{"id":41322,"date":"2016-08-25T05:06:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=41322"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:24:16","slug":"celebrating-100-years-of-u-s-national-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/25\/celebrating-100-years-of-u-s-national-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 100 Years of U.S. National Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SwiftcurrentSwiftcurrent Lake – Many Glacier, Glacier National Park<\/span><\/p>\n

Today marks the Centennial of our National Park Service and entry to our National Parks is free from August 24 through August 28 so that we can all enjoy the celebration.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re inviting you to our 100th birthday party!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"DenaliDenali National Park – Polychrome Pass<\/span><\/p>\n

There are parks all over the country and this map helps you Find Your Park<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0The National Park Service uses over 20 different titles for the park units it manages, including national park and national monument.<\/p>\n

\"RoadRoad through Capitol Reef National Park<\/span><\/p>\n

Utah alone has 13 units in the National Parks Service including Parks, Monuments, Recreation Areas, Historic Sites and Historic Trails. Hopefully, with the majority of Utahns supporting it, there will be another called Bear Ears National Monument.<\/p>\n

\"BryceBryce Canyon National Park panoramic view<\/span><\/p>\n

These public lands are our lands and should remain that way in perpetuity. For our children’s children and for the world to see.<\/p>\n

I love our National Parks.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday National Park Service!<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

P.S., check out today’s Google Doodle in honor of the Centennial<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the Centennial of our National Park Service and entry to our National Parks is free from August 24 through August 28 so that we can all enjoy the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2609,3939,1427,2612,892,12,2610,26],"tags":[195,5385,3430,4069,5383,5384,5386],"class_list":["post-41322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alaska","category-bryce-canyon-national-park","category-capitol-reef-national-park-utah","category-denali-national-park","category-glacier-national-park","category-montana","category-polychrome-pass","category-utah","tag-canyons","tag-glaciers","tag-hoodoos","tag-mountains","tag-national-park-service","tag-national-parks","tag-parks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glacier-national-park-mia-mcpherson-0581.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-aKu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111393,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/22\/world-water-day-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":0},"title":"World Water Day 2023","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wigeon Pond and Centennial Mountains, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-spring-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-spring-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-spring-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-spring-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":129023,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/05\/24\/singing-carolina-chickadee-at-tishomingo-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":1},"title":"Singing Carolina Chickadee At Tishomingo NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, when I photographed this Carolina Chickadee near Cumberland Pool at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, it was singing its little heart out.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Singing Carolina Chickadee on driftwood, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carolina-chickadee-singing-tishomingo-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carolina-chickadee-singing-tishomingo-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carolina-chickadee-singing-tishomingo-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0115.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carolina-chickadee-singing-tishomingo-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0115.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2909,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/08\/20\/flat-tires-cattle-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge-glacier-national-park-and-short-eared-owls\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":2},"title":"Flat tires, Cattle, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Glacier National Park and Short-eared Owls","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The first destination was Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge a place I've become very familiar with and a location that I think is incredibly beautiful.","rel":"","context":"In "Alapacas"","block_context":{"text":"Alapacas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife\/alapacas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Staring Short-eared Owl, Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-staring-mia-mcpherson-3987.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-staring-mia-mcpherson-3987.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-staring-mia-mcpherson-3987.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":162561,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/11\/01\/in-celebration-of-national-bison-day-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":3},"title":"In Celebration Of National Bison Day 2025","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, in celebration of National Bison Day 2025, I thought I\u2019d share two photos of these amazing and powerful mammals, which we almost lost to extinction.","rel":"","context":"In "American Bison"","block_context":{"text":"American Bison","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife\/bison\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"American Bison bull and the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/american-bison-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-0685.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/american-bison-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-0685.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/american-bison-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-0685.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/american-bison-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-0685.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4946,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/07\/montana-is-beckoning-to-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":4},"title":"Montana Is Beckoning To Me…","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Seeing the word \"Montana\" so often has gotten me anxious, antsy and itching to head north soon to see more of a state that beckons to me because I have fallen in love with it.","rel":"","context":"In "American White Pelicans"","block_context":{"text":"American White Pelicans","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/pelicans\/white-pelicans\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Montana Great Horned Owl juvenile, Glacier County, Montana\u00a0","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-horned-owl-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-1566.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-horned-owl-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-1566.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-horned-owl-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-1566.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-horned-owl-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-1566.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19859,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/02\/09\/hovering-rufous-hummingbird\/","url_meta":{"origin":41322,"position":5},"title":"Hovering Rufous Hummingbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't help but think of the birds I will see later in the year like this Rufous Hummingbird I photographed last August on Antelope Island State Park.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hovering Rufous Hummingbird, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-flight-mia-mcpherson-5775.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-flight-mia-mcpherson-5775.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-flight-mia-mcpherson-5775.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-flight-mia-mcpherson-5775.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}