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Staff Caitlin Miller In her role as Associate General Counsel, Caitlin manages litigation on behalf of NPCA to and provides general legal counsel services to the organization related to air pollution and climate issues that negatively impact national parks and surrounding communities.
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Staff Katherine DeGroff Katherine is the associate editor of National Parks magazine. Before joining NPCA, Katherine monitored easements at land trusts in Virginia and New Mexico, encouraged bear-aware behavior at Grand Teton National Park, and served as a naturalist for a small environmental education organization in the heart of the Colorado Rockies.
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Staff Kristin Gladd In her role as Deputy General Counsel, Kristin manages litigation on behalf of NPCA to support and protect national parks, as well as provides general legal counsel services to the organization.
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Press Release Sens. Warner, Portman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address National Park Service Maintenance Backlog NPS has a $12 billion backlog in deferred and overdue maintenance – half is critical transportation infrastructure
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Magazine Article Park Protein A Chicago-based company has created a new, Earth-friendly protein from a fungus that was accidentally discovered in Yellowstone.
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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 Parks Group Welcomes New Northeast Director to Lead, Expand Work Across Region "There is a national park for all of us and we'll do more to ensure people see themselves in the stories they represent.” -- NPCA's New Northeast Regional Director Kristen Sykes
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Policy Update Testimony: Identifying Innovative Infrastructure Ideas Written testimony by Denis Galvin, NPCA board member, for the House Committee on Natural Resources, Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on March 16, 2017.
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Magazine Article Something in the Water Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
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Blog Post America’s First National Park Created to Protect Human History In 1906, Congress established the first national park with the purpose of protecting man-made structures, not just natural features such as forests and canyons.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 139, H.R. 486, H.R. 3250, H.R. 3824 & H.R. 4139 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 29, 2019.
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Press Release Offshore Executive Order Threatens Coastal Parks Expanded drilling, marine sanctuary restrictions could endanger national parks.
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Press Release Subaru to Share Zero Landfill Expertise with National Park Service to Reduce Park Waste Pilot Program Planned For Yosemite, Grand Teton and Denali National Parks
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Policy Update Position on H.Con.Res.71, FY18 Budget Resolution NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate ahead of expected floor votes on October 19, 2017.
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Press Release Legislation Introduced to Establish the First National Park Site to Honor a Jewish American and Preserve Julius Rosenwald’s Legacy Julius Rosenwald's legacy and the thousands of schoolhouses he helped construct are an important part of our country’s history, and must never be forgotten.
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Blog Post It's Arch Madness! You chose a winner from an elite group of 8 world-famous landmarks in this light-hearted park-to-park competition held in March.
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Magazine Article A Liking for Lichens Why devote a decade to documenting the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2167, H.R. 4387 and H.R. 5114 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Federal Lands subcommittee during a hearing on June 23, 2016.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls on Department of Interior to Restore Protections for LGBTQ Employees The staff at the Department of Interior should continue to be as diverse as the places and stories they work to safeguard. And all staff deserve equal protection.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Glen Canyon Water may be rare in the desert, but it is also one of the most powerful forces affecting the landscape—sculpting natural bridges, shaping arches, and carving canyons. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers some of the most dynamic and unique demonstrations of the power of water, with its 156,000-acre lake, the world’s largest natural bridge, and some of the most beautiful slot canyons in the Southwest.
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Blog Post Next in Flight? The Wright Brothers were first in flight. Now, in the new Wright Flight Academy, high schoolers are building a plane on the same coastal landscape where aviation was born.
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Blog Post The Milestone for Public Lands You’ve Never Heard of, and Why It Matters Today 50 years later, the Blue Lake Act marks a critical shift for Indigenous communities and their lands.
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Press Release Diverse Interests Challenge Federal Licensing of FPL's Proposed New Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors Utility's plan poses great risks to public, environment and economy
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Blog Post 3 Reasons We're Excited About ‘Our Great National Parks’ A new Netflix docuseries highlights the splendor of national parks around the world — with a familiar face as host.
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Press Release Fran Ulmer to Chair National Parks Conservation Association Board of Trustees Former lieutenant governor of Alaska to serve as chair of NPCA's Board of Trustees
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Blog Post President Biden Issues Pro-Parks Executive Orders on First Day From COVID-19 to racial equity to climate change, the administration’s priorities are a promising first step for our nation, including our national parks.
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Magazine Article Angel of the Battlefield Clara Barton’s home, just outside of Washington, D.C., tells the story of the Red Cross founder.
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Blog Post 10 (Truly) Hidden National Park Gems Many of the national parks’ wonders are out in plain sight, but some are nearly impossible to see. Here are 10 of those frustratingly out-of-reach attractions as well as easier-to-get-to alternatives.
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Magazine Article A Speedy Comeback? Pronghorn have made their triumphant return to Death Valley. Now the question is: How far will they go?
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Announces Former Discovery Channel Head W. Clark Bunting As New President and CEO W. Clark Bunting to oversee NPCA as President and CEO
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Press Release Conservation Groups Sue EPA to Enforce State Plans, Clear Haze Pollution NPCA, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency to clear hazy skies.
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Magazine Article The Mosses at Our Feet Scientists uncover one of the Smokies' tiniest, most bizarre residents.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3565 and H.R. 4233 NPCA submitted the following position on legislation being considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee ahead of a hearing on May 12, 2016.
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Lynn McClure Lynn came to NPCA in 2007 to launch the Midwest office in Chicago. As the Regional Director, she leads protection of more than 50 national parks in NPCA’s largest region.
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Staff Jennifer Errick Jennifer co-produces NPCA's award-winning podcast, The Secret Lives of Parks, writes and edits a wide variety of online content, and manages NPCA's style guide.
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