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List of proposed national parks of the United States

National parks in the United States are created by United States Congress legislation as per the National Park Service Organic Act.[1] However, most parks are first proposed by members of the public, states, local entities, tribal nations, members of Congress, or even the National Park Service itself.[2]

Criteria for national parks

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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).[2]

A proposed area is considered nationally significant if it meets all four of the following standards:[2]

  1. It is an outstanding example of a particular type of resource.
  2. It possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes of the heritage of the United States.
  3. It offers superlative opportunities for recreation for public use and enjoyment, or for scientific study.
  4. It retains a high degree of integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of the resource.

Members of the United States Congress can authorize the NPS to conduct a special resource study[3] to gather information surrounding potential inclusions into the National Park System. Each special resource study will examine each of the above four criteria individually. However, units of the System are ultimately created by legislation. Proposed parks which have seen legislation put forth in Congress are shaded in green below. Other proposals, including those by the public in the form of documents or editorials in local media, are also included below.

Proposed U.S. national parks

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Proposed Name & Area Photo Location Year Notes External information
Ancient Forest National Park   California, Oregon 2009 Inclusion of wilderness and roadless areas of various national forests along coastal California-Oregon border, including Six Rivers National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, and Trinity National Forest, as a cohesive national park unit.[4] Nativetreesociety.org
Take A Closer Look At Proposed Ancient Forest National Park, National Parks Traveler
Atchafalaya National Park   Louisiana 2014 Local Sierra Club chapter proposal for inclusion of Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, the Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area, and the greater basin as a national park.[5] Group: Create big Atchafalaya national park
Sierra Club pushes for national park status
Bandelier National Park & Preserve   New Mexico 2019 Proposal by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich to redesignate Bandelier National Monument as a National Park & Preserve.[6] Heinrich Announces Plan to Establish Bandelier National Park and Preserve
Buffalo River National Park & Preserve   Arkansas 2023 Runway group proposal for redesignation of the Buffalo National River as a National Park & Preserve.[7] A National Park would preserve the Buffalo River way of life. - Coalition for the Future of the Buffalo River National Park & Preserve
Arkansas group floats idea of Buffalo National River into national park preserve - Arkansas Advocate
Chiricahua National Park   Arizona 2022 Nearby town of Wilcox, AZ has been pushing for redesignation of Chiricahua National Monument as a national park. Introduced in U.S. Senate by Mark Kelly and U.S. House of Representatives by Juan Ciscomani.[8][9] Will this hidden gem become a tourist attraction? How park status could affect Chiricahuas
Colorado Canyons National Park   Colorado 1906, 2012 John Otto lobbied for the creation of a national park, convincing locals in Grand Junction of the cause. Bills were introduced in Congress, but William Howard Taft ultimately declared Colorado National Monument.[10]

Several locals in Grand Junction, Colorado began promoting the idea of elevating the status of the monument to a national park in the early 2010s.[11]

Disputing Whether a Treasure Needs a Name Upgrade, The New York Times, 2012
Talk of monument getting park designation, TheDailySentinel, 2017
Craters of the Moon National Park and Preserve   Idaho 2015 Butte County commissioner Rose Bernal and a group of other locals campaigned for National Park designation of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The Idaho State Senate passed a referendum in support of the idea in 2015.[12] Should this national monument become a national park? - HighCountryNews
Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve   New Jersey, Pennsylvania 2021 Retired Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area superintendent John Donahue put forward a proposal for redesignating the park. Supported by local Sierra Club chapters.[13][14] Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve Alliance
Alliance Proposal
Delaware Water Gap could become the first national park in Pennsylvania, New Jersey - USAToday, 2021
Driftless Area National Parks   Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin 1909, 2006, 2023 The Driftless area has been the focus of several proposals for a national park. In 1909, State Representative George Schulte proposed a national park at the confluence of the Wisconsin River and Mississippi River near McGregor, Iowa to the Iowa general assembly.[15] Later versions of this proposal stretched from St. Paul, Minnesota to Dubuque, Iowa through what is now the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. In 1931, after studying the potential park, Roger W. Toll recommended only preserving local Native American mounds as a small monument in what would become Effigy Mounds National Monument.[16]

In 2006, Bryan Stanley wrote a book "The Becoming of Driftless Rivers National Park" advocating for converting Crawford County, Wisconsin into a national park.[17]

In 2023, a local meteorologist proposed converting the Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, State Park, and nearby public lands into a Driftless National Park & Preserve, potentially stretching down the Mississippi river to Perrot State Park.[18]

The Movement to Create a National Park in Iowa
driftlessrivers.org
La Crosse Tribune
Driftless National Park & Preserve Initiative
With a proposal to turn the Driftless into a national park shelved, what happens next? - The Gazette
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve   Utah 1940, 2017 The National Park Service considered deginating a national park unit in the 1930s and early 1940s.[19]

In 2017, US Representative Chris Stewart introduced legislation designating a national park out of the Escalante Canyons unit of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, legislation which he re-introduced in 2020.[20]

Rep. Stewart once again proposes new national park in Utah, FOX13Now, 2020
Great Rivers National Park   Illinois, Missouri 2023 Local group AltonWorks introduces proposal for a national park spanning much of the confluence of the Mississippi River and Missouri River near Alton, Illinois, including various public lands such as much of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Pere Marquette State Park.[21] Plan for proposed Great Rivers National Park debuts, TheTelegraph
Great Salt Lake National Park   Utah 2023 Paul Alan Cox proposed a national park to protect the Great Salt Lake, which is increasingly under threat from water scarcity.[22] Opinion: Making the Great Salt Lake into a national park, DesertNews, 2023
Hells Canyon National Park   Idaho, Oregon 1940, 1990 Amid talks of the Forest Service joining the Department of the Interior in 1940, there was a growing push for a Hells Canyon National Park.[23]

In 1990, a group of locals pushed for a Hells Canyon National Park & Preserve.[24]

Hells Canyon: Should it be a park? - High Country News, 1990
3 national parks in Oregon that never happened - OregonLive, 2016
High Allegheny National Park and Preserve   West Virginia 2011 In October 2011, the NPS announced[25] a Reconnaissance Survey of a National Park composed of portions of Monongahela National Forest at the request of US Senator Joe Manchin. Manchin withdrew his request in 2012.[26] Are You Ready for High Allegheny National Park? - Woodshed, 2011
Hooker Hammock National Park   Florida 1930 In the face of plans to convert the area to farmland, Mayor C. S. Donaldson and locals proposed a national park out of what is now Highlands Hammock State Park.[27] Correspondence of proposed Hooker Hammock National Park, npshistory.com
Katahdin/Maine Woods National Park   Maine 1920, 1937, 1991, 2011 In 1920, eventual Governor Percival P. Baxter participated in an expedition to the top of Mount Katahdin to investigate its potential as a national park. Later in life, he would personally buy tracks of land and established Baxter State Park.[28]

U.S. Representative Owen Brewster introduced legislation for a Mt. Katahdin National Park in 1937.[29]

In 1991, New England-based conservation group RESTORE:The North Woods proposed a 3.2 million acre Maine Woods National Park surrounding Baxter State Park.[30]

Roxanne Quimby, after speaking with RESTORE, began purachasing land around Baxter State Park, and revealed her plan for a Maine North Woods National Park in 2011. On August 24, 2016, President Barack Obama proclaimed 87,563 acres (137 sq mi) of her donated land as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.[31]

Maine Woods National Park Photo-Documentation Project
RESTORE:The North Woods
A Maine Woods National Park?
Kaua'i National Park   Hawaii 1965 The National Park Service proposed a park connecting areas of public land, including Nā Pali Coast State Park, Waimea Canyon State Park, Haʻena State Park, and Kōkeʻe State Park.[32] Kauai National Park - A Proposal, NPS 1965
Lake Tahoe National Park   California, Nevada 1897, 1917 John Muir, saddened by logging in the Lake Tahoe area, began campaigning for a national park in 1897. The proposal collapsed in Congress over concerns of federal control.[33] Why Lake Tahoe Never Became a National Park, Moonshineink, 2016
Mattole-Humboldt National Park   California 1936 The National Park Service investigated the potential of a national park or national seashore recreation area on California's Lost Coast.[34] Part of the area is now protected by the Bureau of Land Management in the King Range National Conservation Area. Study of a National Seashore Recreation Area
Mobile-Tensaw Delta National Park   Alabama 2013 Biologist E. O. Wilson proposed a large national park encompassing most of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta to protect high levels of biodiversity in the region. In 2017, the National Park Service highlighted interest in the region in a report.[35] Protecting Biodiversity Through National Park System Expansion, National Parks Traveler
Push for a new national park in Alabama is an upstream battle, PBSNewsHour, 2016
Moraine National Park   Wisconsin 1958 Ray Zillmer proposed a narrow 500-mile national park along the terminus moraine through Wisconsin. The National Park Service took interest in the idea, but instead proposed more concise park, with great interest for potential park units in Kettle Moraine State Forest and the Baraboo Range. U.S. Representative Henry S. Reuss introduced legislation for the park in 1958. After Zillmer's death in 1960, Reuss continued the idea into what is today the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.[36] Correspondence of Moraine Nation Park, npshistory.com
Mount Hood National Park   Oregon 1940, 2003 Amid talks of the Forest Service joining the Department of the Interior in 1940, there was a growing push for a Mount Hood National Park.[37]

Tom Kloster has run a campaign for creating a Mount Hood National Park & Preserve that would link together the Mount Hood National Forest and the Oregon side of Columbia River Gorge.[38]

3 national parks in Oregon that never happened - OregonLive, 2016
Mount Hood National Park Campaign
Mount Shasta National Park   California 1888, 1912 John Muir first proposed a Mount Shasta National Park in 1888, saying ""The Shasta region may be reserved as a national park, with special reference to the preservation of its fine forests and game. This should by all means be done".

The idea again picked up steam, with John E. Raker introducing legislation in 1912. The bill made it out of committee with approval, but Congress ended before a vote.[39]

The Mount Shasta National Park Movement: Its Origin and Development
Mount St. Helens National Park   Washington 2007 Forest Service cuts in 2007 led to the closing of two visitor centers at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, sparking a campaign to transfer the monument into the NPS as a National Park.[40] An area unlike any in the world: Make Mount St. Helens a national park - TheSeattleTimes
Ocmulgee Mounds National Park & Preserve   Georgia 2017 Campaign for designating the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and surrounding lands including the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, as a national park & preserve along the Ocmulgee River south of Macon, Georgia.[41] U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock introduced legislation for the creation of the park in 2024.[42] Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative
4 lawmakers introduce legislation to make Ocmulgee Mounds state's first National Park and Preserve
An Economic Analysis of the Proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve - NPCA
Oregon Coast National Park   Oregon 1938 Effort by locals for designation of land between Gold Beach, Oregon and Brookings, Oregon to be designated as a National Park. U.S. Senator Charles McNary introduced a bill in congress.[19][43] In search of the lost Oregon Coast National Park, TheOregonian, 2017
Ouachita National Park   Arkansas 1929 Effort by U.S. Senator Joseph T. Robinson and U.S. Representative Otis Wingo for a National Park near what is now the Caney Creek Wilderness in Ouachita National Forest. Ended with a pocket veto by President Calvin Coolidge.[44] TOM DILLARD: Arkansas once envisioned as home for Ouachita National Park - ArkansasDemocratGazette, 2020
Palo Duro Canyon National Park   Texas 1906 The Canyon City Commercial Club passed a resolution in favor of a National Park for the Palo Duro Canyon in 1906. U.S. Representative John H. Stephens introduced multiple acts establishing the park between 1908 and 1915.[45] Texas State Historical Association, 1976
Ricketts Glen National Park   Pennsylvania 1930s The area of what is now Ricketts Glen State Park was approved to be a national park, with the Civilian Conservation Corps establishing a camp in the area. World War II put an end to these plans.[46] History of Ricketts Glen State Park
Rota National Park   Northern Mariana Islands 2009 Rota Senator Diego Songao proposed a national park to U.S. Delegate Gregorio Sablan, who then lobbied for a special resource study of the idea. In 2023, the NPS found that the area meets many qualities of a national park, but that NPS management is not directly needed.[47] SaipanTribune, 2013
Sawtooth National Park   Idaho 1960 U.S. Senator Frank Church proposed a national park for the Sawtooth Range. After introducing legislation for either a park or National Recreation Area, and after pushback for locals, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area was established in 1972.[48] Why there's no national park in the Sawtooths — and why that matters Boise State Public Radio News, 2022
Shawnee National Park & Climate Preserve   Illinois 2021 Local group pushing for transferring the Shawnee National Forest to the National Park Service, citing logging and the need for preserving eastern forest environments.[49] The city of Carbondale, Illinois passed a resolution in 2022 in support of the proposal.[50] Shawnee National Park? -IllinoisTimes, 2023
Shawnee Forest Defense
Sierra Madre National Park   California 1916 U.S. Representative Charles Hiram Randall introduced legislation to create a national park out of the San Gabriel Mountains. Despite broad local support, Stephen Mather dismissed the idea.[51] The Lost Plan to Create a National Park in L.A.'s Backyard, 2021
Silver Falls National Park   Oregon 1902, 2008 In 1902, June D Drake began to campaign for park status of Silver Falls State Park. In 1926, however, an inspector for the National Park Service rejected the area for park status because of a proliferation of unattractive stumps after years of logging.[52]

In 2008, Fred Girod of the Oregon House of Representatives sought federal designation of the area as a national park via a house joint memorial to the United States Congress, but the bill died in committee.[53]

Silver Falls State Park and the Early Environmental Movement, Oregon Historical Society, 2011
Sonoran Desert National Park   Arizona 1966, 1998 Stewart Udall, then as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and as a former Arizona U.S. Representative, proposed a sprawling Sonoran Desert National Park in 1966. The proposal included the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.[54][55]

In 1998, a group of citizens resurrected the proposal.[56]

Sonoran Desert National Park, Arizona: A Proposal - NPS
Sonoran Desert National Park, National Border, National Park: A History of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
The Attempt to Create the Sonora Desert National Park, DesertUSA, 2000
Tensas Swamp National Park   Louisiana 1938 The Audubon Society persuaded U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender to establish a National Park in Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, the last remaining possible refuge of the now thought-to-be extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker[57][19] The Resurrection of the Lord God Bird, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 2015

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ According to the National Park Service, suitability means that "[the] area must represent a natural or cultural theme or type of recreational resource that is not already adequately represented in the National Park System or is not comparably represented and protected for public enjoyment by another land-managing entity."
  2. ^ According to the National Park Service, feasibility means that "[the] area's natural systems and/or historic settings must be of sufficient size and appropriate configuration to ensure long-term protection of the resources and to accommodate public use. It must have potential for efficient administration at a reasonable cost." Important feasibility factors include "landownership, acquisition costs, life cycle maintenance costs, access, threats to the resource, and staff or development requirements."

References

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  1. ^ An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes. Pub. L. 64–235, H.R. 15522, 39 Stat. 535, enacted August 25, 1916. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1725/pdf/COMPS-1725.pdf
  2. ^ a b c "Criteria for New National Parks" (PDF). National Park Service History Electronic Library & Archive. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Special Studies". parkplanning.nps.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "Take A Closer Look At Proposed Ancient Forest National Park". SaipanTribune. June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  5. ^ De La Rosa, Katie (July 27, 2014). "Group: Create big Atchafalaya national park". NewsStar.
  6. ^ "Heinrich bill would make Bandelier a national park - Albuquerque Journal".
  7. ^ Kreth, Ellen (October 16, 2023). "Arkansas group floats idea of Buffalo National River into national park preserve". ArkansasAdvocate.
  8. ^ US Congress (July 19, 2023). "Senate Bill 736, 118th Congress". Congress.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  9. ^ US Congress, Library of Congress (March 22, 2023). "All Information (Except Text) for H.R.1479 - Chiricahua National Park Act". Congress.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Museum of Western Colorado. Grand Valley History, History Timeline. "History Timeline". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.. Accessed 8-03-09
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  21. ^ Suttles, Dylan (November 28, 2023). "Plan for proposed Great Rivers National Park debuts". TheTelegraph. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  22. ^ Cox, Paul Alan (May 18, 2023). "Opinion: Making the Great Salt Lake into a national park". DesertNews. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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  24. ^ Mccarthy, John (July 30, 1990). "Hells Canyon: Should it be a park?". High Country News. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  25. ^ "National Park Service Announces Reconnaissance Survey of the Allegheny Highlands" [Press Release], 27 October 2011.
  26. ^ Burnett, Jim (2012), "Are Prospects for a New National Park or Preserve in West Virginia Dead?", @NationalParksTraveler.com (27 March).
  27. ^ "History of Highlands Hammock". Florida State Parks. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  28. ^ Whitcomb, Howard R. (2008). Governor Baxter's Magnificent Obsession: A Documentary history of Baxter State Park 1931–2006. Bangor, Maine: Friends of Baxter State Park. ISBN 978-1-887940-15-3. OCLC 253652001.
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  41. ^ "An Economic Analysis of the Proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve - NPCA, 2017".
  42. ^ "Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act" (PDF).
  43. ^ Hale, Jamie (February 7, 2017). "In search of the lost Oregon Coast National Park". TheOregonian. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  44. ^ Osro Cobb, Osro Cobb of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas: Rose Publishing Company, 1989), pp. 41–44
  45. ^ Anderson, H. Allen (1976). "Palo Duro Canyon State Scenic Park". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  46. ^ "History of Ricketts Glen State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  47. ^ De La Torre, Fedrie (October 10, 2023). "NPS 2023 study says Rota sites don't meet criteria for new national park designation". SaipanTribune. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  48. ^ Cohen, Rachel (August 16, 2022). "Why there's no national park in the Sawtooths — and why that matters". Boise State Public Radio News. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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