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• Park Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park is home to one of the country's most spectacular waterfalls — a 260-foot-wide, 77-foot drop that rushes through the Passaic River Gorge and is recognized as a National Natural Landmark. These astounding falls made Paterson the ideal site for one of America's earliest industrial parks — a thriving manufacturing district developed in part by founding father Alexander Hamilton and run for decades on the area's abundant hydropower.
• Park Petrified Forest National Park Petrified Forest is best known for its ancient trees that have crystallized over 225 million years into rainbow colors. The park also features fossils from huge 18-foot crocodile-like creatures known as Phytosaurs, as well as remnants from 13,000 years of human history, including the remains of villages, tools, and grinding stones. A 28-mile road runs through the park, offering a number of short hiking trails into the diverse landscape of wild grasslands and Painted Desert vistas and colorful badlands.
• Park Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Once ringed by trees, which gave the spot its name, the broad prairies of Palo Alto were the setting for an artillery battle in 1846. On May 8 of that year, the first major clash between United States and Mexican troops took place on this site, starting a two-year long war that forever changed the map of North America. Today, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the site of this significant battle and interprets the causes, events and consequences of the U.S.-Mexican War. Discover historic trails and native wildlife while walking along the battlefield, amidst the haunting sounds of cannon fire.
• Resource Northeast Office, National Parks for All People NPCA’s Northeast office is working with the local New York Metropolitan region to develop ideas and actions we can take together to create a more inclusive National Park System – a National Park System that reflects all Americans and all backgrounds.
• Fact Sheet Protecting America's Great Waters The National Parks Conservation Association recognizes that the health of our national parks is directly linked to the health of the waters that surround and flow through them. As part of its landscape conservation strategic priority, NPCA actively works in the Chesapeake Bay, Colorado River, Everglades, Galveston Bay, Great Lakes, and New York/New Jersey Harbor and Hudson Estuary to conserve and restore these waterways for the benefit of current and future national parks.
• Park Point Reyes National Seashore This seashore, established in 1962, is the only national seashore on the West Coast. It features windswept beaches, coastal cliffs and headlands, marine terraces, coastal uplands, salt marshes, estuaries, and coniferous forests. Located on the Point Reyes Peninsula, 40 miles northwest of San Francisco, the park encompasses about 71,070 acres, stretched across more than 80 miles of undeveloped coastline. Within the park, 32,730 acres are designated wilderness or potential wilderness, constituting one of the most accessible wilderness areas in the country, and the only marine wilderness (Drakes Estero) on the West Coast south of Alaska. The park harbors an astonishingly rich array of wildlife species, some found nowhere else on Earth.
• Report NPCA 2017 Annual Report At a time when so much divides us, our national parks are a cause that every American can rally around. They are our common ground, and right now our parks need us as much as we need them.
• Staff Jeffrey Hunter Southern Appalachian Director, Southeast Jeff Hunter is the Southern Appalachian Director with National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in Asheville, NC where he works on issues related to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
• Park Padre Island National Seashore Travelers might not picture stunning beaches and undisturbed lagoons, marshlands, and coastal prairies when they think of Texas, but Padre Island National Seashore preserves the largest undeveloped barrier island in the world with a range of unspoiled natural features. The varied types of geography at the park make it an ideal stopover for a range of migratory birds on the Central Flyway seeking food and shelter, and the American Bird Conservancy has designated the park a Globally Important Bird Area. An estimated 380 different types of birds inhabit Padre Island over the course of a year—nearly half the total number of bird species in the entire country.
• Press Release Government Accountability Office Finds Secretary Bernhardt Violated Federal Law Sep 2019 Today, the Government Accountability Office found that the Interior Department illegally used funds to keep national parks open during the recent government shutdown.   
• Blog Post 5 Lessons, Countless Memories May 2014 | By Craig Obey This dad took his two kids on a six-week adventure to national parks around the country—and learned a lot along the way.
• Blog Post Capturing America’s Best Places Nov 2015 | By Jennifer Errick Award-winning conservation photographer Ian Shive shares his passion for national parks, how his craft has changed over time, and what goes into making a great image.
• Press Release Florida Congressional Delegation Spearheads Anti-Coral Reef and Fisheries Protection Legislation Jul 2015 Bill Would Have Far Reaching Implications, Jeopardizing Coastal National Parks Across the Country
• Policy Update Position on S. 2395, S. 3505, S. 3435, S. 3571, S. 3609, S. 3961, H.R. 5005 & H.R. 6687 Dec 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 12, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on S. 400, S. 1160, S. 1335, S. 1446, S. 1472, S. 1602, S. 1645, S. 1646, S. 1956, S. 2102 & S. 2225 Feb 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 14, 2018.
• Magazine Article Overrated Summer 2021 | By Katherine DeGroff How artist Amber Share turned the rants of national park killjoys into a viral sensation.
• Magazine Article The Great Escape Summer 2017 | By Kate Siber Bill Sycalik walked away from an unfulfilling corporate job. Now he is on a quest to complete marathons in all 59 national parks.
• Press Release Conservation Groups Defend Cape Hatteras National Seashore Mar 2012 New National Park Service rule protects visitors & wildlife, allows responsible beach driving
• Policy Update Lobby Day 2021: Priorities for Congress May 2021 Congress has the opportunity to ensure our national parks, adjacent lands and local communities have the resources and protections they need to thrive.
• Magazine Article A Tale of Two Rivers Fall 2013 | By Scott Kirkwood A unique division of the National Park Service is connecting residents to trails and waterways where they live, from Atlanta’s Chattahoochee River to the Los Angeles River.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 139, H.R. 486, H.R. 3250, H.R. 3824 & H.R. 4139 Oct 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 29, 2019.
• Blog Post Making Waves: A Q&A with NPCA’s New President and CEO Theresa Pierno Oct 2015 | By Jennifer Errick Theresa Pierno just took the helm as NPCA's president and CEO—the first woman to serve in this role in the organization’s 96-year history. Learn more about her distinguished environmental career, her accomplishments since joining NPCA, and her passions and priorities for national parks on the verge of their second century.
• Blog Post A Birthday Without Much to Celebrate Aug 2017 | By Kristen Brengel Today is the 101st birthday of the National Park Service. But at a time when we should be celebrating our public lands, the Trump administration continues to unleash a host of damaging policies on these revered places.
• Press Release President Obama Designates Three National Monuments in the California Desert Feb 2016 Protecting spectacular and unique desert lands, President Obama designated three new national monuments today: Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and our country's 410th national park site, Castle Mountains National Monument.
• Blog Post Winter Rains Bring Blooms to Organ Pipe Nov 2016 | By Jim Stratton Once dubbed the most dangerous park in the country, these wild Arizona lands are fully reopened, noticeably restored and full of botanic wonders.
• Blog Post Youth Push for Pullman on Capitol Hill May 2014 | By LeAaron Foley A diverse group of advocates helps lobby for Chicago's first national park site.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3458 & H.R. 3879 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 19, 2019.
• Blog Post 7 Places Worth Saving Apr 2021 | By Matthew Kirby, Jennifer Errick By protecting the areas surrounding national parks, the U.S. can build resilient landscapes that prevent the worst effects of climate change and species loss.
• Policy Update Position on S.508, S. 1863, S. 2340, S. 2827, S. 2924, S. 3121, and S. 3119 Mar 2020 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks ahead of a  legislative hearing scheduled for March 4th, 2020. 
• Press Release Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Appalachian Trail Protections Feb 2020 The National Parks Conservation Association stands against the influx of irresponsible development on our public lands.
• Blog Post Blitzed with Butterflies Sep 2012 | By Gail Dethloff A day of citizen science put this park lover face-to-face with some of the prettiest insects in the Rockies.
• Magazine Article Flight Plan Fall 2014 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis National parks temporarily declared “no-fly zones” for drones.
• Blog Post Unfit to Serve: Why NPCA Opposes Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator Jan 2019 | By Ulla-Britt Reeves We need an EPA administrator who will fulfill the agency's mission to protect the environment — not one who actively undermines our public health and the health of our national parks.
• Blog Post NPCA Acting President Makes Statement on Government Shutdown Oct 2013 NPCA Acting President Theresa Pierno made a statement earlier today regarding the government shutdown and its effects on our national parks. A video of this statement is now available below.
• Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Fall 2016 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
• Press Release New Agreement Requires Minnesota's Dirtiest Power Plant to Curb Pollution May 2015 Clean air advocates say more steps are necessary to reduce Xcel Energy's Sherco coal plant emissions that harm community health, national parks, wilderness
• Press Release BLM Spares Some Lands near Dinosaur National Monument from Development Sep 2017 Oil, gas development on nearby lands could still impact national park.
• Blog Post Focus on Water: Celebrating the Clean Water Act’s 40th Anniversary Oct 2012 | By Sarah Gaines Barmeyer Forty years ago today, Congress overrode a veto from President Nixon to officially make the Clean Water Act the nation’s law for protecting one of our most precious and irreplaceable resources. This landmark legislation is the reason why we are able to enjoy the many activities that we do today on our rivers, streams, and lakes, including those in and around our national parks.
• Blog Post 5 Takeaways from the Midterm Elections Nov 2018 | By Ani Kame’enui NPCA’s director of legislation and policy notes a few trends from last week’s elections that could affect national parks in 2019.
• Report NPCA 2019 Annual Report The Path Forward: 100 Years of Protecting America’s Parks
• Resource Second Century Action Coalition Partners National Parks Second Century Action Coalition supportive organizations to date.
• Adam Mann Texas Young Leaders Advocacy Council Adam was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, but grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he explored many of the state's parks and natural areas.
• Staff Tim Koenning Hamill Calumet Conservation Senior Coordinator Tim is the Hamill Calumet Conservation Senior Coordinator in NPCA's Midwest office in Chicago. Tim cooperates with NPCA's partners in the Calumet region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago to protect and restore Indiana Dunes National Park, Pullman National Monument, and the natural areas in between.
• Ayomide Sekiteri Former Next Generation Advisory Council Ayomide Sekiteri is a member of NPCA’s Next Generation Advisory Council and Mid-Atlantic Regional Council. She is a first-generation Nigerian-American from Baltimore, MD.
• Alfonso Orozco Former Next Generation Advisory Council Alfonso Orozco is the National Programs Coordinator for the Student Conservation Association. He is originally from Oakland, CA.

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