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For an area to become a unit of the National Park System, it must possess nationally significant natural, cultural, or recreational resources; be a suitable [a] and feasible [b] addition to the system; and require direct management by the National Park Service (NPS) (rather than protection by the private sector or other governmental agencies).
The President of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the United States Congress can by legislation. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the president to proclaim "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" as national monuments.
Incorporated into Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: December 21, 1935 February 22, 2018 Redesignated as Gateway Arch National Park New Echota Marker National Memorial: August 10, 1933 September 21, 1950 Transferred to state of Georgia; currently operated as a Georgia state park.
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will create two new national monuments in California, solidifying his legacy as the U.S. leader who has conserved more lands and waters than any of ...
Arches National Park will start using time entry per vehicle starting on April 1, 2025. Reservations for April are already open and timed entry will be in effect between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. except ...
A park ranger dying from ALS makes a final plea for Americans to take action against climate change and protect the parks that inspire and enchant us. New book on climate change in national parks ...
Great American Outdoors Act; Long title: An Act to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian ...
[5] Many current national parks had been previously protected as national monuments by the president under the Antiquities Act or as other designations created by Congress before being redesignated by Congress; the newest national park is New River Gorge, previously a National River, and the most recent entirely new park is National Park of ...