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Yellowstone National Park

(Encyclopedia) Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau…

Wupatki National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Wupatki National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Voyageurs National Park

(Encyclopedia) Voyageurs National Park, 218,200 acres (88,340 hectares), N Minnesota. The park contains forested lake country noted for its sports fishing and glacial features. In the 18th cent. the…

Cabrillo National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Cabrillo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Buffalo National River

(Encyclopedia) Buffalo National River, Ark.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

African National Congress

(Encyclopedia) African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization…

Brookhaven National Laboratory

(Encyclopedia) Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientific research center, at Upton (town of Brookhaven), Long Island, N.Y. It was founded in 1947 by Associated Universities, a management corporation…

Zion National Park

(Encyclopedia) Zion National Park, 146,592 acres (59,349 hectares), SW Utah. First proclaimed a national monument in 1909, it was enlarged several times and established as a national park in 1919.…

Redwood National Park

(Encyclopedia) Redwood National Park, 112,430 acres (45,518 hectares), along the Pacific coast, NW Calif.; est. 1968. Backed by coastal bluffs, 40 mi (64 km) of beach, lagoon, and rocky coast are…

Stonewall National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Stonewall National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).