Search results for “Andrew Johnson National Historic Site”
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Park Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Frederick Law Olmsted was one of the country's premiere landscape designers, best known as the architect of New York City’s Central Park. He had a lifelong interest in landscape design, traveling extensively to study the formal gardens of Europe and writing books about the role of landscape architecture in civilization. Olmsted was also a vocal abolitionist. He toured the South just prior to the Civil War, calling on President Lincoln to stop the spread of slavery to the western territories. Later in life, Olmsted moved to Boston, where he opened the first professional practice focused on landscape design. The Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site houses artifacts of his life, his writings, and his work.
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Park Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Fort Raleigh National Historic Site honors the earliest English settlers in America, including Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony," which disappeared from Roanoke Island between 1587 and 1590.
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Park Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Home of the famous writer, orator, publisher, abolitionist and statesman, this park is a compelling window into the life of a pioneering historic figure.
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Park Fort Matanzas National Monument Built by the Spanish in 1742 to protect an inlet of the Matanzas River, this masonry fort near St. Augustine, Florida, was built on the site of a 16th century massacre. Twelve British ships were forced to retreat in a brief skirmish in 1742 as the fort was nearing completion. Today, the site preserves part of an intact barrier island ecosystem, including beaches and a nature trail.
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Park Gateway National Recreation Area Created in 1972, Gateway is located in the outer New York-New Jersey Harbor, protecting more than 26,000 acres of land and offering an array of recreational, cultural and natural experiences. More than 330 species of birds and 71 species of butterflies live within the park or stop over at Gateway during their seasonal migrations. Gateway's buildings, landscapes and archaeological sites offer great examples of America's coastal defenses from the Revolutionary War through the Cold War.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 835 & H.R. 4895 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for February 14, 2018.
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Press Release Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Off-road Vehicle Plan Ignores Threats to Park Resources The National Park Service’s proposed special regulations for off-road vehicle management at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area misses the mark, ignores park impacts.
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Blog Post Youth Spotlight on Melvin Moreno “There was never a moment when I wasn't having the greatest time of my life.”
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Blog Post A Sad Anniversary for the California Desert A year of irresponsible Interior actions undermines decades of progress for our national parks, wildlife and sacred spaces.
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Press Release Last Oil and Gas Lease in the Badger-Two Medicine Retired Blackfeet traditionalists and conservationists reach historic settlement agreement with leaseholder, ending 40-year struggle to prevent oil and gas drilling on public lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation.
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Magazine Article Reporting for Duty The Park Service shuttered its Morning Report in 2015 after a 30-year run, but the longtime editor has a few more things to say.
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Blog Post Can Pullman's Planned Community Become Chicago's First National Park? Picture this: Big city expressways and a network of train tracks lined with industry, businesses, city buildings, and schools—for miles. Then, out of the landscape rises a giant clock tower. This is your first glimpse of the Historic Pullman District on Chicago’s South Side.
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Magazine Article Wolf Hunt Paleontologists stumble on ancient wolf remains in Tule Springs.
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Blog Post 5 Lessons, Countless Memories This dad took his two kids on a six-week adventure to national parks around the country—and learned a lot along the way.
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Blog Post 9 Romantic Park Trips for You and Your Valentine Whether you want to live it up near the city lights or get away from it all under the starlight, national parks provide a wealth of amorous adventures for you and your Valentine.
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Blog Post The U.S. National Park That Bid for the Olympics It’s hard to imagine a massive event such as the Olympic Games ever taking place in a national park, but did you know one U.S. park actually bid to host the Winter Olympic Games? Hint: It was not Olympic National Park.
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Press Release Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Havasupai Tribe, conservation coalition celebrate key win for protecting water, wildlife, and sacred lands
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Blog Post 5 Ways to Pitch in to Help the Places You Love Find Your Voice to help protect and enjoy our national parks in time for their centennial and beyond.
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Blog Post Energy Development on Public Lands: The Next Four Years On the eastern side of Glacier National Park, rugged peaks give way to high plains where the Glacier border meets Blackfeet tribal lands. On these lands next door to Glacier, oil and gas companies are in the early stages of exploration.
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Blog Post 'Let the World See' These four journalists reported on the unspeakable, braving danger, and in some cases discrimination, to bring the brutal injustice of Emmett Till’s murder to light.
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Press Release Telling America's Stories: Congress Approves Renaming of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Bill passes though U.S. Senate with unanimous consent
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Policy Update NPCA Letter to DOI, EPA and NARA urging pause on certain public activities due to COVID-19 NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno, along with partners, submitted the following letter to Secretary Bernhardt (DOI), Administrator Ferriero (NARA), and Administrator Wheeler (EPA) requesting a pause to public comment periods on active rulemaking and non-rulemaking notices within their respective agencies.
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Yosemite's Commitment to Science, Recreation, and Preservation with its Draft Merced River and Tuolumne River Plans Statement by Emily Schrepf, Central Valley Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post NPCA Urges Parks to Close and Visitors to Stay Home as Pandemic Worsens in the U.S. Help keep staff and the public safe by enjoying parks from afar.
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Blog Post Misplaced Priorities Why is the administration moving forward on oil and gas leasing and other development projects on public lands while the nation struggles to meet its basic needs?
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Blog Post A Woman on Mount Rushmore? Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the faces of four U.S. presidents. All, of course, are men, but Congress considered a bill in 1936 supporting the addition of a female figure to the granite memorial. Do you know which woman might have joined George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?
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Press Release Senate Passes Momentous Bill to Fix National Parks and Public Lands For five years, NPCA, park advocates and communities across the country have urged Congress to fix our parks. Today, those efforts paid off.
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Press Release Administration Takes Science Out of Park Management “DO 100” Policy Brought Better Science, Climate Concerns to Park Planning
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Blog Post ‘Nobody’s Free Unless We’re All Free’ Students connect virtually with their history at Stonewall through NPCA Zoom programs.
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Blog Post Blue and Gray Make Green Earlier this week, the Civil War Trust released a ten-page report packed with photos, statistics, and testimonials on the benefits Civil War battlefields have on the economy.
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Press Release National Parks Maintenance Backlog Nears $12 Billion Maintenance Needs for Trails, Visitors Centers Grows from Last Year – Congress Needs to Boost Park Funding
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Blog Post Wild American Beauty: 10 Wilderness Areas to Explore Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act by exploring some of America’s wildest places, from remote windswept tundras to cactus-dotted mountains to serene rock-strewn beaches. Several spots are surprisingly close to major cities.
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Magazine Article First Impressions A Connecticut farm tells the story of painter Julian Alden Weir, who helped introduce Americans to Impressionism.
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Press Release Vela Steps Down as Acting Director of the National Park Service For more than three years, the National Park Service has been without a Senate-confirmed director.
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Press Release NPCA Calls the 'Dinosaur Trails' Master Leasing Plan Step in the Right Direction Moves Monument Toward Stronger Balance of Conservation, Development, and Recreation
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