Search results for “Joy M. Oakes”
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Joy Blackwood As the Senior Regional Director, Joy leads NPCA’s Northeast office and oversees campaigns in the region to protect national park resources and improve the quality of visitor’s experience in the parks throughout the northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.
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Staff Vonda M. Arey Vonda officially joined NPCA in 2016. In her role as Director for Planned Giving, her focus is on building stronger relations with our Mather Legacy Society members, as well as assisting with marketing efforts to promote bequest and charitable gift annuities to our members.
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Carly Anderson, @lipglossandcrayons Carly and Lydia are a mother and daughter duo from San Diego. Carly is a former teacher, and Lydia is a fourth grade student. On her platform, Carly focuses on strong female role models and historical figures as inspiration for mothers and children. She loves to share ways parents can make learning fun, including in some of her favorite national parks. Carly and Lydia believe in making movement and outdoor time uplifting and joyful... and love connecting with other families who do the same.
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Megan Schwab Megan Schwab was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She received her BA in History with a minor in Anthropology from Texas A&M University in the spring of 2019 and is currently working on her master’s degree in Public History at Texas State University. When not doing schoolwork, she is listening to music, reading copious amounts of fiction, and taking her dog, Xena, to the park.
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Magazine Article 500 Islands, 2 Paddlers, 1 Scrabble Board The writer and his wife’s aunt pack up their gear and grub, hop into a canoe, and venture into Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park.
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Magazine Article Return to Manzanar As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive.
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Magazine Article Living History Learning about the last century from the oldest ranger in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article Man of Letters A third-generation stone carver, Nicholas Benson has left enduring marks on some of the park system’s most iconic monuments.
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Magazine Article On the Road Take a drive through the national parks of Oregon & California and witness a land of extremes.
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Magazine Article The Great Escape Bill Sycalik walked away from an unfulfilling corporate job. Now he is on a quest to complete marathons in all 59 national parks.
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Blog Post The Complicated History at One of America’s Segregated Schools One student shares her experiences at the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a site many want preserved in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article Say Bees! Sam Droege’s stunning photos of national park insects are the bee’s knees. (And all the other parts, too.)
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Blog Post Feeling the Heat The American pika is highly sensitive to rising temperatures, and climate change threatens its very survival. Park researchers in the West are studying the effects warming is having on this vulnerable park species.
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Blog Post Old School Meets New Design A Q&A with “See America” artist Brixton Doyle
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Blog Post Working Toward Change, One Ride at a Time A sister and brother push their physical limits to take on the worst battle facing this generation—climate change
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Blog Post Being Gay Outside Can they see me? Am I safe? One staff member explores ways to honor queerness and make the outdoors more inclusive and welcoming for all people.
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Magazine Article The Value of Species Humans have always considered plant and animal species in terms of what they contribute to our lives. But author Edward McCord believes that Yellowstone’s pronghorn and, indeed, all species, have value in and of themselves.
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Blog Post NPCA's Favorite Trips The summer travel season is here, and all 397 national parks will offer free admission this Saturday, June 9 for National Get Outdoors Day. Here are a few NPCA staff favorite destinations that are a little off the beaten path.
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Magazine Article Prairie Solitaire In the middle of America, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve offers an intimate, grounding experience.
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Magazine Article A Momentous Arrival Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into Point Comfort in Virginia. Was it the beginning of slavery in this country?
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Blog Post Back Open but Hit Hard One month after the partial government shutdown ended, park partners and local businesses continue to grapple with significant financial losses.
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Policy Update Position on Management of Marine Conservation Areas NPCA submitted the following position to the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on March 15, 2017.
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Magazine Article Of Cats and Men Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails offers a cat’s-eye view of battle.
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Magazine Article 'Harsh is Truth' In this divisive political era, is it possible for the Park Service to support contemporary art that grapples with hot-button issues from immigration to climate change? At these parks, the answer is yes.
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Magazine Article Death Valley Angst On a desert hike, a father and his teenage daughter contemplate canyons, cliffs and the heartache that comes with growing up.
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Magazine Article The Center Five weeks in the North Cascades with a sketchbook, a camera and a journal.
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Blog Post Boy Wonders Meet the two young donors who turn their birthdays into celebrations for their favorite national parks.
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Magazine Article Mission Outdoors Sierra Club program provides healing and camaraderie for war veterans.
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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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Magazine Article The Long Haul For more than four decades, Jill Baron has studied the changes to the air and water quality of a small corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, and her research exposed one of the biggest threats to the park’s alpine ecosystems.
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Magazine Article Waiting for a Baby Boom Are decades of work to save Kemp’s ridley sea turtles paying off yet?
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Policy Update Position on Waters of the U.S. Regulations NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 12, 2019.
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Blog Post 330 Miles — and a Message How far would you go to honor your history?
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Magazine Article Following In Their Footsteps Could they ever understand what their ancestors endured? They biked hundreds of miles along the Trail of Tears to find out.
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Staff Eboni Preston Goddard, PhD Led by a call to action, Eboni is a management professional with a background in non-profit administration, program operations, partnerships, and workforce development.
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