...(It)...leaves the federal government without a functioning body to designate national historic or natural landmarks...
I guess there won’t be any more gay bar National Monuments nominations for a while.
iow no lobbyists or special interests that want to preclude the use of public. land or resources.
So national parks have been around since 1872. How much land has the US added to it’s total area since then? Puerto Rico, Midway Island, Guam, Wake Island. Some small territories in the Pacific since WW2. Less than 1% of our total landmass added since 1872. How many new parks do we need? None.