Death Valley National Park
Educational Sign Installation
Educational Sign Installation
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National Monument
1933 National Park 1994 Park Size 3.4 million acres, 91% wilderness Annual Visitors 1.1 million Park Fee $30 Superintendent Mike Reynolds Park Partner Death Valley Natural History Association Location Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, CA, Nye County, NV |
Death Valley National Park is the largest National Park in the lower-48 states and has over 1,000 miles of paved and graded roads that allow visitors to reach and explore every corner of the park. This wild desert place is loaded with destinations where visitors experience unique features such as the Devils Cornfield, Scotty’s Castle, and Darwin Falls. At these sites, educational signs provide visitors with information that adds depth to their park experience.
Many educational signs were old, outdated, damaged or unreadable, and not designed to be of service for those with disabilities. Before 2014, a large group of new signs were designed and fabricated by the National Park Service. A handful were installed, but 35 remained in storage due to the need for park rangers to attend to higher priority work related to recovery efforts following a disastrous flood in 2015. The Fund for People in Parks provided a grant of $10,000 to the Death Valley Natural History Association to complete funding to install all of the remaining new signs. All 35 signs are now in place and in service for the traveling public. Project Cost: $38,000 Project Completed: 2017 The Fund for People in Parks: $10,000 National Park Service: $28,000 Thank you for your support of Death Valley National Park. This will help interpret the features of Death Valley National Park for millions of visitors at multiple locations long into the future." |
