Sometimes we win... Newest National Park

[Yosemite_Sam1]

National Monument into National Park - White Sand Dunes

[Yosemite_Sam1]

National Park is a permanent designation for public use and enjoyment.

National Monument can be reverted back -- and worst case, private use and profit.

[agesilaus]

Well good, but no cause to celebrate. Whats the effective difference between a national monument and a park. The sign out front? Maybe they will add a campground now. So far as I know the newest real park is Bears Ears and I'm not sure if it's a park or monument or one of the other many designations that they have.

And actually:
"Donald Trump has signed a sweeping new public lands bill that protects 1.3m acres of wilderness and creates monuments to US history that has been overlooked, including the African American experience in the civil war and the fight for civil rights.

Years in the crafting, the measure will designate 367 miles of new scenic rivers and 2,600 miles of new national trails. It protects nearly 500,000 acres in California alone, and enlarges both Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks. And it reauthorizes a crucial funding mechanism for land and water conservation that had lapsed."

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