Los Angeles beaches could become national parks, NPS seeking input

The National Parks Services (NPS) is seeking nationalist input implicit whether Los Angeles County's iconic coastline should beryllium designated arsenic a nationalist park. 

The "Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study," which was approved by Congress successful 2022, volition analyse a ample swath of the Pacific Coast stretching from Will Rogers State Beach adjacent the Santa Monica Bay to Torrance Beach.

The survey besides includes the San Pedro coastline wrong the metropolis of Los Angeles. It volition measure 4 circumstantial factors: significance, suitability, feasibility and the request for NPS management.

The bureau stated that the study's intent is to "gather accusation astir prime sites on the Los Angeles seashore done probe and nationalist input, and past to study these findings to Congress," Fox Los Angeles reported. 

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A lifeguard operation astatine Will Rogers State Beach, northbound of Santa Monica, California. The National Parks Service is studying whether the coastline from the formation down to San Pedro successful Los Angeles could beryllium designated arsenic a nationalist park. (Getty Images)

The nationalist remark play closes connected April 6, aft which the NPS volition analyse the feedback alongside their interior research. 

The survey volition nutrient a study successful 2027, which volition supply answers connected whether the targeted areas are feasible for either a nationalist parkland oregon an NPS unit. 

"New nationalist parkland units are typically added to the National Park Service (NPS) by an Act of Congress," the NPS website states. "However, earlier Congress decides to make a caller parkland oregon adhd onshore to an existing park, it needs to cognize whether the country meets established criteria for designation arsenic a nationalist parkland unit. This valuation is conducted done a peculiar assets study."

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A distressed seal rests connected enactment astatine Will Rogers State Beach. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, whose territory includes the San Pedro coastline, told Fox News Digital that she volition hold for the study connected the study.

"Los Angeles County’s beaches are among our top shared treasures and nationalist assets, and immoderate speech astir their aboriginal deserves a thoughtful, fact-based approach," Hahn said successful a statement. "I’m looking guardant to seeing the pros and cons that travel retired of this survey and what making our beaches a nationalist parkland could mean for nationalist access, section decision-making, and our work to support our beaches for generations to come."

The NPS manages 433 idiosyncratic units covering much than 85 cardinal acres successful each 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories, according to the NPS website. 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the NPS and the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors for comment, arsenic good arsenic section biology groups.