TIL About The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service

Read the full post at - TIL About The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Exhibit 5000+ that Jimmy Carter was a brilliant President -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Conservation_and_Recreation_Service The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service (HCRS) was an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which subsumed its functions from the National Park Service and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.[1] It was created under the Carter administration by order of the Secretary of the Interior on January 25, 1978.[2] HCRS, a non-land managing agency, was responsible for assuring the identification, protection, and beneficial use of important cultural, natural, and recreational American resources. HCRS offered grant assistance, technical information and guidance to those in the public and private sectors involved in conservation or recreation projects. Under the Reagan administration the HCRS was abolished by Secretarial Order 3060 on February 19, 1981, and…