Private Donations Enrich National Parks for 2016 Centennial: "WASHINGTON, DC, May 1, 2008 (ENS) - A new way of funding improvements has been introduced into the cash-starved National Park System. The private sector is now permitted to match federal funding of up to $100 million a year on specific projects benefiting the national parks between now and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has announced the first national park improvement projects and programs that will get underway this spring funded by a total of $51.6 million in public and private contributions."
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