Lassen National Park, left
Crater Lake National Park, right
Mt. Rainier National Park, left
Mt.St. Helens National Monument, right
Olympic National Park, left
Teton National Park, right
Yellowstone National Park, left
show the contrast between forest cover inside the park
and logged over land just outside of the park in the
national forest. You, the taxpayer, own both of these
forests. If national parks are ever going to be expanded,
this should take place right away. Options for expanding
the national park system are dwindling rapidly.