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64 National Parks, 433 Park Service Units: What the Label Really Means
Sixty-four places carry the title “National Park.” The National Park Service manages 433. This episode explains what the title actually means: only Congress can create a national park, the other 369 units go by about twenty different titles, and the label tells you far less about a place than most people think. Plus, from the ranger’s chair: what a career that started at San Antonio Missions, a World Heritage Site, taught me about titles and places. Recorded ahead of time, so there are no news stories this week. Park Report Extra has the full list of designations.
Parks in this episode…
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