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• Anchoring Bias - 3.4% (14 hits)
• Availability Heuristic - 20% (82 hits)
• Representativeness Heuristic - 16.1% (66 hits)
• Hindsight Bias - 5.6% (23 hits)
• Overconfidence Bias - 9.5% (39 hits)
• Framing Effect - 30.2% (124 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 0%
• Status Quo Bias - 5.6% (23 hits)
• Sunk Cost Effect - 0%
• Optimism Bias - 15.9% (65 hits)
• Pessimism Bias - 10.5% (43 hits)

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National parks looking for new repair funds as money diverted to D.C. projects

President Trump has made renovations of public spaces in the nation's capital a priority.

Well, some are questioning who's paying for it.

As CBS's Caitlin Huey Burns reports, millions in fees collected at national parks are helping.

>> Shenandoah National Park is a gem of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

With 500 miles of trails and views, it draws nearly 2 million visitors every year.

>> These are the nation's crown jewels.

>> What do you think it is about national parks that brings people together?

>> I mean, it's it's America's greatest idea, right?

>> Jim Shaver, who recently retired from the Park Service, and Jessica Conchelo, who leads the Shenandoah National Park

Trust, say these crown jewels are at risk of losing their shine.

Some historic buildings in the park are falling apart.

Some trails eroding.

Shenandoah is just one of 400 sites managed by the National Park Service facing a maintenance backlog estimated at more than 24 billion dollars, but the money aimed for repairs is being diverted.

>> The Washington Post reports the Trump administration has used at least 90 million dollars from national park entry fees to help pay for beautification efforts in the nation's capital ahead of the America 250 celebration.

>> And Washington D.C. is now a safe and beautiful place, and it's only going to get more beautiful. Yeah, please.

>> Broken fountains are now flowing again.

Statues painted with gold leaf. New blue paint in the reflecting pool peeled after a controversial no-bid contract.

The West Wing colonnade repaved in granite, according to the Atlantic.

Even fireworks for the fourth, reportedly paid for by money intended for repairs.

>> What's happening right now is that budget is being hijacked.

>> Ed Stierli is with the National Parks Conservation Association.

>> Why shouldn't D.C. benefit?

>> I think it shouldn't be a choice. I mean, what we want to see is funding for all of our national parks.

>> In President Trump's first term, Congress approved $6.5 billion to repair parks and public lands, but that funding ran out last year.

>> Deferred maintenance only lasts so long before nature takes over.

>> All the structures in this park are historical, so if you don't maintain them, that history goes away.

>> A part of history they hope will live on.

Caitlin Huey reporting on CBS News, Shenandoah National Park.