NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS PASS VALID TIL AUG 2009 Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 40.06 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location Welland, Ontario See more about 'NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS PASS VALID TIL AUG 2009' Description cpedley Store NORMAL COST IS $80! That is what I paid. SAVE YOUR MONEY! YOU CANNOT LOSE SINCE ALL OF THE PARKS I HAVE BEEN TO ARE EITHER $15 OR $20 per car.America The Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass valid in all US National Parks, National Monuments etc. The pass is punched for August 2009, making it valid through August 2009.Valid for entrance for pass holder and the occupants of a single, private, non-commercial vehicle or pass holder and 3 persons where per person fees are charged.2 passholders per card are allowed.The card currently has only one signature, the other is still available. That ONE CAN BE YOURS! Information About the Pass."The new pass covers recreation opportunities on public lands managed by four Department of the Interior agencies – the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation, and by the Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service."More information about the pass.http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/Pass%20Summary%20Table%20-%20113006.pdfDOI manages 500 million acres of surface land, or about one-fifth of the land in the United States, including: 261.7 million acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management    96.4 million acres managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service    84.6 million acres managed by the National Park Service    8.7 million acres managed by the Bureau of Reclamation associated with reclamation projects   66.1 million acres managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs    Over 200,000 acres of abandoned coal mine sites have been reclaimed through the Office of Surface Mining's Abandoned Mine Land Program.Reference from http://mits.doi.gov/quickfacts/facts.cfm The number of facilities, buildings, roads, trails, bridges, tunnels, water and waste systems, schools, reservoirs, and power plants throughout the Department is enormous. For example: The physical inventory of the National Park system includes 7,580 administrative and public use buildings, 5,771 historic buildings, 5,300 housing units (including approximately 1,000 historic housing units), 8,500 miles of roads, 763 miles of paved trails, 12,250 miles of unpaved trails, 1,804 bridges and tunnels, about 680 water and wastewater systems, 8,505 physical monuments and statues, 250 radio systems, 505 dams, and more than 200 solid waste operations. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge system includes an infrastructure to support public use and wildlife management programs with over 7,133 buildings, 657 bridges, 229 dams, 12,145 miles of roads, 4279 miles of dikes, 14,262 of miles of fencing, and 9,977 water control structures. The Bureau of Land Management maintains approximately 4,777 buildings, 725 administrative sites, 3,602 recreation sites, 75,959 miles of roads, 856 bridges, and 18,932 miles of trails to support the visiting public. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has 5,84263 buildings containing 25.3 million square feet of space, including 1,627 education and associated buildings at 184 schools serving 46,000 students, 1,174 administrative buildings, and 2,979 employee housing units. The BIA also maintains over 27,038 miles of roads. The U.S. Geological Survey rents 4.3 million square feet of space in about 190 GSA buildings nationwide; owns 34 installations with 1.3 million square feet of space in 283 buildings. In addition, the USGS maintains and operates an earthquake monitoring global seismographic network of 95 stations located worldwide, and national and regional networks located throughout 35 states and territories, 14 geomagnetic observatories, one landslide network, one volcano hazards network to monitor 52 U.S. volcanoes, 17 science centers and associated field stations, a center for biological informatics, and 7,000 streamgages. The Bureau of Reclamation administers or operates 479 dams, 348 reservoirs, 58 hydroelectric power plants, and more than 289 recreation sites. A few of these are shown below under the title parks, but there are others which are monuments, seashores etc. Do you think you might be able to find some place to go, camp, hike or visit with your pass that you purchase from me at a discounted price?Bureau: All Bureaus  Topics: National Parks,   Year: All Years Bureau Fiscal Year Number Unit Description TOPIC: National Parks NPS FY2005 3.6 Percent U.S. Percent of the U.S. that is in the National Park System NPS FY2005 5.5 Million  Acres Number of acres in Park System that are not Federally owned (included in 84.6 million acres total managed by NPS) NPS FY2005 209 Units Number of NPS units that are Recreation Fee Demo sites NPS FY2005 55 Million  Acres Number of acres managed by the National Park Service in Alaska NPS FY2006 120 National Historic Parks Number of National Historic Parks and Historic Sites NPS FY2006 13.2 Million  Acres Size of the largest national park Wrangell - St. Elias and Preserve in Alaska NPS FY2006 3.3 Million  Acres Size of largest National Park in contiguous 48 states (Death Valley National Park in CA) NPS FY2006 390 Units Number of National Park System Units (parks, national monuments, seashore sites, battlefields and other recreational and cultural sites) NPS FY2006 58 National Parks Number of National Parks DOI FY2007 391 Units Number of Units in the National Park System DOI FY2007 58 National Parks Number of National Parks           Place a Bid!