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National Park creates five new parks, including one honoring first ladies.(Chicago Tribune)
WASHINGTON _ A First Ladies National Historic Site and a Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park are among five new National Park Service units announced Thursday by Denis Galvin, the agency's acting director.
Also created were the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, the U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument in the Caribbean and Governors Island National Monument in New York harbor.
The new sites bring the number of Park Service properties to 384.
Objecting to federal "land grabs," some Western conservative Republicans in Congress have objected to expansion of the park system, arguing that the Park Service should concentrate instead on repairing and rebuilding existing holdings.
Galvin said roads, accommodations and other facilities have deteriorated so much that the system has a backlog of $4.9 billion in unmet repairs. Congress last year voted only $242 million for these repairs, and part of that money was diverted to public works projects outside the park system.
During the campaign, President Bush promised to spend $4.9 billion to complete the repairs and renovations in the next five years.
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