The Courdelane National Park Service
Originally Published Oct. 1, 2020
“Preserve and Protect” -CDLNPS Motto
The Courdelane National Park Service [CDLNPS] is just about what it sounds like. The service designates sometimes very large areas of land to national parks/forests/preservation zones in order to defend the local natural beauty.
The history of the service is essentially the following: In 1966, the government saw that people were using increasingly destructive construction methods, and so decided, with what little brains they have, that in some places, maybe you shouldn’t do that, founding Grogar National Park that year.
And to this day, anyone seen wearing a hard hat within 100 meters of a National Park will be taken to the police station and grilled. Good thing, too. It means I can list off the 4 largest zones sectioned off by the service in all their natural glory.
Grogar National Park
Map of Groagar National Park showing the Imperia Complex, the Lucius and other landmarks. The line is rough as the only offical documentation says that it begins “at the mountains”, but it’s like taxes. They know exactly where the border is, and if you cross it, then it’s bad news.
Grogar is the original national park. Sitting on a peninsula north of the Imperia Complex, it’s still the only one with real infrastructure within it, like three visitors centers and plenty of signs from the Historical Society talking about the old Jarvistown settlement, which I may write on one day.
As you may have noticed, the park isn’t 100% developed, which is a very good thing since that’s- you know -their goal!
Photo Gallery of Grogar National Park. The service barely allows that cell tower that close to the park, but the island itself isn’t a part of the park, oddly enough.
Grogar National Park is probably the first piece of NPS land that any tourist will step foot on, however that certainly doesn’t mean there’s a lack of land.
Ruth Bater National Forest
I’m sure Ruth Bater was a very important figure in the Courdelane Government, but that doesn’t mean they necessarily have any records of this person- well, existing.
Photos of the south side (left) and north side (right) entrance signs, seen on Forest Route Rd. and Sanctuary Boulevard respectively.
Despite the namesake of this location only have a chance of being a real person, it introduces us to the second of three types of National Park Service land; the National Forest!
Here’s a rundown of the three types of land:
National Park – These are the largest and most popular type of land that the CDLNPS owns. They are also the most restrictive, often taking immense swaths of land (Often natural beauties) and restricting *any* development that’s not considered “required”, a term that they have no clear definition of and as such may call anything “not required” for any reason. Their goal is pure preservation of natural wonders.
National Forest – This is probably the least restrictive form of land. It’s goal is to preserve forests in land where development is planned/forseen. What makes the Forest different from the Park is that buildings are allowed within a National Forest, and people can live in them. Typically something like a Boulevard isn’t allowed within a forest, and there are places 100% off limits, but they allow roads that aren’t required for it to function, and have strict definitions for their terminology.
National Preservation Zone – These are assigned to natural wonders that aren’t grand enough and/or the land is too developable for the city to allow them to make into a National Park. I have an example of these coming up as the next item. These are also techically “100% restricted” development zones, only allowing trails and other development approved by the Park Service, however they’re often located within other development, like housing, and as such take up a much more specific plot of land.
More on Ruth Bater, it was enacted since Sanctuary Boulevard would be going through this area, and so the Park Service decided to claim some land around Forest Route Rd. and preserve it from development. (Map below)
Map of Ruth Bater National Forest with very rough border. Note the presence of the Farm within the forest and odd border along Sanctuary Boulevard at the top of the map.
I presume the border oddities at the North and South (with Sanctuary Boulevard and the Curie Highway respectively) are caused since the forest was made a thing just recently, and Curie had already been developed. I also inserted some markers to help you figure the location easier. I’m planning an entire piece on that building in the top-right, so worry not about that.
Here’s a gallery of other photos I took of the forest.
Stupak Range Preservation Zone
The Stupak Range Preservation Zone is located within the Paradise Hills area of the city, and is named after Joseph Stupak.
Stupak used to be in charge of ATI Developments, the company played a large part in developing the area around the mountains, and actually sent a note to the National Park Service requesting the mountain range be preserved (Presumable to let them jack up the house prices) and the Service, of course, did so. Leading to the Preservation Zone being made.
View of Stupak Peak, so far the (presumed) highest peak within the city.
Now, I’m pretty sure the request was sent out to make it a Preservation Zone purely because ATI wanted higher pricing in the area. What evidence do I have for this? Well, you see that mountain there? Yeah, who is going to level that and make houses in its place? No one, that’s who.
Preservation measures aren’t really needed there because It’s not near development, like Grogar, nor is it fragile terrain that’s susceptible to pollution, like the next and final location on our list.
There’s also an alleged crime boss living in the area, but ATI sells to whoever offers so that much isn’t their fault.
Now, don’t get me wrong here. I love having the Preservation zone to ensure that certain, developable areas of the mountains aren’t built on, and I’m always a fan of the NPS protecting great looking nature.
Everfree National Park
Everfree National Park is a Flower Forest (the only of it’s kind within the area of the continent we’ve mapped) and it’s also the celebrity park.
Everfree National Park South Entrace
It’s located East of Ruth Bater, and North of the Stupak Range, and is very beautiful.
Everfree as seen from the Lake on its south side.
The park is located right within new development, meaning more and more people are going to be living near the park. While most people will visit Grogar and Everfree on their Courdelane Vacation, if you asked someone from Slovoda about Courdelane National Parks, they’d tell you about Everfree first.
A portion of the park located near the south
The park not only encompasses the Flower Forest, but also holds a little bit of a neighboring Birch Forest.
Thanks to it’s more steep terrain, there are actual trail warning signs upon entering, since there’s no roads too far into the park, and may potentially not be within it at all, depending on where the border lay.
Exit sign for Everfree on the Windsor Motorway
Trail warnings in South Side Entrance
Map of Everfree National Park
The National Park service may only designate the area within the red line (yet another approximation) as the national park, but the entire coastline of that river and lake, as well as other land around the park is what I call the “breathing down your neck zone”
I swear, the moment you sau “We should build a shed near Everfree” a park ranger will teleport into the room, walk up to you and just say “you play by our rules.” It’s a true wonder the Courdelane Commons and that new, unfinished development even exist.
Here’s an updated map of Courdelane so that you can get your head around all the locations I listed here.
Map of Courdelane