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Blog Post A Monumental Mockery Why is Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke looking to abolish protections for some of our most beloved public lands?
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Press Release Acting Interior Secretary’s Directive to Keep Parks Open Without Resource Protection Violates Century-Old Bedrock Law This action blatantly disregards the fundamental duties of park staff who have dedicated their careers to ensuring our nation’s most precious natural and historic places are enjoyed not only today, but for years to come.
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Press Release House Appropriations Bill Invests in the National Parks but Falls Short in Meeting Infrastructure and Ranger Needs Underscores Need to Fully Restore Park Funding in Advance of Park Service Centennial
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Blog Post Congress Averted an October Shutdown. But What’s Next? National parks are open, thanks to late-night actions by Congress Sept. 30. But parks could face the same situation in mid-November that they just narrowly avoided if long-term funding issues aren’t resolved soon.
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Press Release Trump Administration Signs Executive Orders to Fast Track Energy Infrastructure Permitting Pipelines proposed near national parks would face less scrutiny under these new executive orders.
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Blog Post Beautiful Nature, an Hour from Chicago We often talk about “connecting with nature” and how important it is for urban residents to have access to green space. It improves our physical health, reduces our stress, and even improves our mood to have a world-class park near home.
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Blog Post NPCA Staff Picks: The Perfect Gifts to Give this Holiday Season 'Tis the season for gift giving! In the spirit of sharing the things we love — parks! — with the people we love, we asked NPCA staff members to share items they’d enjoy giving (or receiving) that feature NPCA’s partners. Additionally, our staff impart why their ideas make great gifts and how our partners support NPCA’s mission to protect parks.
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Press Release Conservation Advocates Challenge EPA's Texas Haze Plan in Court Groups challenge EPA’s Regional Haze Pollution Cleanup Plan in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Press Release Pullman Community Rallies Around Public-Private Partnerships Plan for Pullman National Monument NPCA and AIA release blueprint for development and growth of Chicago's first national park
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Press Release Wyoming Department of Transportation Champions Wildlife Crossings WYDOT proposes plan to prevent wildlife deaths in ‘path of the pronghorn’
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Press Release Parks Group Urges Better Protection for Addition Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Statement by NPCA Sun Coast Regional Director John Adornato III
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Magazine Article Park Ink This niche community is obsessed with national parks, and these folks have the stamps to prove it.
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Press Release Secretary Zinke Confirms: Yellowstone is More Valuable Than Gold "This incredible victory for our first national park reminds us all that Yellowstone is more precious and valuable than gold." - NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Magazine Article The Enemy Within For two centuries, feral goats plagued what is now Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. In the end, controlling them required hunting, fencing and a bit of ungulate espionage.
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Blog Post Super Blooms: Park Flowers and Where to See Them April is National Native Plant Month. These flowering plants welcome the warmer weather with bursts of color — and national parks are the perfect places to see them.
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Blog Post A Q&A with NPCA’s New Acting President on Transition and Opportunity The journalist Linda Ellerbee once said, “What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope.'” This week, even as NPCA says goodbye to a valued leader, we feel hope for the future of our national parks and the strength of NPCA’s vision as we work toward the Park Service’s centennial in 2016.
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Blog Post President Biden Issues Pro-Parks Executive Orders on First Day From COVID-19 to racial equity to climate change, the administration’s priorities are a promising first step for our nation, including our national parks.
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Press Release Senate Appropriations Bill Offers a Modest Increase for National Parks but Falls Short in Providing Adequate Funding for Park System Centennial Spending bill would increase overall National Park Service budget but still falls short in meeting operation and maintenance needs of our national parks.
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Press Release Senate Passes Momentous Bill to Fix National Parks and Public Lands For five years, NPCA, park advocates and communities across the country have urged Congress to fix our parks. Today, those efforts paid off.
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Blog Post How Mukuntuweap National Monument Became One of the Nation's Most Popular Parks A century ago this Sunday, Zion National Park lost its Paiute-inspired name, in part because the National Park Service felt it was hard to pronounce and deterred prospective visitors. Now this Southwest park is the country’s third most popular national park and is struggling to deal with increasing crowds.
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Press Release Paving Paradise: Massive Development Proposal Advances at the Doorstep to Joshua Tree 5,000 acre housing development proposal threatens Joshua Tree National Park plant and wildlife, cultural sites and dark night skies
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Blog Post Think Pink Early spring in Washington, D.C., is the time that thousands of locals and tourists come together to celebrate the city's famous cherry blossoms.
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Blog Post How a Spectacular Park Got Its Dumb Name The name of one Arizona park translates into English as “Dumb National Monument.” How did a gorgeous place get such an unfortunate moniker? A long-time volunteer for the monument explains.
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Blog Post The Top 5 Myths about the Sequester and National Parks NPCA has been warning the public for well over a year that the deep federal budget cuts known as the sequester would harm national parks.
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Passage of Bills to Protect Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Glacier National Park Statements by Lynn McClure, NPCA Senior Midwest Regional Director and Michael Jamison, NPCA Glacier Program Manager
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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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Blog Post Two Years Later, the Gulf Oil Spill Is Still with Us Today marks the two-year anniversary of the deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The resulting underwater oil spill transfixed the nation’s attention, with daily (even hourly) live reports from national television stations, print and internet outlets, and radio programs.
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Magazine Article New and Improved Preserving West Virginia’s best-loved view.
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Blog Post Clearing the Air Coming to terms with the Navajo Generating Station’s complicated past and looking toward a greener, more equitable future.
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Press Release New Poll Shows United Support for National Park Wildlife "This data reflects that Americans are united in actions to conserve – not threaten – these species" -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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