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National Natural Landmarks – An NPS Designation For Very Special Places

A Northerly View Of The Yakima River At The Umtanum Ridge Water Gap, Washington State

When is a landscape associated with the National Park Service, yet not a unit within the National Park System? When it’s a National Natural Landmark.

Today’s edition of the National Parks Traveler has published an article of mine about these very special places, designated by the NPS for their outstanding examples of a biological or geologic feature.

To read the article, click on the image above.

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