Search results for “Golden Gate National Recreation Area”
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Press Release America's Great Outdoors Report Provides A Promising Vision for Connecting Americans to Our National Parks New conservation plan helps preserve and connect Americans to our national heritage
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Press Release Delaware River Basin Commission Protects Parks From Fracking This decision, years in the making, will protect parks in the region from the harmful, poisonous impacts of fracked water.
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Press Release Clean Air Advocates Applaud EPA's Decision in North Dakota to Require Proven, Cost-Effective Systems for Reducing Pollution at Antiquated Coal-Fired Plants New systems at the Leland Olds and MR Young plants will significantly lessen the nearly $500 million burden in air pollution regional health care costs each year
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Blog Post Remembering the Founder of Black History Month The National Park Service and its partners offer ways to honor the legacy of this scholar and pioneer who changed the way we understand American history.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 820, H.R. 920, H.R. 2497, and H.R. 2626 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for April 21st, 2021.
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Blog Post Essential Paddling Guide: Paddling The Buffalo, America's First National River Massive, water-stained bluffs soaring more than 500 feet above your canoe or kayak; the highest waterfall between the Appalachians and the Rockies; potential campsites on gravel bars along over a hundred miles of clear, free-flowing river; all this and more make the Buffalo National River a worthy addition to your list of must-do float trips.
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Blog Post Governor McDonnell: Please Don't Build Houses on a Historic Civil War Site "Freedom's Fortress" is an important part of Virginia's history and no place for a subdivision.
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Press Release BLM Defers Oil and Gas Lease Sales in New Mexico, Temporarily Protecting Chaco Culture National Historical Park National Parks Conservation Association celebrates temporary victory for public lands near New Mexico National Park, still concerned about overall leasing processes and lack of public input.
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Blog Post Women of the Parks: Washington, D.C., Edition Check out three national park sites that represent significant stories in women’s history — and in the story of our nation.
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Blog Post Kids Need Nature: Here’s a Free Way to Get Them Outdoors Young people benefit from time in nature, but it is up to adults to help get them outside. A new free pass for fourth graders can help
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Press Release Extending Turkey Point Nuclear Operations Jeopardizes Health of Biscayne National Park Environmental analysis must address health, water and climate concerns for Biscayne and Everglades national parks, nearby communities and endangered and threatened wildlife.
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Press Release Utah Air Quality Board Approves Regional Haze Plan, Paving the Way for More Air Pollution in National Parks and Local Communities It is unacceptable that Utah is again failing to protect our parks, local economies and visitors, especially at a time when the state so desperately needs bold leadership to combat air pollution problems.
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Press Release Report: Endangered Species Act is a Win-Win for National Parks and Imperiled Species Amid ongoing political attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a new report explores the mutual and far-reaching benefits of the law to threatened and endangered fish, plants and wildlife as well as national parks.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Welcomes New Director to Head New York City Office Cortney Worrall to serve as Northeast senior regional director
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Press Release Salazar Visits New York City to Discuss Role of Urban Parks in America's Great Outdoors Statement by NPCA Northeast Senior Program Manager Oliver Spellman
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Magazine Article Flight Plan National parks temporarily declared “no-fly zones” for drones.
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Blog Post Commemorating Yellowstone's 150th Birthday with the Park's 'First Family' The world's first national park marks a significant milestone today — but its history reaches much further back than 1872 and involves the stories and cultures of more than two dozen Tribes.
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Press Release Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule That Weakens the Endangered Species Act New rule paves way for extractive industries to destroy habitat of imperiled species
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Press Release BLM Postpones Lease Sale Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park BLM to conduct additional review of energy development’s potential impacts on cultural site
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Policy Update Position on S. 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 26, 2017.
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Blog Post Tackling a Mountain with Mom Going to a national park with Mom for Mother’s Day? This outdoorsman did and had an unexpected adventure.
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Blog Post Leave the Mainland Behind Plan a remote beach vacation on Cumberland Island
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Magazine Article Pines in Peril Grand Teton’s lodgepole forests are exquisitely adapted to wildfire — but can they survive a changing climate?
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Blog Post What Does It Take to Run a National Park? Few of us appreciate the monumental task of caring for America’s national parks—each one a unique part of the country with its own specific management challenges and irreplaceable public resources. Shenandoah National Park staff recently decided to shine a light on what it takes to maintain their landmark Virginia park on a day-to-day basis.
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Press Release Congress Increases National Park Funding for Staffing and Recent Natural Disasters, Misses Opportunity to Pass Popular Bipartisan Park Bills "This funding will help our parks bring back hundreds of staff to safely welcome the millions of people who visit them and keep gateway communities up and running.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release New Plan for Pennsylvania Turnpike Stormwater Runoff Will Better Protect Valley Forge National Historical Park “Now every drop of stormwater that flows off this expanded six-mile stretch of the turnpike will be cooled and cleaned before gradually entering Valley Forge National Historical Park and Valley Creek" -- NPCA's Joy Oakes.
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Blog Post Counting Caves Mammoth Cave National Park may boast the world’s longest cave system, but one national park site includes hundreds more caves within its boundaries. Learn about the site with the most known caves in the National Park System.
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Policy Update NPCA Position on select legislation before the House Committee on Natural Resources NPCA shared the following position with members ahead of a full committee legislative markup held by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources scheduled for September 30th, 2020.
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Passage of Bills to Protect Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Glacier National Park Statements by Lynn McClure, NPCA Senior Midwest Regional Director and Michael Jamison, NPCA Glacier Program Manager
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Blog Post Lessons from the Wildlife Brigade Our job was simple: hike to Marion Lake in Granite Canyon. Tack on a few more details, like a novice backpacker, an unknown wilderness, a leaky can of tuna, and a problem bear, and things get a little more complicated.
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