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After President Carter proclaimed 17 Alaska national monuments in December 1978, hostility toward the National Park Service spiked in 1979. Businesses in the area refused services and lodging to task force rangers, vandals caused about $2,000 in damage to an NPS plane, and another Park Service plane was burned, actions that even prompted local opponents to take down "rangers keep out" signs.

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