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A Multibillion-Dollar Pronouncement

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President Trump signed a law that will give $3 billion each year for conservation and national parks, including "Yo, semite."

Even though there is an estimated $20 billion backlog of deferred maintenance on federal lands, this is a welcome infusion of cash for something that doesn't seem very, well, Trumpian.

In case you missed it, the president had a little difficulty with the pronunciation of "Yosemite."

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