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National park funding
United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has received a commitment from the Department of the Interior that the Restore our Parks Act – legislation that would cut in half the maintenance backlog at our national parks and help restore our 418 national parks so Americans can enjoy them – is supported by the Trump Administration. "The Restore Our Parks Act would be the biggest help to the National Park Service in 50 years – it would cut in half the maintenance backlog at our national parks and help restore our 418 national parks so Americans can enjoy them. This is especially important to Tennessee, because our state is home to one of America’s greatest treasures – the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the country and welcomed a record-setting 11.4 million visitors in 2018,” Alexander said. “The legislation is supported by a bipartisan group of senators and representatives, the Trump Administration and more than 100 conservation groups,” adds Alexander As the summer vacation and travel seasons opens, the Department says visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2018 resulted in a $40.1 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 329,000 jobs. According to the annual National Park Service report, more than 318 million visitors spent $20.2 billion in communities within 60 miles of a park in the National Park System. Of the jobs supported by visitor spending, more than 268,000 jobs exist in the park gateway communities.
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