What is the difference between conservation and preservation in the National Park Service?

Conservation is generally associated with the protection of natural resources, while preservation is associated with the protection of buildings, objects, and landscapes. Put simply conservation seeks the proper use of nature, while preservation seeks protection of nature from use.



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The National Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world.

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Both terms involve a degree of protection, but how that is protection is carried out is the key difference. Conservation is generally associated with the protection of natural resources, while preservation is associated with the protection of buildings, objects, and landscapes.

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Put simply conservation seeks the proper use of nature, while preservation seeks protection of nature from use.

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Conservation is generally associated with the protection of natural resources, while preservation is associated with the protection of buildings, objects, and landscapes. Put simply conservation seeks the proper use of nature, while preservation seeks protection of nature from use.

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Preservation is another means of protecting or saving a resource by setting land aside as “forever wild.” Preservation means no consumptive use of timber, wildlife, or other resources. Both preservation and conservation are necessary to sustain resources for future generations.

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The first one established by Congress was Big Cypress National Preserve (88 Stat. 1258 (1974)). They differ from national parks in that bans on the use of these lands are not as strict. The above-mentioned restrictions for national parks are not always true for national preserves.

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The Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Division (COR) provides the National Park Service and local communities across the country with cost effective, partnership-based support in achieving America's conservation and outdoor recreation goals.

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While the National Park System comprises 423 national park sites, only 63 of them have the National Park designation in their names. The other sites fall into different National Park System categories like National Historic Sites, National Monuments, National Seashores, National Recreation Areas, and others.

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