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• Video Defend Parks with Parks Project New video showcases corporate partnership by sharing the voices of NPCA staff and volunteers
• Video Reflecting on 2021: What Parks Mean To Us All We came together for parks in a year like no other. In 2021, your dedication to public lands helped us achieve victories for climate change, wildlife, Indigenous communities, and so much more. Thank you, park protectors!
• Infographic Don't Feed the Landfills Waste in national parks is an ongoing challenge where on average, nearly 70 million pounds is collected annually. Working with our many partners, we set out to address this mounting issue starting at Denali, Grand Teton and Yosemite National Parks.
• Spreadsheet Top 50 Worst Regional Haze Polluters While most haze pollution does not originate in national parks, it can travel hundreds of miles from its source – coal plants, vehicles and oil and gas operations are the main culprits– harming the air we breathe, and the health of park visitors, wildlife and nearby communities.
• Staff Zana Pouncey Outreach and Engagement Manager Zana joined NPCA in 2023 as the Southeast Outreach and Engagement Manager. She works to build relationships that connect communities to park units across the southeast.
• Magazine Article The Center Winter 2014 | By Scott Kirkwood Five weeks in the North Cascades with a sketchbook, a camera and a journal.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1992, H.R. 3008, H.R. 4731, and H.R. 5005 Feb 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 28, 2018.
• Blog Post A Volcanic Blue Abyss Nov 2023 | By Linda Coutant 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.  
• Policy Update Comments on the Energy Policy Modernization Act Jul 2015 NPCA’s positions on several potential amendments to and provisions in the Energy Policy Modernization Act, as submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
• Policy Update Position on Funding the Border Wall Feb 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate ahead of votes scheduled for February 15, 2018.
• Blog Post Bridge over Troubled Water May 2016 | By Cara Capp Restoring America’s Everglades to solve Florida’s water crisis
• Magazine Article Sacred Water Spring 2012 | By Kevin Grange How an unlikely alliance of conservationists, ranchers, business owners, and American Indians is fighting to save the Great Basin.
• Magazine Article Loss & Legacy Spring 2022 | By Katherine DeGroff On the lives of science luminaries Edward O. Wilson and Thomas E. Lovejoy.
• Magazine Article On the Right Path Fall 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood Off-road vehicles have scarred the landscape of Wrangell St. Elias for years, but that’s about to change.
• Press Release Diverse Interests Challenge Federal Licensing of FPL's Proposed New Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors Aug 2010 Utility's plan poses great risks to public, environment and economy
• Blog Post Sharing the 'Real' Civil War Jul 2013 | By Alan Spears Our collective fascination with the Civil War often brushes past the complex underlying issues of race, slavery, and politics to focus exclusively on bullets, bayonets, and tactics—but we should take every effort to broaden our concepts about what constitutes “real” Civil War history and what doesn’t.
• Policy Update Position on Amendments to Senate Budget Resolution Mar 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on amendments to the budget resolution under consideration by the Senate in March 2015.
• Press Release Conservation Advocates Challenge EPA's Texas Haze Plan in Court Dec 2017 Groups challenge EPA’s Regional Haze Pollution Cleanup Plan in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Magazine Article The Little Fish That Could Winter 2024 | By Nicolas Brulliard The Big Bend gambusia were down to three fish. A difficult — but remarkable — recovery ensued.
• Press Release Public Meetings on North Cascades Grizzly Bears Announced Feb 2015 Conservation groups call for a show of support for restoring a Northwest native
• Magazine Article A Swallow’s Tale Spring 2015 | By Kate Siber A 35-year study of cave swallows at Carlsbad Caverns has solved some abiding mysteries about the songbird.
• Press Release Restore the Grizzly Bear to the North Cascades Jan 2017 The time to restore grizzly bears in the North Cascades Ecosystem is now.
• Magazine Article Rolling Stones Fall 2018 | By Emily Mount Using science to protect visitors from Yosemite’s falling rocks.
• Press Release Montana Governor Offers Historic Gift of More Than 300,000 Acres for Yellowstone Bison Dec 2015 Today, Montana Governor Steve Bullock proposed more #RoomToRoam for Yellowstone bison with a call to open more than 300,000 acres of year-round, conflict-free habitat.
• Magazine Article The Mosses at Our Feet Summer 2012 | By Jesse Fox Mayshark Scientists uncover one of the Smokies' tiniest, most bizarre residents.
• Magazine Article A Thousand Miles in a Hundred Days Summer 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Photographer Carlton Ward, Jr., leads a team of explorers on an ambitious, self-propelled journey through the Everglades and beyond.
• Press Release Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Abandon Texas Clean Air Plan Sep 2017 Critical air quality protection deadlines upheld for Texas and Oklahoma.
• Press Release Wildlife Protection Documentary Makes Film Festival Debut Feb 2023 The Boone Docs Film Festival will feature short-form documentary films focusing on or from the Appalachian region, including The Search for Safe Passage, produced by NPCA and Wildlands Network.
• Blog Post Death Valley: This Land of Extremes Now Recognized for Its World-Class Night Skies Feb 2013 | By David Lamfrom Death Valley isn’t just the hottest place on Earth. It was also just recognized as one of the darkest.
• Magazine Article Words and Stones Summer 2016 | By Dorian Fox On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
• Magazine Article Saving the Smokies’ Bears Fall 2012 | By JoAnn Greco A bear-rescue group in Tennessee gives nature a little help.
• Policy Update Position on Amendments to H.R. 2822 Jul 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on amendments to the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act being considered by the House of Representatives in July 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 4644, H.R. 5727 & H.R. 6784 Sep 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 26, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on FY2020 Border Wall Appropriations Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate and House of Representatives during appropriations negotiations in December 2019.
• Magazine Article On Thin Ice Spring 2022 | By Stephanie Pearson As the climate warms, Lake Superior’s ice coverage shrinks — and opportunities to visit Apostle Islands’ ice caves and experience other winter rites of passage along the shore are slowly disappearing.
• Fact Sheet Stonewall 50: The Basics This guide, released shortly after the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, answers frequently asked questions about the events that took place from June 28th to July 3rd 1969 in Greenwich Village.
• Staff Michaela Pavlat Indigenous Partnerships Field Representative Michaela Pavlat is the Indigenous Partnerships Field Representative for the Mid-Atlantic Region. She is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

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