Search results for “Enhancing the Visitor Experience”
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Blog Post A First for Modern Latino History Thanks to the advocacy of César E. Chávez, millions of farmworkers today have safer working conditions and union rights. The first national monument dedicated to a contemporary Latino American bears his name.
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Magazine Article A Land Divided How would a border wall affect national parks?
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Magazine Article Renaissance Man Frederick Douglass’s home tells the story of a man who overcame enormous obstacles and paved the way for others to do the same.
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Press Release Parks Group Hails DOI Sec. Salazar for Protecting Grand Canyon from Hazardous New Uranium Mines DOI Action Limits Inappropriate Mining Operations on One Million Acres of Federal Lands Neighboring Grand Canyon National Park
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Blog Post 8 Reasons to Stop Playing Politics with National Parks Does Congress need a reason to keep parks open? Here are 8.
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Magazine Article The Lion Catcher Biologist Eric York lived to help wild carnivores, but he didn’t get a chance to finish his life’s work.
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Blog Post Why Don’t States Run National Parks? Do we need a National Park Service? Why don't states control national park lands and resources? Here are 5 critical reasons.
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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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Magazine Article Total Eclipse of the Parks Two years of planning for two minutes of wonder in the Great Smokies.
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Blog Post Biden’s First 100 Days Is the new administration following through on its park promises? Where things stand for 8 of NPCA’s top priorities, plus critical next steps for each.
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Press Release New Report Highlights Economic Value and Quality of Life Benefits of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area NPCA releases report that highlights Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area's major contributions to local communities.
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Blog Post 4 Top Priorities for Utah’s Unique National Parks Utah’s wealth of natural resources also makes it a target for development. Energy and mining operations continue to increase near national park boundaries.
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Blog Post 9 Civil War Battlefields You Helped Save 150 years ago this month, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, leading to the end of the Civil War. The conflict cost more than 600,000 American lives and nearly split our nation in two.
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Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources NPCA shared the following positions with members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for November 18th.
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Blog Post 5 Reasons We Need to Save Our Coral Reefs Coral reefs help our oceans’ teeming biodiversity survive the impacts of climate change. They also protect communities from severe storms and hurricanes. What happens to corals when 40% of the world’s oceans experience a marine heat wave, as they did this summer?
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Policy Update Position on Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations NPCA sent the following position to members of Congress after the passage of the H.R. 244 on May 4, 2017.
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Press Release Westerners Tell EPA to Clean Up Air in National Parks, Wilderness Areas Broad Coalition of Advocates Call on EPA to Strengthen Clean Air Protections
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Press Release Wyoming Approves Fall Hunt of Grizzly Bears Near Yellowstone and Grand Teton 23 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears, including females, will be hunted this fall
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Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Ahead of a business meeting scheduled for November 18th, NPCA sent along the following positions to Senators on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Magazine Article A Whale’s Last Song After a renowned humpback whale was killed by a cruise ship, her carefully preserved remains were transformed into one of the biggest whale-skeleton exhibits in the country.
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Policy Update Testimony: H.R. 3668 California Minerals, Off-Road Recreation, and Conservation Act Statement of David Lamfrom submitted for the record for the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing on December 9, 2015.
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Press Release Congress Green Lights Funding Increase For National Park Roadways National park roadways to receive 18 percent increase in transportation funding
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Press Release Obama Makes History in Chicago: Designates City's First National Park at Historic Pullman Neighborhood President Obama designates Chicago's first national park site, Pullman National Monument.
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Magazine Article Park Ink This niche community is obsessed with national parks, and these folks have the stamps to prove it.
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Press Release Bipartisan Bill Offers Funding Opportunity for National Park Repairs The Restore Our Parks Act includes significant investment in national parks’ $11.6 billion maintenance backlog
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Policy Update Testimony: Public Witness Day for FY22 Appropriations Written testimony by John Garder, NPCA Senior Director of Budget and Appropriations, for the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
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Magazine Article Mississippi Reckoning Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
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Press Release President's Budget Calls for Historic Investment in National Parks in Advance of 2016 Centennial President's Budget Calls for Historic Investment in National Parks in Advance of 2016 Centennial
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Press Release Victory! State Reaches Deal to Remove Industrial Hog Farm from Buffalo National River Watershed Now this treasured landscape will be properly protected for future generations to safely experience and enjoy.
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Blog Post NPCA Urges Congress to Avoid Across-the-Board Budget Cuts to National Parks NPCA and other public interest groups concerned about the impact of looming budget cuts to federal programs delivered a letter to Congress and the Obama administration last week urging decision-makers to avert sequestration—the steep mandatory budget cuts that will go into effect this January if lawmakers do not act to prevent them.
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