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President Biden’s Parks [1]

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Date: 2024-10-22  

The Biden-Harris Administration has added eight national park units to date, in both blue and red states: five civil rights sites and three scenic trails. (By contrast, the previous occupant added only five units, all in red states, cut over 1 million acres preserved by Obama, and he removed 19 US Biospheres from UNESCO).

President Biden’s national parks legacy is primarily focused on preserving civil rights history, rather than white-washing history.

President Biden also doubled the number of national trails that are full park units.

Ice Age National Scenic Trail crosses Wisconsin’s glacial geology

New England NST traverses ridges and picturesque villages

North Country NST runs through eight states from VT to ND

Biden has also made many other positive changes to our parks system that don’t affect the official total of park units.

Elevated to national historical parks Brown v Board of Education Pullman

Created new national monuments Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni in Arizona Camp Hale Continental Divide in Colorado Castner Range in El Paso Texas (no current public access due to unexploded ordnance)

Expanded existing national monuments in California San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles Berryessa Snow Mountain in Lake County

Restored protections Bears Ears in Utah Boundary Waters in Minnesota Grand Staircase Escalante in Utah and Arizona NE Canyons & Seamounts (south of Cape Cod) Tongass National Forest in Alaska

Limited exploitation and protected wildlife Aransas and Big Boggy in Texas Bristol Bay in Alaska Chaco Canyon in New Mexico Chumash Marine in California Everglades in Florida Lost Trail in Montana Muleshoe in New Mexico and Texas Paint Rock River in Tennessee Roanoke River in North Carolina Thompson Divide in Colorado Wyoming Toad



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