Search results for “Sitka National Historical Park”
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Video What Makes a Park a Park? National parks protect natural beauty, like stunning waterfalls, unique plants and vibrant wildlife. Parks provide access and opportunities for people to experience and learn about these one-of-a-kind places.
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Resource The NPCA Veterans Council NPCA believes that the voices of military veterans are a necessary component in the work to protect and enhance America’s National Park System, which is why we created the NPCA Veterans Council.
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Report Transforming the Lock Transforming the Lock is a vision for a national park visitor experience at the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock in Minneapolis.
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Fact Sheet Great Lakes Restoration Initiative The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is a federal funded program that was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to restore and protect the Great Lakes – the largest fresh water system in the world.
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Blog Post Facing the Climate Catastrophe: What We Do Now Matters The forecast on climate is stark, but the Biden administration can take meaningful action now to help avoid the worst effects of the crisis.
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Magazine Article Hidden Yosemite Explore the high country to complete the Yosemite experience.
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Blog Post The View from Point Sublime How a child's first visit to the Grand Canyon seeded a life-long path.
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Magazine Article Soaking It All In The woods are lovely, dark and deep — perfect for forest bathers searching for a little peace of mind.
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Blog Post Paradise Lost As we continue to learn of the human toll and horrific damage caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, NPCA’s executive vice president offers her shock and sadness over one of the places hardest hit — and her deep concern for everyone affected.
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Blog Post Florida Ups the Ante in Everglades Restoration with $90 Million Funding Surprise Disastrous flooding in South Florida is making the news again as water from Lake Okeechobee overflows and is released through the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. Unfortunately, this is something that we see all too often in the region—the water that should naturally flow south from Lake Okeechobee is trapped by man-made barriers and confined to canals after heavy rains. This massive influx of highly polluted freshwater is destroying coastal estuaries and endangering public health, Florida’s economy, and the Everglades.
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Magazine Article A Rodent Reappearance The imperiled Allegheny woodrat has been rediscovered at Harpers Ferry.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act NPCA is encouraged by the funding increases for the Federal Lands Transportation Program and Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, marked up by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on October 22, 2015.
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Magazine Article John Brown’s Soul John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history.
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Magazine Article Saving the Panther The Florida panther was going to die out. Then conservationists dreamed up a daring rescue operation.
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Magazine Article Are you Talking to Me? Researchers in Yellowstone recorded a vocal interaction between a wolf and a pair of great horned owls. Are the animals actually communicating?
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Blog Post Photographing the World's Rarest Fish One researcher gives us a glimpse behind his underwater camera
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Press Release Navajo Nation Tribal Council Should Vote No to Escalade Proposal We Have Opportunity to Protect Grand Canyon from Incompatible Development
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Magazine Article A Billion-Dollar Driveway A life-long resident of Alaska worries a road would destroy the wilderness he knows and loves.
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Policy Update Position on Emmer Discussion Draft NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 27, 2017.
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Blog Post Does This Outfit Match My Canoe? Can a city girl survive a four-day wilderness adventure paddling through some of the Everglades' most remote waters? One young woman leaves her makeup bag behind and gives it her best try.
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Magazine Article Swimming with Dinosaurs Atlantic sturgeon are making a surprising comeback in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Blog Post The Land Beyond Hate One woman's journey to uncover her history and other missing stories of the American landscape
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for July 14, 2017.
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Magazine Article A Ladder to the Top Thirty years ago, Vern Tejas overcame extreme cold and other dangers to become the first person to survive a winter solo ascent of Denali.
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Magazine Article The Loneliest Land In 1888, writer Mary Hunter Austin began exploring the desert. Her love of the blunt, burned land of little rain led to a book, a career, and an environmental legacy.
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Magazine Article Case Reopened A major school desegregation victory in Colorado was all but forgotten. A century later, it’s getting its due.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 386, H.R. 1318 & H.R. 3448 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 12, 2023.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5859, the Trillion Trees Act NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 26, 2020.
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Magazine Article Seeing Green Decades of conservation efforts pay off for the endangered green sea turtle.
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Magazine Article Nature’s Night Lights After the sun sets, the bioluminescent show on Tomales Bay begins.
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Blog Post Don’t Just See the Movie! Honor Lincoln’s memory by helping to preserve more of Gettysburg
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Blog Post 'How Did They Let This Happen?' On the three-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, I hope my students remember the advice I gave them.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2817, National Historic Preservation Amendments Act NPCA submitted the following position on legislation being considered by the House Natural Resources Committee during a markup on July 12th and 13th.
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Policy Update Position on the American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Report Alaskan Mining Operations Severely Underestimated Hazardous Spills New analysis compares the predicted impacts described in permitting documents to actual spill records from five major operational hardrock mines.
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