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Show How National Parks anil National Monuments Differ There are "Q national parks and more than 70 national monuments. Generally speaking, national parks are areas preserved by the federal government because of their outstanding out-standing scenery, while national monuments are either buildings or areas preserved because of their prehistoric, historic, scientific, geologic geo-logic or biologic interest. For example, Carlsbad caverns in New Mexico is classified as a national na-tional park, while Chaco canyon In New Mexico is listed as a national monument of Interest because of prehistoric pre-historic cliff dwellings. Though most of the national parks are in the West and Southwest, there are others oth-ers In all parts of the United States In Alaska and Hawaii. Both national na-tional parks and national monuments are open to the public. During the last 25 years visitors registering at national parks have Increased from about 19S.0OO annually to more than 4,000,000 in 1935. There are in addition ad-dition eight national military parks and 143 national forests with a total area of 103,000 acres. Washington Star. |
