Yosemite National Park is expanding:
Yosemite National Park in California is to gain a 400-acre addition, its largest expansion in nearly 70 years. Ackerson Meadow features wetlands and rolling hills that are home to endangered wildlife, park officials quoted by AP news agency said. The land, on Yosemite's western boundary, was bought for the park by conservation group the Trust for Public Land for $2.3m (£1.7m).
Yosemite National Park covers about 1,200 sq miles of mountainous scenery. It attracts millions of visitors every year and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2015. The new addition, which was traditionally used for logging and grazing cattle, will be preserved as habitat for wildlife including the endangered great grey owl, the largest owl in North America, the officials said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @03:22PM
Here's what Wikipedia gives:
Lake District: 2,362 km² or 912 mi²
Yosemite: 3,027 km² or 1,169 mi²
I'm surprised as well after looking at the park on Google Maps. Maybe we were thinking Yellowstone at 8,983 km²/3,468 mi².
In comparison, California is 423,970 km²/163,696 mi² while Great Britain (the big island) is 209,331 km²/80,823 mi².