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President Roosevelt agreed and issued two [[executive order]]s to implement the reorganization. These two executive orders transferred to the NPS all of the War Department's historic sites as well as national monuments that the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] had managed and parks in and around Washington, D.C. that an independent federal office had previously operated.<ref name="Shaping">The National Parks: Shaping the System; National Park Service, Dept of the Interior; 1991; pg 24</ref> | President Roosevelt agreed and issued two [[executive order]]s to implement the reorganization. These two executive orders transferred to the NPS all of the War Department's historic sites as well as national monuments that the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] had managed and parks in and around Washington, D.C. that an independent federal office had previously operated.<ref name="Shaping">The National Parks: Shaping the System; National Park Service, Dept of the Interior; 1991; pg 24</ref> | ||
The popularity of the parks after the end of the [[World War II]] left them overburdened with demands that the NPS could not meet. In 1951, [[Conrad Wirth]] became director of the NPS and began to bring park facilities up to the standards that the public was expecting.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Conrad L. Wirth |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sontag/wirth.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510013745/https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sontag/wirth.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1952, with the support of President | The popularity of the parks after the end of the [[World War II]] left them overburdened with demands that the NPS could not meet. In 1951, [[Conrad Wirth]] became director of the NPS and began to bring park facilities up to the standards that the public was expecting.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Conrad L. Wirth |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sontag/wirth.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510013745/https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sontag/wirth.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1952, with the support of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wirth began [[Mission 66]], a ten-year effort to upgrade and expand park facilities for the 50th anniversary of the Park Service. New parks were added to preserve unique resources and existing park facilities were upgraded and expanded.<ref name="Shaping" /> | ||
In 1966, as the Park Service turned 50 years old, emphasis began to turn from just saving great and wonderful scenery and unique natural features to making parks accessible to the public.<ref>{{cite report|title=Laurance S. Rockefeller and the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: Race, Recreation, and the National Parks|author=Glassberg, David|publisher=Rockefeller Archives Center Research Reports|date=2022|url=https://rockarch.issuelab.org/resources/39735/39735.pdf|quote=This project focuses on the links between the conservation movement and civil rights through an examination of the reach and impact of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC) and its chairman, Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR). The Commission’s landmark report in 1962 identified large racial disparities in access to public lands and recreation across the USA, which prompted the National Park Service (NPS) to establish new National Recreation Areas and Historical Parks in urban areas in the 1960s and 1970s. The project examines the history of the ORRRC, contextualizes the Commission’s work within the longer history of the civil rights movement’s efforts to desegregate state and national parks, and NPS efforts to increase recreational opportunities in urban areas.}}</ref> Director [[George B. Hartzog Jr.|George Hartzog]] began the process with the creation of the [[United States National Lakeshore|National Lakeshores]] and then [[National Recreation Area]]s. | In 1966, as the Park Service turned 50 years old, emphasis began to turn from just saving great and wonderful scenery and unique natural features to making parks accessible to the public.<ref>{{cite report|title=Laurance S. Rockefeller and the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: Race, Recreation, and the National Parks|author=Glassberg, David|publisher=Rockefeller Archives Center Research Reports|date=2022|url=https://rockarch.issuelab.org/resources/39735/39735.pdf|quote=This project focuses on the links between the conservation movement and civil rights through an examination of the reach and impact of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC) and its chairman, Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR). The Commission’s landmark report in 1962 identified large racial disparities in access to public lands and recreation across the USA, which prompted the National Park Service (NPS) to establish new National Recreation Areas and Historical Parks in urban areas in the 1960s and 1970s. The project examines the history of the ORRRC, contextualizes the Commission’s work within the longer history of the civil rights movement’s efforts to desegregate state and national parks, and NPS efforts to increase recreational opportunities in urban areas.}}</ref> Director [[George B. Hartzog Jr.|George Hartzog]] began the process with the creation of the [[United States National Lakeshore|National Lakeshores]] and then [[National Recreation Area]]s. | ||