"The National Park Service (NPS) updated its standards Friday for oil and natural gas drilling on land it owns, bringing hundreds of wells under the agency’s authority for the first time.

Oil and gas drilling is rare on NPS land and is limited to areas where a private or state landowner controls mineral rights. Drilling only happens in 12 of the 413 national parks.

'We have a fundamental responsibility to conserve park resources and the values for which these parks are created for the enjoyment of future generations,' NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis said in a statement."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill November 4, 2016. [2]