As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the
Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of

59% 5our nationally-owned public lands and natural and cultural

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resources. This includes fostering wise use of our land
and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife,
preserving the environmental and cultural values of our
national parks and historical places, and providing for the
enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The
Department also promotes the goals of Take Pride in
America campaign by encouraging stewardship and citizen
responsibility for public lands and promoting citizen
participation in their care. The Department also has a
major responsibility for public lands and promoting citizen
participation in their care. The Department also has a
major responsibility for American Indian reservation
communities and for people who live in Island Territories
under U. S. Administration.

PIONEERS OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

The goal of this project is to document the lives and
careers of those people who have shaped the American
landscape. To this end, the Historic Landscape Initiative
of the National Park Service's Preservation Assistance
Division, in cooperation with the Catalog of Landscape
Records at Wave Hill, has begun the implementation of a
database to contain biographic, bibliographic and archival
information on these individuals. The project seeks to
document not only professional landscape architects, but
all those who have played a significant role in shaping our
designed landscape heritage -- horticulturists, landscape
gardeners, architects, engineers, educators, writers,
cemetery designers, planners, and others. This interim
publication represents an attempt to make this resource
available to researchers and practitioners. However, it
does not constitute a complete record of the information
received to this date. Many have had to be excluded due
to space constraints...and the work continues.