id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9428 National Park Service - Wikipedia .html text/html 14111 1530 57 These two executive orders transferred to the NPS all of the War Department's historic sites as well as national monuments that the Department of Agriculture had managed and parks in and around Washington, D.C. that an independent federal office had previously operated.[8] Mather was successful with the ratification of the National Park Service Organic Act in 1916.[2] Later, the agency was given authority over other protected areas, many with varying designations as Congress created them. The NPS budget includes discretionary spending which is broken out into two portions: the direct operations of the National Parks and the special initiatives.[22] Listed separately are the special initiatives of the service for the year specified in the legislation. ^ Budget Justification and Performance Information, Fiscal Year 2010, National Park Service, The United States Department of the Interior, 2009 @ http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/FY_2010_greenbook.pdf ^ Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program brochure; National Park Service, Department of the Interior ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9428.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9428.txt