r/news • u/boywithhat • 13h ago
Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona is officially named the newest US national park
https://www.kold.com/2026/10/21/chiricahua-national-monument-officially-named-countrys-newest-national-park/230
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u/Alexispinpgh 10h ago
Dammit! My spouse and I are National Parks completists and we were sure we’d covered all of the Arizona parks in our trip to all the Four Corbers states a few years ago. Now we have to go back.
(In all seriousness, I am always happy for new national parks, especially in the Southwest where land preservation is so vital.)
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u/Lunar_Cats 10h ago
It's a beautiful hike. There's a nice area to have a picnic when you first pull in too. Deer love to hang out there.
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u/mikewheelerfan 10h ago
I don’t think this is actually preserving any new land, since it was already a national monument.
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u/Alexispinpgh 10h ago
True, but I think that national parks garner a certain amount of gravity and splashiness as far as public goodwill that national monuments don’t, so I’d like to think they become that much more solidified as public land in the minds of Americans. It may not make a practical difference but I think long-term it adds a certain cache to keeping them protected.
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u/Gollum_Quotes 6h ago
National monuments have weaker protections than National parks.
For example, Bears Ears National Monument had its size massively reduced by trump with a flick of his wrist. Meanwhile, the proposed land swap at Yosemite will have to go through congress and the courts.
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u/sillyhillsofnz 9h ago
You've been to American Samoa National Park then? How was it?
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u/Alexispinpgh 9h ago
Oh we’re still in the process of visiting all the parks, we only started about 7 years ago and can only take one or two trips a year. We’ve visited 28 parks so far.
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u/rebeccanotbecca 11h ago
I’m honestly shocked that this administration would allow any new NPs.
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u/mikewheelerfan 10h ago
This site was already a national monument, so the administration isn’t losing anything by upgrading it. It’s all just theater. They get to say “look, we made a new national park, we’re so environmentally conscious!” When they didn’t even conserve any new land
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u/WashuOtaku 7h ago
You are mostly right. The main difference is that Congress designates it as a National Park, while the President can proclaim a Monument using the Antiquities Act of 1906.
Typically, it is better when it becomes a National Park because just like how a President makes a monument, they can remove it too.
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u/Eo292 8h ago
This administration is trying to abolish multiple national monuments for the first time in US history. It’s unclear how that will play out (last time Biden rescinded the order before litigation finished), but if successful that would make Parks a significantly stickier designation than Monuments. Not saying we should give them credit for making this a park, but it’s definitely nice.
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u/shelterdoggone 8h ago
A bill to make it a national park was introduced in 2022, so the idea isn't new to this admin.
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u/definitelytheA 10h ago
Federally funded golf course?
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u/boywithhat 8h ago
There are a couple of national parks with golf courses actually.
Josh Mayer did a video of him playing them
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u/bulbusmaximus 8h ago
Just need to bulldoze it flat, paint it american flag blue, and drive a presidential motorcade through it
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u/Friendly_Engineer_ 10h ago
There’s got to be an angle. Maybe a wealthy maga kook in AZ asked for it as a favor.
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u/TrailMomKat 8h ago
Wow it isn't everyday I see my people in the news, let alone spelled and pronounced correctly lol
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u/Ranger_242 12h ago
Must not be any copper, natural gas, uranium, shale oil, or other rare earths in the area.
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u/Fuzzy_Donl0p 11h ago edited 11h ago
john mccain in hell regretting that he couldn’t rape this part of arizona’s natural beauty too
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u/ZonaDesertRat 10h ago
Nice BS take on the issue to show your own bias.
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u/Fuzzy_Donl0p 10h ago
yes, i’m biased against politicians who spent their last dying breaths fighting to violate native sovereignty in order to rape and pillage virgin nature and rural communities for mining companies and their profits.
what is your argument in support of that?
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u/XxChocodotxX 1h ago
Before asking why, ask if. So I ask if what you claim happened. Let’s see some sources first. (and no, “just Google it” is not a source, not anybody’s job to make your argument for you.)
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u/VirginiaLuthier 12h ago
The great chief Cochise was a Chiricahua Apache .Now you can amaze your friends
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u/nowhereman136 8h ago
Damn, the percentage of national parks I've been dtk has been lowered slightly
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u/RobertTx57 10h ago edited 6h ago
Shocked its not called Illustrious God-Like Trump National Park (Edited: WOW! Just saw some videos of the park. Beautiful!!! )
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u/RoadSmash 12h ago
Hell announce new drilling there in less than a year
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u/BigMountainSkiiier 10h ago
Yeah, that’s why he designated it a national park 🤡
If you actually care about preserving public lands, then be happy when positive action is taken and don’t just bitch and moan because you don’t like the person who got it done.
Trump has a spotty record at best but this here is a clear win.
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u/RoadSmash 8h ago
It's a joke bro, didn't bitch and moan about someone criticizing a person who deserves every bit of criticism.
Congress got it done, Trump just didn't veto it. He gets no credit.
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u/Flat-Airport-1949 1h ago
What natural resources are there for trump to sell to his buddies? There has to be some grift.
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u/Loquacious-of-Borg 8h ago
I assume Trump only allowed this because no gold, oil, or rare earths have been identified at this time?
If there was anything that could be mined or drilled within 100 miles I am certain he would be selling off the mineral rights to Russian companies left and right.
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u/you_killed_my_ 11h ago
isn't there like some wars he was supposed to be ending a few hundred days ago?
I guess those are all taken care of
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u/kinetic_honda 11h ago
The guy running the national parks service was supposed to end wars a few hundred days ago? Are you lost?
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u/you_killed_my_ 11h ago
Oh I'm sorry, if you read the article the first few sentences make it sound like a certain someone was to "thank"
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u/kinetic_honda 10h ago
Nope.... It just says Trump signed something. You seem to be reaching. Why not just be happy for a new addition to the national parks roster? Are you saying he shouldn't have signed, or would you have rather not read his name at all in the article? There are browser extensions that you can get to replace all the instances of the word Trump with something else. Maybe do that so you don't stay angry all the time
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u/ApplicationCreepy987 12h ago
Perry sure that should be named Trump Park
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u/MrNewReno 12h ago
Do explain because I can’t wait to hear the logic behind this nonsense
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u/PluginAlong 10h ago
I'm hoping there bwas just a forgotten "/s" but these days you can never be sure.
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u/fedcomic 13h ago
Great park! Terrific hiking and beautiful views.