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National Park Service: Activities Within Park Borders Have Caused Damage to Resources

RCED-96-202 Published: Aug 23, 1996. Publicly Released: Aug 23, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed internal threats to the national parks' resources, focusing on the: (1) National Park Service's (NPS) information on the number and types of internal threats; (2) damage these threats have caused; (3) change in the severity of these threats over the past decade; and (4) NPS actions to mitigate these threats.

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