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The National Park Service adopts policies and procedures to carry out the intent of the laws, regulations, and higher-level authorities that govern management of the national parks and National Park Service programs.<br /> <br /> The NPS Directives System is the basic source of Service-wide policies and required or recommended practices and procedures. It consists of three levels of documents that comprise a policy reference library. </p></p> </div> </div><div id="cs_control_5234531" class="cs_control CS_Element_Custom"></div> <div id="cs_control_481834" class="cs_control CS_Element_Schedule"> <div title="" id="CS_Element_FeatureContainer"> <div id="gridRow_1_1_481834" class="cs_GridRow"> <div id="gridCol_1_1_1_1_481834" class="cs_GridColumn"> <div id="cs_control_828691" class="cs_control CS_Element_Custom"> <div class="Component FeatureGrid"> <div class="row"> <div class="FeatureGrid-item col-sm-4"> <div class="Component Feature -small"> <a href=" /subjects/policy/management-policies.htm" class="Feature-link" onclick="gas('send', 'event', 'Feature Grid - Prioritized', document.location.href, ' /subjects/policy/management-policies.htm', 1, true)"> <div class="Feature-imageContainer"> <img class="Feature-image" src="/common/uploads/grid_builder/policy/crop16_9/0B538261-F833-8332-79405CC87348B96C.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop" 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