What better place to start learning about our great National Parks then their official website! If you do not live near a park there are many things you can learn online through their Web Ranger program or via the NPS Junior Ranger program. This program is activity based conducted in almost all parks, and some Junior Ranger programnofollows are national. There is also a program called the Traveling Trunknofollow program that allows teachers, families, or scout groups to borrow a trunk filled with historical artifacts about a specific historical event, place, or person.

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