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July 28, 2010

Biden: U.S. parks' upgrade long overdue

By MATT VOLZ
Associated Press Writer

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Hundreds of stimulus-funded projects under way in national parks across the U.S. are long-overdue upgrades to the country's neglected “national jewels,” Vice President Joe Biden said Monday.

Biden began a two-day tour highlighting Recovery Act projects in Yellowstone and Grand Canyon national parks by speaking to about 100 park workers, contractors and their families in the scenic Madison Valley, where the famous Madison River is formed in the shadow of 7,500-foot National Park Mountain.


 
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