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• Press Release Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park Sep 2018 “Time does not erase the original error, and there is no statute of limitations for correcting this assault on lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation” -- NPCA's Michael Jamison
• Magazine Article Desert Gator Summer 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard The life and times of an unlikely resident of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
• Blog Post 9 Wildlife Success Stories Nov 2015 | By Jennifer Errick National parks provide critical habitat for a variety of animals—in some cases, they are the only places that threatened or endangered species have left to call home.
• Magazine Article Starry, Starry Nights Summer 2015 | By Rona Marech Capitol Reef joins an elite group of dark-sky parks.
• Policy Update Position on Wildlife Movement and Migration Corridors Nov 2023 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and PUblic Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 14, 2023. 
• Press Release New National Park Service Report on Climate Change Jul 2014 Statement by Mark Wenzler, Senior Vice President of Conservation Programs for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 8632 - Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act Nov 2020 NPCA sent the following position to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 17th, 2020.  
• Press Release Historic World War II Hangars to be Restored at Gateway National Recreation Area Nov 2012 Statement by Alexander Brash, Northeast Senior Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release National Park Group Calls Joshua Tree Expansion Study a Step Forward but with Lingering Development Concerns Jul 2015 Statement by Seth Shteir, Senior Desert Field Representative for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release National Park Economic Report at Odds with Congressional Proposals to Slash Funding Aug 2023 National park visitors supported record-setting economic benefits in 2022. Why are some members of Congress proposing budget cuts?
• Press Release Press Telephone Briefing Today RE: Shutdown of National Parks Nationwide Oct 2013 Federal Government Shutdown Hurts Local Economies, Planned Family Vacations & America's National Heritage
• Policy Update Position on S. 437, S. 1416, S. 3317, S. 2991 and S. 3203 Sep 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on September 22, 2016.
• Magazine Article Pedaling for the Planet Summer 2015 | By Scott Kirkwood NPCA’s employees and supporters raise more than $50,000 to address climate change in the parks by simply riding their bikes.
• Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks May 2017 Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
• Blog Post Where the Wild Things Were Jan 2014 | By Kati Schmidt A trip to Las Vegas can bring out the wild animal in many of us—but visitors to the southern Nevada desert may not realize the kinds of actual wild animals that roamed the area long before the flashing lights and clanking slot machines took up residence on the Strip. A mere 30 minutes north of all the glittery casino action, a 23,000-acre swath of the desert known as Tule Springs could become one of our next new national monuments—and you might call this remarkable place “where the wild things were.”
• Magazine Article Goats Go Home Winter 2019 | By Jonathan Shipley Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.
• Blog Post Best Bet for Families Traveling the American West: Petrified Forest Jun 2014 | By Mary Collins Traveling with kids to the Grand Canyon and other classic stops in the American West can be an exercise in expensive hotels, bus shuttles, huge crowds, and less-than-child-friendly trails. Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona offers a surprising alternative. 
• Magazine Article On the Rocks Fall 2018 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan She went to City of Rocks and Castle Rocks to climb. Then it rained. And hailed. And snowed.
• Press Release Voyageurs National Park, Boundary Waters Protected from Toxic Mining Jan 2023 "Banning mining activities in the region’s watershed will protect the broader park ecosystem now and for years to come.” -- Christine Goepfert
• Blog Post Restoring Land to Protect Joshua Tree National Park May 2012 | By Seth Shteir What are the ingredients for a successful restoration event?
• Press Release Updated Florida Power and Light Proposal to Keep Transmission Lines Out of Everglades National Park May 2014 Statement by Sara Fain, Everglades Law Center, representing the National Parks Conservation Association
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Dec 2017 Since the Trump administration began in January 2017, a series of actions taken at the presidential and departmental level have undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands and the agencies that manage them.
• Magazine Article A Rebellion Reappraised Winter 2024 | By Rona Kobell A new plaque at Virgin Islands National Park will commemorate a revolt that nearly succeeded in upending St. John’s slaveholding establishment.
• Blog Post If These Parks Could Talk May 2014 | By Alan Spears 150 years ago, Grant’s Overland Campaign changed the course of the Civil War. See where it happened this spring.
• Press Release Parks Group Stands Up for National Monuments May 2017 NPCA joins more than 450 groups in support of Antiquities Act
• Magazine Article Saving the Panther Winter 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard The Florida panther was going to die out. Then conservationists dreamed up a daring rescue operation.
• Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Fall 2016 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
• Magazine Article Astronauts on Planet Earth Winter 2015 | By Craig Wolfrom Following in the footsteps of an early adventurer, an intrepid group explores the surreal landscape at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act Jul 2015 NPCA supports H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015, which was heard by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on July 28, 2015.
• Blog Post Capturing the Essence of the Everglades Nov 2014 | By Jennifer Errick How does Mac Stone photograph such gorgeous images of the Everglades? We got tips, stories, and more in our new Q&A.

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