Search results for “Salt River Bay National Historical Park & Ecological Preserve”
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Park Canyonlands National Park Canyonlands National Park preserves an immense desert wilderness sculpted by the Green and Colorado rivers and featuring hundreds of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, arches and spires. The Island in the Sky District is the most accessible and popular section of the park — a mesa with spectacular views of the surrounding canyons. The Needles is a vaster territory below the Island in the Sky where visitors can hike among the sandstone spires and breathtaking rocks.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Bryce Canyon National Park Current overall conditions of Bryce Canyon’s known natural resources rated a “good” score of 81 out of 100. Overall conditions of the park’s known cultural resources rated 39 out of a possible 100, indicating “poor” conditions.
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Park Pecos National Historical Park At Pecos National Historical Park, you can tour the ruins of a 700-year-old pueblo, a Spanish mission, a Civil War battlefield, and a movie star's ranch.
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Park Niobrara National Scenic River Niobrara National Scenic River winds through central Nebraska, an invitation to canoe, see waterfalls, hike, camp, watch birds, and relax.
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Press Release Clean Water for Parks and Communities Back on the Table Federal government concludes that recent rollbacks to clean water protections lead to “environmental degradation,” calls for a rewrite
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Blog Post The First National Park Site to Require Reservations Year-Round We may not have reservations about visiting national parks, but sometimes we need them to visit. Starting next month, one national park site will require everyone arriving in cars to book parking and shuttle spots in advance to be able to enter. Do you know which one?
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Blog Post Coastal Parks Offer Climate Solutions NPCA is working to ensure coastal national parks are part of the climate solution. The more we protect national park waters from climate impacts now, the more they will protect us and our parks for generations to come.
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Press Release Don’t Mine Yellowstone: Senator Jon Tester Introduces Legislation to Protect the Doorstep to the World’s First National Park Legislation would protect more than 30,000 acres of public lands bordering Yellowstone National Park from two industrial scale gold mine proposals
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Press Release New Law to Allow Loaded Guns in National Parks Puts Park Visitors, Wildlife, and America's Heritage at Risk New law creates unnecessary dangers
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Press Release Parks Group Hails New and Diverse National Park System Advisory Board “We look forward to working with this group to ensure that we are doing everything we can to preserve and protect our nation’s most inspirational places." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Honors Subaru of America for Years-Long Commitment to Safeguarding America’s National Parks The work that Subaru, NPCA and its partners have accomplished together will last for generations.
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Press Release Gillibrand & Nadler with National Parks Conservation Association Launch Campaign at Historic Stonewall Inn in New York City to Create First Ever National Park Site Honoring America’s LGBT History National Campaign Urges President Obama to Designate First National Monument for LGBT Equal Rights at Historic Site of Stonewall Rebellion
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Press Release Veterans Lead the Way in Protecting National Parks with Launch of Parks Group’s Veterans Council "With the launch of the Veterans Council, we will further elevate our veterans as essential partners in our work to safeguard some of our country’s most treasured places.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Canyonlands National Park Current overall conditions of Canyonlands’ known natural resources rated a “fair” score of 75 out of 100.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Encourages Guests to See America, at 35th Annual Salute to the Parks 35th annual celebration honors Creative Action Network and See America co-founders Max Slavkin and Aaron Perry-Zucker
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Press Release Ozone Levels in National Parks Continue to Increase, Parks Group Asks Congress Not to Strip Out Protections Against the Dangerous Pollutant With ozone exceedances already at a three-year high, two pieces of legislation threaten to rollback important protections against unhealthy emissions known to cause premature death, asthma attacks, pulmonary problems and various other respiratory ailments
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Press Release Park Advocates Celebrate New National Park Commemorating Women's Equality Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument will tell the story of the women’s suffrage movement and the fight for equal rights
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Blog Post Laying the Groundwork: Reclaiming D.C.’s “Forgotten River” Imagine having a beautiful river in your backyard, but being afraid to enjoy it.
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Press Release Parks Group Demands Answers to Park Police’s Unprovoked and Aggressive Actions Against Peaceful Protesters We are appalled by this injustice and demand answers on behalf of all the protesters involved, and all Americans.
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Press Release Conservationists Unveil Blueprint for Protecting Wildlife and Drivers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park New research from NPCA and Wildlands Network identifies wildlife hotspots in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- and how to protect them.
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Press Release Parks Group Champions Bill to Establish National Park Site Dedicated to Latino History The Blackwell School houses the collective memory of the segregated school experience that existed everywhere across the Texas borderlands.
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Press Release Biden’s Final Water Rule Better Protects Waterways for People and Parks "Today we can all celebrate cleaner water for our national parks and communities."
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Press Release National Parks Group Partners with The Creative Action Network to Re-Imagine New Deal Arts Project, Reconnect Americans to Their National Parks New "See America" campaign to kick off with gallery show at FDR Library in New York
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Press Release National Parks Group Files Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Parks, Wildlife and Water NPCA's lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) challenges policy changes by the agencies that threaten Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument, wildlife and fragile desert water resources.
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Blog Post 10 Parks You Helped Put on the Map NPCA and its supporters have worked for a century to protect every one of our national park sites — and to expand our National Park System to include more of the places that make America special.
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds President Obama for Designating 396th National Park Site at Fort Monroe in Virginia Obama's first Antiquities Act designation will help protect America's Heritage
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Blog Post Our Top 7: The Best Things That Happened for Parks This Year From bipartisan funding legislation to major land and water protections, 2021 has been a great year for parks.
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Blog Post Commemorating Yellowstone's 150th Birthday with the Park's 'First Family' The world's first national park marks a significant milestone today — but its history reaches much further back than 1872 and involves the stories and cultures of more than two dozen Tribes.
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Press Release Federal Court Ruling Favors Wyoming Coal Plants, Threatening Communities and Parks Ruling presents a setback for human health and national park scenic views, including Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Badlands National Parks.
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Press Release National Parks Group Supports Creation of America's First Tribal National Park in South Dakota Statement by Senior Vice President for Policy, Ron Tipton
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Files Suit Against Park Service for Failure to Protect Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida General Management Plan limits protection of Florida Panther habitat in Addition Lands
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Press Release Landmark Energy Plan Protects Arches, Canyonlands National Parks Plan underscores economic importance of national parks, provides model for coexistence of energy development and park visitation
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Blog Post 2022 — What a Year for Parks! We celebrate 2022 for the strides made in protecting parks, preserving land and wildlife, and honoring important sites in our nation’s progress toward equality — accomplishments that could not have been made without our many park advocates.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls on National Park Service to Reject Testing for Oil Beneath Big Cypress Proposal Would Open Door to Drilling in Critical Endangered Species Habitat
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Press Release Minnesotan to Receive National Award for Unwavering Commitment to Protect Midwest National Parks NPCA honors Peter L. Gove with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for his commitment to protecting national parks in Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Park Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Visit the home of one of America’s greatest sculptors and see more than 100 works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ art in his studios and gardens, from heroic monuments to expressive portraits to the intricate gold coins he designed, changing the look of American money. Take a guided tour of the grounds, enjoy an outdoor concert or star party, walk the site’s nature trails, or indulge in a sculpture class at this stately New England campus.
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Park San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Francisco Maritime National Historic Site celebrates the history of America’s relationship with the sea. The site is comprised of three main sections: the Maritime Museum, the visitor center/museum and Hyde Street Pier.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: California Desert This report outlines the results of a rigorous examination of natural and cultural resources in Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, and Mojave National Preserve.
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NPCA at Work Fragile Treasures Threatened in Chaco Culture National Historical Park The growing demand for oil and gas in northwestern New Mexico has the potential to impact the cultural and natural resources of Chaco Culture National Historical Park--including the quality of its world-renowned night skies. Flaring of natural gas and an increase in intensive artificial lighting from construction activities, vehicle traffic and operation of support facilities can all affect the quality of the night skies both at the park’s higher elevations and inside the historic canyon.
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NPCA at Work Don't Cut Funding to the Chesapeake The Chesapeake watershed supports the health of more than 50 national parks, and we can't afford to reverse important gains to water quality and habitat restoration
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Fact Sheet On the Ground Solutions: Saving Pronghorn Our national parks are integral parts of a larger landscape and are deeply connected and vital to the health of surrounding wild lands and gateway communities. In Greater Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park’s 2.2 million acres serve as the core for a diversity of wildlife species that spend part of the year inside the park but must access vital seasonal habitat outside the park to survive.
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Katie Stores Katie joined NPCA in 2013 and served as Representative, Trustees for the Parks.
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Staff Cara Capp Cara works to restore and protect natural resources in and around Florida's national parks as the Sun Coast's Everglades Restoration Senior Program Manager.
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Elizabeth Bradfield ELIZABETH BRADFIELD’S poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Orion, and The Believer; she is the author of the poetry collections Once Removed (forthcoming), Approaching Ice, and Interpretive Work. Bradfield still lives on Cape Cod, where she works as a naturalist. This essay will appear in Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks: Volume II, The East, to be published in Spring 2016.
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Darryl Haley Darryl Haley is a world-renowned fitness trainer, former New England Patriot, Ironman Triathlete, and the Director of Music at the Monument for the Healthy Parks Healthy People initiative. He and his wife, Judy, are members of the NPCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Leadership Council. Tune in to WHUR 96.3 to listen to Darryl on “Fitness Fridays” during the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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NPCA at Work Protect Historic Jamestown The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized Dominion Energy to construct enormous electric transmission towers throughout a historic landscape without ever preparing an environmental impact statement. But now we have the opportunity to make things right for Historic Jamestown.
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NPCA at Work Don't Divide Our Habitats, Ecosystems and Communities Oppose new walls and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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NPCA at Work Preserving the Complicated History at a Segregated Texas School The Blackwell School in Marfa represents a rare opportunity to preserve stories of discrimination and resilience
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Jennifer Quintero Jennifer Quintero is passionate about environmental advocacy and education, and has worked to forge meaningful connections between people and their natural resources throughout the course of her career.
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Report The Alaska Citizen's Guide to Natural Gas Permitting This Guide highlights opportunities where citizens can influence agency decisions that affect the impacts and conditions of natural gas development. It encourages Alaskans to take an active role in preserving our public lands and to better ensure a well-informed, site-specific and historically-aware use of natural resources.
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