Article: SECRETARY KEMPTHORNE WELCOMES WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE'S DECISION TO REMOVE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK FROM LIST OF ENDANGERED SITES

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following press release:

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne welcomed the unanimous decision made yesterday by the World Heritage Committee at a meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, to remove Everglades National Park from the World Heritage in Danger List in recognition of the progress the United States has made in addressing key issues that led to the listing of the park in 1993.

The United Nations Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee "commended the United States of America for its investment of scientific and financial resources to rehabilitate" Everglades National Park.

"I am gratified ...

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