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Video Defend Parks with Parks Project New video showcases corporate partnership by sharing the voices of NPCA staff and volunteers
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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!
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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.
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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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Resource LGBTQ History Tour, Greenwich Village, New York, NY Download a map and enjoy the first formal walking tour at Stonewall National Monument. Learn more about the places in Greenwich Village that paved the way for the Stonewall Uprising and eventually the designation of our first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ history.
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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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Blog Post More Ways to See America NPCA and Creative Action Network expand innovative “See America” partnership with new opportunities for artists.
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Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 803, Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act NPCA shared the following letter with members of the House of Representives ahead of an anticipated floor vote scheduled for February 26th.
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Press Release Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Decisions from Tainted Monuments Review Dozens of organizations have endorsed the following joint statement in response to reports about serious issues with the Department of the Interior’s national monument review.
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Blog Post Latinos Are Critical to the Environmental Movement Latino Conservation Week highlights the contributions of Latinos in caring for the environment, while encouraging the community’s culture of stewardship. Here’s how NPCA supports Latino engagement every day.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2546, Protecting America's Wilderness Act NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 2546 and proposed amendments to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor vote scheduled for February 12, 2020.
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Blog Post National Monuments Under Threat Last week, the Trump administration issued an executive order that could alter or even attempt to rescind national monument designations that have been established since January 1, 1996.
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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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Magazine Article ‘I Do’ With a View Adventure eloping is on the rise as couples increasingly steer clear of lavish weddings and opt for pandemic-appropriate ceremonies in the great outdoors.
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Press Release Administration pulls plans to allow oil and gas drilling near Arches and Canyonlands After months of pressure, agency defers plan to lease more than 80,000 acres of land to oil and gas corporations
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Policy Update NPCA position on provisions included in the 2021 House National Defense Authorization Act Ahead of an anticipated floor vote on final passage scheduled for September 23rd , 2021, NPCA shared the following statements in support of specific provisions included in the 2021 House NDAA.
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Policy Update Letter on Training in Federal Government NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to congressional leadership in response to OMB circular M-20-34 and an Executive Order dated September 22, 2020.
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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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Blog Post A First for Modern Latino History Thanks to the advocacy of César E. Chávez, millions of farmworkers today have safer working conditions and union rights. The first national monument dedicated to a contemporary Latino American bears his name.
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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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Press Release Federal Court Rejects Weld County Colorado’s Request to Delay Reductions of Smog Pollution From Oil, Gas Operations Environmental groups support federal appeals court's decision and called for accountability.
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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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Magazine Article Shindigs, Jamborees, & Jubilees Traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway for some fast dancing, sweet music, and old-fashioned fun.
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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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Press Release Victory: President Biden Establishes Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada "Establishment of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is a testimony to protecting and preserving lands with not just our children and grandchildren in mind but for generations to come." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia Too often, efforts to protect historical sites end up pitting preservationists against landowners and developers, resulting in wasted time, wasted money, and hard feelings all around.
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Magazine Article Pipe Dreams Head to Southern Arizona to Discover Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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Magazine Article Hush... A growing body of research shows that noise can be harmful to humans and animals. Can natural quiet be saved?
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Everglades & Beyond The greater Everglades area of South Florida is a biodiverse subtropical wilderness that rewards visitors with the chance to paddle through meandering, mangrove-lined channels, see egrets, alligators and manatees, or dive deep to experience a living coral reef.
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Policy Update Testimony: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Written testimony by Joan Frankevich for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on December 3, 2015
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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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Press Release Conservation Groups Respond to Utah Lawsuit Challenging National Monuments Restoration "As we’ve said time and time again, an attack on one monument is an attack on all. We will continue to fight to ensure all national monuments are protected now and for the future.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release A Monumental National Public Lands Day Project at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve National Public Lands Day volunteers help trail maintenance at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.
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Magazine Article Fighting Fluff At well-known caves around the country, volunteers armed with tweezers and brushes keep lint—yes, lint—at bay.
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Sharon Mader Sharon joined NPCA in July 2007. She works as a Senior Program Manager in the Northern Rockies region, advocating for the protection of Grand Teton’s outstanding natural and historic resources, and promoting NPCA’s national strategic priorities in Wyoming.
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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.
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Valeriia Tolkacheva Valeriia Tolkacheva is a recent transplant to South Florida. She grew up amid the frozen swamps and canals of St. Petersburg, Russia, always cherishing that city’s careful geometry but taking every chance to explore the forests of wild blueberries and granite-lined lakes lying outside the urban limits.
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Jillian Blair Jillian Blair is a member of WVU’s class of 2024 studying Environment and Energy Resources Management with minors in Sustainable Design and Geology.
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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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