national park
noun
: an area of special scenic, historical, or scientific importance set aside and maintained by a national government and in the U.S. by an act of Congress
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The record numbers come as mass firings of national park staffers numbering around 1,000 have been carried out.
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Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Visitors flocked to California’s nine national parks last year in numbers not seen since the pandemic, new federal data show.
—Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
With the location adjacent to the national park boundary, such development would have been highly visible in the surrounding landscape.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
The lawless rampage of the second Trump Administration has already touched everything from rangers at America’s treasured national parks to the very pillars of the decades-old transatlantic alliance.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Visitors flocked to California’s nine national parks last year in numbers not seen since the pandemic, new federal data show.
—Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
With the location adjacent to the national park boundary, such development would have been highly visible in the surrounding landscape.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
The lawless rampage of the second Trump Administration has already touched everything from rangers at America’s treasured national parks to the very pillars of the decades-old transatlantic alliance.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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“National park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20park. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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