National Parks and Conservation Association: List of What Congress Included in Omnibus Park Bill

NPS-related Highlights of H.R. 146
NPCA Advocated For These Enhancements:

* Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park — (KY) redesignation from National Historic Site to National Historical Park.
* Competitive Status for Federal Employees in the State of Alaska — (AK) brings locals into the competitive service when they are first hired, allowing them to share their local knowledge and skills and begin a life-long career with the National Park Service.
* Concessions Management Advisory Board — reauthorizes concessions board.
* Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wilderness — (CA) designates the Amargosa River as Wild and Scenic, providing much-needed protection to water resources at Death Valley NP.
* Fort Davis National Historic Site — (TX) expands boundary for the purpose of protecting the park's historic 19th century viewshed in perpetuity.
* Green McAdoo School study — (TN) studies the possible addition of the Green McAdoo School in Clinton, TN to the NPS. In 1956, 12 students from Green McAdoo became the first African-Americans to integrate a state-operated school (1 year before Little Rock High School).
* Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail — (Pacific Northwest) authorizes the creation of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail in the Pacific Northwest — the first national geologic trail in the NPS.
* Funding for Keweenaw National Historical Park — (MI) improves the National Park Service's ability at Keweenaw NHP to fully tell the inspiring story of the copper miners in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, who helped shape the Industrial Revolution.
* Little River Canyon National Preserve boundary expansion — (AL) adjusts boundary of Little River Canyon NP to preserve scenic views of the canyon and alleviate threats of adjacent development.
* Martin Van Buren National Historic Site — (NY) boundary expansion of 261 acres.
* Minute Man National Historical Park — (MA) expands Minute Man NHP to protect the historically-significant farm of Colonel James Barrett, commander of the Middlesex Militia.
* Paleontological Resources Preservation — toughens penalties on the illegal collection of fossils on federal lands, including national parks such as Badlands in South Dakota and Petrified Forest in Arizona.
* Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park — (TX) boundary expansion and renaming of Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site to Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park.
* Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park — (NJ) establishes Paterson Great Falls NHP as a unit of the NPS, to preserve and interpret historical, cultural and natural resources associated with the Historic District.
* Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wilderness — (MI) designates more than 11,000 acres of wilderness in Pictured Rocks NL.
* River Raisin National Battlefield Park — (MI) — designation of River Raisin National Battlefield Park, honoring the fallen soldiers of one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812.
* Riverside County Wilderness — (CA) includes designation of @ 70,000 acres of additional wilderness in Joshua Tree NP.
* Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness — (CO) designates @ 250,000 acres of Rocky Mountain NP as wilderness.
* Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness — (CA) includes designation of more than 84,000 acres of wilderness in Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP.
* Trail of Tears National Historic Trail — (multi state) additions to the Trail of Tears NHT, which traces the route of the Cherokee Nation when they were forced to relocate to Oklahoma.
* Walnut Canyon Study — (AZ) study of adding potential lands to the Walnut Canyon National Monument.
* Washington County Wilderness — (UT) designates nearly 125,000 acres of Zion NP as wilderness and designates 165 miles of the Virgin River as Wild and Scenic.
* Women's Rights National Historical Park — (NY) establishes a commemorative trail that will link together many significant sites across New York State that tell the stories of the women's rights movement.

Other Parks In the Bill:

* Battle of Camden — (SC) study potential for adding Battle of Camden site to the NPS.
* Battle of Matewan special resource study — (WV) study potential for adding the Battle of Matewan site to the NPS.
* Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area — (MA) pertaining to cooperative agreements between Boston Harbor Islands NRA and eligible entities.
* Butterfield Overland Trail — (multi state: MO, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA) study potential for addition of Butterfield Overland Trail to the National Trail System.
* Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission — reestablishes advisory commission.
* Cold War sites theme study — to conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources that are significant to the Cold War.
* Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park — (OH) additions of historic sites to Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP and establishment of cooperative agreements.
* Estate Grange — (Virgin Islands) study potential for including Estate Grange, Alexander Hamilton's boyhood home on the island of St. Croix as a unit of the NPS.
* Everglades National Park — (FL) inclusion of Tarpon Basin Property.
* Fort San Geronimo — (Puerto Rico) study potential for including Fort San Geronimo as part of San Juan National Historic Site.
* Harriet Beecher Stowe House — (ME) study potential for including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House as a unit of the NPS.
* Harry S. Truman Birthplace — (MO) study potential of either adding the Harry S. Truman Birthplace to the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, or designating birthplace as a separate unit of the NPS.
* Hopewell Culture National Historical Park boundary expansion — (OH) boundary expansion.
* Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve boundary expansion — (LA) land acquisition for the Baratavia Marsh Unit of Jean Lafitte NHP & P.
* Kalaupapa National Historical Park — (HI) establishment of memorial at Kalaupapa NHP to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 — 1969.
* New River Gorge National River — (WV) ensures that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River.
* Shepherdstown battlefield — (WV) study potential for adding the Shepherdstown battlefield to either Harpers Ferry NHP or Antietam National Battlefield.
* Snake River Headwaters Legacy Act — (WY) designates the rivers and streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System (which runs through Grand Teton NP) as Wild and Scenic.
* St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission — establishes commission to plan, develop and carry out activities appropriate for the commemoration of St. Augustine's 450th anniversary.
* Thomas Edison National Historical Park — (NJ) land acquisition and renaming of Thomas Edison National Historic Site to Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
* Tule Lake Segregation Center — (CA) study potential for inclusion of Tule Lake Segregation Center as site in the NPS.
* Weir Farm National Historic Site — (CT) land acquisition for purposes of locating visitor and administrative facilities.
* William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historical Site — (AR) designation of the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Site as a National Historic Site and unit of the NPS.