America's national parks are at a crossroads. Here's how Congress can protect them

National parks generated $55 billion in local spending last year, but the Legacy Restoration Fund needs reauthorization to maintain critical infrastructure projects.

Republican Steve Daines represents Montana in the United States Senate. Before being elected to Congress, Daines worked for 28 years in the private sector. 

For decades, park needs went underfunded. That began to change in 2020, when Congress passed with a broad bipartisan majority and President Trump signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, the largest investment in our parks in more than 50 years. The results speak for themselves.