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Blog Post The 8,000-Year Park NPCA released its Clean Air Timeline today showing how long it will take for 10 national parks to return to natural air quality conditions. One park is missing from the timeline, though—a park that measures way off the chart.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1708, H.R. 2546 & H.R. 2642 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for November 20, 2019.
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Press Release Senate to Move Years-Long Effort to Address National Park Repair Needs The bill would provide funding to repair aging infrastructure in America’s more than 400 national park sites.
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Blog Post Working Like a Dog: See How Pups Help Park Rangers in These 12 Unusual Jobs From sniffing out turtle eggs to keeping mountain goats out of parking lots, four-legged rangers carry out many duties that help preserve national park resources and make sure visitors have a pleasant and safe park experience.
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Policy Update Position on Twitter Ad Rules NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to Twitter on November 14, 2019.
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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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Blog Post A Perfect Pairing A Q & A with the founder of NPCA’s newest partner, Limestone Branch Distillery
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Press Release Riverside County Rejects Destructive New City Near Joshua Tree National Park Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejects city proposal that threatened Joshua Tree National Park wildlife, night skies and surrounding communities.
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Magazine Article In Other Words Reimagining park brochures for blind visitors.
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Blog Post 10 Owls to Look (and Listen) for in National Parks Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles of these elusive birds, which have been both revered and feared throughout human history.
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Press Release Parks Group Sues to Stop Jamestown Development Project Massive transmission towers threaten historic Jamestown and nearby national park sites.
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Press Release Parks Groups File Brief Against Administration’s Weak Air and Climate Rule At a time when the climate crisis facing the planet is undeniable, the administration continues to prioritize polluters’ interests over communities and national parks.
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Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Park Service's Destructive Hunting Practices on National Parklands Lawsuit challenges rules by Interior and National Park Service that allow hunting practices like baiting brown bears and killing wolves during the denning season.
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Press Release Ocmulgee River Water Trail Receives Visibility Boost with New Public River Landing Signage Funding awarded to seven middle Georgia counties for 30 new signs
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Magazine Article Generating Controversy The Navajo Generating Station was supposed to improve the lives of the native people living in its shadow, but its only real legacy is the polluted skies over the American Southwest.
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Blog Post Advocates Save 85,000 Acres in Utah from Oil and Gas Development — for Now A coalition of elected officials, tribal leaders, business owners, outdoor enthusiasts and public land advocates successfully pressured the Bureau of Land Management to remove Moab-area parcels from its oil and gas lease sales next month.
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Blog Post Protecting an Amazing Migration A proposed mining road would cut through national park land critical to one of the longest land migrations on Earth and harm communities that depend on Arctic caribou for food.
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Magazine Article After the Fire Months after a devastating fire consumed 100,000 acres in and around Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a traveler finds new life and beauty among the ruins.
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Press Release American Indian and First Nations of Canada Tribes Sign Historic Agreement to Restore Bison The historic agreement formalizes intertribal collaboration to restore bison to tribal and appropriate non-tribal public lands.
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Press Release Groups Urge Immediate Investigation into Use of Park Funds for President Trump’s July 4th Takeover The Department of the Interior is diverting millions of dollars of national park funds, a decision that may violate federal law.
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Blog Post How Congress Can Preserve Thousands of Acres of America’s Heritage For over 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has preserved nationally significant lands across the country from development. Congress recently voted to permanently authorize this program — but it still needs dependable funding.
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Blog Post Laying the Groundwork: Reclaiming D.C.’s “Forgotten River” Imagine having a beautiful river in your backyard, but being afraid to enjoy it.
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Blog Post Beyond Outreach: How to Deeply Engage New Audiences Engagement is a fairly common word these days. Companies, non-profits, and public land managers alike are looking for ways to connect with the changing demographic of the American public. But when it comes to engagement, what is really working? What efforts are making lasting change in the lives of young people and communities?
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Press Release Bipartisan Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 Introduced Following UN Report on Global Biodiversity Crisis Bipartisan House and Senate legislation could benefit wildlife that travel beyond park boundaries, such as Los Angeles mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Policy Update Position on the Land and Water Conservation Fund NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 25, 2019.
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Spotlight Chris Liu’s Story Conservationist Chris Liu looks to the future – his own and for national parks in the Pacific Northwest.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1049, National Heritage Area Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 30, 2019.
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Press Release BLM Defers Oil and Gas Lease Sales in New Mexico, Temporarily Protecting Chaco Culture National Historical Park National Parks Conservation Association celebrates temporary victory for public lands near New Mexico National Park, still concerned about overall leasing processes and lack of public input.
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Press Release Senate Moves to Protect More than 2 Million Acres of National Parks and Public Lands NPCA and Allies Worked for Years on Many of the Key Provisions in the Public Lands Package
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Press Release Trump Administration Moves Forward with Oil and Gas Development, Despite Government Shutdown Bureau of Land Management continues to process applications for drilling permits without environmental reviews and protest periods.
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