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Photographed after unveiling a new sign at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center on Wednesday are U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in front; and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., back left, state Sen. Jack David Woodrum, 10th District; Lizzie Watts, superintendent of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve; and state Del. Austin Haynes. In December 2020, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act â legislation that redesignated the New River Gorge National River as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve â was included and passed in a year-end legislative package. The redesignation made the site the 63rd National Park and the 20th National Preserve in the United States.