Search results for “First State National Historical Park”
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Park New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park An entire park site devoted to jazz, right in the heart of the French Quarter, where even the park rangers serenade you? It’s a dream come true for music lovers who want to learn more about this distinctly American art form fused from the roots of the blues, swing, ragtime, and gospel traditions. Though relatively few national park sites are devoted to the arts, visitors to New Orleans can learn about pivotal figures like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton and enjoy live performances and ranger-led educational programs five days a week. The park’s four main sites include a jazz museum and a performing arts center at the Old U.S. Mint building, a National Historic Landmark in the French Quarter.
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Park Harpers Ferry National Historical Park As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a 1906 gathering of civil rights leaders. Its position at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers not only set the stage for such historic events but also makes the park a haven for rare native plants.
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Park Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park This park preserves the natural setting of two active volcanoes: Kīlauea, one of the most active in the world, and Mauna Loa, one of the largest in the world. Visitors can hike across the floor of a dormant crater, view ancient petroglyphs and steam vents, and stroll through a primeval rain forest to an ancient lava tube. Wildlife include endangered endemic species like the Hawaii honeycreeper and the nēnē (Hawaiian goose).
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Fact Sheet Planning 2.0 Protects Park Landscapes The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is tasked with managing millions of acres of public lands in the West. In order to ensure they are exercising good stewardship and balancing their dual mandate for managing public lands, each BLM Field Office is required by law to complete a Resource Management Plan (RMP).
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Blog Post 5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Biden Administration These issues are some of NPCA's biggest priorities for national parks in 2022
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Press Release Battlefield Coalition Unveils Findings of Year-long 'Wilderness Gateway Study' Cooperative effort provides framework for balancing preservation, development around national parks
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Magazine Article Out of Sync Climate change is affecting the national parks’ most ancient and critical cycles. Can citizen science help?
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Magazine Article Getting Her Goat Mountain goats have become an iconic part of the picture-perfect scenery of Olympic National Park, but when they get too friendly, someone has to take action.
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Magazine Article The Long and Winding Recovery The Anacostia River and the national park site that flanks it were long mistreated and neglected. Are the tides finally turning?
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Blog Post The Country’s Largest Desert Is Not Where You Think — and It’s Cold The U.S. is home to four major desert systems, and the largest encompasses a national park of the same name. But it might not be where you expect.
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Magazine Article What the Streams Say At Shenandoah National Park, research shows that the Clean Air Act is working—but in some places, healthy streams are still a distant dream.
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Policy Update Position on legislation before the House Natural Resources Committee NPCA share the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands scheduled for July 13th, 2020.
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Press Release House Bill Aims to Restore Water Protections Gutted by U.S. Supreme Court Decision “With communities today still living with unsafe drinking water and more than two-thirds of our national park waters already impaired, this Congressional action begins to restore long-fought protections for clean water." NPCA's Chad Lord
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Press Release BLM Spares Some Lands near Dinosaur National Monument from Development Oil, gas development on nearby lands could still impact national park.
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Magazine Article A Tiny Discovery Researchers recently discovered a new species in Great Basin National Park. But will its habitat go down the drain?
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Press Release Incomplete Environmental Review Prompts Lawsuit to Protect President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch National Parks Conservation Association Files Complaint against the US Forest Service
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Magazine Article Red Rocks Wander through the Maze, the Needles, and the Islands in the Sky at Canyonlands National Park.
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Magazine Article Walking the Walk Sixty-five years ago, park advocates joined a Supreme Court justice on an epic hike to save the landscape he loved.
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Magazine Article The Distant Rumble of White Thunder A family’s year-long quest to explore America’s most endangered parks brings them to Glacier Bay, Alaska.
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Blog Post The Oldest River in North America? One national park river is widely regarded as the oldest river in North America, formed an estimated 260 million to 325 million years ago — although not all scientists agree the claim is true.
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Blog Post Hope in the Wake of Tragedy When Sandy crashed ashore just a few months ago, it ravaged the cities, towns, and shorelines of New York and New Jersey and caused unprecedented damage to the region’s national parks.
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Press Release A Pacific Northwest Adventure: North Cascades, Rivers and Trails this Sunday More than 30 community partners and outdoor leaders will celebrate North Cascades National Park on Sunday
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Magazine Article On A Ledge Wolverines may soon be listed as a threatened species.
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Magazine Article Let’s Take This Outside Students and scientists team up to document every living thing in Saguaro National Park.
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Blog Post Remembering the Founder of Black History Month The National Park Service and its partners offer ways to honor the legacy of this scholar and pioneer who changed the way we understand American history.
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Blog Post The “Crooked River” That Inspired Earth Day Decades before Cuyahoga Valley officially became a national park, the severe pollution in its namesake river outraged and embarrassed the country, helping to spur landmark environmental legislation.
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Press Release US Groups Applaud Alberta Decision to Protect Crown of the Continent Conservation groups commend decision by Alberta government to protect Castle Wildland just north of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
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Press Release Key Stakeholders Endorse Presidio Exchange but Urge Trust Board to Delay Crissy Field Development Decision Lucas Museum proposal rejected as wholly inappropriate for and unrelated to prized national park land
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Blog Post Wilderness Wins on the West Coast Thanks to persistent support from thousands of advocates, the National Park Service will honor its promise to Americans to preserve Drakes Estero.
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Magazine Article A Mystery in Death Valley Fifty years ago, rangers in a California national park helped apprehend a band of hippie outlaws hiding out in the desert. Weeks later, they learned how big of a catch it was.
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Magazine Article The Spice of Life Wild ginseng is disappearing from Southeast parks at an alarming rate.
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Magazine Article Hunt and Gather Fish? Blueberries? Candy? New research in Voyageurs National Park shows wolves aren’t exactly the diehard meat eaters of legend.
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Policy Update Position on S. 55, S. 99, S. 213, S. 287, S. 363, S. 392, S. 502, S. 617, S. 644, S. 729, H.R. 88, H.R. 267, H.R. 494, H.R. 538, H.R. 558, S. 401, S. 627, S. 713, S. 731 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a business meeting on March 30, 2017.
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Press Release New Mexico Senators Introduce Legislation to Protect Greater Chaco Area from Oil and Gas Development The bill would protect Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chacoan ruins, and the landscape and sites that surround Chaco Canyon
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Stephanie Kodish As Senior Director and Counsel for Clean Air and Climate Programs Stephanie Kodish leads NPCA's effort to drive solutions towards a healthy climate and clean air for national parks and communities.
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Resource Climate march posters You can print these posters to show your support for national parks in a changing climate.
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Letter NPCA Comment on Florida Crystals Lease The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) writes in strong objection to yesterday’s action by the South Florida Water Management District SFWMD Governing Board to execute a new contract with Florida Crystals on public land designated for Everglades restoration.
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Video The Difference We’re Making Our national parks are set aside for all of us — but protecting and defending them, now and for the future, requires all of us to stand up and speak out on their behalf.
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Staff Marisa Carrozzo Marisa Carrozzo is Senior Coastal & Wildlife Program Manager with NPCA’s Sun Coast Region. As an environmental policy professional with a proven track record in leadership and coalition-building across diverse stakeholder groups, Marisa works collaboratively to protect and enhance the treasured coastal and wildlife resources within and linked to the 21 national park units within the Sun Coast.
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Park George Washington Carver National Monument Explore George Washington Carver’s home and farm from which he revolutionized 19th Century farming and sustainable agriculture. The park also features his “Secret Garden” which shows his love for the natural world.
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Comment Technical Comments Submitted for Marine Monuments and Sanctuaries Reviews In response to a Department of Commerce review of marine monuments and sanctuaries, as directed by Executive Order 13795 Section 4(b), NPCA has submitted technical comments in defense of each site.
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Aaron King Aaron King is a Director at JS&A, an economic development consulting firm based in Washington, DC. At JS&A, he combines his background in public policy and urban planning to help create more resilient communities.
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Jayda Hayman Jayda Hayman is joining the Mid-Atlantic Young Professionals Advisory Council. From Newark Delaware, she is currently obtaining a bachelor's degree at the University of Delaware as an Environmental and Global Studies student in the College of Earth, Ocean & Environment.
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Park Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site This ranch was once the home of “Montana’s Cattle King,” Conrad Kohrs, who purchased the property from its original owner, Canadian Johnny Grant, and went on to graze some 50,000 cows on these pastures. The site is maintained today as a working ranch on 1,500 acres of land with 90 historic structures.
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Staff Stephanie Adams Stephanie joined NPCA in the summer of 2013 as the Yellowstone Wildlife Fellow and is now Director for NPCA's Conservation Programs.
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