Search results for “Gauley River National Recreation Area”
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Magazine Article Maiden Voyage Do archaeological sites in the Channel Islands reveal a coastal migration into the Americas?
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Press Release Parks Groups Demand EPA Enforce the Law and Protect National Parks from Air Pollution "The future of our country’s national parks from Acadia to Yosemite are dependent on EPA action now.” - Stephanie Kodish, NPCA's Clean Air and Climate Senior Director and Counsel
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Press Release Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Abandon Texas Clean Air Plan Critical air quality protection deadlines upheld for Texas and Oklahoma.
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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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Magazine Article Goats Go Home Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.
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Press Release US Groups Applaud Alberta Decision to Protect Crown of the Continent Conservation groups commend decision by Alberta government to protect Castle Wildland just north of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
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Magazine Article Sultan of Sweat Babe Ruth soaked and trained in what is now Hot Springs National Park. He also set a jaw-dropping baseball record.
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Press Release Biden Administration Joins Advocates at Graball Landing for Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument Dedication Emmett Till's murder started a chain reaction, driving everyday Americans across the country to stand and be counted as part of the Civil Rights Movement.
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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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Magazine Article Pines in Peril Grand Teton’s lodgepole forests are exquisitely adapted to wildfire — but can they survive a changing climate?
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Press Release Utah Air Quality Board Approves Regional Haze Plan, Paving the Way for More Air Pollution in National Parks and Local Communities It is unacceptable that Utah is again failing to protect our parks, local economies and visitors, especially at a time when the state so desperately needs bold leadership to combat air pollution problems.
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Press Release Groups Claim Keeping Parks Open Without Adequate Staff During Shutdown is Illegal, Demand Inspector General Investigate Trump Administration’s Reckless Decision Acting Interior Secretary Bernhardt is violating the law, and we implore the Inspector General to investigate this matter before our parks, visitors, local communities and wildlife suffer any longer.
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Press Release Everglades National Park Protected by Court Decision to Prevent Expansion of Urban Development Boundary After lengthy appeal process, the state of Florida denies Lowe's Land Use Change to build outside of Urban Development Boundary
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Blog Post NPCA Petitions Park Service to Safeguard Park Wolves in Wyoming Last September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) approved a plan to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List in Wyoming. This controversial delisting could someday allow state-run wolf hunting within the John D. Rockefeller Parkway, a 24,000-acre national park site that connects Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.
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Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia Too often, efforts to protect historical sites end up pitting preservationists against landowners and developers, resulting in wasted time, wasted money, and hard feelings all around.
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Blog Post What’s the Buzz? In 1860, one year before Confederate and Union armies collided for the First Battle of Bull Run, the rolling country meadows that one day would become Manassas National Battlefield Park saw an invasion of a very different kind. Swarms of cicadas (genus Magicicada) made their appearance, as they do just once every 17 years, filling the countryside with their noisy song and bumbling flight.
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Magazine Article A Complicated Past Is the U.S. Ready for a National Park Site Devoted to Reconstruction?
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Blog Post 20 Years of “Helping Hands for Public Lands” Celebrate National Public Lands Day this month by helping out at a park you love
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Blog Post 6 Victories That Made 2023 a Spectacular Year for Parks 2023 marked incredible progress in protecting national parks. NPCA celebrates the many victories — some of which we won after decades of hard work by park advocates around the country.
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Press Release Stonewall Makes History Again: Becomes First National Park Site Dedicated to LGBT History After more than two years of building strong public support in the community, across the nation and in Congress, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) celebrates President Obama’s historic designation of Stonewall National Monument, the first national park site dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Longest Stretch of Undeveloped Barrier Island in the World Q: Barrier islands make up about 10 percent of the world’s coastline, and the United States has the greatest number of them with more than 400. The U.S. also holds the world record for the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island, which happens to be located in a national park. Can you guess which park?
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Magazine Article Hunkered at the Gateway A seasonal employee in Denali National Park decides to stick around, and sees a completely different side of Alaska.
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Press Release Trump’s Repeal of Clean Water Rule Means Dirtier Water For People and National Parks The proposed rule will take us back five decades in our effort to clean up our waterways.
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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 Restore the Grizzly Bear to the North Cascades The time to restore grizzly bears in the North Cascades Ecosystem is now.
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Blog Post No Trash, Just Treasure We’ve been treated to quite a spring here in the California desert. After experiencing the greatest Joshua tree bloom on record this past April, one of our hardest-fought battles finally ended in victory last month—NPCA and our supporters have defeated the Eagle Mountain Landfill proposal once and for all.
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Press Release EPA Moves to Roll Back Parks’ Clean Air Protections Positions to roll back rules that protect national parks and visitor health from air pollution.
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Blog Post National Parks Play Vital Role in Restoring Great Lakes The national parks of the Great Lakes provide valuable economic benefits for the region. Now, an important source of federal funding will help protect what makes these places so special.
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Magazine Article Our New Parks A sweeping public lands law paves the way for the addition of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument to the National Park System.
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Magazine Article A Raw Deal Marine wilderness is at stake in the ecological heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
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