Search results for “Bluestone National Scenic River”
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Park Gauley River National Recreation Area The Gauley River National Recreation Area hosts world-class whitewater opportunities. More than 60,000 visitors come here each year for whitewater rafting.
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Letter Comments on White River Oil and Gas Resource Management Comments on White River Field Office Oil and Gas Resource Management Plan Amendment/EIS
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Report Protecting Our Chesapeake, Protecting Our National Parks The Chesapeake Bay watershed is home to more than 50 national park units. Shenandoah National Park in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, and the C&O Canal National Historical Park along the Potomac River are just a few of the parks that share this common bond. Their streams and rivers, along with many others in the expansive watershed, ultimately flow into the Chesapeake Bay, which is recognized as one of America’s Great Waters.
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Press Release Pennsylvania Bill Would Fund Critical Conservation Programs that Support State’s National Parks Investment in the Growing Greener Environmental Stewardship Fund will support environmental programs that benefit Pennsylvania’s national park sites
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Magazine Article Obed Refuge How a backyard national park helped heal a family in transition.
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Magazine Article Miners' Angel A century ago, Mother Jones faced bullets and long odds in her quest to better the lives of coal laborers working in New River Gorge and other West Virginia mines.
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Blog Post Fishy Business Giant invasive fish are injuring boaters in the Midwest? Crazy but true. A new law will help corral these intruders.
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Magazine Article Fish Out of Water Asian carp threaten national parks along the Mississippi River.
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Press Release New Poll Finds National Parks Are Unifying, Bipartisan Issue in West Virginia Across party lines, West Virginians support their representatives in Congress taking a strong stand in supporting policies to protect and strengthen national parks.
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Blog Post Tuzi ... What? The Origins of 12 Unusual National Park Names Tuzigoot. Great Egg Harbor. Yosemite. Who came up with these names? What do they mean? Sometimes they come from one person, sometimes a whole culture—but the stories behind these memorable monikers reveal interesting details about these places and the people who have loved and lived in them.
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Press Release National Parks Group Defends Park Service’s Authority to Manage Its Waterways NPCA is siding with the National Park Service as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Sturgeon v. Frost, a lawsuit challenging the park service’s authority to manage activities on navigable rivers within parks in Alaska.
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Magazine Article When Cotton Was King Cane River Creole National Historical Park tells the story of life on a Louisiana plantation.
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Blog Post Love Is in the Parks 5 NPCA staff members share their national park love stories.
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Blog Post Capturing Wild Animals — in Pictures A team of students traveled to Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee to learn camera-trapping — taking pictures of animals in the wild. See photos from their award-winning project.
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Magazine Article The Long and Winding Recovery The Anacostia River and the national park site that flanks it were long mistreated and neglected. Are the tides finally turning?
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Press Release Senators from 4 Border States Urge British Columbia to Clean Up Mining Operations that Threaten U.S. Waterways, Parks and Wildlife Eight senators urge British Columbia Premier to acknowledge the impacts of mining on U.S./Canadian rivers.
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Blog Post Bringing Down the Dams People talk about overcoming obstacles, but when advocates literally move tons of concrete to help their local river and its wildlife, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase.
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Blog Post Reflections on the Clean Water Act 50 years after the Clean Water Act brought the Cuyahoga River back to life, an NPCA staffer looks back on the progress made — and what still needs to be done — to ensure clean water in national parks.
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Magazine Article A Classroom with a View As students paddle through the raging rapids and placid pools of the Colorado River, they learn about the challenges facing the Grand Canyon, and a whole lot more.
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Magazine Article Mussel Power Mollusks are the latest weapon in the battle to clean up the D.C. waterway once known as the Forgotten River.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association and Allies File Brief to Support Clean Water in the Chesapeake and Across the Country NPCA, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, and 26 additional organizations are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Third Circuit to uphold a federal district court’s September 2013 ruling in support of the Clean Water Blueprint
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Blog Post New National Park Site Preserves Maine’s Vast Beauty President Obama celebrates the National Park Service's 100th birthday by creating America's newest national park site, the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Here's a glimpse at what makes these vast boreal forests and free-flowing rivers so special, and how the region inspired early conservationists.
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Press Release Court’s Order Sides with Parks Group, Another Positive Step Towards Protecting Historic Jamestown Today’s Court ruling makes clear that the Army Corps illegally approved Dominion Energy’s permit to build a massive transmission line across the James River.
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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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Policy Update Testimony: Border Wall Issues Forum Written testimony of Christina Hazard, NPCA Associate Director for Government Affairs, before the House Committee on Natural Resources at the Border Wall Issues Forum on January 15, 2019.
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Blog Post 400 Years of History at Risk Dominion Virginia Power seeks to build a 500-kilovolt power line directly through this unmarred section of the James River, using 17 towers that would each be nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
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Press Release New Study: Creation of Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Would Bring Economic Growth to Middle Georgia Analysis commissioned by NPCA and Knight Foundation highlights economic benefits of enhanced designation for Ocmulgee National Monument and river corridor
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Press Release Stream Protection Rule an Important Step in Protecting National Park Water Quality Sets baseline for greater progress in protecting park rivers and streams
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Blog Post Power Line Proposal Threatening Historic Jamestown Based on Flawed Projections According to a new report commissioned by NPCA, Dominion Power's harmful plan to build 17 giant towers across the James River is not only detrimental to irreplaceable historic resources—it's also unnecessary.
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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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Blog Post Fighting Oil and Gas Development at Dinosaur National Monument: A Victory or a Delay? Tucked into the corners where the Utah and Colorado state lines meet is an exceptional landscape where the Old West stayed young. It is a land of open skies and plains, rugged canyons, and the vibrant Yampa and Green Rivers. And in the heart of it all is Dinosaur National Monument.
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Blog Post World-Class Music and History at Muscle Shoals Nestled in the northwest corner of Alabama, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area (MNSHA) consists of the six northwest Alabama counties—Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, and Morgan—that border the meandering Tennessee River. World-class fishing lakes and challenging golf courses combined with a thriving music industry and a fascinating local history attract thousands of visitors to the region every year.
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Press Release Parks Group Celebrates Staffer Named North Carolina Wildlife Conservationist Of The Year Jeff Hunter has led NPCA’s efforts to protect iconic national parks like Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
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Park Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac Located on an island in the Potomac River, this memorial to our 36th president is accessed by car or foot from sites in Virginia, including the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
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Park Walnut Canyon National Monument Learn what it was like to live in the small, ancient cliff dwellings that dot the rim of this canyon, built by the Sinagua people, the first permanent inhabitants of the region. Walk the Rim Trail for scenic views, or hike into the canyon to explore the dwellings up close.
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Park Effigy Mounds National Monument Effigy mounds are raised piles of earth shaped like animals and other symbols, often used as burial grounds. This national monument preserves more than 200 such prehistoric mounds created by American Indians living in northeast Iowa's Upper Mississippi River Valley. These sacred and ceremonial sites most frequently take the forms of birds and bears, though some are also shaped like turtles, panthers, bison, deer and other animals.
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Fact Sheet Protecting the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail follows the historic routes of the English explorer's voyages on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the York, James, and other rivers between 1607 and 1609.
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Report Pathways To Prosperity: The Natural Roots of Economic Success in the Crown of the Continent The stories in this report point to the Crown’s spectacular wildlife, its scenic appeal, and its unmatched outdoor recreation as anchors to which our economic success is tethered.
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Park Curecanti National Recreation Area These three reservoirs along the Gunnison River offer boating, fishing, camping and hiking in a spectacular Rocky Mountain setting. The park's Blue Mesa Reservoir is the largest body of water in Colorado and features one of the best Kokanee salmon fisheries in the country.
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Land Based Trip Ancient Forests of the Olympic Peninsula Welcome to the Pacific Northwest! From the city of Seattle, make your way to Olympic National Park, one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is in this landscape that natural wonders, complex ecosystems and history come together to create a truly magnificent experience. Your NPCA experts and accompanying guides will show you a lesser-known side of the park as we explore by foot and on water, often with key local partners by our side. We’ll explore the pristine beaches, crystal-blue lakes and rain forests, leaving with a deeper understanding of this landscape and its ongoing challenges.
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Land Based Trip Acadia to Katahdin: Exploring Maine’s Waterways, Woodlands and Wabanaki Cultural Heritage Welcome to picturesque Maine, home to a rocky coastline, stunning mountain views, lush forests, flowing waterways, and a fascinating natural and cultural history. Here, the charming town of Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island serves as a gateway to the beauty and adventure of Acadia National Park and Frenchman Bay. To the north, the remote wilderness of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and the adjacent Baxter State Park encompass some of the most rugged terrain in the Northeast. Journey alongside NPCA experts and key partners on land and on water to experience these unique places firsthand and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the organization is fighting to protect them.
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Report A Legacy Threatened NPCA's photo book shows the damage to parks caused by the 2017 hurricanes.
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NPCA at Work Don't Divide Our Habitats, Ecosystems and Communities Oppose new walls and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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NPCA at Work Protect Historic Jamestown The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized Dominion Energy to construct enormous electric transmission towers throughout a historic landscape without ever preparing an environmental impact statement. But now we have the opportunity to make things right for Historic Jamestown.
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NPCA at Work Don't Cut Funding to the Chesapeake The Chesapeake watershed supports the health of more than 50 national parks, and we can't afford to reverse important gains to water quality and habitat restoration
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Lynn Davis Lynn Davis joined NPCA in April 2008 to open and manage a new strategic field office in Nevada. As the Las Vegas Senior Program Manager, she worked on behalf of the interests of several national parks in Nevada and throughout the American Southwest.
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NPCA AT WORK Parks need improved air monitoring to address pollution Monitoring data is essential to better understand and improve air quality in parks while spotting nationwide trends affecting public health and ecosystems.
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Advocacy in Action Acadia Is No Place for Industrial Fish Farming UPDATE April 2022: A win for Acadia and National Park Advocates Everywhere! The Maine Department of Marine Resources terminated the lease applications needed to build a massive farm-raised salmon operation -- what would have been the world's largest -- near Acadia National Park.
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Amy J. Wong Amy J. Wong is a Chinese American woman, experienced community leader, and dedicated environmental justice advocate.
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Katherine Dockery A passionate conservationist, Kat has spent a decade working with non-profits focused on encouraging every generation to get outdoors.
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Emily Jones Emily’s work as Southeast Regional Director revolves around building momentum within local communities and garnering congressional support to ensure our national parks become a national priority.
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Machiko Yasuda Machiko Yasuda grew up in Palos Verdes with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains — but it would be decades later until she hiked, rock climbed and even cross-country skied there.
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Land Based Trip California’s Desert Landscape: Joshua Tree & Death Valley (REGISTRATION CLOSED) Explore the best of Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks alongside NPCA experts and partners on this exciting journey through the Mojave Desert. Visit three large desert parks that NPCA helped to establish — Sand to Snow National Monument, Mojave National Preserve, and Avi Kwa Ame National Monument — and get a behind-the-scenes look at how NPCA works with local partners to protect these valuable places.
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Land Based Trip The National Parks of Hawai‘i (WAITLIST ONLY) Experience the unique cultural and natural beauty within Hawai‘i’s national parks by joining expert biologists, naturalists and cultural interpreters who will share their extensive knowledge and perspectives of this remarkable place. Meet with park rangers to learn more about the work being done to protect vulnerable ecosystems and endangered animals and plants which are found nowhere else on earth. Access locations that are off the beaten path and not readily accessible to the general public. Leave with a greater appreciation of the islands, their natural and cultural history and the ongoing challenges to preserve this unique biodiversity.
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