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Magazine Article Below Biscayne The search for a pirate slave ship — and the stories that disappeared with it.
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Press Release Forest Service Advances Proposal, Poses Harm to Olympic National Park In a move that stands to forever harm the natural quiet soundscape of Olympic National Park, the U.S. Forest Service released its final review of proposed roads and infrastructure to be used within Olympic National Forest. Such infrastructure would support electronic warfare training operations by the U.S. Navy.
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Blog Post 10 Hidden Gems in the National Park System Want to explore a few remarkable places off the beaten path? These 10 NPCA picks offer great ways to escape the crowds while enjoying unique, underappreciated natural and cultural treasures around the country.
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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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Press Release National Parks to Break Ground on Projects Combating Climate Change Impacts "This historic funding not only helps the National Park Service ensure our parks are healthier and stronger, it holds up public lands as a solution and unifying force to face the varied effects of climate change."- Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Groups Find Draft Environmental Assessment of Industrial Hog Facility in Buffalo River Watershed Significantly Flawed Buffalo River Coalition submits comments to federal agencies calling for thorough environmental review that does not ignore facts and science
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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 7 Photos of Denali in Winter Many people dream of visiting Denali's 6 million acres of forests, glaciers, mountains, rivers, and valleys, all with just one winding road leading into the rugged wilderness. Most of the park's 400,000 annual visitors arrive in the summer, but the long, dark winters offer snowy solitude, stark vistas, and plenty of activities for those who are experienced and comfortable dealing with extreme weather.
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Press Release Successful Land Exchange Moves Forward to Preserve Grand Teton National Park Land purchase is major step toward future preservation of park's landscapes
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Blog Post There Is No Precedent We must learn from the grave injustices of Manzanar and other World War II incarceration camps — not doom ourselves to repeat one of America’s darkest mistakes.
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Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
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Press Release Groups Defend National Parks From BP Cherry Point Refinery Pollution NPCA is challenging oil giant BP’s expansion permit in Whatcom County, WA, for failure to protect air quality of Olympic National Park and North Cascades National Park
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Press Release National Parks Group Calls for New Legacy for Iconic Wildlife with Bison Management Plan Statement by Bart Melton, Northern Rockies Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Four Tons of Buffelgrass No Match for Hard-Working Volunteers A team of dedicated workers fights back against a ubiquitous plant that is taking over precious desert landscapes.
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Blog Post Florida Students Discover the Beauty of the Everglades by Reviving a Long-Lost Community Park Too often when we think of national parks, we think of distant places enjoyed by tourists—yet millions of people in cities across the country are just a bus ride or a quick car trip away from these inspirational places. Part of what I do is help connect people—especially kids and young adults—to the nature and history that is right there in their own community.
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Blog Post Looking Ahead for National Parks NPCA's 4 priorities for President Obama in the New Year.
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Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
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Blog Post Crown of the Continent Showcases a New Model for Economic Prosperity When the folks at Zinc Air were looking to locate their high-tech manufacturing firm, they could have gone head-to-head with other energy innovators down in Phoenix, or in San Francisco, or even in far-flung Zhongguancun (also known as China’s Silicon Valley).
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Blog Post One Notorious Polluter in Texas Has Me Hopeful We Can Clean Up Our Act Vistra Energy is closing three of the worst polluting coal plants in the country — not because it has to, but because it makes good business sense. That’s a victory for everyone.
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Magazine Article Open Roads & Endless Skies At Great Basin National Park, a father and son gaze at stars, touch ancient trees, and reflect on space, time and the universe.
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Blog Post Saving Beauty, One Ranch at a Time More than four thousand acres of mineral-rich private land will now become part of Petrified Forest National Park thanks to a generous donor
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Magazine Article A Mammoth Discovery The lucky find that led to the creation of a monument.
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Blog Post Saving a Piece of History at Harpers Ferry Four historically significant acres at risk of becoming a mini-mart will now be preserved as part of the national park.
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Press Release Delayed Air Quality Protections Favors Pollution Over Parks and Public Lands The Bureau of Land Management is delaying implementation of commonsense methane rules, putting the health of national parks and park visitors at risk.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5780 and S. 3028 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup on September 21-22, 2016.
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Press Release County Commission Approves Oil Refinery Next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park Despite opposition from current and former national park superintendents, the Billings County Commission in North Dakota approved rezoning for an industrial scale oil refinery, to be built less than three miles from Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Magazine Article Seeing the Light A weekend getaway to the country’s only national park site devoted to painting.
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Press Release National Park Service to Receive $90 Million Grant for Most Urgent Memorial Bridge Repairs $250 Million Estimated Needed to Complete Repairs
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Blog Post Three Endangered Rivers, Countless Memories American Rivers recently released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
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Press Release California Desert Communities Join Senator Feinstein in Calling to Protect Castle Mountains, Other Crown Jewels Statement by David Lamfrom, Director, California Desert and Wildlife Program, National Parks Conservation Association
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