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Secretary Gale Norton Announces National Park Status for Great Sand Dunes
National Monument
Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton traveled to southern Colorado on
Monday, Sept. 13, 2004, to re-designate Great Sand Dunes National Monument to
Great Sand Dunes National Park. Members of the Colorado Congressional delegation
joined Norton.
Under the Great Sand Dunes National Park Act of 2000, Secretary Norton has
the authority to change Great Sand Dunes from a national monument to a national
park. That law authorized the Secretary to establish Great Sand Dunes National
Park when she determined that "sufficient land having a sufficient diversity of
resources" had been acquired by the federal government.
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