Search results for “Glen Canyon National Recreation Area”
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Magazine Article Hire Education The Park Service and Student Conservation Association team up to show Native Alaskan youth some new career options.
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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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Blog Post A Best-Kept Secret at Lake Clark Is in Danger — Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Cook Inlet beluga whales live close to a national park, as well as Alaska’s largest city. Yet with 330 or so left in the wild, they're also an endangered population. Here’s why they matter.
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Blog Post National Parks Are in Climate Distress. This Law is One Step Toward a Solution. A year after its passage, 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act remains a historic climate investment in national parks. It can’t be the only one.
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Press Release New Cultural Trail Proposal Will Connect More People to the Pullman Story, Its Imprint on American History "The Pullman Cultural Trail offers opportunities to mix art and history in innovative ways that bring Pullman stories to life. This place continues to inspire all and NPCA is committed to seeing this vision through with our many community partners.”
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Blog Post 10 Great Lakes National Parks to Know and Love The Great Lakes make up the largest freshwater system in the world. Can you name the national parks found near and along their shores? They preserve natural phenomena and cultural history distinctive to this portion of North America.
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Magazine Article Remembering Rosenwald With Booker T. Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states. Why do so few people know his name?
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Blog Post Protecting the Minidoka Viewshed A proposed large-scale wind farm would mar the land surrounding Minidoka National Historic Site, considered a somber place for reflection by Japanese American survivors and descendants. NPCA and Friends of Minidoka are fighting the project.
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Blog Post Want to Be a Park Scientist? Counting birds. Looking for dragonfly larvae. Analyzing coyote scat? National park visitors can help the places they love by taking part in meaningful science around the country.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Gettysburg & Beyond Whether you’re interested in the Civil War or just looking for a scenic drive through vibrant downtowns and bucolic countryside, Gettysburg and its surroundings will immerse you in American history.
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Press Release British Columbia Reclaims Mining Rights For Upper Skagit Watershed Decision will protect important waterways within North Cascades National Park and beyond
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Press Release We Dig It: Parks Group Welcomes Fossil Protections on Public Lands New rule strengthens protections for important paleontological sites across the United States
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Blog Post Make Plans for Public Lands This Saturday—and Enjoy a Fee-Free Park Day All national parks will waive their entrance fees this Saturday, September 29, for National Public Lands Day, the largest one-day volunteer effort for public lands in America.
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Magazine Article Comeback Bears How black bears crossed an international border and miles of desert to recolonize Texas’ Big Bend National Park.
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Press Release Supreme Court Ruling Caters to Polluters, Makes Waters Dirtier for People and Parks "The Environmental Protection Agency was created more than 50 years ago to protect human health and our environment from known pollution and today their hands are tied by the Court ignoring America’s overwhelming support for more protections – not less." NPCA's Chad Lord
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Blog Post The Final Frontier? Every U.S. state is home to a national park site, but this was not the case for most of the history of the National Park System. In 2013, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to create a national park site in the very last state to have one.
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Blog Post 8 National Park Gardens to Delight the Senses If you’re looking for some color and fragrance this spring and summer, gardens in national parks are — or soon will be — abloom.
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Magazine Article Yellowstone Family Five decades ago, they spent their summers working at Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Inn. The experience transformed them — and bonded them for life.
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Magazine Article A Monumental Effort Almost a century after Virginia pushed out mountain people to make way for Shenandoah National Park, monuments to honor their memory are helping their descendants heal.
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Policy Update NPCA support for Joseph Goffman as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation Ahead of a nomination hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, NPCA sent the following letter of support for the nomination of Joseph Goffman.
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Press Release Great Lakes National Parks Lead in Restoration, Benefits Largest Fresh Water System on the Planet New NPCA report highlights successful restoration efforts in and around 10 national parks and the need for increased federal funding.
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Blog Post Facts You May Know Not About 10 First Ladies In honor of Women’s History Month, here are intriguing stories about 10 of these public figures who have contributed to American history, culture and the presidency.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5859, the Trillion Trees Act NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 26, 2020.
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Press Release Yellowstone Bourbon Renews Partnership with NPCA Yellowstone's $250,000 donation in 2023 will make it NPCA's largest annual corporate donor.
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Magazine Article Park Palette With 11 residencies under her belt, Heather Heckel is painting and drawing her way through the National Park System.
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Press Release Attacks on Our National Monuments Continue; Zinke Report Recommends Gutting More Protections Monuments report shows administration’s plans to dismantle 10 places protected by past Republican and Democratic presidents.
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Press Release President Biden Designates Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument This site honors our veterans’ sacrifices and preserves critical lands and waters in Colorado.
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Press Release Wildlife Protection Documentary Makes Film Festival Debut The Boone Docs Film Festival will feature short-form documentary films focusing on or from the Appalachian region, including The Search for Safe Passage, produced by NPCA and Wildlands Network.
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Press Release Yellowstone Bourbon Recognized by National Parks Conservation Association with National Park Defender Award NPCA names partner recipient of annual award in honor of commitment to national park protection.
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Press Release Clemson Institute for Parks Honors NPCA Leader on History and Cultural Resources For more than twenty years, Alan Spears has been a powerful driving force for protecting many chapters of our country’s diverse history.
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