CAHOKIA, Ill. (WJPF) — Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) has introduced legislation to establish national park status for the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.

The designation would include mounds in Madison, St. Clair, and Monroe counties, as well as the Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis.

Currently, the site looked after by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In 2018, IDNR announced support for national park status, and in May 2019, the Illinois House of Representatives backed a resolution supporting this status as well.

Bost says the park would be jointly managed between the national park service and local stakeholders.