Top Ten Endangered National Parks

6 April 2001 - 5:00am

The National Park Conservation Association has released a list of the top 10 endangered national parks in the U.S.

"Alaska's controversial development issues have won the state's national parks a place at the top of the National Park Conservation Association's list of Ten Most Endangered Parks.The state's 55 million acres of parkland, comprising nearly two-thirds of the total national park land in the United States, face threats from pro-development supporters in Congress and an administration that supports opening parts of the land for development, railroad, and snowmobile use..."

Source: National Geographic, April 4, 2001
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