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Until 2024, it was the largest dam removal project in history [1] and it is the second largest ecosystem restoration project in the history of the National Park Service, after the Restoration of the Everglades. The controversial project, costing about $351.4 million, [2] has been contested and periodically blocked for decades.
For an area to become a unit of the National Park System, it must possess nationally significant natural, cultural, or recreational resources; be a suitable [a] and feasible [b] addition to the system; and require direct management by the National Park Service (NPS) (rather than protection by the private sector or other governmental agencies).
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
A multi-year National Park Service study on the area completed in October concluded that the “exceptional integrity” of the Great River Road landscape conveys “the feeling of living and ...
The Recreational Demonstration Area program (also known as the Recreation Demonstration Area program) was a National Park Service program during the 1930s and early 1940s that built forty-six public parks in twenty-four states on 397,000 acres (1,606.6 km 2), chiefly near urban areas in the United States. [1]
The NPS has been "stretched thin" since 2010, with a 20% reduction in park service staff in the last 15 years, Brengel said. "This means that people have to do collateral duties," Brengel said.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Landscaping and structures were designed by architects of the National Park Service; construction was done by Civilian Conservation Corps workers. The 132-acre (53 ha) district is within what became the 16,084-acre (6,509 ha) Prince William Forest Park.
A 2023 National Park Service report said parks in southeast Utah that year drew 2.4 million visitors, directly supported 5,122 jobs and had a cumulative economic impact of more than $486 million.