Search results for “Clearing the Air”
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Blog Post The Drunken Veep Elected officials throughout history have had their rude and rowdy moments. One U.S. vice president famously showed up drunk to his own inauguration.
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Press Release Senate Committee Introduces Bill to Increase Funding for National Park Roadways This bill includes a 21 percent increase in funding for national parks, which would be used to repair and update roads, bridges and transportation systems within America’s national parks.
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Policy Update Position on Nomination of Rob Wallace NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resouces and Committee on Environment & Public Works in advance of anticipated nomination hearings.
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Blog Post Making Waves: A Q&A with NPCA’s New President and CEO Theresa Pierno Theresa Pierno just took the helm as NPCA's president and CEO—the first woman to serve in this role in the organization’s 96-year history. Learn more about her distinguished environmental career, her accomplishments since joining NPCA, and her passions and priorities for national parks on the verge of their second century.
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Press Release Recovery Planning Proposed for North Cascades Grizzly Bears Washingtonians, conservation groups say now is the time to save a threatened species
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Press Release Trump Administration Signs Executive Orders to Fast Track Energy Infrastructure Permitting Pipelines proposed near national parks would face less scrutiny under these new executive orders.
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Magazine Article A High-Flying Recovery A 40-year study follows the once-imperiled peregrine falcons of Alaska.
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Magazine Article 401 And Done Visiting all 401 national park sites was Chris Calvert’s longtime dream—and then it became a reality.
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Press Release Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Eagle Mountain Landfill Case, Helps Protect Joshua Tree National Park Refusal to hear appeal from Kaiser Ventures LLC is a major win for Joshua Tree National Park
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Blog Post Counting Caves Mammoth Cave National Park may boast the world’s longest cave system, but one national park site includes hundreds more caves within its boundaries. Learn about the site with the most known caves in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article The Guardian During his reign as Park Service director from 1964 to 1972, George Hartzog paired a passion for the parks with political savvy to lead the agency through an era of tremendous growth.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association views Utah Public Lands Initiative as a Missed Opportunity Representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz released their draft legislation known as the Utah Public Lands Initiative. NPCA’s goals include protecting and conserving the larger shared landscape, while allowing for recreational opportunities, appropriate development, and robust economies. Unfortunately, the current draft does not meet such objectives.
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Magazine Article Victorious! 21 conservation triumphs from the past 100 years.
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Magazine Article Sandbox in the Sky High-altitude play at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 803, Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act NPCA shared the following letter with members of the House of Representives ahead of an anticipated floor vote scheduled for February 26th.
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Magazine Article Taking Out the Trash Legal victory means no landfill near Joshua Tree.
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Press Release Senate Appropriations Bill Offers a Modest Increase for National Parks but Falls Short in Providing Adequate Funding for Park System Centennial Spending bill would increase overall National Park Service budget but still falls short in meeting operation and maintenance needs of our national parks.
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Press Release Eliminating Species Act: Senate Legislation Threatens Wildlife and Wild Lands Senator John Barrasso's draft Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 legislation proposes to radically weaken the Endangered Species Act.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Clark Bunting to Step Down Statement by Fran Ulmer, Chair of the Board of Trustees, National Parks Conservation Association
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Magazine Article In Good Conscience During World War II, thousands of conscientious objectors worked to restore and preserve our national parks and other federal lands.
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Blog Post Vacation Planning? These Park Movies Will Help These 10 films can help inspire travel ideas from the comfort of your armchair with visions of national parks around the country.
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Magazine Article Native Waters Brook trout are making a comeback in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Magazine Article Mossing Around Why while away retirement on the golf course when you could become a moss expert and hunt down some of the least studied plants in New Mexico’s national parks?
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Blog Post Three New National Monuments in the California Desert? Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed three new national monuments in the California desert that would preserve this spectacular region’s natural and cultural legacy for future generations. Urge President Obama to use the Antiquities Act to give these storied landscapes the protection they deserve!
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Magazine Article A Thousand Miles in a Hundred Days Photographer Carlton Ward, Jr., leads a team of explorers on an ambitious, self-propelled journey through the Everglades and beyond.
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Magazine Article Small Plastic, Big Problem Plastic is polluting oceans and national park beaches alike, and new studies show that even the tiniest pieces pose a large threat.
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Blog Post 2018 in Review: 5 Ways 'Energy Dominance' Threatens the Parks Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke may be on his way out, but proposals he advanced and regulations his agency dismantled during his tenure will have long-lasting impacts for our parks and public lands.
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Magazine Article An Uncertain Future As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
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Press Release Joint Agency Oil, Gas Planning Good Step for Protecting Chaco Culture Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management Collaboration will Benefit Historical Park
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 538 Native American Energy Act NPCA urges members of the House of Representatives to vote NO on H.R. 538, the Native American Energy Act. This position was sent to all members of the House of Representatives ahead of a floor vote on October 8, 2015.
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