Indiana Dunes National Park. Credit: National Park Service, M. Woodbridge William

There is a new trend taking place in the National Park Service of renaming some protected areas that are designated as a "Monument" to the more prestigious title of "National Park."

This may seem like a minor case of semantics.

But the economic implications are major.

Two parks have recently received the "national park" designation.

That would be Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore which was changed to Indiana Dunes National Park and became our 61st national park.

The other is Gateway Arch National Park, where the famous arch in St. Louis was renamed from Jefferson