the Land-Office to prepare a new national-park bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the National Parks] Reference

Both, he said, are valid - and equally American - manifestations of the national-park experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

By the direction of President Taft, Senator Flint introduced a national-park bill which differed from both suggestions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the National Parks] Reference

Here entered the pioneer, James Longmire, many years ago, and the roads established by him and his fellows determined the direction of the first national-park development.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the National Parks] Reference

One scenic area of the United States largely unprotected by national-park legislation is the Adirondacks of northern New York, though the state park, created in 1892, is a protected area.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

Park officials credit several factors for the spike in attendance, including lower fuel prices, the affordability of a national-park vacation, the presidential inauguration and even the recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference

I'm already going to the government national-park job website and the AZA, but I want to cast my net wider in the private sector, like consulting firms, non-profits, or what-not. idealist. org might be worth checking out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

That's because studies by psychologist Robert Cialdini and other group members had found that the most powerful motivator for hotel guests to reuse towels, national-park visitors to stay on marked trails and citizens to vote is the suggestion that everyone is doing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

Democrats back in the White House after 12 years, but two government shutdowns in 1995 drove the index to a high of 67 as the evening news showed lawmakers squabbling while the NIH hotline went unanswered, toxic-waste cleanup was halted, passport applications went unprocessed and tourists were turned away from 368 national-park sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference