Fox News: Visiting a US national park this summer? Once there, don't do this or you'll be fined

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Visiting a US national park this summer? Once there, don't do this or you'll be fined

The National Park Service preserves natural and cultural resources and prohibits visitors from picking wildflowers from its 429 parks nationwide with fines costing up to $250.......                    ...                        ...You can "stop and smell the roses" at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login — but don't expect to add them to water.......Many visitors pass through America's 429 national parks, with some 325.5 million people taking in the beauty last year alone, according to the National Park Service (NPS).......Visitors may admire the wealth of flowers the parks have to offer, but they may not know that plucking one could be considered a federal offense.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Kyle Patterson with Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that picking a wildflower could cost a person up to $250 in fines......."Over four million visitors come to Rocky each year. If everyone picked You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the park, there would not be any flowers left for others to enjoy," said Patterson. ......"This would dramatically change the landscape for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login."......The mission of NPS is to "preserve the natural and cultural resources for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations," according to the agency's website.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Patterson said the wildflowers You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for bees, butterflies, mule deer, marmots and pika.......The National Park Service's Code of Federal Regulations ensures the "preservation of natural, cultural and archaeological resources."......The law stipulates that "possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging or disturbing from its You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login — plants or the parts or products thereof" is prohibited. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ......"Regulations prohibit picking wildflowers so that they may produce seeds for the next wildflower season," according to the NPS.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......NPS was created by an act signed by President Woodrow Wilson on Aug. 25, 1916, according to the NPS......."Another part of our mission is to protect the park in a way that what you see today will look similar to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login you will see in the future," Patterson also told FOX 31.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The best way to remember the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of the parks is to snap a photo.......Plucking flowers and plants from botanical gardens is also prohibited, according to NPS.......Fox News Digital reached out to NPS for comment....

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