Search results for “San Juan National Historic Site”
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Park Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Explore Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings by visiting the remnants of two farm sites where Lincoln was born and lived until he was seven. Visitors can see a log cabin similar to Lincoln’s first home and stroll several hiking trails imagining what Lincoln’s childhood was like.
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Park Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve Covering more than 8 million acres of land, Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest national park site and the largest single wilderness area in the United States.
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Park Devils Tower National Monument Scientists debate how Devil’s Tower was formed, but agree that about 65 million years ago, molten lava was forced into existing hard rock formations, cooling and eroding over millions of years into this striking formation that stands 1,267 feet above the landscape. The site is sacred to the Lakota people and many other Plains Tribes, and President Theodore Roosevelt declared it the nation's first national monument in 1906.
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Park Muir Woods National Monument It’s possible, after a short walk in this national monument, to completely forget that downtown San Francisco is less than 15 miles away. This relatively small park, which is part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, contains an impressive diversity of plants and animals, including an intact old-growth coast redwood forest and habitat that supports many ferns, wildflowers, small birds and mammals, and several federally listed species. Naturalist John Muir himself called the park "the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world."
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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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Blog Post Living Wild in the Wake of Captain John Smith A new water trail in the Chesapeake Bay watershed connects urban residents to a wild landscape and a fascinating history of exploration.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3668, the SHARE Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 13, 2017.
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Policy Update Position on S. 483, S. 2809 & S. 2907 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for August 22, 2018.
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Press Release Wilderness Victory for National Parks Interior Secretary Salazar Protects West Coast's First Marine Wilderness Area at Drakes Estero in Point Reyes National Seashore
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Press Release Renowned Arkansas Hydrogeologist Calls on ADEQ to Suspend C & H Hog Farms Permit to Address 'Significant Omissions and Potential Problems' Dr. John Van Brahana Highlights Potential for Substantial Impacts Due to Region's Karst Geology in Letter to ADEQ Director Teresa Marks
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Blog Post The DeChristopher Effect After years of work by passionate advocates, a new approach to oil and gas leasing could produce better decisions on energy development and how it affects the air, water, noise, and views at national parks.
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Magazine Article In Harm’s Way NPCA moves to prevent fracking near Delaware Water Gap until likely impacts are revealed.
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Press Release Feeling the Heat: Protecting Desert National Parks from Industrial Solar National Parks Conservation Association Releases New Report, Video on Solar Development
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Blog Post On the Edge: Fracking and the Fate of Theodore Roosevelt National Park Craning my neck through the car window, my first impressions of Theodore Roosevelt National Park were hills, extending for miles under a stretch of blue skies and distant clouds. The heat was overwhelming, but the enigmatic new landscape had sparked my 11-year-old curiosity, and I stuck my nose to the window in eager anticipation.
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Press Release Community Leaders Support Sen. Feinstein's California Desert Protection Bill Bill would expand Death Valley, Joshua Tree and protect lands for recreation, tourism and wildlife
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Press Release Despite Overwhelming Opposition, Interior Department Gives Green Light to California Desert's Most Controversial Solar Project Bureau of Land Management decides to move forward with controversial renewable energy project, Soda Mountain Solar Project.
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Press Release President Proposes Large Funding Boost for National Parks President's budget for fiscal year 2017 calls for significant increase in funding for the National Park Service as the agency celebrates its centennial year
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Magazine Article The Sustainable Spread National park eateries are serving more healthy, local, sustainable fare, and you can already taste the difference.
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Walmart's Decision to Withdraw Plans to Build a Superstore on Wilderness Battlefield Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
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Press Release Zion National Park Property Protected Anonymous donation allows for major land purchase
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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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Press Release Parks Group Honors Senator Patty Murray and Representative Mike Simpson NPCA honors members of Congress with the William Penn Mott, JR. Park Leadership Award.
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Magazine Article A New View Has the long-troubled relationship between Grand Canyon National Park and local indigenous people entered a more harmonious era?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of expected floor debate and votes starting the week of September 4, 2017.
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Magazine Article Words and Stones On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
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Blog Post Standing with the Emotion of History Have you been to the USS Arizona in Hawaii where World War II began in the U.S.? Thank a park ranger for letting us all remember.
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Press Release California Desert Communities Join Senator Feinstein in Calling to Protect Castle Mountains, Other Crown Jewels Statement by David Lamfrom, Director, California Desert and Wildlife Program, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Power Line Proposal Threatening Historic Jamestown Based on Flawed Projections According to a new report commissioned by NPCA, Dominion Power's harmful plan to build 17 giant towers across the James River is not only detrimental to irreplaceable historic resources—it's also unnecessary.
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Magazine Article Completing the Tetons State of Wyoming to sell critical land to Park Service.
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Blog Post Fracking and National Park Wildlife Every year, fracking for natural gas and oil moves closer to national park boundaries, posing threats to park wildlife that science is only beginning to understand.
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Magazine Article Saving the Smokies’ Bears A bear-rescue group in Tennessee gives nature a little help.
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Magazine Article Call of the Wild Eighty years ago, a biologist named George Melendez Wright reminded us that wolves, bison, and grizzlies came before people. And because of him, they still do.
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Policy Update Position on FY16 Omnibus Appropriations Bill NPCA urges the Senate and House of Representatives to consider a few significant concerns about the Interior and Environment portion of the FY16 omnibus appropriations bill.
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Magazine Article Digging in Native Soil At Bighorn Canyon in Montana and Wyoming, an innovative archaeological field school partners with descendant communities.
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Park Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument For public lands enthusiasts willing to forego paved roads and cell service, Parashant offers remote overlooks of the Grand Canyon, dark sky viewing, and backcountry camping in a wild landscape replete with desert cactus, ponderosa pines and rugged rock formations.
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