Presidential Document2024-08904
National Park Week, 2024
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April 24, 2024
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April 19, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31065-31066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08904]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 24, 2024 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10729 of April 19, 2024
National Park Week, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's natural wonders and historic treasures are
the heart and soul of our Nation. From the high
plateaus and deep ravines of the Grand Canyon to the
hallowed grounds of Gettysburg and the rolling forests
of the Great Smoky Mountains, our national parks unite
and inspire us, connecting us to something bigger than
ourselves. This week, we recommit to protecting and
caring for all 429 parks and encourage Americans
everywhere to enjoy them.
Protecting our national parks preserves their majestic
beauty as well as meaningful pieces of our Nation's
history and future. They contain irreplaceable
ecosystems that help sustain the air we breathe and the
water we drink, and make our Nation more resilient to
the threat of climate change. They give families
priceless memories of sharing the great outdoors and
exploring our past, and create hundreds of thousands of
jobs in recreation. Many of them help preserve sites
and places that are sacred to Tribal Nations, who have
stewarded these lands since time immemorial.
My Administration has pursued the most ambitious land
and water conservation agenda in American history--and
I am on track to conserve more lands and waters than
any other President in history. That work began with
setting our first-ever national conservation goal: to
protect and conserve at least 30 percent of all our
Nation's lands and waters by 2030 by investing in
locally led, voluntary conservation and restoration
efforts through our ``America the Beautiful''
Initiative. I signed an Executive Order protecting
America's forests and harnessing the power of nature to
fight climate change while also launching a new
National Nature Assessment to help evaluate the status
of our lands, waters, and wildlife.
Since I took office, my Administration has conserved
over 41 million acres of our Nation's precious lands
and waters--from safeguarding the Tongass National
Forest in Alaska, the Nation's largest national forest,
to restoring protections for the desert buttes of Bears
Ears National Monument in Utah. I established five new
national monuments, including Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah
Kukveni on the edge of the Grand Canyon, a place that
is sacred to many Tribal Nations, and the Emmett Till
and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which tells
the story of the events surrounding Emmett Till's
murder and their significance in the civil rights
movement. Just last month, I signed an Executive Order
to better recognize and integrate the history of women
and girls into the parks, monuments, and historic sites
that the National Park Service helps protect.
National parks and the complex ecosystems they contain
also help make our Nation more resilient to the
existential threat of climate change. My Administration
has made the biggest investment in conservation and
climate action in history, including $700 million in
our national parks for increased staff and much-needed
maintenance. My Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests
in sustaining our lands and waters with projects to
protect salt marshes, remove invasive species from
sagebrush ecosystems to reduce wildfire risk, and more.
It is helping to build new trails, roads, bridges, and
other transportation for our national parks as well,
making our parks easier to visit.
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It pays for bonuses and training opportunities for over
20,000 wildland firefighters. Meanwhile, we have been
working closely with Tribal Nations to recognize the
value of their Indigenous Knowledge and expand Tribal
co-stewardship of national parks. My recent Budget asks
for over $3 billion for the National Park Service
itself to upgrade park infrastructure, work with Tribal
Nations in stewarding and managing culturally
significant lands, support youth programs that can lead
to good-paying jobs, and more. Through the Outdoor
Recreation Legacy Partnership, the National Park
Service is helping to create and renovate parks and
outdoor spaces in communities that have been without
them for too long.
I encourage everyone to explore America's national
parks--and on April 20, entry will be free. Each time
my family and I have visited one, we have left feeling
inspired by our Nation's natural beauty and humbled by
the responsibility that we all share to make sure that
it endures. This National Park Week, we recommit to the
work of protecting our Nation's natural treasures for
the ages.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 20
through April 28, 2024, as National Park Week. I
encourage all Americans to find their park, recreate
responsibly, and enjoy the benefits that come from
spending time in the natural world.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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