The 1970 General Authorities Act and the 1978 "Redwood Amendment" to the Organic Act strengthened its conservation mission by clarifying that the "fundamental purpose" of the national park system is to conserve park resources and values.
The original purpose of the neighborhood park was as a place of assembly to discuss community issues.
"Now that the people know that the city has been using their secret policy to deprive the use of the park of its historical purposes," Mr. Fogel told reporters, "perhaps the people will rise up against the Parks Department, against the conservancy, and say to them precisely what we say: It's our park".
The statutory purpose of national park status is to "conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area" and "promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the park by the public".
What is the purpose of a park?
So, I have Paralympics tickets for the purpose of seeing the Olympic Park and the venues and hopefully to attend on days when travel is less of an ordeal.
In 1870, he sold three acres of land on Seventh Street in Bloomsburg for the purpose of building a park, but the land was instead used for athletic competitions.
Indeed, in a statement of purpose in 1867, the park's first commissioners said that the site was designed to "dispel from the mind of the visitors, once within its enclosure, thoughts of business and memories calculated to sadden or oppress".
"The primary purpose of a park concession is as a service for park users," he said.
