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• Press Release Federal Legislation Could Mean Largest National Park System Expansion in Decades Dec 2014 National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Key Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
• Magazine Article Return to Manzanar Fall 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive.
• Press Release The Bi-County Parkway: A Chance to Take a Second Look Jan 2014 Joint statement by: National Parks Conservation Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Piedmont Environmental Council; Coalition for Smarter Growth; Southern Environmental Law Center
• Blog Post NPCA Mourns Passing of Board Chair and Friend Vic Fazio Mar 2022 | By Theresa Pierno I share my deepest condolences with all who admired this great conservationist, mentor and inspiration.
• Press Release House Passage of Key Legislation Poises Senate for Approving the Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Decades Dec 2014 National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
• Press Release Congressional Hearing Today RE: Government Shutdown and the Closure of National Parks Oct 2013 Witnesses to Discuss Shutdown Impacts on the National Park Service & Communities Nationwide
• Press Release Congress Closer to Increased Protection of "Marbled Halls of Oregon" May 2014 Statement by Rob Smith, Northwest Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Magazine Article Candid Cameras Fall 2019 | By Kristin Henderson In national parks around the country, camera traps capture images that astonish, delight, inform, reveal — and have the power to change human behavior. 
• Press Release Conservation Groups Call on Interior Secretary to Protect Clean Air in Rocky Mountain National Park Mar 2010 Groups Take Aim at Hazy Skies, Inadequate State Rules; Call for Better Pollution Controls for Coal-Burning Power Plants
• Blog Post Counting Caves Mar 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard Mammoth Cave National Park may boast the world’s longest cave system, but one national park site includes hundreds more caves within its boundaries. Learn about the site with the most known caves in the National Park System.
• Policy Update Testimony: Agency Spending Restrictions During a Shutdown Feb 2019 Written statement of John Garder, NPCA Senior Director of Budget & Appropriations, for the hearing "The Power of the Purse: A Review of Agency Spending Restrictions During a Shutdown" in the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies scheduled for February 6, 2019.
• Blog Post Saving Beauty, One Ranch at a Time Feb 2013 | By Jennifer Errick More than four thousand acres of mineral-rich private land will now become part of Petrified Forest National Park thanks to a generous donor
• Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy Dec 2014 | By Joy M. Oakes County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
• Blog Post There Is No Precedent Nov 2016 | By Theresa Pierno We must learn from the grave injustices of Manzanar and other World War II incarceration camps — not doom ourselves to repeat one of America’s darkest mistakes.
• Press Release Wildlife-Rich Lands Protected with Transfer of Antelope Flats to Grand Teton National Park Dec 2016 Department of Interior purchased 640 acres of Wyoming State Educational Trust lands known as the Antelope Flats parcel. The wildlife-rich lands were transferred to the National Park Service and are an important addition to Grand Teton National Park.
• Blog Post Florida Students Discover the Beauty of the Everglades by Reviving a Long-Lost Community Park Nov 2012 | By Kahlil Kettering Too often when we think of national parks, we think of distant places enjoyed by tourists—yet millions of people in cities across the country are just a bus ride or a quick car trip away from these inspirational places. Part of what I do is help connect people—especially kids and young adults—to the nature and history that is right there in their own community.
• Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall Fall 2016 A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
• Press Release Groups Defend National Parks From BP Cherry Point Refinery Pollution Jun 2017 NPCA is challenging oil giant BP’s expansion permit in Whatcom County, WA, for failure to protect air quality of Olympic National Park and North Cascades National Park
• Press Release Seattle City Council Unanimously Supports a National Park for Stonewall Apr 2016 The Seattle City Council passed with unanimous consent a resolution expressing the City of Seattle's support for the designation of a National Park for Stonewall, in New York City. The resolution supports the nationwide campaign to designate the first national park site to honor lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights and equality.
• Press Release Wolves Return to Colorado Marking a Milestone for Wildlife Recovery Dec 2023 The homecoming of gray wolves to Colorado signifies a beacon of what is possible when we all commit to restoring our public lands.” -  Tracy Coppola, NPCA's Colorado Senior Program Manager
• Press Release Delayed Air Quality Protections Favors Pollution Over Parks and Public Lands Dec 2017 The Bureau of Land Management is delaying implementation of commonsense methane rules, putting the health of national parks and park visitors at risk.
• Press Release Polluted Parks: Trump Administration Moves to Approve Weak Utah Haze Plan, Threatening Parks and Communities Jan 2020 Plan would allow state coal-fired power plants to continue polluting the air we breathe, increasing hazy skies in Utah’s treasured national parks. 
• Blog Post The U.S. National Park That Bid for the Olympics Jul 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard It’s hard to imagine a massive event such as the Olympic Games ever taking place in a national park, but did you know one U.S. park actually bid to host the Winter Olympic Games? Hint: It was not Olympic National Park.
• Press Release More Wolves Coming Soon to Isle Royale National Park Sep 2018 National Park Service announced the first phase of its plans to introduce wolves at  Isle Royale.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 866 and H.R. 1484 Nov 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee ahead of a hearing on Tuesday, November 15th.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1727 and Ensuring Border Access and Protection on Federal Land Act Discussion Draft Oct 2023 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 19, 2023.
• Blog Post Knope Says Yup Apr 2014 | By Kati Schmidt Washington, DC – The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) congratulates Leslie Knope on her decision to join the National Park Service as Midwest Regional Director. The newly created position will keep Leslie in her hometown of Pawnee, Indiana.
• Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 5499 – Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act Mar 2024 NPCA sent the following position to Members of the House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for March 20th, 2024. 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 Nov 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016
• Press Release Parks Group Warns of Disastrous Impacts of Budget Cuts on America’s National Parks Nov 2023 "National parks drive our economy, generating billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs in local communities across the country every year. Now is the time to invest more in our parks, not less." -- Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO

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