Presidio National Park

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The most expensive national park in the country, the Presidio has been given the dubious honor of being the first National Park to have to wean itself from government support. Exactly what that means for the Presidio, as well as for all of the National Parks, is explored by Living on Earth’s Peter Thomson in San Francisco.

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