Partner

The National Park Service has thousands of partner organizations that work with us on projects and programs in parks and communities around the nation. Here are just a few.

In communities we work with…

• Local governments and community organizations, to help them conserve rivers, preserve open space and develop trails and greenways.
• State historic preservation officers, to review and approve projects that use federal tax credits to give historic buildings new lives.
• States, to make Land and Water Conservation Fund grants to support local recreation projects.
• Tribal governments, on co-stewardship of tribal cultural resources.
• Organizations that provide volunteers, funding, logistical support, and advocacy for the National Trails System and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
• National heritage areas, to foster local stewardship of nationally important places and encourage heritage tourism.

In parks we work with…

• Philanthropic partners such as friends groups and the National Park Foundation, who raise friends and funds to support the work of parks.
• Cooperating associations, to operate bookstores for park visitors.
• Universities in the national network of Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units, to study park resources to make science-based management decisions.
• Youth organizations, to offer opportunities for kids to experience national parks.
• Educators, to introduce students, teachers, and families to national parks by connecting park resources, science, nature, and histories to school curricula.
• Volunteers, to engage members of the public directly through volunteer service.