Search results for “Glen Canyon National Recreation Area”
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Magazine Article Second Take A decade ago, a flawed exhibit about the Sand Creek massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho angered the Tribes. This time, the museum took pains to get the story right.
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Blog Post What’s Floating in the Mississippi? The Mississippi River is an icon of our nation that conjures up images from the pages of Mark Twain. Yet at the same time, the river has been a target for industrial waste that basically choked the life out of the river. Now, forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, it is time to find out just how healthy our mighty Mississippi is today.
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Press Release Generational Opportunity to Expand Yellowstone Bison Conservation “The National Park Service and its cooperating partners must manage bison, America’s national mammal, like other valued wildlife, protecting its seasonal migration in and out of the park." - Stephanie Adams, NPCA's Wildlife Director
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Magazine Article Have Phone, Will Travel Introducing a paperless travel guide to the national parks.
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Magazine Article Promised Land After the Civil War, more than 26,000 African Americans left the South to homestead the Great Plains, carving out farms, free lives and community on the prairie.
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Press Release Diverse Interests Challenge Federal Licensing of FPL's Proposed New Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors Utility's plan poses great risks to public, environment and economy
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Press Release Positioning Pullman Recognized for Strategic Planning and Vision Groups honored for collaborative effort to guide future of Pullman National Monument
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Blog Post 8 Things to Know Before Your First Solo National Park Trip Thinking of exploring a national park by yourself? An experienced solo traveler — and NPCA staff member — offers pro tips to make the most of your park visit.
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Magazine Article A Land Liberated For four decades, people who care about a wild corner of Montana called the Badger-Two Medicine fought to keep the land free of oil and gas leases. This autumn, the final holding fell.
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Policy Update Position on NPS Director Nominee NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 16, 2018.
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Press Release President Biden Poised to Establish Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada "Avi Kwa Ame National Monument honors the Native Americans who have long called for preservation of their cultural heritage, and we look forward to President Biden taking historic action." -- Theresa Pierno, NPCA’s President and CEO
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Blog Post A Record-Setting Tsunami The largest wave ever recorded crashed down in 1958 on the coast of what is now a national park. The wave, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake, killed two people and caused tremendous damage. Do you know where this massive natural disaster occurred?
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Press Release New Report Examines Repercussions, Damage from Oil and Gas Testing in Big Cypress National Preserve Industrial machinery tore through this wild landscape, razing hundreds of cypress trees and leaving miles of destroyed habitat in their wake.
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Blog Post Want to Take a Bit of This National Park with You? Many national parks were created to protect natural wonders, be they giant sequoias or graceful sandstone arches. Yet, one national park is mandated to give away the very natural resource the park is known for.
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Press Release Congresswoman Terri Sewell Introduces H.R. 4817 to Designate Birmingham’s Historic Civil Rights District as a National Park The City of Birmingham played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement and this national designation will forever cement its place in American history
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Magazine Article A Rebellion Reappraised A new plaque at Virgin Islands National Park will commemorate a revolt that nearly succeeded in upending St. John’s slaveholding establishment.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 21, the Strategic Petroleum Response Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of expected floor votes the week of January 23, 2023
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Magazine Article Welcome Home? Settling the question of whether flamingos are native to the Sunshine State.
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Press Release New Bill in Congress Would Create First National Park Site Dedicated to LGBT History Legislation Would Preserve Historic Site and Stories of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Releases Its 2020 Vision for Everglades Restoration Full funding is necessary to move restoration projects forward
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Magazine Article The View from Everywhere CyArk uses cutting-edge technology to preserve historic sites in virtual reality.
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Magazine Article ‘In My Country’ More than a century after Native Americans were displaced to create Glacier National Park, a Blackfeet-run tour company offers visitors a chance to see the park from the perspective of the people who lived there first.
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Press Release EPA Proposes Strong Rule to Curb Haze in National Parks Groups applaud regulation that would reduce pollution from Texas coal plants
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Magazine Article Chasing the Dream Nebraska’s Homestead National Monument celebrates the independent farmers who shaped the American landscape.
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Press Release President Biden Poised to Designate Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada "Avi Kwa Ame National Monument honors the Native Americans who have long called for preservation of their cultural heritage, and we urge the President to take swift action" -- NPCA's Theresa Pierno
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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 What’s in National Parks’ Trash Cans — and What You Can Do NPCA recently studied the waste at three national parks as a first step toward implementing zero-landfill initiatives under the leadership of corporate partner Subaru. Here’s what we found, how visitors feel about park trash and what you can do to help.
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Press Release Biden Administration Defends Desert Water, Sacred Lands and Wildlife from Cadiz Mining Proposal Administration moves to invalidate key permit for controversial Cadiz pipeline rushed through in final days of the previous administration
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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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Magazine Article Bearing Witness Bearcams in Katmai National Park and Preserve are capturing impressive scenes from the wild—and changing the nature of park visitation.
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