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National Park Designation is an Unholy Mess

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 18, 2009 - 1:17am
With national park redesignation back in the news, this seems like a good time to remind Traveler readers just how nonsensical National Park System unit nomenclature has become. Why can’t Congress and the National Park Service put their heads together and come up with a designation system that actually makes sense?