PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK OFFICIAL 1/10/13 3:30p DMF
EARLIER TODAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SIGNED INTO LAW THE CHANGE IN STATUS FROM PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT TO PINACCLES NATIONAL PARK. HOME TO 49 TYPES OF MAMMALS, 22 REPTILES, 6 AMPHIBIANS, AND BUTTERFLIES, DRAGONFLIES AND BEES, PINACCLES IS NOW MONTEREY COUNTY’S FIRST NATIONAL PARK. THE PARK IS THE COUNTRY’S 59th NATIONAL PARK AND THE FIRST CREATED BY CONGRESS SINCE 2004.
