Search results for “San Juan National Historic Site”
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Park Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Once ringed by trees, which gave the spot its name, the broad prairies of Palo Alto were the setting for an artillery battle in 1846. On May 8 of that year, the first major clash between United States and Mexican troops took place on this site, starting a two-year long war that forever changed the map of North America. Today, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the site of this significant battle and interprets the causes, events and consequences of the U.S.-Mexican War. Discover historic trails and native wildlife while walking along the battlefield, amidst the haunting sounds of cannon fire.
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Park New River Gorge National Park & Preserve This national park site includes 53 miles of the New River, a federally recognized Wild and Scenic River, as well as the deep gorge that surrounds it.
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Park Pullman National Historical Park Few sites preserve the history of American industry, labor and urban planning as well as Pullman, America’s first model industrial town.
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Park Point Reyes National Seashore This seashore, established in 1962, is the only national seashore on the West Coast. It features windswept beaches, coastal cliffs and headlands, marine terraces, coastal uplands, salt marshes, estuaries, and coniferous forests. Located on the Point Reyes Peninsula, 40 miles northwest of San Francisco, the park encompasses about 71,070 acres, stretched across more than 80 miles of undeveloped coastline. Within the park, 32,730 acres are designated wilderness or potential wilderness, constituting one of the most accessible wilderness areas in the country, and the only marine wilderness (Drakes Estero) on the West Coast south of Alaska. The park harbors an astonishingly rich array of wildlife species, some found nowhere else on Earth.
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Park Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park is home to one of the country's most spectacular waterfalls — a 260-foot-wide, 77-foot drop that rushes through the Passaic River Gorge and is recognized as a National Natural Landmark. These astounding falls made Paterson the ideal site for one of America's earliest industrial parks — a thriving manufacturing district developed in part by founding father Alexander Hamilton and run for decades on the area's abundant hydropower.
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Press Release BLM Resource Management Plan Misses the Mark, Puts Mesa Verde National Park at Risk Statement by Vanessa Mazal, Colorado Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Policy Update NPCA support for Martha Williams to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NPCA sent the following letter to Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Martha Williams to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior.
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Press Release Fact: Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule Endangers National Park Waterways A resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to dismantle the Stream Protection Rule, which safeguards streams from pollution created by mountaintop removal and surface coal mining.
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Blog Post Summer Home of the ‘Denim King’ What’s one of the most popular stops along the Blue Ridge Parkway? Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and its Flat Top Manor — a 23-room mansion built as a country gentleman’s estate in 1901 by the world’s leading manufacturer of denim.
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Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
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Blog Post A National Park Where You Can Drive Your Car on a Lake? One national park in the Lower 48 includes just a few short access roads, but for a couple of months a year, park officials allow visitors to drive their vehicles directly on two of the park's lakes. Can you name this park?
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Press Release National Parks Group Echoes Former Interior Secretary's Call to Preserve Public Lands Statement by Tom Kiernan, President, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release President Preserves Iconic Canyon Country with Bears Ears National Monument Shares Landscape with Canyonlands National Park, Other Protected Areas
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Press Release Coalition of Public Health, Environmental and Conservation Groups Speak Up to Protect National Park Waterways Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule threatens clean water protections and puts communities at risk
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Press Release Plan for Energy Development in Southwest Colorado Moves Forward Collaborative Planning Will Help Mesa Verde National Park
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Magazine Article A Chance for Freedom During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting.
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Press Release Parks Group Files Opposition Brief in Lawsuit Over Illegally-Permitted Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown Dominion Energy has played loose and fast with the courts and prioritized irresponsible development over historic Jamestown and nearby national parks.
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Blog Post Restoring Resiliency at Dyke Marsh A year ago, Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast, demonstrating once again the power of nature. It left behind $65 billion in damage affecting 24 states and 70 national parks.
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Press Release Parks Group Responds to Management Plans that Threaten Grand Staircase-Escalante and Future of All National Monuments Plan Undermines Standards for National Monument Protections, Ignores Public Opposition and Ongoing Litigation Over Reduced Boundaries
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Press Release Amid Public Health Threat, Park Superintendents Given Authority to Close Areas Within National Parks These are unprecedented times, and we need to make sure park staff and visitor's health comes first.
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Press Release Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Will Defend Grand Canyon from Uranium Industry Appeal Uranium companies appeal ruling that banned new mining claims on 1 million acres near iconic park
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Magazine Article ‘How We Heal’ The Blackfeet Nation’s effort to restore bison reached a milestone this summer with the release of a free-roaming herd onto sacred lands adjacent to Glacier National Park.
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Press Release New Report: One of America’s Most Visited National Parks Only Accessible for Some Parks group identifies transportation improvements for Gateway, including ferry, bus and bicycle options.
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Blog Post It's Arch Madness! You chose a winner from an elite group of 8 world-famous landmarks in this light-hearted park-to-park competition held in March.
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Press Release Oil, Gas Exploration to Begin Within Big Cypress National Preserve Despite ongoing lawsuit, destructive seismic exploration set to start in Big Cypress’ sensitive wetlands.
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Blog Post The Art, Science and Economics of Cherry Blossom Forecasting A highly unusual year for D.C.'s famous cherry trees forces festival organizers to scramble and may leave thousands of travelers disappointed.
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Press Release National Geographic and Partners Unveil “Scenic, Wild Delaware River” — America’s Newest Travel Destination Geotourism initiative seeks to boost national and international tourism to middle and upper Delaware River region
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Magazine Article The Visionaries Nearly 100 years ago, the work of best friends Stephen Mather and Robert Sterling Yard forever endeared the American public to the national parks—and gave birth to NPCA, the organization that would protect them.
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Magazine Article A Rare Tuft Can grass nerds save an extremely rare grass that lives high in the mountains of Big Bend National Park?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016
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Blog Post 3 Reasons to Be Concerned About Congress’s Budget Negotiations The clock is ticking as another budget deadline approaches. Here is what’s at stake for national parks.
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Press Release Senate Democrats Propose $5 Billion for Park Repairs Infrastructure proposal includes investments in land acquisition, historic preservation
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Blog Post 4 Ways President Obama Can Create a Lasting National Park Legacy Last month, President Obama took the podium at Everglades National Park to publicly address the seriousness of climate change. That he chose the world-famous River of Grass as the setting for his Earth Day speech was no accident: Rising ocean levels and other effects of climate change threaten the very existence of this landmark park.
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Press Release Proposed Oil Refinery Threatens Theodore Roosevelt National Park Meridian Energy Group, Inc. is one step closer to building a 55,000 barrel-per-day crude oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park . The fast-moving proposal is opposed by NPCA, current and former superintendents of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and many people in the state and local area.
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Magazine Article 'Peace, Life & Tingly Happiness' Photographer Matt Brass and filmmaker Jesse Brass carefully planned a visit to South Dakota to shoot Badlands National Park. A winter storm changed everything.
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