Search results for “Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park”
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site According to an assessment by NPCA's Center for State of the Parks, current overall conditions cultural resources at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site received a "good" score of 83 out of 100. However, park staff are concerned they will be unable to maintain them in this condition without additional funds and staff.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Nez Perce National Historical Park Protecting resources and enforcing park regulations are difficult at Nez Perce National Historical Park, in part, because the park is spread across four states.
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Park Biscayne National Park Located just a few miles from the city of Miami, Biscayne is the largest marine park in the National Park System and preserves the diverse marine environment where the Atlantic Ocean meets Biscayne Bay. The park features a variety of plant and animal life both above and below the water's surface, including the longest stretch of mangrove forest remaining on Florida's east coast and part of the only living tropical coral reef system in the continental United States.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park As is true of most national parks, Rocky Mountain faces pressures that threaten to diminish its splendor and importance to posterity.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Olympic National Park Current overall conditions of Olympic’s known natural resources rated 81 out of a possible 100, indicating they are in marginally good condition, with viability of the ecosystem(s) estimated as vulnerable. Overall conditions of the park’s known cultural resources rated 65 out of a possible 100, indicating they are in fair condition.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Because of this unique administrative situation, the Center for State of the Parks did not apply its assessment methodologies to rate conditions of natural and cultural resources at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Instead, the challenges associated with administering the trail, as well as successful programs and partnerships, are highlighted.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: A Rare and Isolated Community Q: National parks help interpret diverse aspects of American culture, including unusual and exceptional stories from our country’s past. One unique park site preserves the history of a particularly rare and isolated kind of community: a Hansen’s disease settlement (commonly known as a leper colony). Can you name this park where former patients still live today?
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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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Blog Post Ticket to Ride: Free Trolley Service Expands Access to Everglades and Biscayne This Winter Thirty miles south of Miami, the community of Homestead, Florida, sits in a lucky spot. Equidistant from two major national parks, with Everglades National Park about ten miles to the west and Biscayne National Park about ten miles to the east, residents and visitors are perfectly situated to enjoy some of the most beautiful lands, waters, and wildlife in the entire country.
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Blog Post The Imprisoned Doctor Who Helped Fight an Epidemic A country doctor convicted in the plot to assassinate President Lincoln earned a pardon by treating an outbreak in his prison, which is now part of a national park.
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Blog Post Protecting Our Great Waters More than two-thirds of all national park units are located in Great Waters watersheds, and the ways we use the land around national parks impacts the quality and quantity of water in national parks.
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Blog Post 11 of the Best Bird-Watching Spots for Fall More than 700 distinct bird species can be found in America’s national parks. Exploring this incredible array of wildlife is a great reason to visit national parks, and the fall migration—when millions of birds are heading south from northern breeding grounds—is the perfect time to do it. Here are some of the best places to find different types of birds at national parks across the country.
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Blog Post The 9 Best Things We Saw Online During the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown was an agonizing time for people around the country, including the thousands of Park Service staff, contractors, business owners, and tourists who love and depend on our national parks. If something positive came out of all this, it was that park closures reminded so many of us how much we truly value these wonderful places.
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Magazine Article Lest We Forget One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Natural Bridges As parks go, Natural Bridges has some serious bragging rights: It’s Utah’s first national park site, the first International Dark-Sky Park in the world, and one of the very darkest places for stargazing in the country. Designated in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt, this is the only place where you can find three natural bridges in such close proximity, including the second-largest natural bridge in the world.
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Magazine Article The Sustainable Spread National park eateries are serving more healthy, local, sustainable fare, and you can already taste the difference.
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Magazine Article On The Brink What happens when erosion, rising seas, a national park and a beach community collide?
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Blog Post 5 More Great American Outdoors Act Success Stories This historic, bipartisan 2020 legislation has made big improvements in our national parks. As NPCA calls on Congress to extend this critically needed source of funding for deferred maintenance and repairs, these five parks showcase how this investment makes a difference.
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Magazine Article We’re Still Here Every national park site sits on ancestral lands. So what does it mean to be a Native American working for the Park Service today?
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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 Finders Weepers Every year, national parks receive dozens of rocks and artifacts returned by remorseful visitors. What are parks to do with the stuff?
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Magazine Article Sea Change Everglades National Park hopes to alter the tide of climate change and, perhaps, the future of park planning.
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Press Release Wyoming Hunting Proposal Threatens Yellowstone and Grand Teton Grizzly Bears Proposal threatens grizzly bears that make their homes in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and travel inside and outside of park borders.
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Blog Post Congress Averted an October Shutdown. But What’s Next? National parks are open, thanks to late-night actions by Congress Sept. 30. But parks could face the same situation in mid-November that they just narrowly avoided if long-term funding issues aren’t resolved soon.
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Blog Post Tips for Seeing Arches During Peak Season After years of frustrating overcrowding problems, staff at Arches National Park launched a timed-entry reservation system last month to ensure more reliable access for park visitors. Here's what to know before you go.
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Blog Post The Votes are In: A Crowdsourced Adventure in the Smokies What happens when social media followers select where to send two park adventurers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park? The couple enjoys an awesome itinerary — one you might want to replicate someday.
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Press Release New economic impact study of Ocmulgee River Corridor to support growth and community engagement in Central Georgia National Parks Conservation Association to help propel economic effort on proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve with $74,800 from Knight Foundation
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Magazine Article ‘In My Country’ More than a century after Native Americans were displaced to create Glacier National Park, a Blackfeet-run tour company offers visitors a chance to see the park from the perspective of the people who lived there first.
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Magazine Article Bearing Witness Bearcams in Katmai National Park and Preserve are capturing impressive scenes from the wild—and changing the nature of park visitation.
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Press Release Introduction of Wolves is Right Move for Isle Royale Park Service proposes to bring more wolves to the park to save population
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Magazine Article Blazes and Colors The 1947 fire ravaged Acadia National Park — and transformed the park’s autumnal display.
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Blog Post Saving What Makes Biscayne Special At Biscayne, many fish populations are on the verge of collapse, and the National Park Service must do more to help the park and its wildlife thrive again. In honor of World Ocean Day on June 8, NPCA's conservation director shares a long overdue way to protect this special place.
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Blog Post The Poacher and the Bootleg Lady Thanks to a recent purchase by the National Park Service, we can all remember the colorful story of an unusual couple from the early days of Glacier National Park.
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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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Press Release Final Yellowstone Winter Visitation Plan Released National Park Service final winter use regulation guarantees a cleaner, quieter national park
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Press Release Generational Opportunity to Expand Yellowstone Bison Conservation “The National Park Service and its cooperating partners must manage bison, America’s national mammal, like other valued wildlife, protecting its seasonal migration in and out of the park." - Stephanie Adams, NPCA's Wildlife Director
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Park Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area This underappreciated jewel offers a variety of outdoor attractions, from hiking to whitewater rafting to bird-watching to stargazing. One of the park’s most popular activities is horseback riding, and visitors can enjoy more than 180 miles of riding trails and stay in special campsites that will accommodate horses. The East Rim Overlook in the southeastern area of the park offers a spectacular view of where the river cuts a deep gorge into the Cumberland Plateau. Some of the most interesting natural features include the natural sandstone arches that formed along the edges of the gorge — hikers can see more than a dozen of these beautiful structures on the western side of the park.
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Park Blue Ridge Parkway Extending more than 450 miles between Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, the Blue Ridge Parkway is a trip through the history of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the people who have lived here for hundreds of years. This meandering road ties together diverse landscapes and conserves architecture, industry and cultural traditions associated with the mountain communities of southern Appalachia. Visitors can while away an afternoon listening to traditional music at the Blue Ridge Music Center, learn about the life of early settlers at Mabry Mill, or peruse traditional arts and crafts at the Folk Art Center, among other adventures.
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Park Big Hole National Battlefield After spending the summer fleeing U.S. Army troops, a band of Nez Perce Indians set up camp in Montana's Big Hole Valley, unaware that nearby troops would soon intercept them. On August 9, 1877, the quiet dawn was pierced by the sound of U.S. Army gunfire and the screams of women and children, many of whom died instantly in their tipis. Between 60 and 90 Nez Perce men, women and children were killed during a 36-hour battle. Today the battlefield is part of the Nez Perce National Historical Park, which consists of 38 sites that preserve the culture and the history of the Nez Perce. The Nez Perce consider the Big Hole National Battlefield a sacred burial ground, and many tribal members travel here to honor those who perished in the conflict.
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Staff Jen Woolworth Jen works out of the Anchorage, Alaska office. Before joining NPCA Jen worked as a park ranger in several areas in Utah and Alaska.
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Dr. Shane Doyle, Apsáalooke Dr. Shane Doyle, Apsáalooke, is an educational and cultural consultant who hails from Crow Agency, Montana. His work includes archaeological and genetic research, curriculum design, performance art production, and environmental advocacy. Doyle helped commemorate Yellowstone Park's 150th birthday by coordinating the installation of the All Nations Teepee Village at Madison Junction in August 2022. Dr. Doyle lives in Bozeman with his wife Megkian and their five children.
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Staff Jimi Shaughnessy Jimi is a Marine that works in the conservation space, first in the field and most recently improving programs to accommodate service and recreation opportunities for veterans and friends in local and national parks.
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Sergio Moncada Sergio is an environmental planner and project manager with more than a decade of experience in the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of conservation and sustainability projects.
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Staff Daniel Orozco Daniel’s interest in the protection of the environment started during his undergraduate research studying the impact of agricultural fires and industrial emissions on air quality and human health.
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Park Big Thicket National Preserve Spanning seven counties and nine ecosystems, not far from the Texas-Louisiana border, Big Thicket National Preserve weaves together internationally renowned biological diversity with the rich history of many generations of people who have relied on this land for safety and survival.
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