Search results for “Great Smoky Mountains National Park”
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Resource Our National Parks and a Changing Climate How NPCA and its supporters are working to address climate change.
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Report The Case for Fixing and Building Out National Parks Air Monitoring Networks Our national parks are places of unparalleled natural wonder, historical significance, and cultural value, yet most are plagued by poor air quality that can threaten human health and detrimentally impact park ecosystems.
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Video Care for parks. Care for each other. Over the years, park advocates like you have spoken up on behalf of the places we all love and supported our work protecting America’s national parks. But today, NPCA President & CEO Theresa Pierno is asking you to do something a little different.
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Video History Is Here "Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Resource Next Generation Advisory Council Call for Participants Looking for an opportunity to make a difference and bring a unique perspective to efforts to protect our public lands? Want to become more engaged in civic processes and environmental issues in your community? Love our national parks? The Next Generation Advisory Council of the National Parks Conservation Association may be the place for you. We are now accepting applications to the council for the 2023-2025 cohort.
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Staff Jennifer Errick Jennifer co-produces NPCA's award-winning podcast, The Secret Lives of Parks, writes and edits a wide variety of online content, and manages NPCA's style guide.
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Staff and Government Affairs Daniel Hart As the Director of Clean Energy and Climate Resiliency Policy for the Government Affairs team, Daniel advocates for a clean energy transition on public lands and waters as well as climate policies to help protect and preserve parks.
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Press Release Victory for Grand Canyon: Forest Service Rejects Project That Would Spell Disaster Agency denies Stilo Development Group’s plan to build road, infrastructure through Kaibab National Forest.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 482, H.R. 894, H.R. 2880, and H.R. 3371 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources during a markup on February 2 and 3, 2016.
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Press Release Recovery Planning Proposed for North Cascades Grizzly Bears Washingtonians, conservation groups say now is the time to save a threatened species
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Blog Post A Volcanic Blue Abyss Crater Lake holds about 4.9 trillion gallons of water and ranks among the world’s deepest lakes. Learn how it formed and what scientists have found in its depths.
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Policy Update Position on Amendments to Senate Budget Resolution NPCA submitted the following positions on amendments to the budget resolution under consideration by the Senate in March 2015.
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Magazine Article Words and Stones On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
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Press Release Public Meetings on North Cascades Grizzly Bears Announced Conservation groups call for a show of support for restoring a Northwest native
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Magazine Article Whatever You Do, Don’t Look Up Wandering and wondering at the base of North America’s loneliest mountain.
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Press Release EPA to Revisit Clean Air Standards, Prioritizing Science and Data “We are pleased that the EPA is once again prioritizing science and its obligation to protect people and the environment." - Ulla Reeves, NPCA's Clean Air Program Senior Advocacy Manager
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Press Release Badger-Two Medicine: Too Sacred to Drill US Interior Department moves to cancel Solenex lease in the Badger-Two Medicine
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Press Release United Nations Declares San Antonio's Spanish Missions a World Heritage Site United Nations' Vote Makes Missions 23rd World Heritage Site in United States, First in Texas
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Magazine Article Coral Calamity A disease is wreaking havoc on coral colonies in Dry Tortugas and beyond. But hope is on the horizon.
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Magazine Article A Speedy Comeback? Pronghorn have made their triumphant return to Death Valley. Now the question is: How far will they go?
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Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
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Magazine Article A Retirement for the Ages Ranger Betty Reid Soskin clocks out at 100 years old.
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Blog Post Climate Change Forces Difficult Decisions Along the Colorado River Without enough water to go around, federal agencies and advocates weigh competing needs of people and threatened fish.
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Magazine Article A Mission to Grow Reviving ancient farming practices — and feeding the hungry — at San Antonio Missions.
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Magazine Article Bouncing Back in Yosemite After flirting with extinction, Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are staging a remarkable — and unexpected — comeback.
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Magazine Article Hidden Names, Hidden Stories A journey to the depths of Mammoth Cave to record signatures left by Civil War soldiers.
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Magazine Article The Old Man of the Lake How has a giant hemlock managed to float upright in Crater Lake for more than a hundred years?
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Press Release Justice Prevails for Blackfeet Nation: Appeals court upholds protection of sacred Badger-Two Medicine Blackfeet traditionalists, sportsmen and conservationists celebrate tremendous victory and urge permanent protections for Badger-Two Medicine
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Magazine Article Killer Commodes Backcountry toilets and birds can be a deadly combination. That’s where the Poo-Poo Project comes in.
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Press Release Two Key Everglades Restoration Projects Move Forward While Central Everglades Planning Project Awaits Approval Statement by Caroline McLaughlin NPCA's Biscayne Restoration Program Analyst
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Releases Its 2020 Vision for Everglades Restoration Full funding is necessary to move restoration projects forward
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Press Release Defending Chaco: New Mexico Conservation Groups Praise State's Decision to Extend Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leasing Nearly 70,000 acres of state land surrounding Chaco Canyon will be protected from oil and gas leasing for the next 20 years.
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Magazine Article Lizards on the Lam Florida’s latest invasive species is a 4-foot-long South American lizard with a taste for eggs that threatens the Everglades’ ground-nesting animals.
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Magazine Article Bird’s Best Friend Turning to the very goodest dog in the race to save Hawaii’s endangered seabirds.
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Magazine Article Mission Outdoors Sierra Club program provides healing and camaraderie for war veterans.
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Magazine Article Miners' Angel A century ago, Mother Jones faced bullets and long odds in her quest to better the lives of coal laborers working in New River Gorge and other West Virginia mines.
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Magazine Article John Brown’s Soul John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history.
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Staff Dana Krissoff Dana joined NPCA in 2021 as Associate Art Director, with the objective of aligning NPCA’s visual brand identity to the mission and core values.
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Alexandra Medina Alexandra Medina graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.A. in history and minor in museum studies in 2023. She is currently continuing her studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio in the M.A. program for history.
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Staff Natalie Gupta Before joining NPCA, Natalie spent the majority of her career in client-facing roles, and defines herself as a true "people person."
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