Protecting national parks

❚ There are now fewer than 1,800 law enforcement rangers watching out for nearly

320 million visitors at the nation’s 419 national park sites.

❚ Full-time National Park Service staff has decreased by more than 3,500, or 16%, since 2011.

❚ Park employees are responsible for more than 85 million acres of land, including parks, battlefields, historic sites, monuments, seashores and scenic trails.