The National Park Service took a wait-and-see approach Wednesday as Republican lawmakers on a House Natural Resources subcommittee called for the creation of the first national park in Wisconsin.
A bill proposed by Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.), the chair of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands, would redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in his state as the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve.
At a hearing of the subcommittee, Tiffany described the lakeshore as “an unrivaled destination that is more than worthy of being elevated to a crown jewel of the national park system.”
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“There’s truly no place in America like the Apostle Islands,” he said.
