Each year the National Park Service recognizes the outstanding achievements of our partners. Throughout the nation, National Park Service partners are engaged in a wide variety of complex, multi-year projects that align with and engage local, state and national organizations, agencies, schools, universities, museums, corporations, and more.
Their accomplishments, which reflect years of planning and work; communication and collaboration; deepen our experiences and bring home the meanings, relevance and importance of our nation's special places, people, and stories.
Please join us in thanking and congratulating the recipients of the 2017 Director's Partnership Awards!
Their accomplishments, which reflect years of planning and work; communication and collaboration; deepen our experiences and bring home the meanings, relevance and importance of our nation's special places, people, and stories.
Please join us in thanking and congratulating the recipients of the 2017 Director's Partnership Awards!
Lassen Park Foundation
![Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center Visitors exiting the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, surrounded by snow spotted mountains.](/subjects/partnerships/images/Lassen-PK-FND-kyvc-NPS-426x251px-29.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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Byron Bell, President of the Board of Trustees, Saint-Gaudens Memorial
![Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Summer Concert An audience enjoys a summer outdoor concert on the lawn at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.](/subjects/partnerships/images/Summer-Concert-Series-SAGA-428x240px-29.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area; the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
![William Penn Mott Jr. Visitor Center William Penn Mott Jr. Presidio Visitor Center with a backdrop of San Francisco Bay, the Marine Headlands and Golden Gate Bridge](/subjects/partnerships/images/William-Penn-Mott-Jr-VC-NPS-Kirk-Wrech-415x276px29.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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MotorCities National Heritage Area, Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island
![An Image of The Find Your Road Trip and Find Yourself Passport Book An Image of The Find Your Road Trip and Find Yourself Passport Book](/subjects/partnerships/images/Cover-Find-Your-RD-Trip-Find-Yourself-250x325px.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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National Geographic Society; Gary Knell, President and CEO, National Geographic Society
![2012 BioBlitz at Rocky Mountain National Park BioBlitz participants are searching through a meadow for macro-invertebrates in Rocky Mountain National Park.](/subjects/partnerships/images/BioBlitz-2012-ROMO-macroinvertebrates-search-NPS-380x289x27.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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Michaeleen McDonald, Lincoln Monument Association and the Oak Ridge Cemetery Foundation; Pam VanAlstine, Edwards Place at the Springfield Art Association; Terry Jones, New Salem State Historic Site; E.L. Williamson, Pam King, and Jerrie Blakely, Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum; Sue Massie, Elijah Iles House: Museum of Springfield History; Laura Gundrum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site; Justin Blandford, Springfield State Historic Sites
![Jr. Ranger Swearing In A ranger is swearing in Jr. Rangers in a classroom setting](/subjects/partnerships/images/Jr-Ranger-swear-in-NPS-Credit-410x276px-29.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
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Read about the 2016 Director's Partnership Award Recipients.
Last updated: October 4, 2017