This document is an annual yearbook report for the United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service. It has articles, images and maps highlighting the importance of the National Parks. In addition, this publication is significant because it discusses the influence the Civilian Conservation Corps had in the creation the National Parks.
“Recreation, as applied in this country to parks and areas set aside for intensive recreational use, is an absolute necessity in the social structure of the Nation. Recreation can best be defined as the use of leisure time – leisure time being that time in our lives not needed for eating and sleeping, or earning a living in business, agriculture, and industry.” Conrad L. Wirth, Supervisor of Recreation and Land Planning, National Park Service
United States. National Park Service. (1940). 1940 Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress. Washington, DC: United States Printing Office. Full text available via
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