America gets new national park with designation of Chiricahua’s rock spires

The Chiricahua area in Arizona has evidence of thousands of years of human use, according to the National Park Service. Photograph: Ron Kerbo/National Parks Service/AP

An area of towering rock spires in south-eastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks has become the nation’s newest national park.

Legislation to create Chiricahua national park was sent to the White House and Donald Trump signed it on Tuesday. It passed Congress with bipartisan backing and is now the 64th US national park.