…National parks inject a lot of cash into local economies, often bringing in 10 times their operation’s costs in profits.
Better still, National Parks are proven job creators. Still, it’s natural for people to be dubious and only time will tell the economic impact the park will have for the locals…
Meet Our Newest National Monument, Just in Time for NPS100
Just over 100 years after President Wilson signed into existence Sieur de Monts National Monument — which became Maine’s Acadia National Park — President Obama brought the National Park Service full circle.