Time - While there are 63 national parks, the NPS, in total, manages 433 sites across more than 85 million acres. The locations amassed a record 331 million visitors last year. In 2023, visitors spending in communities near these sites resulted in a $55.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported over 400,000 jobs, according to the NPS.
Trump showed some support for national parks during his first term, signing the Great American Outdoors Act, which dedicated up to $1.9 billion per year for five years to fund deferred maintenance projects identified by the NPS and other parks departments...
Advocates are now noting a sharper turn in Trump’s second term, voicing concerns over budget cuts, environmental protections rollbacks, and more. Trump’s eagerness to change Alcatraz Island, a designated national park, and reopen it as a functional prison is also causing alarm.
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