National Park Trust

Everyone will have an American park experience

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NPT’s mission is to provide important recreational and educational parkland opportunities for current and future generations. As we spend more time indoors and as successive generations grow up with less of a connection to nature we need to build greater awareness and appreciation for the importance of our country’s public lands and parks.

Our vision is that ‘everyone will have an American park experience'. To achieve this we seek to champion the acquisition and preservation of critical national, state and local parklands and to build a greater awareness through education - focusing on our youth, especially those that are underserved.

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MAPPING OUR PROGRESS

Click on the map to chart our progress. Green pins show the location of each land project. Clicking on the pin will bring up more information about the project.

What Makes Us Unique?
The National Park Trust is the nation’s only organization dedicated to the completion of the American system of National and State Parks through the identification of key land acquisition needs and opportunities, the convening of potential funders to acquire these lands. Through our Youth to Parks programs, NPT is also ensuring that future generations appreciate and experience this important national heritage.

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Where's Buddy Bison Been?^®

Down Under!

G'day mate! Buddy Bison has had a 'rip snorter' of a good time down under visiting koalas, kookaburras and kangaroos. Leonie Gale at the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife - NPT's Australian counterpart - has befriended Buddy Bison and taken him on numerous treks in parks throughout the country. Click here to see all of his photos from and read about his most recent adventures Down Under!

NPT's Where has Buddy Bison Been?^® initiative encourages children and their families to get outside, enjoy a park and then share their American park experience. Pictures of Buddy Bison, captured along his journeys, are featured on this website along with stories, songs or drawings that he has inspired. Buddy Bison's Facebook page and Google map allow his friends to follow him wherever he roams.

To get your own Buddy Bison, become an NPT member at the $25 level and we'll send you your own Buddy Bison.