Search results for “Lake Clark National Park & Preserve”
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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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Resource Create Your Park Time Capsule As NPCA celebrates 101 years on May 19th, we’re embracing this second century of park protection by inviting park lovers to create their own time capsules!
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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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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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Resource Northwest Student Leadership Council A core focus of the Northwest Regional Office is broadening and strengthening support for our parks, especially among younger folks.
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Staff Caitlin Miller In her role as Associate General Counsel, Caitlin manages litigation on behalf of NPCA to and provides general legal counsel services to the organization related to air pollution and climate issues that negatively impact national parks and surrounding communities.
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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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Blog Post The Supreme Court Case that Threatens Our Waters 5 things you should know about the legal fight over the Clean Water Act
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1289, S. 718, S. 1622, S. 1696, S. 1930, S. 1943, S. 1993, S. 2177, S. 2309, S. 2412, S. 2548, S. 2805, S. 2839, S. 2954, S. 3020,S. 3027, S. 3028, H.R. 2880, S. 1923, S. 1690 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a markup on July 12, 2016.
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Magazine Article On A Ledge Wolverines may soon be listed as a threatened species.
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Magazine Article Glass Half Full A prominent climate scientist offers the gift of science-backed hope.
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Magazine Article A Chilly Refuge Rock glaciers, long neglected by science, may help creatures from pikas to stoneflies endure climate change.
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Blog Post Focus on Water: Celebrating National Water Quality Month Did you know that August is National Water Quality Month?
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Policy Update Position on the WOTUS Rule NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing entitled “A Review of the Technical, Scientific, and Legal Basis of the WOTUS Rule."
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Blog Post 9 Civil War Battlefields You Helped Save 150 years ago this month, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, leading to the end of the Civil War. The conflict cost more than 600,000 American lives and nearly split our nation in two.
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Policy Update Position on Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations NPCA submitted the following position to congressional leadership and members of the appropriations committees during negotiations regarding FY18 final appropriations.
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Press Release Proposed Legal Deal Leaves Water Quality, Protections for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Question More information and public input needed to hold polluter accountable.
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Press Release Asian Carp Have Arrived: Broad Support Emerges for Legislation to Stop Invasive Fish Coalition applauds legislation aimed at stopping the advance of Asian carp into Minnesota’s waters
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Policy Update Position on Waters of the U.S. Regulations NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 12, 2019.
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Magazine Article Pines in Peril Grand Teton’s lodgepole forests are exquisitely adapted to wildfire — but can they survive a changing climate?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 974, H.R. 1452, and H.R. 2406 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resource Committee markup on October 7-8, 2015.
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Magazine Article The Aftermath Revisiting Gulf Islands National Seashore two years after the biggest offshore oil disaster ever.
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Blog Post 5 Reasons We Need to Save Our Coral Reefs Coral reefs help our oceans’ teeming biodiversity survive the impacts of climate change. They also protect communities from severe storms and hurricanes. What happens to corals when 40% of the world’s oceans experience a marine heat wave, as they did this summer?
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Press Release Arches, Glacier and Rocky Mountain to Resume Timed Entry Access in 2023 “Thanks to managed access, visitors to Arches, Glacier and Rocky Mountain saw more wildlife and wild lands than brake lights and traffic jams the last several years" -- NPCA's Cassidy Jones
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Policy Update Position on S. 2800, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a markup scheduled for May 2018.
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Blog Post Advocates Save 85,000 Acres in Utah from Oil and Gas Development — for Now A coalition of elected officials, tribal leaders, business owners, outdoor enthusiasts and public land advocates successfully pressured the Bureau of Land Management to remove Moab-area parcels from its oil and gas lease sales next month.
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Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Urges Senate to Reject Cuts to Clean Water Programs A national coalition of conservation organizations, America’s Great Waters Coalition, today urges the U.S. Senate to reject cuts to clean water programs in a U.S. House-passed Continuing Resolution that will significantly reduce protections for America’s Great Waters.
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Press Release Conservation and Public Health Organizations Demand Clean Air, Environmental Justice for San Joaquin Valley The state of California is failing in its duty to clean up San Joaquin Valley air, when climate action is more necessary than ever.
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Policy Update Position on S. 1160, S. 1335, S. 1446 & S. 1602 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for March 8, 2018.
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Magazine Article Astronauts on Planet Earth Following in the footsteps of an early adventurer, an intrepid group explores the surreal landscape at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act NPCA supports H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015, which was heard by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on July 28, 2015.
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Press Release Federal court sends flawed San Joaquin Valley air pollution plan back to EPA Appeals court found California state's plan, approved by EPA, did not contain a realistic strategy to reduce pollution
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Press Release New Analysis Examines 8,000 Spills at Alaska’s 5 Largest Mines Federal permitting processes for Alaska’s 5 largest mines severely underestimated the risks of spills — more than 300 per year
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2167, H.R. 4387 and H.R. 5114 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Federal Lands subcommittee during a hearing on June 23, 2016.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives prior to an anticipated vote.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to the Four Corners Situated on the Colorado Plateau amid ancient volcanic mountains, statuesque buttes and sharp canyons, the Four Corners region where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona meet is rich in cultural and geological wonders.
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Magazine Article Call of the Wild Eighty years ago, a biologist named George Melendez Wright reminded us that wolves, bison, and grizzlies came before people. And because of him, they still do.
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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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Alan Pomeroy Alan is the Program Director for the North Carolina Youth Outdoor Engagement Commission, a state nonprofit with a mission to provide outdoor learning opportunities for youth.
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