Search results for “White Sands National Park”
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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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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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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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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 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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Press Release State Senate Deserts California Desert, Endangers Mojave Trails National Monument Today, the California Senate Appropriations Committee refused to consider and vote on AB1000, the California Desert Protection Act. Authored by Assemblymember Laura Friedman, the legislation aimed to safeguard groundwater in California's Mojave Desert that sustains wildlife and parks including Mojave Trails National Monument and Mojave National Preserve and wildlife.
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Blog Post A Little-Known Piece of History Reclaimed Many Americans will recognize this coming Monday, October 13, as a holiday honoring Christopher Columbus. Thanks to NPCA supporters, the citizens of Florida will also take this day to recognize an unsung hero who made one of our national parks possible: Lancelot Jones.
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Press Release Preserving Pullman's Historic and Architectural Heritage Earns CNI and NPCA Preservation Excellence Awards Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) receive the John Baird Award for Stewardship to acknowledge their advocacy work in creating the Pullman National Monument
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Press Release In a Final Move, Obama Calls for Diversity Among Federal Land Management Workforce Parks group challenges new administration to make recommendations a reality
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Blog Post Happy Anniversary to a Hidden Gem 4 of my favorite spots in the vast, uncrowded park you’ve probably never heard of — but should.
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Blog Post New Report: Air Quality in the Smokies Is Headed in the Right Direction A new report from Colorado State University confirms that air quality in our most-visited national park is measurably better, thanks to the Clean Air Act.
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Magazine Article Welcome to the Family! Three new parks joined the system this fall.
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Magazine Article Labor of Love New California park site dedicated to the work of labor leader César Chávez.
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Magazine Article An Alabama Album Images of struggle and persistence at five national park sites.
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Blog Post Positioning Pullman: What’s Next for Chicago’s New National Monument? Pullman National Monument is a must-see treasure of Chicago’s South Side. The formerly independent industrial town, now a landmark Chicago neighborhood, was entrusted last February to the National Park Service via a presidential proclamation.
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Magazine Article Home, Home on the ‘Āina Decades before the cattle drives that established the cowboy as an icon of the American West, Hawaii developed a ranching culture of its own. Is it time for a national park site dedicated to paniolo?
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Press Release Bipartisan Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 Introduced Following UN Report on Global Biodiversity Crisis Bipartisan House and Senate legislation could benefit wildlife that travel beyond park boundaries, such as Los Angeles mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Blog Post Wild, Scenic, and Vulnerable: A Setback at St. Croix NPCA and its supporters stay vigilant against threats to national park rivers after losing a battle over a development project in Minnesota.
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Blog Post The Folly and the Ivy At the peak of the fall season, the trees along the George Washington Memorial Parkway are alive with color. This scenic roadway is one of the most-visited parts of the National Park System, and an autumn drive along this stretch of the Potomac River in the Mid-Atlantic is a joy for tourists and locals alike. Sycamores and tulip trees, dogwoods and maples—these Virginia hardwoods greet visitors with a dazzling display of scarlet and gold.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2546 & H.R. 2642 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 July 10, 2019.
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Blog Post NPCA’s Work Culture, Values Prove Award-Winning NPCA’s workplace culture is a key to our success, not only as we advance our park protection campaigns, but as we invest in and grow our people. We have six awards to prove it.
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Press Release NPCA Applauds Landmark Investment to Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions “This landmark investment opens new opportunities for wildlife, park visitors, and communities to co-exist and thrive" -- NPCA's Senior Wildlife Program Director Bart Melton
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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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Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 268 and H.R. 1469 NPCA sent the following letter ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands scheduled for November 9, 2021.
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Blog Post VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of “Death Valley Dreamlapse” Filmmaker captures swirling, starry images of the park's famously dark night skies.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1492 & H.R. 1572 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 July 18, 2019.
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Magazine Article The Face of Freedom Two potential park units would celebrate Harriet Tubman’s life.
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Magazine Article A Shoreline Rescue The National Park Service fights to bring Great Lakes’ piping plovers back from the brink.
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Magazine Article Crossing Guards New highway overpasses protect key species that move beyond park boundaries.
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Press Release Craters of the Moon Removed from Monument Review Chopping Block NPCA's response to Interior Secretary Zinke's decision today to remove Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, one of two national park sites, from the list of 27 national monuments under review.
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Blog Post Tule Springs Could Be Our Newest National Monument, Thanks in Part to One Dedicated Volunteer When Jill DeStefano moved from Florida to Las Vegas in 2006, she pictured leisurely mornings, afternoons of mahjong or bridge, and quiet evenings on the patio, watching the sun set. Little did she know she would take on a campaign to make the area near her home a new national monument, managed by the National Park Service.
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Blog Post NPCA Celebrates the Preservation of the Hoback Basin Just south of Grand Teton National Park, a Houston-based company had proposed to develop 136 natural gas wells on U.S. Forest Service lands that would surely have destroyed the Hoback Basin, an area cherished by Wyomingites for its spectacular scenery, recreational opportunities, and wildlife. Thanks to the work of Wyoming communities, conservation groups, and concerned citizens, these 58,000 acres will now be protected in perpetuity.
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Press Release Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument.
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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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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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Staff Timothy Leonard Timothy is program manager of NPCA’s northeast outreach and engagement initiatives.
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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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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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