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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical ParkA group of students walks down a wide trail in the lush green forest. Photo by Barbara Slaiby.
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2007 Press Releases

10/23 Prosper Parking Lot Closed October 25th (doc - 43kb)
10/04 Forestry Work in National Historical Park (doc - 47kb)
08/24 Centennial Proposals Eligible for Matching Funds (doc - 160kb)
08/20 Mountains & Rivers Forever Camp (doc - 44kb)
03/22 Atlas Publication (doc - 47kb)
02/09 Where Our Four Towns Meet (doc - 45kb)

 

2006 Press Releases

08/07 Rural Fire Assistance Program (doc - 46kb)
07/13 AASLH Award (doc - 47kb)

2005 Press Releases

05/20 Season Opening (doc - 43kb)
04/15 Rural Fire Assistance Program (doc - 48kb)
04/04 Wood Barn Environmental Assessment (doc - 47kb)
03/28 Civic Engagement Film Premiere (doc - 40kb)

 
Cover of new publication showing a collage of photographs. The background photograph is a blend of mountain scenery and farmland with people haying. In the foreground are five pictures of people featured in the publication.

Stewardship Atlas

We are pleased to announce the publication of Stewardship Begins with People: At Atlas of Places, People, and Handmade Products. Read more information or contact us to request a copy.

 

Publications and Articles

Note: most of the following files are in PDF format, which requires Adobe Reader for viewing. Download it for free here.

Reflections on Environmental History with a Human Face: Experiences from a New National Park Rolf Diamant (pdf - 822kb)

  • This article is intended to provoke thought on the management of historic places and the challenge of making them exciting, relevant centers of learning. It was published in the journal Environmental History, volume 8(4), October 2003, published jointly by the Forest History Society and the American Society for American History.

Inheriting Mt. Tom, John Elder, Orion: People and Nature (pdf - 2.3mb)

Conservation with a Human Face: Re-Considering Stewardship, Rolf Diamant, David A. Donath, and Nora J. Mitchell, History News (pdf - 856kb)

 

Cultural Landscape Reports

  • Note: clicking on the following links will bring you to another nps.gov website where the reports are hosted.

Cultural Landscape Report for the Mansion Grounds, Volume 1, Site History (18.70mb)

Cultural Landscape Report for the Mansion Grounds, Volume 2, Existing Conditions & Analysis (13.91mb)

Cultural Landscape Report for the Mansion Grounds, Volume 3, Treatment (14.11mb)

  • Volume 1, Site History is available for purchase at the park bookstore ($24.95 plus tax). Phone orders are accepted at 802-457-3368 ext 22.
  • Hardcopies of all three volumes are available for viewing at the Carriage Barn Visitor Center; alternately, please contact the park curator at 802-457-3368 ext 12 for more information regarding the reports.
Autumn leaves, lit by the sun, carpet an uphill stretch of a carriage road. NPS Photo.  

Did You Know?
45 miles of carriage roads, an early 20th century gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., weave around the granite mountains and valleys of Acadia NP. 14 miles of carriage roads, built in the 1880s by Frederick Billings, traverse the gentle slopes and historic woodlands of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP.

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Last Updated: August 06, 2008 at 16:43 EST