The National Park Service mission includes preserving parks for future generations to enjoy. Ongoing and consistent maintenance of park infrastructure is necessary in managing a diverse range of resources. Just as you routinely clean, paint, and upgrade aspects of your home, park staff use regularly scheduled preventive maintenance procedures and preservation techniques to help prevent deterioration of roads, trails, historic and modern buildings, and other vital systems. You may see such work on your next park visit. Image 1: Staff with Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) use a lift to get up close and personal to learn more about harpersferrynps features. Image 2: Maintenance and Facilities staff mounting a new directional sign at campnelsonnps Image 3: A group of maintenance employees with hard hats stand on the newly restored Cockspur Island lighthouse at fortpulaskinps Image 4: Park staff repair fencing along the dune’s side of Pickett’s Lane at sanjuanislandnhp ...