Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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| Location | Windsor County, Vermont, USA |
| Nearest city | Woodstock, Vermont |
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| Area | 643 acres (2.60 km2) |
| Established | August 26, 1992 |
| Visitors | 29,049 (in 2011)[1] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| http://www.nps.gov/mabi/ | |
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont. The park preserves the site where Frederick Billings established a managed forest and a progressive dairy farm. The name honors Billings and the other owners of the property: George Perkins Marsh, Mary Montagu Billings French, Laurance Rockefeller, and Mary French Rockefeller.[2] The Rockefellers transferred the property to the federal government in 1992. It is the only unit of the United States National Park System in Vermont (except for a portion of the Appalachian Trail).
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park was awarded the first Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification of a United States national park by the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program in August 2005. This certification made Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller only the second United States federal land to receive such certification for sustainable forest management.
Visitors can take guided tours of the 19th century George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home, which includes displays of landscape paintings, highlighting the influence painting and photography had on the conservation movement. The gardens have also been restored.
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- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP official site
- Encyclopedia article with bibliography
- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. VT-1, "Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT", 48 photos, 19 color transparencies, 19 measured drawings, 12 photo caption pages
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- IUCN Category V
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- National Historical Parks of the United States
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Vermont
- Woodstock, Vermont
- Protected areas established in 1992
- National Park Service areas in Vermont
- Protected areas of Windsor County, Vermont
- Museums in Windsor County, Vermont
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- George Perkins Marsh
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