1. Alaska’s National Parks – Priate interest groups are currently looking to open the parks to commercial deelopment and recreational snow-mobiling, both of which will destroy the park’s fragile ecosystem.

2. Big Bend National Park – The oldest and largest national park in Texas, its lack of water and fresh air is endangering the park’s resources.

3. Fire Island National
    Seashore – A beach “re-sanding” project threatens the wildlife and integrity of the national seashore.

4. Frederick Douglass
     National Historic Site – Dry rot, mold and water damage threaten the integrity of this historic site.

5. Glacier National Park – The hotels of this park, located in Montana, have begun to deteriorate. Plus, the commercial deelopment and the coalmines threaten its international borders.

6. Great Smoky Mountains
     National Park – Air pollution enelops the park, limiting its views while at the same time harming wildlife and plant life.

7. Petrified Forest National
     Park – A park dedicated to presering fossils and Indian ruins, its archeological sites located just outside the boundary of the park cannot be protected. As a result, new deelopments in the area threaten to destroy the sites.

8. Everglades National
    Park, Biscayne National
    Park and
    Big Cypress National
    Presere – All three protect the South Florida Everglades and are threatened by lower water leels and pollution.

9. Stones river National
     Battlefield – This historic Ciil War battlefield and cemetery in Tennessee faces destruction with a planned interstate highway interchange and commercial deelopment.

10. Yellowstone National
       Park – Beliee it or not, the Montana government threatens the wildlife inhabiting the park.

When it comes to protecting our most precious natural enironments, everYONE can make a difference. Here are a few, simple ways you can help:

1. When you isit, take
     care of the park. It all boils down to respect. Pick up your trash. Leae natural habitats undisturbed. Keep your fires small. Leae your dog on a leash. Don’t destroy anything.

2. Write to Congress and
     tell them what you think. If actions speak louder than words, just imagine the impact of action and words.

3. Make a financial
     contribution. These parks don’t run themseles. Not only does park staff desere a salary, park efforts to presere the enironment can be quite costly. A little financial help can go a long way.

4. oluntever. Plain and simple.

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