when did dry tortugas become a national park
Dry Tortugas National Park Comprising 47,125 acres (19,071Â ha), Fort Jefferson National Monument was designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the Antiquities Act on January 4, 1935. The monument was expanded in 1983 and redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park on October 26, 1992, by an act of Congress.[15][16] Dry Tortugas is managed by the staff of Everglades National Park.[17] The park was established to protect the island and marine ecosystems of the Dry Tortugas, to preserve Fort Jefferson and submerged cultural resources such as shipwrecks, and to allow for public access in a regulated manner.[12]
Nanda Devi National Park The National Park was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.[1] The latter was expanded and renamed to Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks in 2005.