Lake Tahoe Denied National Park

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"We were robbed": Unexpected rejects from the U.S. National Park System

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Not every natural wonder gets to become a national park.

From Lake Tahoe’s radiant blue waters to the fossil-rich canyons of Dinosaur National Monument , there are dozens of breathtaking natural beauties across the country that were denied national park status.

Behind each rejection, there's always a fascinating story of politics, competing financial interests and a constantly changing definition of what “deserves” national protection.

Dinosaur National Monument features 800 paleontology sites and the Carnegie Quarry, which boasts a 150-million-year-old wall full of roughly 1,500 exposed fossilized dinosaur bones.

After multiple attempts, the monument has not been formally rejected as a national park, but progress has been stalled for a long time due to local opposition.

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