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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 1,175,353 | 2,495,452 | 1,591,697 | 1,385,728 | 2,622,154 | 9,270,384 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 1,175,353 | 2,495,452 | 1,591,697 | 1,385,728 | 2,622,154 | 9,270,384 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 1,364,481 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 7,905,903 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 1,175,353 | 2,495,452 | 1,591,697 | 1,385,728 | 2,622,154 | 9,270,384 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 10,453 | 11,623 | 10,975 | 12,770 | 13,298 | 59,119 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 9,329,503 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | NATIONAL PARK TRUST MISSION OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE PARKS TODAY AND CREATE PARK STEWARDS FOR TOMORROW. PRESERVE PARKS TODAY: FOR OVER 35 YEARS, NATIONAL PARK TRUST (THE PARK TRUST) HAS ENHANCED THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM BY ACQUIRING HIGH-PRIORITY LAND IDENTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS). THESE LANDS ARE LOCATED WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO NATIONAL PARKS. TO DATE, NATIONAL PARK TRUST'S EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE PRESERVATION OF MORE THAN 31,000 ACRES BENEFITING 44 NATIONAL PARK UNITS IN 31 STATES, WASHINGTON, DC, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE PARK TRUST SELECTS, ACQUIRES, AND PROTECTS PARKLAND, PROVIDING FUNDING AS WELL AS LEGAL AND REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE. OUR HIGH-PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE ON A "WISH LIST" PROVIDED BY THE NPS AND FOCUS ON PARCELS LOCATED WITHIN CURRENT NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS LANDS ADJACENT TO NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARIES. ALL LANDS ARE DONATED TO THE NPS FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION. THE PARK TRUST ALSO SERVES AS A PARTNER WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL LAND TRUSTS AND FRIENDS GROUPS TO COMPLETE PARK PRESERVATION PROJECTS. THE PARK TRUST'S LAND PROJECTS VARY IN SIZE FROM GREAT SWATHS OF LAND, INCLUDING THE MORE THAN 10,000 ACRES TO CREATE THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE (KS) TO EQUALLY IMPORTANT SMALLER PARCELS, SUCH AS THE 12.5 ACRES LOCATED WITHIN THE WILD BASIN AREA OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (CO). CREATE PARK STEWARDS FOR TOMORROW: TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF OUR PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS IN PERPETUITY, THE PARK TRUST'S UNIQUE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ALSO FOCUSES ON GETTING KIDS TO PARKS WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING THE PIPELINE OF FUTURE PARK STEWARDS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. THE PARK TRUST HAS TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT GET KIDS TO PARKS. OUR BUDDY BISON SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY PROVIDE PARK EXPERIENCES FOR UNDER-SERVED YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS. THE PARK EXPERIENCES FUNDED BY THE PARK TRUST: 1) ENHANCE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM; 2) PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION; AND 3) FOSTER PARK STEWARDSHIP THROUGH CAREER AWARENESS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. TO DATE, THE PARK TRUST PROVIDES FUNDING FOR MORE THAN 70 TITLE I ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN 24 STATES AND WASHINGTON, DC. MORE THAN 80% OF STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY THE PARK TRUST QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICED LUNCH, THE FEDERAL INDICATOR OF LOW INCOME. TO DATE, THE PARK TRUST'S PROGRAMS HAVE REACHED MORE THAN 2-MILLION CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE PROGRAMS HAVE GARNERED RECOGNITION FROM LEADERS IN THE EDUCATION, MEDICAL, RECREATION, AND CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (DOI), NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS), AMERICA'S STATE PARKS, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, AND FEDERAL EVERY KID OUTDOORS INITIATIVE. YOUTH PROGRAMS FROM HIKING TO THE TOP OF WATCHMAN OVERLOOK AT CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, TO CANOEING ALONG THE ANACOSTIA RIVER IN WASHINGTON, DC, NATIONAL PARK TRUST IS MAKING CONSERVATION RELEVANT TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM INNER-CITY AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR PROGRAMS CENTER AROUND OUR LOVABLE PINT-SIZED WOOLLY MASCOT, BUDDY BISON WHO REMINDS KIDS TO "EXPLORE OUTDOORS, THE PARKS ARE YOURS!" BUDDY BISON IS NOT ONLY A TANGIBLE REMINDER THAT KIDS NEED TO GET OUT AND GO, BUT HE ALSO CONNECTS KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH EACH OTHER. FAMILIES AND TEACHERS ALIKE WANT TO KNOW, "WHERE'S BUDDY BISON BEEN?" IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MORE THAN $325,000 IN DIRECT FUNDING IN THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR TO CREATE ROBUST PARK EXPERIENCES FOR UNDER-SERVED YOUTH, THE PARK TRUST PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH CLASSROOM RESOURCES (BOOKS, MAPS, DVDS, LESSON PLANS, WORKSHEETS, STEM ACTIVITIES, ETC) AND A DEDICATED EDUCATION TEAM TO INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS AND ENHANCE SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN THE AREAS OF HISTORY, STEM, GEOGRAPHY, READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MUSIC, AND ART. AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR RAPIDLY GROWING BUDDY BISON SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE PARK TRUST ALSO INITIATED KIDS TO PARKS DAY IN 2011. THIS GRASSROOTS DAY OF PLAY ENGAGES CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH PARKS NATIONWIDE, TEACHING THEM NOT ONLY ABOUT PARK STEWARDSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND HISTORY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION AND HEALTHY NUTRITION. AS A PART OF THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION NATIONAL PARK TRUST AWARDS GRANTS, UP TO $1,000 EACH, TO CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A PART OF OUR NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY SCHOOL CONTEST. DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, NATIONAL PARK TRUST AWARDED 67 SCHOOL GRANTS, ALLOWING 3,863 STUDENTS TO EXPLORE 68 STATE, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL PARKS. KIDS TO PARKS DAY HAS CAPTURED THE INTEREST OF MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH 460 MAYORS SIGNING PROCLAMATIONS FROM 50 STATES AND D.C., WITH MANY CITIES AND TOWNS HOSTING EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY PARKS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY. IN 2019, OVER 1,500 PARK EVENTS WERE BRANDED AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY PROGRAMS AND MORE THAN 1.1-MILLION PEOPLE VISITED A PARK ON KIDS TO PARKS DAY. IN ADDITION, NATIONAL PARK TRUST HAS ALSO IMPLEMENTED "PARK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS". THIS MODEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON A PARTICULAR PARK, REACHING OUT TO AS MANY LOCAL SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE TO BRING STUDENTS TO A PARTICULAR PARK FOR AN IMMERSIVE DAY OF OUTDOOR LEARNING. DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, NATIONAL PARK TRUST BROUGHT STUDENTS TO THE FOLLOWING NPS SITES: BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, INDIANA DUNES STATE PARK, MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM AT PISCATAWAY PARK AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE. OUR GOAL FOR ALL OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS IS TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF FUTURE CONSERVATION LEADERS AND PARK ENTHUSIASTS. THROUGH SPRING 2019, THE BUDDY BISON YOUTH PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALASKA - 3 SCHOOLS, 120 STUDENTS ARIZONA - 2 SCHOOLS, 54 STUDENTS CALIFORNIA - 47 SCHOOLS, 2,075 STUDENTS DELAWARE - 2 SCHOOLS, 185 STUDENTS FLORIDA - 2 SCHOOLS, 158 STUDENTS GEORGIA - 6 SCHOOLS, 590 STUDENTS HAWAII - 3 SCHOOLS, 97 STUDENTS IDAHO - 4 SCHOOLS, 180 STUDENTS ILLINOIS - 9 SCHOOLS, 422 STUDENTS KANSAS - 2 SCHOOLS, 90 STUDENTS LOUISIANA - 4 SCHOOLS, 226 STUDENTS MARYLAND - 28 SCHOOLS, 2,500 STUDENTS MASSACHUSETTS - 2 SCHOOLS, 140 STUDENTS MICHIGAN - 4 SCHOOLS, 423 STUDENTS MINNESOTA - 1 SCHOOLS, 81 STUDENTS MISSOURI - 5 SCHOOLS, 185 STUDENTS NORTH CAROLINA - 3 SCHOOLS, 315 STUDENTS NEVADA - 3 SCHOOLS, 255 STUDENTS NEW JERSEY - 8 SCHOOLS, 700 STUDENTS NEW YORK - 5 SCHOOLS, 310 STUDENTS OHIO - 3 SCHOOLS, 220 STUDENTS PENNSYLVANIA - 1 SCHOOL, 250 STUDENTS TEXAS - 8 SCHOOLS, 635 STUDENTS VIRGINIA - 9 SCHOOLS, 490 STUDENTS WASHINGTON, DC - 52 SCHOOLS, 3,897 STUDENTS BELOW ARE SAMPLES OF BUDDY BISON SCHOOL EVENTS IMPLEMENTED BY THE PARK TRUST: ALASKA: MAY 2019: 52 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM FINGER LAKE ELEMENTARY HIKED ALONG THE WEST BUTTE TRAIL. BEFORE THE TRIP STUDENTS RESEARCHED THE ROLE OF SALMON IN THE WATERSHED AND NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES IN THE REGION. STUDENTS SPENT THE DAY HIKING AND MAKING CONNECTIONS TO WHAT WAS LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM. MAY 2019: 52 4TH GRADERS FROM FINGER LAKE ELEMENTARY WENT TO REFLECTION LAKE TO TAKE PART IN AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT. THE LESSON FOCUSED ON WHAT PLANTS AND ANIMALS COULD BE FOUND IN THE AREA. ARIZONA: MAY 2019: 32 7TH AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM SINAGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL WENT TO CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL PARK. STUDENTS TOOK PART IN RANGER-LED EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TOOK PART IN A SERVICE PROJECT. CALIFORNIA: MAY 2019: 52 4TH GRADERS FROM HAMILTON ELEMENTARY VISITED OLOMPALI STATE PARK. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE OLOMPALI PEOPLE AND THE RANCHING HISTORY OF CA. STUDENTS TOURED THE GROUNDS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE OLOMPALI TRIBE AND LEARNED ABOUT THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE REGION. MAY 2019: 70 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM WILSON ELEMENTARY VISITED SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK. STUDENTS WERE STUDYING LIFE SCIENCE AND USED THIS TRIP TO EXPERIENCE A REAL-LIFE SCENARIO OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING FROM A BOOK ABOUT FOOD WEBS AND ECOLOGY. STUDENTS TOOK A HIKE AND PARTICIPATED IN HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. FEBRUARY 2019: 30 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM ANNE PENNYCOOK ELEMENTARY VISITED JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ECOLOGY OF MUIR WOODS. THEY ALSO TOOK A HIKE AND SAW THE GIANT SEQUOIA TREES. NOVEMBER 2018: 60 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM VARGAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISITED SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN TWO PROGRAMS AT THE PARK: BELLY BIOLOGY AND A TOUR OF THE HISTORIC FERRY EUREKA. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | DELAWARE: MAY 2019: 30 3RD GRADE STUDENTS FROM WILSON ELEMENTARY WENT TO FORT DELAWARE STATE PARK TO LEARN ABOUT DELAWARE'S ROLE IN THE CIVIL WAR. STUDENTS TOURED THE HISTORIC FORT WITH PARK RANGERS AND PARTICIPATED IN A HANDS-ON HISTORY LESSON. OCTOBER 2018: 120 6TH-8TH GRADERS FROM KUUMBA ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL VISITED FIRST STATE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK. STUDENTS EXPLORED STEM-BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES. STUDENTS ROTATED THROUGH 9 STATIONS, WHICH COVERED TOPICS LIKE THE DELAWARE WATERSHED, BOAT BUILDING, PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, LOCAL ANIMAL SPECIES, TREE ID, AND A SCHOOLYARD HABITAT ASSESSMENT. FLORIDA: MAY 2019: 100 9TH-12TH GRADERS FROM SOUTHTECH ACADEMY WENT TO THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER AND JUNO BEACH. WHILE THERE, STUDENTS MET WITH WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS AND LEARNED HOW THEY CAN HELP PROTECT OUR OCEAN ANIMALS. MAY 2019: 58 2ND-5TH GRADERS FROM ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY WENT TO CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE TO PARTICIPATE IN PARK RANGER-LED PROGRAMS. THE 2ND AND 3RD GRADE LEARNED ABOUT MARINE ANIMALS, THE 4TH GRADE LEARNED ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN FLORIDA, AND THE 5TH GRADE LEARNED ABOUT MINERALS AND LOCAL WILDLIFE. GEORGIA: MAY 2019: 70 3RD-5TH GRADERS FROM CLAY COUNTY ELEMENTARY WENT TO GEORGE T. BAGSBY STATE PARK, WHERE THEY TOOK A PARK RANGER-LED HIKE ALONG THE TRAILS AND PARTICIPATED IN A TRASH CLEAN UP. MARCH 2019: 180 5TH GRADERS FROM FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY VISITED MARTIN LUTHER KING NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK. STUDENTS VIEWED A 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CHILDREN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AFTERWARDS, THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT DETAILS FROM THE VIDEO. STUDENTS ALSO VISITED MLK'S CHILDHOOD HOME AND TOURED THE VISITOR CENTER. OCTOBER 2018: 100 3RD GRADERS FROM M AGNES JONES VISITED SERENBE FARMS. STUDENTS MET WITH THE FARMERS WHO LED THEM TO SEVERAL STATIONS AT THE ORGANIC FARM. THEY EXPLAINED PESTICIDE-FREE CROP GROWING PRACTICES, COMPOST, AND CHICKEN HUSBANDRY. THE STUDENTS HARVESTED RADISHES AND SAMPLED SPICY ARUGULA AND RED KALE. HAWAII: MAY 2019: 47 3RD GRADE STUDENTS FROM HONAUNAU ELEMENTARY CAMPED AT HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK TO LEARN ABOUT THE HAWAIIAN LEGENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREA, AND TO WORK ON A STEWARDSHIP PROJECT. STUDENTS HELPED CLEAN UP AREAS OF THE PARK THAT WERE DISTURBED AFTER THE MOST RECENT VOLCANIC ERUPTION. MAY 2019: 50 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE HONOKA'A SCIENCE CLUB WENT TO HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK FOR AN OVERNIGHT HIKING TRIP AND TO HELP WITH CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AFTER THE LAST VOLCANIC ERUPTION. MAY 2019: 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM KAWAIKINI NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TRAVELED ALONG THE ALA KAHAKAI HISTORIC NATIONAL TRAIL (INCLUDING STOPPING AT PU'UKOHOLA HEIAU NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (NHS), KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (NHP), PU'UHONUA O HONAUNAU NHP) TO LEARN ABOUT HAWAIIAN TRADITIONS AND TO SEE THE DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS FOUND ON THE ISLAND. IDAHO: MAY 2019: 37 6TH GRADERS FROM NOTUS ELEMENTARY WENT TO BRUNEAU DUNES PARK TO TOUR THE DUNES AND ALSO HELP THE PARK RANGERS REMOVE SKELETONWEED. WHILE AT THE PARK, RANGERS TAUGHT STUDENTS ABOUT INVASIVE PLANTS, AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMOVE THEM. MAY 2019: 53 6TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL WENT TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE PARK, WENT FOR A HIKE, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAIL CLEAN-UP. ILLINOIS: JUNE 2019: 60 5TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM CHICAGO ACADEMY VISITED THE RYERSON CONSERVATION AREA. STUDENTS HIKED THROUGH THE WOODS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE "WEB OF LIFE" PROGRAM AT THE NATURE CENTER. MAY 2019: 39 4TH-6TH GRADERS FROM METROPOLIS ELEMENTARY VISITED LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES STATE PARK. STUDENTS MET UP WITH CAESARS VOLUNTEERS TO EXPLORE THE PLANETARIUM AND THE NATURE CENTER. AFTERWARDS STUDENTS WENT TO THE NATURE CENTER TO SEE THE LIVE ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POND PROWL. MAY 2019: 30 3RD-5TH GRADERS FROM JOSE DE DIEGO ELEMENTARY VISITED LAKE KATHERINE FOR A DAY OF HIKING AND OUTDOOR EXPLORATION, LED BY PARK NATURALISTS. STUDENTS ALSO LEARNED ABOUT OWLS BY DISSECTING OWL PELLETS AND USING MICROSCOPES TO OBSERVE FEATHERS. INDIANA: APRIL 2019: 96 4TH GRADERS FROM O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY VISITED INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK AT THE CHELBERG FARM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "NATIVE AMERICANS" PROGRAM AND THE "ANIMAL HABITATS" PROGRAMS. STUDENTS ALSO HIKED DOWN TO THE LAKESHORE TO EXPLORE. NOVEMBER 2018: 40 4TH GRADERS FROM HAMMOND ELEMENTARY VISITED INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK WHERE THEY WENT FOR A HIKE THROUGH THE WOODS AND EXPLORED THE DOUGLAS CENTER. STUDENTS ALSO WENT DOWN TO THE LAKESHORE TO INVESTIGATE EROSION OCCURRING ALONG THE SHORE. NOVEMBER 2018: 68 4TH GRADERS FROM GOETHE ELEMENTARY VISITED THE DOUGLAS CENTER AT INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "LAKE MICHIGAN ALIVE" PROGRAM, WHERE THE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE ECOLOGY AND HEALTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. KANSAS: MAY 2019: 60 4TH GRADERS FROM BUCKNER ELEMENTARY VISITED THE EXPLORATION PLACE, WHERE STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THE "AVIATION" FIELD TRIP. STUDENTS WATCHED A FILM IN THE DOME, LEARNED ABOUT THE PHYSICS OF FLIGHT MADE MODEL PLANES, AND TOURED THE EXHIBITS. APRIL 2019: 74 4TH GRADERS FROM HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY VISITED TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE. STUDENTS STARTED THE DAY BY ENGAGING IN AMERICAN BISON AND FIRE ECOLOGY ACTIVITIES. AFTER THAT STUDENTS TOURED THE HISTORIC BARN, RANCH HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, AND THE TIPI TO EXPLORE HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE LIVED ON THE PLAINS. THE FINAL ACTIVITY WAS A RIDE ON THE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE HORSE-DRAWN WAGON. DURING THE RIDE, STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT WESTWARD EXPANSION AND TOOK IN THE AMAZING VIEWS OF THE PLAINS. SEPTEMBER 2018: 66 2ND GRADERS FROM SOUTH BREEZE ELEMENTARY WENT TO TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT INHABIT THAT PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM. STUDENTS TOURED THE VISITOR CENTER AND WENT OUT ONTO THE PRAIRIE FOR A TOUR GUIDED BY PARK RANGERS. LOUISIANA: APRIL-MAY 2019: 80 5TH-8TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL WENT TO CHICOT STATE PARK OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE PROJECTS AND TO HIKE. STUDENTS ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL FISH AND AQUATIC WILDLIFE FOUND IN THE PARK. MARYLAND: MAY 2019: 34 3RD GRADERS FROM WOLFE STREET ACADEMY VISITED JUG BAY. STUDENTS SPLIT INTO THREE GROUPS TO EXPLORE THE WETLANDS OF JUG BAY. THEY RODE DOWN THE RIVER ON A PONTOON BOAT, ALLOWING THEM TO SEE THE REHABILITATION OF WILD RICE ON THE WATER AND SEVERAL OSPREY NESTS ON TOWERS BUILT BY PARK VOLUNTEERS. THEY USED SEINE NETS TO CATCH FISH AND IDENTIFY THEM. LASTLY THEY WENT ON A HIKE THROUGH THE WETLAND FOREST AND SAW A BEAVER LODGE. APRIL 2019: 60 3RD GRADERS FROM FREDERICK ELEMENTARY VISITED CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER. STUDENTS SPENT THE MORNING DISCOVERING THE ADAPTATIONS OF OYSTERS AND THEIR ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE WATER QUALITY AND BIODIVERSITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THEY ALSO USED GPS DEVICES TO HIKE AND FIND CACHES HIDDEN AROUND THE PARK PROPERTY. MARCH 2019: 30 5TH GRADERS FROM ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMY VISITED PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK. STUDENTS VENTURED ALONG THE TRAILS OF PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF HUMAN IMPACT. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE MILLING HISTORY OF THE AREA AT UNION DAM, HIKED UP THE VALLEY TO SEE THE TRAIN TRACKS, AND LEARNED ABOUT TRAIL MAINTENANCE. AFTER LUNCH AND A STOP AT THE PLAYGROUND, STUDENTS WATCHED A "SCALED AND TALES" PRESENTATION FROM MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WHERE THEY GOT TO MEET A VULTURE, A CROW, AND AN OWL UP CLOSE. APRIL 2019: 40 5TH GRADERS FROM JAMES MCHENRY ELEMENTARY VISITED OREGON RIDGE NATURE CENTER. STUDENTS MET HERO VOLUNTEERS (AND BUDDY BISON) FOR A DAY EXPLORING THE CHESAPEAKE WATERSHED. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THE WATERSHED, THEY BROKE UP INTO SMALL GROUPS TO VISIT SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES AROUND THE PARK. AT EACH ONE, THEY DID A STREAM SURVEY WHERE THEY USED THERMOMETERS, PH PAPER, AND THEIR OWN SENSES TO GUESS AT HOW HEALTHY THE TRIBUTARY WAS. THEN THEY TURNED OVER ROCKS AND USED PAINTBRUSHES TO SEARCH FOR MACROINVERTEBRATES THAT COULD INDICATE THE HEALTH OF THE STREAM TOO. MINNESOTA: MAY 2019: 65 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM BRUCE VENTO ELEMENTARY TOOK A "BIG RIVER JOURNEY" DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, FROM FORT SNELLING STATE PARK, DOWN TO HARRIET ISLAND IN SAINT PAUL. ALONG THE WAY STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT RIVER ECOSYSTEMS, RIVER GEOLOGY AND WATER QUALITY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP. OCTOBER 2018: 65 4TH GRADERS FROM BRUCE VENTO ELEMENTARY VISITED VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY. STUDENTS EXPLORED THE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY BY ROTATING THROUGH FOUR EDUCATIONAL STATIONS LED BY THE PARK TRUST AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PARTNERS. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | MISSOURI: MAY 2019: 66 4TH GRADERS FROM MULLANPHY - BOTANICAL GARDEN INVESTIGATIVE LEARNING CENTER VISITED ULYSSES S GRANT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND GRANT'S FARM. STUDENTS STARTED THE DAY AT THE ULYSSES S GRANT NHS WHERE THEY TOURED THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE US CIVIL WAR. AFTERWARDS STUDENTS MOVED TO GRANT'S FARM FOR LUNCH AND A TRAM TOUR OF THE ZOO. APRIL 2019: 50 2ND-5TH GRADERS FROM THE SAGE CENTER VISITED MARTHA LAFITE THOMPSON NATURE SANCTUARY WHERE STUDENTS AND CAESARS' HERO VOLUNTEERS WERE IN A "FEATHERED FRENZY" DURING THEIR BIRD PROGRAM OF THE SAME NAME. WHILE THERE, STUDENTS MADE BIRD FEEDERS, HIKED THE TRAILS WITH BINOCULARS TO FIND BIRDS, AND HAD A LESSON ON BIRD ADAPTATIONS. MARCH 2019: 35 4TH GRADERS FROM ASHLAND ELEMENTARY VISITED GATEWAY ARCH NATIONAL PARK. STUDENTS VISITED THE NEWLY RENOVATED MUSEUM UNDER THE GATEWAY ARCH TO EXPLORE WHY ST. LOUIS IS CONSIDERED THE "GATEWAY TO THE WEST". STUDENTS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS AND TOOK TURNS RIDING THE TRAM UP TO THE TOP OF THE ARCH AND EXPLORING THE MUSEUM. TO END THE DAY, STUDENTS MET BUDDY BISON, AND RECEIVED THEIR EVERY KID IN A PARK PASSES. MICHIGAN: JUNE 2019: 45 10TH-12TH GRADERS FROM HORIZONS ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WENT TO COPPER HARBOR TOWNSHIP PARK FOR A DAY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION. STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER TRY MOUNTAIN BIKING OR KAYAKING. APRIL 2019: 180 3RD GRADE STUDENTS FROM APPLEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENT TO ROGERS PARK FOR BIRDING ACTIVITIES AND A SERVICE PROJECT. STUDENTS USED FIELD GUIDES AND BINOCULARS TO IDENTIFY BIRDS, AND HELPED PULL OUT INVASIVE MUSTARD GARLIC FROM ALONG THE TRAILS. NEVADA: APRIL 2019: 88 3RD GRADE STUDENTS FROM HOLLINGSWORTH STEAM ACADEMY WENT TO LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "GEOLOGY" PROGRAM ABOARD THE DESERT PRINCESS PADDLEBOAT. STUDENTS LEARNED HOW TO ID ROCK SAMPLES, TALKED ABOUT WHAT AFFECTS THE WATER LEVELS IN LAKE MEAD, AND WENT PAST THE HOOVER DAM. MARCH 2019: 135 5TH GRADERS FROM WALTER V. LONG ELEMENTARY VISITED FLOYD LAMB PARK. STUDENTS WERE LED THROUGH A DAY OF OUTDOOR SCIENCE LESSONS. STUDENTS ROTATED THROUGH 4 STATIONS, EACH REPRESENTING A "SPHERE": THE ATMOSPHERE, THE HYDROSPHERE, THE GEOSPHERE, AND THE BIOSPHERE, USING HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. AFTERWARDS THE STUDENTS EXPLORED THE TULE SPRINGS RANCH AND HAD A PICNIC LUNCH. NEW JERSEY: JUNE 2019: 75 3RD GRADERS FROM THE RICHMOND AVE SCHOOL VISITED CAPE MAY COUNTY PARK AND ZOO. STUDENTS DIVIDED INTO GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE IN RELAY RACES AND STEM-BASED TEAM-BUILDING CHALLENGES, AIDED BY CAESARS VOLUNTEERS. AFTER A PICNIC LUNCH, STUDENTS TOURED THE ZOO TO SEE THE EXOTIC ANIMALS. JUNE 2019: 115 3RD GRADERS FROM KIPP NJ: SPARK ACADEMY VISITED STATUE OF LIBERTY AND ELLIS ISLAND. STUDENTS TOOK THE FERRY TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, WHERE THEY TOURED THE GROUNDS, AND PARTICIPATED IN A SYMBOLISM ACTIVITY. AFTER FERRYING BACK TO LIBERTY PARK IN NJ, THE STUDENTS HAD TIME TO PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND BEFORE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL. MAY 2019: 75 3RD GRADERS FROM PENNSYLVANIA AVE SCHOOL VISITED ESTELL MANOR PARK. STUDENTS EXPLORED THE NATURE CENTER, HIKED WHILE USING BINOCULARS TO LOOK FOR BIRDS, LEARNED ABOUT BIRD BANDING AND MADE "BIRD BRACELETS". STUDENTS ALSO HAD TIME FOR FREE PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND AS WELL. MAY 2019: 95 4TH GRADERS FROM FAIRMOUNT ELEMENTARY VISITED MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. STUDENTS WERE SPLIT INTO FOUR GROUPS AND ROTATED AROUND TO FOUR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PARK. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED STORYTELLING AT THE HISTORICAL WICK FARMHOUSE BY NPS VOLUNTEERS, A LEAVE NO TRACE ETHICS PRESENTATION AND TENT ACTIVITY HOSTED BY REI, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES HOSTED BY THE LOCAL FRIENDS GROUP, AND AN OUTDOOR SCAVENGER HUNT LEAD BY AN NPS RANGER. NEW YORK: MAY 2019: 60 4TH GRADE STUDENTS CELEBRATED KIDS TO PARKS DAY BY VISITING CASTLE CLINTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. STUDENTS MET BUDDY BISON, TOOK A TOUR OF THE FORT, AND THEN TOOK THE FERRY OVER TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. MARCH 2019: 14 5TH GRADERS FROM BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP VISITED PROSPECT PARK AND PROSPECT PARK ZOO. STUDENTS STARTED BY VISITING THE ZOO FOR A PRESENTATION ON ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS, AND THEN TOURED THE ZOO WITH STAFF. AFTERWARDS STUDENTS WALKED THROUGH THE PARK AND PLAYED A FOOD-WEB GAME LED BY THEIR SCIENCE TEACHER IN THE FIELDS. FEBRUARY 2019: 15 8TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP WENT TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND THEN WENT TO ELLIS ISLAND, WHERE THEY MET WITH A PARK RANGER TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF ELLIS ISLAND AND TO TAKE AN AUDIO TOUR OF THE SITE. NOVEMBER 2018: 80 4TH GRADERS FROM PS 119 VISITED BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. STUDENTS IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN THE DRAMATIC HISTORY OF HOW THE BRIDGE WAS BUILT AND FOREVER CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF BROOKLYN. STUDENTS EXPLORED THE BASIC BRIDGE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS AND WALKED TO THE FIRST TOWER OF THE BRIDGE. NORTH CAROLINA: APRIL 2019: 25 STUDENTS FROM THE EMILY K CENTER VISITED FALLS LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. STUDENTS SPENT ALMOST TWO HOURS ON THE LAKE WITH FROG HOLLOW OUTFITTERS. ON THE WATER, THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LAKES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR IMPACT ON THEIR WATERSHED. STUDENTS EVEN WITNESSED AN OSPREY DIVING FOR FISH AND A BALD EAGLE FLYING OVERHEAD. APRIL 2019: 40 2ND GRADERS FROM EK POWE ELEMENTARY VISITED FALLS LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. STUDENTS EXPLORED FALLS LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA BOTH ON LAND AND ON THE WATER. FROG HOLLOW OUTFITTERS LED STUDENTS IN CANOES AROUND A SECLUDED COVE ON THE LAKE. DUKE GARDENS GUIDED THEM ON A NATURE HIKE THROUGH THE WOODS, IDENTIFYING INTERESTING PLANTS AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR ADAPTATIONS. THEY ALSO MET A STATE PARK RANGER, WHO TAUGHT THEM NOT ONLY HOW TO FISH USING REAL RODS AND PLASTIC MODELS, BUT ALSO HOW HE HELPS CONSERVE THE PARK USING PRESCRIBED BURNS. MAY 2019: 72 2ND GRADERS FROM DANA ELEMENTARY VISITED CARL SANDBURG HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC MONUMENT. STUDENTS WERE IN 4 GROUPS, AND EACH OF THE 4 TEAMS HAD A DIFFERENT PROJECT: SPREADING PINE STRAW, SCRUBBING EXHIBITS, CLEANING THE GOAT BARN, AND "WALKING A WEED WHACKER." IN ADDITION, RANGERS LED SEVERAL LEARNING STATIONS, FROM MONARCHS IN THE GARDEN TO WRITING THEIR OWN POETRY TO LEARNING HOW TO MILK A GOAT. PENNSYLVANIA: MAY 2019: 250 5TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM CHESTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL VISITED THE JOHN HIENZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. STUDENTS BROKE INTO THREE GROUPS AND ROTATED THROUGH THREE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A GUIDED, INTERPRETIVE HIKE OF THE UPLAND AREA, THE WETLAND AREA, AND THE VISITOR CENTER. TEXAS: MAY 2019: 73 7TH-8TH GRADERS FROM EHRHART SCHOOL VISITED SAN JACINTO MONUMENT AND MUSEUM AND THE HOUSTON ZOO. THE DAY STARTED AT SAN JACINTO MONUMENT AND BATTLEFIELD, WHERE STUDENTS TOURED THE GROUNDS, SAW AN EDUCATIONAL FILM AT THE MUSEUM, AND TOOK A RIDE UP THE TOWER. AFTER A PICNIC LUNCH, STUDENTS MOVED TO THE HOUSTON ZOO TO SEE THE ANIMALS AND LEARN ABOUT ADAPTATIONS AND GLOBAL HABITATS. MAY 2019: 20 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM TRINITY ENVIRONMENTAL ACADEMY WENT TO DINOSAUR VALLEY STATE PARK. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE FOSSIL HISTORY OF THE AREA AND PARTICIPATED IN THE STEWARDSHIP PROJECT. MARCH 2019: 130 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM AMELIA ELEMENTARY WENT TO BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE. STUDENTS, LED BY PARK RANGERS, HIKED THE TRAILS, EXPLORED THE SWAMP, AND VISITED THE NATURE CENTER. VIRGINIA: JUNE 2019: 30 2ND GRADERS FROM DREW MODEL SCHOOL VISITED WASHINGTON YOUTH GARDEN. STUDENTS VISITED THE WASHINGTON YOUTH GARDEN TO LEARN ABOUT "GARDENING BASICS". THE STUDENTS WERE VERY EXCITED TO EXPLORE THE LARGE GARDEN AND MAKE COMPARISONS TO THEIR OWN, SMALLER SENSORY GARDEN AT SCHOOL. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT VERMICULTURE AND GOT TO HOLD WORMS, PICKED FRUITS AND VEGGIES TO TRY, AND VISITED BEEHIVES TO LEARN ABOUT POLLINATION AND TASTE SOME HONEY. MAY 2019: LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY'S 88 4TH GRADERS WENT TO MAYMONT PARK AND NATURE CENTER. STUDENTS TOURED THE NATURE CENTER TO SEE THE ANIMALS AND LEARN ABOUT ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS. AFTERWARDS, THE STUDENTS HELPED STAFF WITH A PARK CLEAN-UP. MAY 2019: 48 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS FROM GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY WENT TO DEEP BOTTOM PARK AS THE CULMINATING EVENT IN THE "TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM" PROJECT. STUDENTS RELEASED THE BABY TROUT THEY HAD RAISED IN THE FISH TANK ALL YEAR AND TOOK A PONTOON BOAT TOUR WITH PARK RANGERS, WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE LOCAL HABITAT. APRIL 2019: 72 5TH GRADERS FROM JEFFERSON HOUSTON ELEMENTARY VISITED POTOMAC OVERLOOK PARK. STUDENTS STARTED THE DAY BY LEARNING ABOUT POLLINATORS AT THE NATURE CENTER, WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT TYPES OF POLLINATORS INDOORS AND THEN EXPLORED THE GARDENS IN SEARCH OF BEES AND BEETLES. AFTER A PICNIC LUNCH STUDENTS HIKED ALONG THE "OVERLOOK TRAIL" WITH THE PARK TRUST, LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | WASHINGTON, DC: YEARLY PROGRAM (OCTOBER 2012 TO PRESENT): 1000 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL D.C. BUDDY BISON SCHOOLS CANOE ON THE ANACOSTIA RIVER WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND WILDERNESS INQUIRY. (STOKES PCS, NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY, EL HAYNES, WEST EDUCATION CAMPUS, PATTERSON ELEMENTARY, FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, AND MORE) SEPT/OCT 2014 TO PRESENT - 40 THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS FROM NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY VISITED THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIALS PARK TO SEE THE PLACES THEY STUDIED IN SCHOOL. THE TOUR INCLUDED THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, THE WWII MEMORIAL, AND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. YEARLY PROGRAM (OCTOBER 2015 TO PRESENT): 350 STUDENTS FROM E.W. STOKES ELEMENTARY VISITED WATKINS REGIONAL PARK. THE STUDENTS ROTATED THROUGH ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURE CENTER THEN WENT ON A HIKE. NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY: THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY WAS LAUNCHED IN 2011 BY NATIONAL PARK TRUST. MAY 18, 2019: 460 MAYORS FROM ALL 50 STATES PARTICIPATED AND PROMOTED THE MORE THAN 1,500 REGISTERED PARK EVENTS ON KIDSTOPARKS.ORG. A SENATE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED PROCLAIMING THE DAY "NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY." MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED COAST TO COAST. AS A RESULT OF THE SCHOOL CONTEST, THE PARK TRUST PROVIDED PARK EXPERIENCES FOR 3,863 STUDENTS FROM 67 SCHOOLS. EACH PARK EXPERIENCE WAS BASED ON THE THREE PILLARS OF THE PARK TRUST'S YOUTH PROGRAMS: OUTDOOR RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND PARK STEWARDSHIP. LAND AND PARK PRESERVATION PROGRAMS THE PARK TRUST CONTINUES TO MAKE GREAT PROGRESS WITH OUR PARK CONSERVATION EFFORTS. IN THE LATE 1990S, WE WERE THE LEAD ORGANIZATION TO CREATE A NEW UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM DEDICATED TO PRESERVING OUR COUNTRY'S PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM - THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE. THE PARK TRUST CONTINUES TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDING CRITICAL PRIVATE LANDS TO OTHER PARKS INCLUDING KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK, GA; BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY, MN; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA; AND HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, WV. IN 2014, WE TRANSFERRED THE TITLE OF THE IVANPAH DESERT TORTOISE RESEARCH FACILITY IN MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, CA TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO HELP PROTECT THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FACILITY'S RESEARCH. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SEVERAL NEW AND UNIQUE PRESERVATION PROJECTS INCLUDING: PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MI APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL, VA ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS, WI C&O CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, MD. FOR A LIST OF OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.PARKTRUST.ORG. RECENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS INCLUDE: ARKANSAS: JOHNNYCAKE RANCH (ONGOING SINCE 2003) THE PARK TRUST HOLDS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THIS 2000 ACRE RANCH, WHICH ABUTS THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE POTEAU MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA. THE FOREST IS HOME TO 79 PROPOSED, ENDANGERED, THREATENED, AND SENSITIVE SPECIES. THE EASEMENT ALSO PROVIDES HABITAT PROTECTION FOR THE BALD EAGLE. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT BENEFITS BOTH THE WILDERNESS AREA AND THE NATIONAL FOREST BY PROVIDING A BUFFER ZONE TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED ECOLOGICAL VIABILITY OF THESE FEDERAL ASSETS. BEGINNING IN 2018, THE PARK TRUST IS CONTRACTING WITH A NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BASED LAND TRUST TO OVERSEE EASEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE PROJECT. CALIFORNIA: MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE (ONGOING SINCE 2009): THE PARK TRUST IS MANAGING MITIGATION FUNDS FOR A DESERT TORTOISE FACILITY AT THE PRESERVE. JULY 2012: THE PARK TRUST TOOK LEGAL CUSTODY FOR THE FACILITY UNTIL IT WAS READY TO BE TURNED OVER TO NPS. THE PARK TRUST RECEIVED DONATION/MITIGATION FUNDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. THE PARK TRUST VISITED THE FACILITY AND MET WITH SCIENTISTS AND NPS PARK OFFICIALS IN OCTOBER 2012. FINAL TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO NPS OCCURRED IN FALL 2014. THE PARK TRUST CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH. MAINE: APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL (2016-2018) NATIONAL PARK TRUST WORKED WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND (TPL) ON THE ACQUISITION OF A 1,494-ACRE PARCEL OF OLD-GROWTH WOODLAND TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL (AT). TRANSFER OF THE LAND OCCURRED IN 2018. THE REMOTENESS AND SCENIC VIEWS MAKE THE PROPERTY AN ICONIC DESTINATION FOR BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES THAT COMBINE PADDLING AND HIKING ON THE AT INTO A SINGLE DAY'S OUTING. THE ADJACENT POND CONTAINS LANDLOCKED ARCTIC CHAR. THE FEDERALLY-LISTED THREATENED CANADA LYNX ROAMS NEARBY ALONG WITH MOOSE, FISHER AND BLACK BEARS. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 150-YEAR-OLD FOREST BLOCKS IN CENTRAL MAINE. MARYLAND: MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD (2019 ONGOING) THE PARK TRUST IS WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE STATES OF NEW JERSEY AND VERMONT TO TRANSFER LAND AND CIVIL WAR MONUMENTS OWNED BY THE RESPECTIVE STATES TO THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME PART OF THE PARK. MICHIGAN: PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE (2017-PRESENT) THANKS TO GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE CARLS FOUNDATION, THE PARK TRUST PURCHASED AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC PROPERTY TO BENEFIT PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE (MI). REMOVAL OF A NON-HISTORIC HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY WILL IMPROVE THE HISTORIC SCENE AND PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE SITE. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN LATE-2019. THE MUNISING RANGE LIGHTS AND KEEPER'S HOUSE COMPLEX, IN SERVICE SINCE 1908, IS OWNED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) AND STILL OPERATED BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD AS AN AID TO NAVIGATION. THE LIGHTS ARE ARRANGED SO THAT WHEN A SHIP CAPTAIN LINES UP ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, THEY WILL NAVIGATE SAFE PASSAGE ALONG A CHANNEL INTO OR OUT OF THE MUNISING HARBOR. OKLAHOMA: WASHITA BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (2017-2018) THERE WAS A 3-ACRE INHOLDING IN THE PARK THAT WAS OF GREAT ADVANTAGE FOR THE PARK TO OWN. IT WAS THE BEST LOCATION FOR AN OVERLOOK OF THE PARK. IT WAS OWNED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, UNDER THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHO WANTED TO MAKE THE TRANSFER, BUT THE MECHANISM FOR IT WAS NOT CLEAR. THE PARK TRUST RESEARCHED AND FOUND A PATHWAY, GAVE THE INFORMATION TO NPS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ATTORNEYS AND THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (OHS). THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY REQUESTED A STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL (AG) OPINION, THE AG RULING OHS COULD SELL TO THE PARK TRUST, WHO COULD SELL TO NPS. CLOSING WITH THE PARK TRUST AND OHS WAS IN MAY 2018, FOLLOWED BY SALE TO NPS TWO WEEKS LATER. AS A RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION, NPS WAS ABLE TO SECURE $1 MILLION FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE 3-ACRES FOR AN OVERLOOK AND IMPROVED BATTLEFIELD TRAIL. UTAH: ZION NATIONAL PARK (2018) THE PARK TRUST WORKED WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO PURCHASE 35 ACRES OF SCENIC LANDSCAPE IN THE PARK. THE LAND WAS INSIDE THE PARK, NEAR A POPULAR HIKING TRAIL, AND PART OF THE NATURAL VIEWSCAPE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRED IF IT REMAINED PRIVATE AND BUILDINGS WERE PLACED ON IT. VIRGINIA: APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL - AT - (2018-PRESENT) THE PARK TRUST IS WORKING WITH THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO PROTECT 239 ACRES ALONG THE AT. THE NPS WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO TAKE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY WITHIN A TIME FRAME ACCEPTABLE TO THE OWNER, SO THE PARK TRUST ACCEPTED THE TITLE UNTIL NPS COMPLETES ITS REQUIRED PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TITLE AND INCORPORATE THE LAND INTO THE AT, ANTICIPATED TO BE SOMETIME IN LATE 2019. MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK (2016-PRESENT) IN 1914, 3 CIVIL WAR VETERANS FORMED A TRUST AND BOUGHT 1 ACRE OF LAND ON THE HISTORIC LOCATION OF THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS. THEY PLACED A GRANITE MONUMENT ON THE LAND TO COMMEMORATE THEIR COMMANDER, FLETCHER WEBSTER, ON THE SPOT WHERE HE FELL IN BATTLE. THE THREE MEN PASSED AWAY IN THE 1920S AND MADE NO PROVISION FOR CARE OR OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND. THE PROPERTY AROUND THE ACRE BECAME PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM IN 1936, BUT THE ACRE WAS SPECIFICALLY LEFT OUT. THE PARK TRUST HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE NPS AND PRO BONO ATTORNEY ASSISTANCE TO FIND A PATHWAY, UNDER VIRGINIA LAW, TO ACCEPT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER IT TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO BECOME PART OF MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | WASHINGTON: EBEY'S LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE (2018) THE PARK TRUST PROVIDED FUNDING TO FILL A SHORTFALL IN FUNDING NEEDED TO PURCHASE A HISTORIC HOUSE AND OCEAN SHORELINE TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC SCENE IN THE SMALL TOWN OF COUPEVILLE, WA. THE HOUSE HAS REMAINED IN NEARLY ORIGINAL CONDITION SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN THE 1860S. THE SHORELINE IS NATURAL AND UNALTERED, AND NPS INTENDS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SHORELINE TO FURTHER PROTECT THE NATURAL AND HISTORIC APPEARANCE OF THE AREA. PUBLIC EDUCATION THE PARK TRUST UNDERTAKES AND CONDUCTS PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE AND RAISE THE PROFILE OF NATIONAL PARKS AND THEIR NEEDS WITH THE PUBLIC, PARK AGENCIES AND CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES. THE PARK TRUST CIRCULATES ITS PUBLICATION, "NATIONAL PARK TRUST NEWS" (ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER) WHICH DESCRIBES CRITICAL PARKLAND ACQUISITIONS AND RELATED ISSUES. THIS PUBLICATION EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT EFFORTS ON THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL PARKLANDS. THE PARK TRUST ALSO CONDUCTS ITS ANNUAL BRUCE F. VENTO PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD EVENT TO HONOR A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR HIS OR HER COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT; AND HIS OR HER SERVICE, SKILL AND INNOVATION IN SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS; AND TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION ON SUCH SERVICE. IN JUNE 2019, THE AWARD RECIPIENT WAS SENATOR RICHARD BURR FROM NORTH CAROLINA. THE PARK TRUST ALSO CONDUCTS ITS AMERICAN PARK EXPERIENCE AWARD EVENT TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP THAT HAS MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENHANCE THE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF OUR NATION'S PARKS, WILDLIFE REFUGES AND HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION ON SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE DRAFT 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION (DFA) AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ACCURACY AND CONTENT. PRIOR TO FILING, THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FINAL FORM 990. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | EACH TRUSTEE AND OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHICH REQUIRES EACH PERSON TO DISCLOSE ANY RELATIONSHIPS, POSITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE OR SHE BELIEVES COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A CONFLICT. FOLLOWING FULL DISCLOSURE OF A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AND IF SO, THE BOARD SHALL VOTE TO AUTHORIZE OR REJECT THE TRANSACTION OR TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE CONFLICT AND PROTECT NPT'S BEST INTERESTS. THE TRUSTEE OR OFFICER WHO HAS THE CONFLICT IS RECUSED FROM ANY DISCUSSION AND VOTE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR OTHER SENIOR STAFF WHEN REQUESTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 187,327. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,584. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 18,407. TOTAL EXPENSES 207,318. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C | THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
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