Search results for “Appomattox Court House National Historical Park”
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Park Chaco Culture National Historical Park Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves five Chacoan "great houses" where people from various clans congregated to trade goods, share ideas and celebrate events a thousand years ago. The structures demonstrate the high skill of the Chacoan people, with sophisticated architecture and construction methods. Explore the nine-mile park road and backcountry trails by day; after dark, the park's night sky program offers the chance to view the stars from this sacred and special place.
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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 Acadia National Park Along the rugged coastline of Maine, this gem of the Northeast offers ocean shoreline, coastal forests, remote islands, rocky mountains and historic lighthouses. With 45 miles of historic carriage roads to bike and 125 miles of trails to hike, Acadia is a premier destination for the adventurous and outdoorsy. Among the park’s granite peaks is Cadillac Mountain, which at 1,530 feet stands as the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast.
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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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Report Winners of the National Park Heritage Award, 2015 The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is honored to present 81 members of Congress with the National Park Heritage Award.
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Report Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion For more than four years, NPCA has advocated for the addition of the Gettysburg or “Lincoln” train station, to be added to Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Blog Post The Park Service Should Not Be Forced to Support Alaska’s War on Bears Objectionable and unsportsmanlike hunting practices have no place in our national preserves
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Press Release Trump Administration Continues Efforts to Weaken Protections for Park Wildlife This proposal is just the latest of many attempts to weaken the Endangered Species Act, the nation's most effective tool in saving wildlife from extinction.
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Mayor Bloomberg and Interior Secretary Salazar's Efforts to Advance Vision for Gateway National Recreation Area Statement by NPCA Senior Regional Director Alexander Brash
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Press Release Transportation Funds Should be Used to Address Maintenance Backlog and Crumbling Roads and Bridges in America's National Parks Statement by NPCA's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Craig Obey
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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 Park Service Paves Way for Oil, Gas Drilling in Big Cypress National Preserve Plans Would Disrupt 70,000 Acres of Fragile Wetlands, Forest
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Press Release Trump Administration Repeals Clean Water Rule, Threatening National Park Waterways and Drinking Water for Communities Across the Country Today’s reckless move by the administration erases years of significant improvements to the protection of our nation’s waterways.
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Press Release World Fishing Network Partners with the National Parks Conservation Association in a Year-Round Effort to Raise Awareness for America's Great Waters New Partnership Seeks to Advance Restoration of America's Great Waters
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Press Release Restoration Plan Must Maximize Flow to Everglades National Park Florida Bay advocates optimistic about agency restoration potential
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Press Release New EPA Lead Must Make National Park Protection a Priority Statement by NPCA President & CEO Theresa Pierno on confirmation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Press Release Administration Announces Drilling Moratorium around Chaco Culture National Historical Park David Bernhardt visits New Mexico, agrees to temporary protections while working on long-term solutions.
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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 National Parks Conservation Association Announces David Lamfrom as Vice President of Regional Programs Lamfrom will bring focus on community, movement building, and inclusive campaigns to forefront as NPCA’s new Vice President
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Press Release More than 20,000 People Stand Up for Desert Wildlife, National Parks Comments on DRECP Call for a Cleaner Path towards Renewable Energy Future
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Press Release Ozone Rule Good Step, Missed Opportunity for National Parks Statement by Stephanie Kodish, head of NPCA’s Clean Air Program
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Press Release Parks Group Urges Better Protection for Addition Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Statement by NPCA Sun Coast Regional Director John Adornato III
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Press Release Short-Term Deal Will Put Federal Employees Back to Work, Fully Reopen National Parks The news of an agreement to fully reopen the federal government and put our 800,000 men and women back to work, and with pay, is welcome.
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Blog Post The Border Wall Is Destroying What This Park Was Created to Protect A firsthand account of the devastation at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona.
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Policy Update Position on the nomination of Shannon Estenoz as DOI Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks NPCA sent the following letter to Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 12th, 2021.
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Press Release National Park Sites Added to the Chopping Block with Interior Department Announcement The Department of Interior released a list of twenty-seven national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act of 1906 that are now subject to public review, including Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Interior Department’s announcement opens the door to review of any national monuments designated since 1996.
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Press Release RISE Brewing Co. celebrates their focus on the outdoors by announcing a partnership with the National Parks Conservation Association RISE’s other partnerships include the US Ski & Snowboard Association, Olympic Skier Winter Vinecki, Professional Surfer Sam Sibley, & Professional Rock Climbers.
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Press Release Legal Agreement Reached to Reduce Power Plant Pollution Damaging Southwest's National Parks, Navajo People Consent Decree will Cut Emissions from New Mexico's Four Corners Plant
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Blog Post Sally Jewell: An Ideal Choice to Lead Our National Parks into Their Next Century To witness our new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in her element, it helps to find her outdoors, whether she’s hiking a trail, paddling a kayak, or climbing a mountain. I know because I’ve gotten to share a number of excursions with her over the eight years she has served on NPCA’s board of trustees, and it’s given me insight into her character.
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Press Release Hundreds of Diverse Community Groups Call On Congress To Protect Public Lands During National Park Week Coalition includes LGBT, labor, women’s, disability, civil rights, Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American and Native American voices.
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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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Press Release Repeal of Planning Rules a Loss for Parks, Public Congress eliminates opportunities for public input on landscape planning.
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Blog Post Supporting the Regional Parks that 'Pay Huge Dividends' Ask someone to explain what a National Heritage Area (NHA) is, exactly, and you’re likely to get a long pause. At least, that’s what happened to me when I asked Annie Harris to fill me in. “It’s always hard to come up with some simple words,” she admits with a laugh.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Grand Canyon National Park America’s Southwest is full of amazing canyons, but none perhaps as famous or as widely visited as the Grand Canyon. This world-famous landmark is actually the youngest of the canyons in the region, despite its immense size. The Colorado River has been carving its way through the Southwest for nearly 70 million years, but the Grand Canyon is only 6 million years old.
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Press Release National Parks Vital to Administration's New Plan to Preserve America's Great Outdoors Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
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Press Release Fran Ulmer to Chair National Parks Conservation Association Board of Trustees Former lieutenant governor of Alaska to serve as chair of NPCA's Board of Trustees
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Letter Support for the National Park Centennial Centennial Letter to President Obama June 2013
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Report Keeping It Green The National Park Service is teaming up with hotels and restaurants within dozens of park units to find more sustainable ways to serve the millions of visitors who come through their front doors.
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Patrick Bassett Patrick Bassett is a second-year graduate student in the Public History program at Texas State University. His thesis, which is currently in progress, focuses on Indigenous representation within the National Park System. He is also currently working as an intern for the Texas Historical Commission on the William Goyens Jr. project, working to research and correct an outdated and erroneous historical marker.
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Talking Points Community Support for Rim of the Valley Community Comments on National Park Service, Rim of the Valley Study, April 2015
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Park Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument This park's remote mineral deposits are a unique trove like nowhere else in the world. Native Americans have quarried the flint in this region of the Texas Panhandle since the Ice Age for its superior durability.
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America Fitzpatrick America has spent over a decade working in conservation in the West and currently works to protect parks from energy development.
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Alex Thompson Alex Thompson is a Graduate Student at Texas State University in the Public History program. When she is not in school, she is President-Elect of her church board, Executive Assistant to the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry, or just organizing in the Hays County area. She is a happy dog mom to Lily Tomlin and Winston Fox with whom she shares with her partner Destry.
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Alejandro Lopez From Los Fresnos, Texas, Alejandro is a proud first-generation college graduate from The University of Texas Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. His passions shine through in years of academic research with the Rose Research Group and legislative work with Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini. Alejandro's ultimate goal is to continue advocating for the environment, especially in low-income areas and communities of color.
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Prerna Bhat Prerna Bhat is an Austin, Texas native who, as an environmental professional, entered the political world to help elect and support leaders who actually believe in climate change and the need for equitable environmental justice solutions.
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