450K miles squared
1980
Carter establishes the largest national park, Wrangell–St. Elias along with the second and fourth: Gates of the Arctic and Katmai, all in Alaska.
400
350
2017
300
Trump rolls back protections on around 3,000 square miles, over twice the size of Rhode Island.
250
1960
Eisenhower establishes the largest national wildlife refuge, the 30,135-square-mile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
200
150
100
50
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
450K miles squared
1980
400
Carter establishes the largest national park, Wrangell–St. Elias along with the second and fourth: Gates of the Arctic and Katmai, all in Alaska.
350
2017
Trump rolls back protections on around 3,000 square miles, over twice the size of Rhode Island.
300
250
1960
Eisenhower establishes the largest national wildlife refuge, the 30,135-square-mile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
200
150
100
50
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
450K miles squared
1980
Carter establishes the largest national park, Wrangell–St. Elias along with the second and fourth: Gates of the Arctic and Katmai, all in Alaska.
400
350
2017
Trump
rolls back protections on around 3,000 square miles, over twice the size of Rhode Island.
300
250
1960
200
Eisenhower establishes the largest national wildlife refuge, the 30,135-square-mile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
150
100
50
1900
1940
1980
2020
450K miles squared
1980
400
Carter establishes the largest national park, Wrangell–St. Elias along with the second and fourth: Gates of the Arctic and Katmai, all in Alaska.
350
2017
Trump
rolls back protections on around 3,000 square miles, over twice the size of Rhode Island.
300
250
1960
Eisenhower establishes the largest national wildlife refuge, the 30,135-square-mile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
200
150
100
50
1900
1940
1980
2020