Interpretation serves protection by making park appreciation possible.

Evidence

Interpretation, Wirth believed, was at the very heart of the parks’ preservation and protection mandate and was a vital part of the park service’s congressionally sanctioned objective “to provide for the enjoyment” of parks and yet leave them “unimpaired” for the benefit of future generations. Tilden agreed; in later years he would write that “it has always been my philosophy to protectfirst and to interpret second,” and if the goals of protection and interpretation could be mutually achieved, so much the better. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 43

Categorization

• XREF: Causal chain anticipating Tilden’s six principles and the ‘through interpretation, understanding’ thesis. — connects to: Protection is achieved in reverse causal order through appreciation, understanding, and interpretation. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 44; High-quality exhibits and a guest-welcome feeling curb vandalism better than barriers do — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 352; Parks are society’s best hope for teaching fruitful use of leisure — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 608
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source