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Article: Park Service: Use alternative plan for Fort Monroe.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2008
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By Kate Wiltrout
The Virginian-Pilot
NORFOLK
The federal park service falls $800 million short of the money it needs to operate 391 parks, monuments and recreational areas each year, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
Sites across the United States are feeling the pinch, the association said. At Everglades National Park in Florida, 25 scientist positions are unfilled. At the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service has trouble keeping restrooms clean. And at Alaska's Denali National Park, a 22-person road crew has been whittled to a single employee.
So why do local history buffs want to see Fort Monroe ...