national park service? >> it has been integral to the acquisition, development and operation of national parks. one would think initially about the rockefeller family making substantial donations of land and grand titon national park, gray smoke and another park where i had the opportunity to work, virgin islands national park, a substantial contribution of land there. but in addition to that, here in the nation's capitol, the -- i think of two major example. the frederick douglass home. located on a 14 acre estate was entirely donated by an organization founded by his second wife. think about wolf trap farm park for the performing arts. the land and construction costs for lane center was donated in full. so there are many classic examples in which many of the parks that we enjoy today came to us from private individual or from organizations that had a civic approach to conservation and preservation. >> do you get checks from people who don't have a lot of means? small donations from people as well? >> no question about that. i don't know what the dollar level is, but the federal government and the park service in particular is authorized to accept donations unilaterall. also, congress in 1967 establ