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Service Pacific West 333 Bush Street #500 Department of the Interior Regional Office , CA 94104

415-623-2100 phone

Pacific West Region Overview The (NPS) Pacific West Region (PWR) spans 106 degrees around the globe and includes more than 60 national park sites within the eight states of , Hawaii, Idaho, , Oregon, Washington, portions of and Montana and the territories of , American Samoa, as well as the . With offices in San Francisco, Seattle and Honolulu, the region works to safeguard our national park treasures for the enjoyment of future generations and to share their stories with more than 65 million visitors each year. The Pacific West Region also is instrumental in overseeing a variety of community assistance partnership programs.

PWR is comprised of: 17 National Parks 1 National Seashore 14 National Monuments 11 1 National Battlefield National Historical Parks 8 1 National Memorial National Historic Sites 7 1 National Reserve National Recreation Areas 3 1 National Historical Reserve National Preserves 1 National Heritage Area 3 National Trails 2 Affiliated Areas

Economic Benefit: In 2017, national parks in the Pacific West Region contributed $4.9 billion to local communities. PWR parks hosted 65 million visits, which generat ed $3. 3 million in visito r spending by both local and non-local visitors in areas surrounding parks. The ripple effect of this spending supported 45,744 full time, part time, and temporary jobs in state economies. Every $1 invested by American taxpayers in the National Park Service returns $10 to the U.S. economy.

PWR has a base operating budget of over $300 million (FY17 operating funds), with $2.7 billion (FY17 accumulation) of deferred maintenance. PWR is responsible for operating and maintaining: 6,036 buildings, 420 wastewater systems, 2,168 paved roads, 1,048 housing quarters, 394 water systems, 1,519 unpaved roads, 344 campgrounds, 1,587 trails, and 3,166 other systems (such as utilities, d ams, marin as, railroads, constructed waterways, monuments, fortifications, towers, interpretive media and amphitheaters). Statistics Size: 12.9 million acres of land, which includes 8.2 million acres of wilderness, and over 700 miles of shoreline. Staffing: 3,900-5,200 employees (in parks and offices) and a total of 76,097 volunteers in 2016. Wild and Scenic Rivers: More than 200 miles run through PWR parks. National Natural Landmarks (NNL): 100 individual landmarks. National Historic Landmarks (NHL): 241 individual landmarks. National Register of Historic Places: 8,224 sites/properties listed. Every Kid in a Park (EKiP): 66,604 4th graders visited PWR parks for free from September 2016 to August 2017, using their EKiP passes. PWR Concession Contracts: 60 concessioners provide park visitors with food, drink, lodging and other services that complete a national park experience.

Revised: April 25 , 2018 Emergency Services: PWR responded to more than 1,100 Search and Rescue operations, nearly 2,000 Emergency Medical Service calls and more than 1,100 Motor Vehicle Collisions in 2016. Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA): 51 RTCA projects supported community-led natural resource conservation and outdoor recreation projects that improved parks, established trails, improved river access, and protected special places across the region in FY2016. Federal Lands to Parks: Over 238 federal surplus properties have been transferred in this region since ~1956 to state, and local governments creating over 200 public parks, which are protected in perpetuity for public use by deed restrictions enforced by NPS. Historic Preservation Fund: Each year, the fund manages $2.1 million in grants to assist states, tribes, local governments and non-profits with a variety of historic preservation and community projects. Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF): More than $509 million from the LWCF program (the fund invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing) has supported grants to state and local governments as well as federal land acquisition in support of the NPS mission across PWR since 1964.

Did You Know? Crater Lake National Park, OR – has the deepest lake in the U.S. Death National Park, CA – recorded the hottest temperature on earth and has the lowest elevation in North America at Badwater Basin. National Park, NV- has the longest living trees, bristlecone pines. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, HI – contains Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world’s most active volcanoes. Mount Rainier National Park, WA – has the greatest single-peak glacial system in the U.S. , WA – is designated by UNESCO as both an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA – interprets the first recorded shipwreck on the West Coast, the San Agustin from 1595. Pu’ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, HI – contains the site where King Kamehameha I established his supremacy and unified the Hawaiian Islands. Redwood National and State Parks, CA – has the tallest known living tree in the world. , CA – has the world’s largest tree by volume (General Sherman Tree) and , the highest point in the contiguous U.S. Yosemite National Park, CA – has , the nation’s tallest .

Contacts Regional Director: Martha Lee (Acting), email: [email protected]

Photos: Olympic NP, Santa Monica Mountains NRA, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP, Golden Gate NRA Pacific West Region Park Units/Affiliated Areas by State and Territory

ARIZONA • Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve • Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument • Minidoka National Historic Site CALIFORNIA • Nez Perce National Historical Park • Cabrillo National Monument MONTANA • Castle Mountains National Monument • Cesar E. Chavez National Monument • Big Hole National Battlefield • Channel Islands National Park • National Park NEVADA • Devils Postpile National Monument • Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site • Great Basin National Park • Fort Point National Historic Site • Lake Mead • Golden Gate National Recreation Area • Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument • National Historic Site • Joshua Tree National Park OREGON • Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail • Crater Lake National Park • Lassen Volcanic National Park • John Day Fossil Beds National Monument • Lava Beds National Monument • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park • National Historic Site • Oregon Caves National Monument • • Muir Woods National Monument WASHINGTON • • Point Reyes National Seashore • Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve • Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site • Redwood National Park • Floods National Geologic Trail • Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National • Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Historical Park • Lake Chelan National Recreation Area • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park • Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area • Manhattan Project National Historical Park • Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks • Mount Rainier National Park • Tule Lake Unit of World War II Valor in the Pacific • North Cascades National Park • Whiskeytown National Recreation Area • Olympic National Park • Yosemite National Park • Ross Lake National Recreation Area • San Juan Island National Historical Park HAWAII • Whitman Mission National Historical Site • Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail • Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American • Haleakala National Park Experience (affiliated area) • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park AMERICAN SAMOA • Honouliuli National Monument • Kalaupapa National Historical Park • National Park of America Samoa • Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park • Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park GUAM • Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site • World War II Valor in the Pacific National • War in the Pacific National Historical Park Monument NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS IDAHO • American Memorial Park (affiliated area) • City of Rocks National Reserve Pacific West Region National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

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Pacific West Region Networks

Structure and Function There are eight park networks in the Pacific West Region. Park networks are an association of parks in a given geographic area that provides a framework for sharing responsibilities, resources and information. The network organization provides parks with a more efficient way to utilize employee capacity for specialized expertise areas such as human resources, information technology, facilities management, safety, procurement, etc. The network model focuses on collaboration to improve efficiency, and help maintain critical services to parks within the network.

Superintendents of the parks in each network have been working together as the Board of Directors for their network, based on a charter for operation they developed. A superintendent from each network represents the network on the Regional Leadership Council. The regional advisory committees are also made up of representatives from the networks and a superintendent representative from the RLC.

In the Regional Office organization, each Deputy Regional Director is affiliated with a set of networks. Each Deputy Regional Director also supervises certain Regional Office programs.