Search results for “Bluestone National Scenic River”
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Park Obed Wild & Scenic River The Obed Wild and Scenic River drains a portion of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. This beautiful river is popular with kayakers and paddlers. Sandstone rock faces provide challenging climbing opportunities for experienced climbers, while hikers can take a relaxing stroll or more challenging hike to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
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Park North Country National Scenic Trail When this trail is officially complete, it will be the longest point-to-point footpath in the National Park System.
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Park Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument This section of the Sonoran Desert near the border between Arizona and Mexico features massive cacti, colorful birds and rock arches. An International Biosphere Reserve and a federally designated wilderness area, this park preserves the only large concentration of organ pipe cacti in the country, as well as hundreds of other native plant species, such as saguaro, cholla, mesquite and palo verde trees, and ocotillo. Hike on the park's nine scenic trails or take a drive on the 21-mile Ajo Mountain Drive to experience the vibrant desert landscape.
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Park Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve In southwest Oregon, this relatively small park is easy to miss, along a winding road in the mountains and a long way from anywhere — but it’s worth seeking out. Sometimes referred to as the “marble halls of Oregon,” the park’s dramatic marble caves feature a flowing river, ancient wildlife bones, petrified rock gardens and caverns to explore.
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Park North Cascades National Park North Cascades National Park Service Complex encompasses 684,000 acres of wilderness, trails and rivers, as well as Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. In this vast terrain are jagged mountains, hundreds of glaciers and old-growth forests that have never been cut, with large, magnificent trees and tiered canopies of fir, hemlock and cedar. The snowy winters at this park produce stunning waterfalls in the spring — a phenomenon that is so beloved, the Cascade Range is named for them.
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Magazine Article Sea Change Everglades National Park hopes to alter the tide of climate change and, perhaps, the future of park planning.
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Policy Update Position on Twitter Ad Rules NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to Twitter on November 14, 2019.
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Magazine Article The Lay of the Land Meet Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who created Central Park and defined landscape architecture.
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Magazine Article A National Park Is Born White Sands National Monument becomes the country’s 62nd national park. What will change?
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Blog Post Do Brook Trout Have a Future in Shenandoah? One of Virginia's most popular national parks is a haven for native fish, but warming waters could prove devastating for this keystone species.
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Magazine Article Forest Lights Are the synchronous fireflies of Great Smoky Mountains getting too popular?
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Press Release Hurricane Sandy Devastates Communities and National Parks Statement by Tom Kiernan, President for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Reveals 2008 Action Items for Everglades Restoration Adequate funding and sensible management decisions needed to restore ecosystem health
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Press Release National Parks Vital to Administration's New Plan to Preserve America's Great Outdoors Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
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Magazine Article ‘I Do’ With a View Adventure eloping is on the rise as couples increasingly steer clear of lavish weddings and opt for pandemic-appropriate ceremonies in the great outdoors.
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Blog Post Think Pink Early spring in Washington, D.C., is the time that thousands of locals and tourists come together to celebrate the city's famous cherry blossoms.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: Guess This Park-Inspired Poet Q: What famed 19th century poet was inspired to serve as a nurse during the Civil War after spending time at Chatham Manor at what is now the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park?
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Magazine Article Saving the Panther The Florida panther was going to die out. Then conservationists dreamed up a daring rescue operation.
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Magazine Article Pedaling for the Planet NPCA’s employees and supporters raise more than $50,000 to address climate change in the parks by simply riding their bikes.
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Magazine Article Desert Storm Fort Bowie stood at the center of America's most brutal Indian Wars.
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Policy Update Position on Wildlife Movement and Migration Corridors NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and PUblic Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 14, 2023.
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Blog Post 11 of the Quirkiest National Park Animals While a few types of wildlife like bears, moose, and wolves capture the imagination of throngs of tourists, there are many rare, charming, and oddly adapted species in national parks that get far less attention. Here are 11 of the quirkiest, as picked by NPCA staff.
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Blog Post 5 Reasons the EPA’s New ‘Roadmap’ Could Harm Parks Rolling back clean air protections would be bad for human health and the environment.
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Magazine Article Wasting Away Deer, elk and moose across the country are dying from a mysterious ailment. Can the Park Service help in the race to stop chronic wasting disease?
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Press Release Groups Urge Secretary Zinke to Include Public in Public Land Policies Concern that without any public input, Interior will undo smart land management guidance that took years to develop.
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Policy Update NPCA position on the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency NPCA sent the following letter of support to the United States Senate ahead of the hearing to consider the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Magazine Article Crossing Guards New highway overpasses protect key species that move beyond park boundaries.
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Policy Update Testimony: Fiscal Year 2016 Interior Appropriations Written testimony by Craig Obey for the Public and Outside Witness Hearing for House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on March 18, 2015.
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Blog Post How Charles Pinckney Changed My View of National Parks Exploring America’s most fascinating and least known places: A new series from a traveling park lover.
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Blog Post National Park Construction Projects in Jeopardy In Massachusetts, park officials barricaded a bridge leading into Lowell National Historical Park because bricks in the structure could fall on people's heads. In Washington, D.C., a bridge on the George Washington Parkway that leads to Arlington Cemetery and is used daily by thousands of people is so structurally deficient, the National Park Service could close it to heavy vehicles such as tour buses within two years if it isn't repaired. In Wyoming, important sections of the Yellowstone National Park Grand Loop Road are in such need of repair that they threaten visitor safety.
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Policy Update Welcome to the 116th Congress On behalf of all of us who work at the National Parks Conservation Association and our more than 1.3 million members and supporters nationwide, welcome to the 116th Congress.
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Press Release EPA Plan Paves the Way for Cleaner Air in Utah & Southwest National Parks Park, clean air and health advocates celebrate EPA decision
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Policy Update Background: National Park Transportation Needs If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hopped on a shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, taken the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, or hiked along the Half Dome Trail in Yosemite, you’ve experienced some of the wide variety of transportation infrastructure found in our national parks.
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Magazine Article Good News for Spelunkers Oregon Caves National Monument Could Get Bigger.
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Blog Post Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service Staff from the National Park Service and two of its partner organizations just wrapped up the first year of an innovative new program aimed at getting youth interested in the national parks.
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