Change of Colorado National Monument to national park concerns some

Fears that the National Park Service would manage a national park differently than it would a national monument aren’t borne out in federal law. Others outside the National Park Service, however, might view parks differently than monuments, though the differences often are a matter of perception, a Sentinel study of issues surrounding the monument proposal suggests. Parks and monuments are treated equally in the legislation that founded the National Park Service, five years after Colorado National Monument itself was established by President Taft in 1911. However, business organizations, a current congressman and a former congressman are urging caution about moving quickly in pursuit of national park status for the monument...more