Click here if you don't have the RealAudio Plug-in. You have reached Nature's Web! Here you will find a bridge between nature and the Internet. Nature's Web is a collection of the top 15 US national parks for kids. You'll find fun facts and beautiful scenery throughout the whole site. You can even contribute your opinions on the parks! This site is designed for kids, by kids. That's what makes this site unique! Explore, have fun, and crawl into Nature's Web! Click on any of the parks below! [ Arches NP | Glacier NP | Deleware Water Gap NRA | San Francisco Maritime NHS | Yellowstone NP| | Lake Mead NRA | Olympic NP | Lake Meredith NRA | Roosevelt NP | Fort Larned NHS| | Cuyahoga NP | Hawaii Volcanoes NP | Acadia NP | Gulf Islands NS | Mammoth Cave NP ] Assorted Nature's Web Pages Ratings: Here you can find out what other people have thought of the parks listed on our site. You can also contribute to the ratings of parks you have visited. Contributers: Many different sources, references, and applications (programs) have been used to make Nature's Web what it is. All of these resources are listed here. The Creators: Nature's Web was designed by Katherine Philips, Kristin Fuchs, and Matt Colgan for the ThinkQuest Internet Contest. Go here to find out more about them and how Nature's Web was created. What's the National Park Service? The first Natioanal Park was established on March 1, 1871, it was Yellowstone Natioanl Park in the territories of Montana and Wyoming. In an act of congress on August 25,1916, the National Park Service was established. The Park Sevice was established to manage and regulate the National Parks. An executive order in 1933 transfered 63 national monuments and military sites from the forest service and war department over to the National Park System. Another Act of Congress in 1970 said that the National Park Service was to include natural, historic, and recreation areas as part of the National Parks Service. Today the National Park Service has over 369 parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreation areas. The Abbreviations The abbreviations used for the various types of National Parks can be confusing. Below are the abbreviations commonly used throughout Nature's Web. NP- National Park NRA- National Recreational Center NS- National Seashore NHS- National Historic Site Seeing this Site at its Best! Nature's Web is best seen with Netscape 2.02 (or a newer version) and the RealAudio Player and Plug-in (plug-in is bundled with the player). RealAudio allows your modem to stream the sound data, so you don't have to wait for the entire sound to download! Click on their respective links or graphics to download them! If you for some reason can't or don't want to download those programs, the sounds available throughout Nature's Web are also available in Sun Audio (.au) format (usually for the Mac) and Wave (.wav) format (usually for Windows). You may download this Sun Audio player for the Mac, SoundMachine, and/or this Wave player for the Mac, SoundApp. A sound player recommened by Netscape for playing various types of sound for PC users is WHAM 1.33. If you want to hear the opening introduction to this page in Sun Audio format, click here, and if you want it in Wave format, click here.
You have reached Nature's Web! Here you will find a bridge between nature and the Internet. Nature's Web is a collection of the top 15 US national parks for kids. You'll find fun facts and beautiful scenery throughout the whole site. You can even contribute your opinions on the parks! This site is designed for kids, by kids. That's what makes this site unique! Explore, have fun, and crawl into Nature's Web!
Click on any of the parks below!
| Lake Mead NRA | Olympic NP | Lake Meredith NRA | Roosevelt NP
| Fort Larned NHS| | Cuyahoga NP | Hawaii Volcanoes NP | Acadia NP | Gulf Islands NS | Mammoth Cave NP ]
NP- National Park NRA- National Recreational Center NS- National Seashore NHS- National Historic Site Seeing this Site at its Best! Nature's Web is best seen with Netscape 2.02 (or a newer version) and the RealAudio Player and Plug-in (plug-in is bundled with the player). RealAudio allows your modem to stream the sound data, so you don't have to wait for the entire sound to download! Click on their respective links or graphics to download them!
If you for some reason can't or don't want to download those programs, the sounds available throughout Nature's Web are also available in Sun Audio (.au) format (usually for the Mac) and Wave (.wav) format (usually for Windows). You may download this Sun Audio player for the Mac, SoundMachine, and/or this Wave player for the Mac, SoundApp. A sound player recommened by Netscape for playing various types of sound for PC users is WHAM 1.33.
If you want to hear the opening introduction to this page in Sun Audio format, click here, and if you want it in Wave format, click here.
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