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• Resource NPCA & Nature Valley: 2021 Next Generation Impact Initiatives Nature Valley has donated $50,000 to NPCA to support the advancement of the next generation of park advocates – and the important park protection work ahead! – by funding impact initiatives led by members of our young leaders councils and Next Generation Advisory Council.
• Newsletter Trustees for the Parks Newsletter Read back issues of the Trustees for the Parks Newsletter
• Report Historic Fruit Trees of the Park System Thirty years ago, nearly one-third of the national park sites had historic fruit trees of some kind. It is unknown how many of them remain.
• Report NPCA 2021 Annual Report What Parks Mean to Us ALL
• Resource A Guide to Summer 2021 As our national parks prepare to welcome record-setting numbers of visitors this summer, here's our guide for what to expect and how to plan ahead
• Press Release Victory for Grand Canyon: Forest Service Rejects Project That Would Spell Disaster Mar 2016 Agency denies Stilo Development Group’s plan to build road, infrastructure through Kaibab National Forest.
• Press Release Wyoming State House Moves Land Deal Forward, Helping to Protect Grand Tetons from Inappropriate Development Feb 2011 Land deal protects nearly 1,400 acres of landscape
• Press Release Recovery Planning Proposed for North Cascades Grizzly Bears Aug 2014 Washingtonians, conservation groups say now is the time to save a threatened species
• Press Release $60 Million Transportation Grant for Tamiami Trail to Advance Everglades Restoration Jun 2019 Completion of the Tamiami Trail project will be a tremendous victory for Everglades restoration and the end-result of 30 years of hard work by local communities and state and federal leaders
• Magazine Article The Lion Catcher Spring 2018 | By Emily Mount Biologist Eric York lived to help wild carnivores, but he didn’t get a chance to finish his life’s work.
• Press Release Clean Air Advocates Share Renewed Concerns about Utah’s Plan to Reduce Haze Pollution May 2022 Environmental advocates reject Utah's dirty regional haze plan, call for immediate change to protect public lands and public health.
• Press Release EPA Fails to Protect Clean Air, Exempts Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant from Safeguards Jul 2014 Clean Air Advocates Vow Fight After Decision Allowing Controversial Coal Plant to Keep Polluting for Decades
• Policy Update Position on S. 500, S. 1081 & Amendments Nov 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 19, 2019.
• Policy Update Position on Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations May 2017 NPCA sent the following position to members of Congress after the passage of the H.R. 244 on May 4, 2017.
• Magazine Article A Lion’s Den Summer 2015 | By Kevin Grange The mountain lions of the Santa Monica Mountains face a rash of urban perils. Can they be saved?
• Magazine Article Remembering Rosenwald Summer 2023 | By Rona Kobell With Booker T. Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states.  Why do so few people know his name?
• Press Release After a Summer of Chaos, Yosemite Brings Reservations Back Dec 2023 “Visitors to Yosemite, especially those from underrepresented communities, deserve a positive experience, not gridlock traffic" -- NPCA's Sierra Nevada Program Manager Mark Rose
• 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.
• Press Release Polling Shows 80% Support for Restoring North Cascades Grizzly Bears Jun 2016 Polling data compliments a new partnership of conservation, business and other groups that support the return of a missing Northwest icon.
• 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.
• Magazine Article Into The Wind Spring 2023 | By Ben Goldfarb At Padre Island National Seashore, not even a gale can ruin your trip.
• Press Release Administration Rolls Back Methane Waste Protections Feb 2018 Weakened methane waste rule puts public health, lands at risk.
• Magazine Article The Center Winter 2014 | By Scott Kirkwood Five weeks in the North Cascades with a sketchbook, a camera and a journal.
• Press Release Clean Air Advocates Applaud EPA's Decision in North Dakota to Require Proven, Cost-Effective Systems for Reducing Pollution at Antiquated Coal-Fired Plants Sep 2011 New systems at the Leland Olds and MR Young plants will significantly lessen the nearly $500 million burden in air pollution regional health care costs each year
• 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 Position on S.3073, Interior Appropriations & Amendments Jul 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to the U.S. Senate ahead of expected floor debate and votes the week of July 23, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act Aug 2022 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote.
• Press Release Thirty-nine States Failed to Submit Pollution Reduction Plans to the Environmental Protection Agency Feb 2022 Environmental organizations file notice of intent to sue the EPA to hold states accountable.
• Blog Post Author Shares His Love for the Darkest Skies and Most Brilliant Stars May 2012 | By Lynn Davis Paul Bogard has a great gig traveling around the world to ponder the darkness of night skies and the corresponding brilliance of millions of stars.
• Blog Post Years of Abuse and Overuse Make the Colorado River the Most Endangered River of 2013 Apr 2013 | By Meghan Trubee This year’s Most Endangered Rivers report from American Rivers makes one thing clear: It is not sustainable for a single river to support 36 million people.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Magazine Article Loss & Legacy Spring 2022 | By Katherine DeGroff On the lives of science luminaries Edward O. Wilson and Thomas E. Lovejoy.

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