Search results for “Lake Clark National Park & Preserve”
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Report Sourcebook for National Park Gateway Communities: Delaware River Preserving community character, promoting park and community health, and stimulating local economies
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Report Letter Asking the Trump Administration to Withdraw Its WOTUS Proposal Join United by Blue, National Parks Conservation Association, American Sustainable Business Council and Environment America and our growing coalition on this letter opposing changes to the Waters of the U.S. rule.
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Letter NPCA Letter on National Capital Region Fees for Demonstrations The National Park Service has proposed a variety of changes for special events and demonstrations in and around Washington, D.C., such as modifying and establishing restricted areas at memorials, establishing a maximum permit length of 30 days, and expanding the number of areas where a permit isn’t necessary for demonstrations. The most controversial change is floating the idea of recovering some of the costs for demonstrated events.
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Magazine Article Charley Harper’s World Remembering the late artist — and his vibrant national park art — on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
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Press Release Draft Plan Lays Groundwork for Renewable Energy Development in the California Desert Elected Officials, Business Owners, National Parks Group Call for More Thoughtful Planning, Public Involvement to Ensure a Conservation Legacy for the Region
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Blog Post Remembering Stonewall The events behind America’s first national park site honoring LGBT history
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Blog Post Celebrating Places and Stories Within Nature: Blackwell School National Historic Site The second video in a new series showcases park advocate Daniel Hernandez and his deep generational connection to Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas.
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Magazine Article Between a Bog and a Hard Place Biologists in Washington State are calculating the best way to save crucial habitat for the Cascades frog.
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Press Release Groups Hail Legislation to Preserve Nationally Treasured Women's History Site Senator Mikulski introduces bill to include Sewall-Belmont House in National Park System
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Press Release Eliminating Species Act: Congress Threatens Wildlife and Wild Lands Legislation threatens the long-term conservation of American wildlife and wild lands, and the national parks that call them home.
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Blog Post Miami Students Celebrate the First Annual Everglades Day with Fishing and Fun Known for its nightlife, delicious food, and incredible beaches, Miami-Dade County is home to more than 2.5 million people. One of the area’s defining features is the fact that it is bound by two national parks, Biscayne to the east and the Everglades to the west.
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Blog Post A Galaxy Not So Far Away After All Two national parks in California literally portrayed a galaxy far, far away in the original 1977 Star Wars film and the 1983 sequel, Return of the Jedi.
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Blog Post Walking to Protect Glacier's Water Pauline Matt dreamed that the water was dying and that she had the power to stop it. Her dream was not far from the truth, with fracking arriving on the Blackfeet Indian Nation and adjacent to Glacier National Park in Montana. Instead of allowing the dream to paralyze her, she kept herself moving—literally—by organizing the six-day, 80-mile Chief Mountain Water Walk to help focus the eyes of the nation on this corner of Montana.
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Blog Post Partners Help to Build the Next Generation of Stewards Youth Summit helps build new leadership for national parks and other public lands.
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Magazine Article Home of the Brave Boston’s national parks lead visitors back in time to our nation’s beginnings.
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Blog Post Reflections on Birmingham, Site of America’s Newest National Monument Birmingham was once the nation’s most segregated city, home to brutal, racially motivated violence. Today, a new national park site commemorates the critical civil rights history that happened here.
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Blog Post A More Complete Story at Gettysburg Marking the 160th anniversary of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle, Gettysburg National Military Park has expanded its historical interpretation. Visitors now can learn more about the history of free and enslaved Blacks and the context of Confederate monuments.
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Blog Post Speaking Out A current Park Service employee shares their concerns about the removal of sexual orientation from workplace protections for Interior Department staff.
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Blog Post 5 Ways to Chase Awe at Muir Woods National Monument Encountering some of Earth's tallest living organisms is just the beginning of visitors' experience at this California park site.
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Blog Post Going Caveman in Grants Pass NPCA's traveling park lover visits a rare marble cave system in the Pacific Northwest, only to be reunited with an amusing character from his past.
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Press Release Amache National Historic Site Act Passes Senate Committee, Heads To Full Senate Consideration Japanese American survivors and descendants of the Amache Incarceration site are one step closer today to preserving the area into a national park site.
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Blog Post Protecting the Wilderness at Drakes Estero Americans are captivated by wilderness; it comes in all shapes and sizes, from the forested Olympic National Park to the river of grass in the Everglades. Thanks to U.S. Secretary Ken Salazar, Americans can now experience the majestic beauty of the first marine wilderness area on the West Coast: Drakes Estero, in Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Press Release Army Corps Backtracks on Clean Water Act Protections for Big Cypress National Preserve The National Parks Conservation Association joins fellow environmental advocates in expressing concern over this unsubstantiated flip-flop and calling for answers to many questions that the Army Corps’ reversal letter has raised.
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Press Release Trump Administration Signs Executive Orders to Fast Track Energy Infrastructure Permitting Pipelines proposed near national parks would face less scrutiny under these new executive orders.
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Magazine Article In Black and White A new exhibition documents Ansel Adams’ abiding passion for the national parks.
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Press Release Interior Department Order Supports More Room for Wildlife to Roam $2 million investment could advance collaborative corridor conservation and restoration efforts for national park wildlife across the west, including pronghorn antelope that migrate to and from Grand Teton and Yellowstone.
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Press Release Feds Pump the Brakes on Desert Water Mining Scheme Statement by David Lamfrom, Director, California Desert and Wildlife Program, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Historic World War II Hangars to be Restored at Gateway National Recreation Area Statement by Alexander Brash, Northeast Senior Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post 5 Reasons to Celebrate Today’s New National Monuments in the California Desert These new parks will preserve 1.8 million acres in one of the largest and most diverse protected areas of desert lands in the world.
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Magazine Article Cracking the Nut The American chestnut almost was wiped out in the 20th century. Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree?
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Press Release Groups Urge AZ Governor to Close Uranium Mine in Newly Designated Grand Canyon National Monument The mine, which began extracting uranium ore on January 8, is 7 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park and inside the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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Press Release NPCA Applauds Public Lands Plan to Balance Conservation, Development and Recreation “As the climate crisis changes our parks and landscapes, land managers must also adjust how they work together to protect and connect wildlife and ecosystems” – NPCA’s Senior VP of Government Affairs Kristen Brengel
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Blog Post Where Are You Headed This Travel Season? Do you have a favorite national park vacation spot you love returning to each year? Are you finally getting to visit some of the places on your bucket list? We’d love to hear where your wanderlust is leading you this travel season — or where you’re dreaming of going next.
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Resource TFP Travel and Events Check out the special trips and events we have planned especially for our Trustees for the Parks!
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Report Making Connections: Roots of Prosperity in New York and Pennsylvania’s Upper Delaware River Region In October 2018, National Parks Conservation Association and partners released a new report to highlight stories from the emerging economy in the Upper Delaware River region, an area in Pennsylvania and New York stretching from Hancock, NY downstream to Port Jervis, and anchored by the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (S&RR).
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Blake Borwig Blake Borwig is an Environmental Scientist for the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, within the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection. He is also pursuing a masters degree in Applied Environmental and Sustainability Studies at the University of Kentucky.
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Jasmine Lopez Jasmine is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at San Antonio studying for her bachelor’s degree in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeological practice.
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Staff Timothy Leonard Timothy is program manager of NPCA’s northeast outreach and engagement initiatives.
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Nick Maya Nick Maya works for the Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Policy at the University of Montana, where he supports and helps coordinate many of the Center’s projects. He also serves as an instructor for Practicum, the capstone course of the Center’s Natural Resources Conflict Resolution graduate certificate program.
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Katie Hobbs Katie Hobbs is a Senior Legislative Advocate for Federal Affairs with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). She works to defend environmental safeguards for wildlife, water, and public health, and develops proactive federal strategies to advance conservation, climate adaptation, and sustainability.
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