News from the Parks | December 2019

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🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This month, there's a new national park in the system, fees are increasing at parks around the country, invasive species are threatening the park system, the Narrows trail at Zion will be protected forever, and a whole lot more.

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0:00.0	The America's National Parks Podcast is sponsored by L. L. L. Bine has partnered with the National Park Foundation to help you find your happy place.
0:12.0	And with more than 400 national parks,
0:14.8	there's a good chance you'll find one close to home.
0:18.0	Discover your perfect day in a park
0:20.1	at find your Park.com. Welcome to December's News From the Parks episode of the America's National Parks
0:39.3	podcast, our monthly show where we round up for you the latest info about happenings at
0:44.7	America's greatest treasures. I'm Jason Epperson. It's official the United States
0:51.1	now boasts 62 congressionally designated national parks.
0:55.8	New Mexico's White Sands National Monument became White Sands National Park on Friday, December
1:01.1	20th when the President signed into law the National Defense Authorization
1:05.0	Act for the fiscal year 2020, including a provision that redesignates White Sands.
1:10.8	White Sands National Monument was established on January 18th, 1933 by President Herbert Hoover.
1:18.0	In addition to containing the world's largest gypsum dunefield, the park is home to the globe's largest collection of ice age fossilized
1:25.8	footprints. Entrance fees and individual park annual passes are set to increase at many parks
1:31.7	across the nation on January 1st,
1:34.0	including White Sands, where an annual pass will go up from $40 to $45.
1:39.6	Most seven-day vehicle passes will increase by 5 to $10.
1:43.9	The increase was first proposed back in 2017.
1:47.2	165 National Park Service sites charge an entrance fee.
1:51.5	The other 254 remain free to enter.
1:55.1	The Park Service has also announced five fee-free days for 2020.
1:59.6	January 20th, Martin Luther King Junior Day, April 18th, the first day of National Park Week and National
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