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• Fact Sheet Climate Change at Northeast Coastal National Parks National parks along the north Atlantic Coast are at the forefront of climate change. As sea levels rise, seasons shift and unpredictable weather bring more frequent and severe storms, our treasured coastal national parks offer some of the best solutions for combating today’s climate threats.
• Resource Climate Change and Florida’s National Parks Florida is among the most climate change-threatened states in the United States. Florida’s treasured national parks—spanning the Greater Everglades ecosystem northward into Gulf Islands National Seashore and beyond—are being impacted by our changing climate.
• Video NPCA Find Your Voice: Big Thicket National Parks belong to you. See how a group of young advocates in Texas learned how to explore, protect, and advocate for their park as a part of the National Parks Conservation Association’s Find Your Voice initiative.
• Resource Ambler Mining Road Fact Sheets Alaska recently proposed a private industrial road along the southern Brooks Range to facilitate construction of an open pit copper mine near Ambler, Alaska.
• Fact Sheet Ask Congress to Support the Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497/S.1284) Introduced by Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Ken Buck (R-CO) and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, the bipartisan Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497/S.1284) would make the Granada Relocation Center, a World War II Japanese incarceration site in Colorado known as “Amache”, a National Park. The legislation has passed in the House and will be up for a vote in the Senate.
• 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.
• Magazine Article Words and Stones Summer 2016 | By Dorian Fox On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Magazine Article Cabin Revival Fall 2021 | By Nicolas Brulliard Photographer Jun Fujita and his Voyageurs cabin are getting a second look.
• Magazine Article On the Map Summer 2013 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Two new national monuments celebrate American heroes forged during the nation’s darkest times.
• Press Release Everglades Coalition Focuses on State and Federal Restoration Progress at 31st Annual Conference Jan 2016 Everglades Coalition Conference welcomes nearly 300 participants to discuss opportunities and challenges facing America's Everglades
• 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 The Price of a Feather Summer 2015 | By Laura Allen More than a century ago, the discovery of a hidden bird refuge in the Everglades led down a path of greed, vanity, and murder. And that’s just the beginning of the story.
• Magazine Article Lost Bears Summer 2017 | By Kate Siber Will grizzly bears return to the North Cascades?
• Press Release Yellowstone Bison Find Year-Round Room to Roam in Montana Apr 2016 This will be the first time in generations that bison will be granted year-round #RoomToRoam
• Press Release Badger-Two Medicine: Too Sacred to Drill Nov 2015 US Interior Department moves to cancel Solenex lease in the Badger-Two Medicine
• 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.
• Magazine Article Whatever You Do, Don’t Look Up Winter 2014 | By Edward Readicker-Henderson Wandering and wondering at the base of North America’s loneliest mountain.
• Press Release EPA to Revisit Clean Air Standards, Prioritizing Science and Data Jun 2021 “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
• Press Release Groups Successful in Raising Concerns with Proposed FPL New Nuclear Reactors in Florida Mar 2011 Citizens and public interest groups block building of two new nuclear reactors near Biscayne Bay
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1708, H.R. 2546 & H.R. 2642 Nov 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for November 20, 2019.
• Blog Post More Reasons to Love Marjory Stoneman Douglas Apr 2019 | By Cara Capp This tireless advocate worked for decades to defend the Everglades, and we remember her on what would have been her 129th birthday.
• 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.
• 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.
• Blog Post The Elwha River, Undammed Sep 2014 | By Kati Schmidt After years of work, the Elwha River at Olympic is undammed and flowing again. The salmon—and the white-water rafters—are loving it!
• Magazine Article A Change of Scenery Spring 2021 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Getting away from it all on a five-day cycling trip along the C&O Canal.   
• Magazine Article Coral Calamity Fall 2021 | By Katherine DeGroff A disease is wreaking havoc on coral colonies in Dry Tortugas and beyond. But hope is on the horizon. 
• Press Release United Nations Declares San Antonio's Spanish Missions a World Heritage Site Jul 2015 United Nations' Vote Makes Missions 23rd World Heritage Site in United States, First in Texas
• Press Release Federal District Court Ruling Allows Construction of Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown to Continue May 2018 Today’s ruling puts centuries of American history in jeopardy.
• Press Release Appeals Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Dec 2017 Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Celebrate Key Win for Water, Wildlife, Sacred Lands
• Press Release Grand Canyon Uranium-mining Threats Still Loom A Year After Historic Mining Restrictions Jan 2013 Uranium-mine development could affect water and public land
• Magazine Article Standing Tall Winter 2016 | By Julia Busiek At 50, the St. Louis Arch gets a makeover.
• Policy Update Position on the LOCAL Act Apr 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands in the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on April 28, 2016.
• 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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