Talk Highlights: Meet Ranger Doug, a former Grand Teton National Park ranger who stumbled on a forgotten WPA-era poster and launched a 40-year mission to rediscover the National Park's lost art legacy ...

It’s National Park Week. So I’m continuing my tradition of using this as an excuse to write about our national parks, spend a few hours in a local park, and dream about visiting some faraway ...

It’s National Park Week.So I’m continuing my tradition of using this as an excuse to write about our national parks, spend a few hours in a local park, and dream about visiting some faraway ones.

SEATTLE — In 1971, when Doug Leen was a Grand Teton National Park ranger in his early 20s, his boss assigned him to clean out a barn, its contents destined for the dump. A silk-screen print on ...

In 1934, the National Park Service authorized a poster program in collaboration with the WPA’s Federal Art Project, which put unemployed artists to work as part of the New Deal.

In 1934, the National Park Service authorized a poster program in collaboration with the WPA’s Federal Art Project, which put unemployed artists to work as part of the New Deal.

Parks in Olathe, Shawnee and two other Johnson County cities are featured in posters and postcards in the WPA art style memorably used to celebrate national parks. Here’s how you can get them.

While the WPA played an essential function in some national parks, it did not make any national parks. But the job program developed and improved infrastructures for national parks. For example, it ...

The resultant image reminded him of “a WPA national parks poster” and, as an avid member of the r/WorldBuilding subreddit, ... Mystery Flesh Pit National Park. Courtesy of Trevor Roberts.