Search results for “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument”
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Park Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument Few experiences compare to snorkeling through tranquil turquoise waters, gliding effortlessly among colorful fish, sea turtles and spectacular coral formations, or walking along a warm white sand beach at sunset with swaying palms whispering in the evening breeze. This monument protects more than 12,000 underwater acres where spectacular coral reefs and unique tropical ecosystems are submerged off the shore of the Caribbean island of St. John.
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Park Pipestone National Monument This monument preserves the active quarries and sacred grounds where American Indians have extracted red stone for centuries to carve into sacred pipes. Visitors can take a paved trail past the quarries and through the tallgrass prairie to several points of interest, including historic markers, notable rock formations and a peaceful 20-foot waterfall.
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Park Tule Lake National Monument Tule Lake is one of four incarceration camps in the National Park System that the federal government used during World War II to imprison people in the name of military defense. The military overwhelmingly used this power against Japanese and Japanese Americans for having what it called “foreign enemy ancestry.”
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Park Vicksburg National Military Park More than 100,000 troops waged battle on this Civil War site from March 29 until July 4, 1863 in a campaign that proved crucial to the Union victory. High atop the Mississippi River, Jefferson Davis referred to Vicksburg as “the nail head that held the South’s two halves together.” After a 41-day siege and Confederate surrender at Vicksburg, the town would not celebrate the Fourth of July for 81 years. Today, the park includes a 16-mile auto tour around the battlefield, the restored ironclad ship USS Cairo, and Vicksburg National Cemetery, the final resting place of 17,000 Civil War soldiers.
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Park Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Military Site is a stark reminder of the terrible cost of war. A total of 23,746 men were wounded, captured, or killed during the two-day Civil War battle of Shiloh in April 1862—more than were lost during the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, and the Mexican-American war combined. At the time, it was the worst battle in U.S. history. Yet eight costlier battles were yet to come in the war. The park encompasses the 5,000-acre battlefield, as well as 21 acres surrounding a railroad junction in Corinth, Mississippi, the site of a later siege. A 12.9-mile driving tour highlights 20 key sites; visitors can also watch films about the conflicts and explore exhibits about the implements of war.
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Press Release National Parks Re-Open for Business, But Long-Term Funding Solution Needed Statement by Theresa Pierno, Acting President, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post 100 Amazing Things You Can Only Find in National Parks These 100 things are just a few of the remarkable finds worth celebrating as we mark the National Park Service's 100th birthday.
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Press Release Grand Canyon Uranium-mining Threats Still Loom A Year After Historic Mining Restrictions Uranium-mine development could affect water and public land
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Blog Post What Is an American? National parks may not be America’s “best idea”—but they hold the key to what is great about our nation, and ourselves.
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Blog Post The Power of Parks National parks are forever. Everything else sure changes, though.
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Press Release Incomplete Environmental Review Prompts Lawsuit to Protect President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch National Parks Conservation Association Files Complaint against the US Forest Service
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Magazine Article The Old Man of the Lake How has a giant hemlock managed to float upright in Crater Lake for more than a hundred years?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 974, H.R. 1452, and H.R. 2406 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resource Committee markup on October 7-8, 2015.
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Press Release DRIVE Act on the Right Track Statement by Laura Loomis, National Parks Conservation Association's Deputy Vice President of Government Affairs
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Magazine Article Garbage In, Garbage Out Volunteers and rangers removed more than 22,000 pounds of debris from Alaska’s national park beaches. But will the trash just come back?
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Press Release Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Abandon Texas Clean Air Plan Critical air quality protection deadlines upheld for Texas and Oklahoma.
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Press Release House Appropriations Bill Minimizes Cuts For National Parks but Fails to Meet Their Funding Needs Statement by Craig Obey, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs
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Magazine Article Golden Spike Redux The role that Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad has long been buried. 150 years after the completion of the tracks, that’s finally changing.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives prior to an anticipated vote.
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Magazine Article Wheels of Change A growing number of Americans are hopping on mountain bikes as a way to connect with the natural world. But do knobby tires belong on national park trails?
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Press Release New Colorado River Basin Study Provides Important Analysis, Misses Opportunity by Omitting National Parks Perspective Statement by David Nimkin, Southwest Senior Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1373, H.R. 2181 & H.R. 3405 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for July 17, 2019.
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Blog Post America’s Only Park Ranger President Of all the people who have served as U.S. president to date, only one also worked as a national park ranger. Can you name this ranger-in-chief?
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Press Release Federal Legislation Could Mean Largest National Park System Expansion in Decades National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Key Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
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Press Release Administration’s Aggressive Environmental Rollbacks Are Putting National Parks in Peril The impacts of the administration’s actions to the health of our national parks and communities, the air we breathe, and the water we drink could be irreparable.
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Blog Post We Love Our Park Rangers and Environmental Stewards! Send a Valentine to those working hard to protect our nation’s land, air and water
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Press Release Salazar Visits Everglades to Break Ground on Restoration Project America's Great Outdoors report supports large restoration projects that can serve as models for smaller restoration efforts
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Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 8632 - Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act NPCA sent the following position to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 17th, 2020.
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Press Release New Report Shows NPS Management of Valles Caldera Would Result in Better Protection of Site, Increased Economic Benefits for Local Communities and New Mexico Statement by NPCA Senior Southwest Regional Director David Nimkin
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Blog Post Not-So-Beaten Paths: 11 Lesser-Known Hikes in Popular National Parks Hit the trail and avoid the crowds! NPCA staff selected 11 lesser-known hikes in some of the country’s most popular parks.
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Magazine Article Flight Plan National parks temporarily declared “no-fly zones” for drones.
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Magazine Article Words and Stones On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
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Blog Post A Q&A with NPCA’s New Acting President on Transition and Opportunity The journalist Linda Ellerbee once said, “What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope.'” This week, even as NPCA says goodbye to a valued leader, we feel hope for the future of our national parks and the strength of NPCA’s vision as we work toward the Park Service’s centennial in 2016.
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Press Release Groundbreaking Everglades Project Creates Unprecedented Restoration Progress and Benefits to Local Economy NPCA applauds Congress’s efforts to achieve full Everglades restoration, which will ultimately revitalize South Florida’s economic growth.
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Press Release US Groups Applaud Alberta Decision to Protect Crown of the Continent Conservation groups commend decision by Alberta government to protect Castle Wildland just north of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
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