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Crews repair a wall in the Grand Canyon National Park in this 2012 file photo. A new National Park Service report says the nation’s parks had $11.9 billion in deferred maintenance last year, including a $371 million backlog at the Grand Canyon. Photo/Kristen M. Caldon/NPS

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National Parks need $11.9 billion in maintenance, $580 million in Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park had $371.6 million in deferred maintenance last year

WASHINGTON - Arizona parks and monuments had more than $580 million in deferred maintenance at the end of fiscal 2015, part of a national backlog totaling $11.9 billion, according to a new National Park Service report.

By By Jessica Swarner February 16, 2016