National parks are part of the legacy of the United States.

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation establishing Yellowstone National Park as the first natural habitat that would be preserved for Americans and visitors to enjoy in perpetuity. Since then, land in all 50 states — more than 85 million acres, including Yellowstone — has gained the protection from development that comes with being a national park.

          It is also the legacy of several U.S. presidents to have added particularly large amounts of land to the national parks register. Among the biggest steps for national park conservation over the past two decades were the establishment of Mojave National Preserve in California by President Bill Clinton in 1994, which protected over 1.5 million acres of land, and President Jimmy Carter’s establishment of the 13 million-acre Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska. The creation of the National Park Service by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 was another critical step in maintaining the country’s vast variety of natural habitats so that they could be understood and enjoyed by all.

Considering these and other contributions to the national park system, the website lawnlove.com evaluated each U.S. president since Grant and ranked him based on how much he influenced the development of national parks. The Municipal is sharing these results in honor of Presidents Day.

1. Jimmy Cater
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Calvin Coolidge
5. Ulysses S. Grant
6. William Howard Taft
7. Benjamin Harrison
8. Bill Clinton
9. Lyndon B. Johnson
10.  Herbert Hoover

Source: https://lawnlove.com/blog/presidents-who-preserved-national-parks/.