is it time for a new national park designation?

At least 14 national park designation types exist -- the most familiar being national parks and national monuments.

http://www.nps.gov/legacy/nomenclature.html

Perhaps it's time for a new one applying to the Great Lakes.

National treasure? President Bush has used that in an executive order.

http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/collaboration/taskforce/eo.html

What would a national treasure be? Googling the term, the first thing you get is the 2004 movie with Nicholas Cage with a vague resemblance to The Da Vinci Code and a plot involving the Declaration of Independence.

Course, the National Archives debunks the whole thing:

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/treasure/index.html

No plots or conspiracies are needed in the Great Lakes, anyway.

How about Great Lakes International Peace Park? A shared resource among several nations. A peaceful border and meeting ground.

It's worth thinking about.

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[Jack]

UNESCO has its "World Heritage Sites" program; perhaps the US can use "American Heritage Site" for the Lakes. Using such a term might make someone, in government or out, think twice about desecrating them.