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The 1970s campaign for national park expansion in Alaska
sought to include ecologically sensitive lands, such as wildlife breeding grounds, in all
protected areas. Park expansion was least controversial when the territories proposed for
wilderness status encompassed only monumental topography, such as the Arrigetch Peaks,
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, above, and the Great Gorge of Ruth Glacier,
Denali National Park and Preserve, below.
Courtesy of the National Park Service (top); photograph by Norman Herkenham, courtesy
of the National Park Service (bottom)
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The gentle beauty of Great Outer Beach, Cape Code
National Seashore, Massachusetts, above, contrasts sharply with the boiling,
windswept surf of Point Reyes National Seashore, California, below.
Photograph by M. Woodbridge Williams, courtesy of the National Park Service
(top); courtesy of the National Park Service (bottom)
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National seashores, lakeshores, riverways, and
urban recreation areas, although not often monumental, were consistently advocated
for their ecological treasures. Above is Great Pond, a freshwater remnant of the
Ice Age, in Cape Code National Seashore, Massachusetts. Scenic riverways, such as
the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in Wisconsin and Minnesota, below, offer a
picturesque retreat from urban surroundings.
Photograph by M. Woodbridge Williams, courtesy of the National Park Service (top);
photograph by Richard Frear, courtesy the National Park Service
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