On December 12, Congress passed the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act as part of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). On December 19, President Obama signed the NDAA into law. Here is a roundup of media coverage of the new park.
News articles that mention/quote the Atomic Heritage Foundation
- Coming Soon: National Park Sites Dedicated to The Manhattan Project – Paleofuture blog, Gizmodo
- Congress Passes Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act – The Chattanoogan
- Congress votes to turn Manhattan Project sites into a national park – The Verge
- Fusing the Manhattan Project into a national park – ScienceLine
- Historic “Parks Package” Passes Congress – National Parks Conservation Association
- Manhattan Project memorialized – Albuquerque Journal
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park includes Hanford, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge – The Oregonian
- National Park Would Memoralize Manhattan Project – NPR
- Preserving Manhattan Project Sites – The New York Times
- Senate passes Manhattan Project park bill that includes Oak Ridge – Oak Ridge Today
News articles that discuss the new Manhattan Project Park
- Alpine Lakes legislation signed into law – Daily Record
- Alpine Lakes, Manhattan Project National Park pass U.S. Senate – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Atomic research site could become new national park – CNN
- Big Win: Manhattan Project National Historical Park Established! – National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Bill puts Valles Caldera under National Park System – Albuquerque Journal (written by former Senator Jeff Bingaman)
- Congress Approves Nuclear History Park At Hanford – NW News Network
- Congress clears way for New Mexico land measures – The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
- Congress expands Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Seattle – The Seattle Times
- Could ‘Manhattan Project Tourism’ Be On Its Way? – Travel Pulse
- Editorial: Manhattan Project park to preserve Oak Ridge legacy – Knoxville News Sentinel
- Manhattan Project National Park Bill Passed by Congress – KVEW TV
- Manhattan Project park bill passes – Associated Press
- Manhattan Project park included in Alpine Lakes expansion passes – Associated Press
- Manhattan Project Test Sites Will Soon Become National Parks – Popular Mechanics
- National defense bill includes Manhattan Project Park but not Tinian – Marianas Variety
- National parks get boost from defense bill – CNN
- NDAA includes bills to hand Valles Caldera management over to National Park Service, establish Manhattan Project National Park – KOB 4
- New national park highlights Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb – Los Angeles Times
- New Manhattan Project park part of defense bill – USA Today
- New national park should include ISU’s role in A-bomb – Des Moines Register
- Obama OK’s Manhattan bill – Oak Ridger
- Plutonium and a national park: Marking birth of the atomic bomb – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Sites where atomic bomb was secretly developed before 1945 attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to become national parks – Daily Mail
- Udall, Heinrich Announce Momentous Gains For New Mexico With Passage Of Public Lands Package – KRWG
- 2014 was time of big changes at government’s Oak Ridge operations – Knoxville News Sentinel
- 5 Important Places That Were Saved This Year – Gizmodo
Press Releases on Congress Passing the Manhattan Project Park Act
- Alexander: Defense Authorization Critical to National Security – Senator Lamar Alexander
- Congress Passes Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act – Atomic Heritage Foundation
- House Passes Legislation to Preserve Oak Ridge Manhattan Project Sites as National Historical Park – Senator Lamar Alexander
- House Votes To Designate Oak Ridge Manhattan Project Site As National Historical Park – Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Department of Energy
- Obama Signs Bills to Extend State Sales Tax Deduction, Preserve Hanford B Reactor – Maria Cantwell
- Senate Passes Cantwell Legislation to Preserve Hanford’s B Reactor – Senator Maria Cantwell
- Udall, Heinrich Announce Momentous Gains For New Mexico With Passage Of Public Lands Package – Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich
- U.S. Congress Helps Secure Future of Two National Historic Sites with Passage of National Defense Authorization Act – National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington State Priorities Head to President’s Desk as Part of NDAA Agreement – House Committee on Natural Resources