Arizona's Chiricahua Monument Becomes America's 64th National Park
NPR reports on Chiricahua becoming the 64th US national park and points out that the change comes while the park service is coping with staff reductions and a large maintenance backlog. The story also describes the mountain landscape around the park.
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