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Press Release Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Decisions from Tainted Monuments Review Dozens of organizations have endorsed the following joint statement in response to reports about serious issues with the Department of the Interior’s national monument review.
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Press Release Advocates Agree: EPA Nominee Pruitt a Disaster for Nation’s Air, Water Heads of 19 Environmental, Conservation Groups Come Out Against Pruitt’s Nomination
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Press Release Trump’s Interior Nominee Needs to Protect Parks Positions on Development Could Threaten Public Lands
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Press Release Gift for Wild Lands: Interior Retires Remaining Oil and Gas Leases Near Glacier National Park The U.S. Department of Interior protected Montana’s natural and cultural heritage by negotiating the removal of all remaining oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine roadless area, adjacent to Glacier National Park.
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Press Release President Preserves Iconic Canyon Country with Bears Ears National Monument Shares Landscape with Canyonlands National Park, Other Protected Areas
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Press Release Coalition of Public Health, Environmental and Conservation Groups Speak Up to Protect National Park Waterways Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule threatens clean water protections and puts communities at risk
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Press Release Civil Rights Activist to be Honored for Commitment to Preserving History, Protecting National Parks Tule Lake Committee Board Member Barbara Takei is the 2016 recipient of NPCA's Receive Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award, for her work to ensure the protection of the Tule Lake Unit of WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
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Press Release UnBearable: Alaska Aims to Weaken Bear Hunting Regulations NPCA is fighting attempts by the state of Alaska to dismantle recently finalized hunting regulations on lands managed by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Press Release Park Service Finalizes New Guidelines for Park Fundraising Director’s Order 21 Lays out Guidelines for Philanthropy and Partnerships
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Press Release In a Final Move, Obama Calls for Diversity Among Federal Land Management Workforce Parks group challenges new administration to make recommendations a reality
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Press Release Trump Administration Green Lights Dominion Transmission Line That Would Irreparably Mar Historic Jamestown in Virginia With 400 years of American history at risk, parks group urges Army Corps to complete thorough assessment of project’s impacts to keep damaging project out of Jamestown.
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Press Release National Parks Boast a $34 Billion Boom as Budget Cuts Loom Record visitation pumps billions into national, local economies in 2016.
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Press Release Trump Administration Takes Aim at America’s National Monuments with Executive Order This executive order targets the Antiquities Act of 1906, which permits presidents to declare federal lands, already owned by all Americans, as national monuments.
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Focuses on State and Federal Restoration Progress at 31st Annual Conference Everglades Coalition Conference welcomes nearly 300 participants to discuss opportunities and challenges facing America's Everglades
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Press Release More than 685,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Bears Ears National Monument in less than 15 days Unprecedented outpouring of support shown during official comment period
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Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
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Press Release Trump Administration Puts Important Federal Land at Risk In disappointing move, Interior recommends presidential and Congressional action to reduce protections for Bears Ears National Monument
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Press Release Obama Administration Approves Harmful Energy Project in the California Desert Department of Interior approved the Soda Mountain Solar Project, which is widely regarded as the most controversial renewable energy proposal in the region, and stands to industrialize important habitat for bighorn sheep and other wildlife, less than half a mile from Mojave National Preserve.
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Press Release Proposed Birmingham National Park Site Would Tell Pivotal Civil Rights History Public meeting hosted today to discuss national park proposal
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Press Release Parks Group Stands Up for National Monuments NPCA joins more than 450 groups in support of Antiquities Act
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Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
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Press Release Administration Proposes Massive Park Fee Increase High fees, short comment period shortchange parks, visitors.
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Policy Update Request for Information on Monument Review Process NPCA sent the following letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting more information on the monument review process.
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Press Release Nine of 12 Members of the National Park System Advisory Board Resign out of Frustration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke failed to meet with members of the advisory board despite repeated requests throughout 2017.
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Press Release National Parks to Fully Re-Open with Budget Deal Government shutdown shows importance of national park rangers.
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Press Release National Parks Group Honors Three Parks Champions at Annual Celebration Hosts of television show “Rock the Park,” longtime conservationist to receive awards
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Press Release Congress Passes Water Resources Bill; Will Benefit National Park Waterways and Restoration Projects Across the Country Water resources bill enables projects that develop, maintain and revitalize restoration projects critical to improving the health of America’s national parks.
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Blog Post The 10 National Park Sites with More Than 5 Million Recreational Visitors in 2017 National parks continued to serve as popular tourist destinations in 2017, with dozens of sites seeing all-time highs in numbers of recreational visits. Here are the 10 most-visited places in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article Objects of Affection You see their work in visitor centers scattered across the nation—18th-century paintings by our nation’s early masters, mahogany desks where historic speeches were penned, early photographs of abolitionists, and authentic uniforms from Civil War soldiers. Meet the talented people who preserve the age-old artifacts that tell America’s stories.
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Magazine Article The Grouse Effect An unlikely coalition is fighting to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse.
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