Joan Anzelmo

New monuments join National Park System this summer

Environment

America’s National Park Service maintain some 84 million acres of land, 4.5 million acres of oceans and lakes and countless miles of rivers and seashores — and it’s growing. This summer, three monuments were added to the National Park Service and two more were put under the care of the Bureau of Land Management.

Looming budget cuts imperil National Park system

Global Politics