Search results for “Kings Canyon National Park”
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Resource The Ultimate Gift Guide for National Park Lovers Looking for the perfect gift for the national park lover in your life? We’ve got the perfect thing, trust us. Check out these items that have more in common than a connection to national parks — they’re from brands that support NPCA and further our mission to protect and preserve national parks.
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Resource Southeast Young Leaders Council The Southeast Young Leaders Council (YLC) is open to early career professionals 18-30 in the southeast region with a passion for advocacy and National Park preservation.
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Resource Like a Fine Wine: Conservation Strengthening Through Generations A Q&A with third-generation Napa farmer, and proprietor of Gamble Family Vineyards, Tom Gamble
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Press Release Conservationists Aim to Protect Famed Ghost Orchids Under Endangered Species Act Poaching, climate change, loss and modification of habitat and direct threats to the ecosystem — even in protected areas like Big Cypress National Preserve — could spell disaster for the species.
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Press Release Salazar Visits Everglades to Break Ground on Restoration Project America's Great Outdoors report supports large restoration projects that can serve as models for smaller restoration efforts
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Magazine Article Buried Treasures Just north of Las Vegas, a vast stretch of land entombs the richest Ice Age fossil beds in the Southwest. Could this become America’s next national monument?
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Blog Post A Sacred Trust: New Video Highlights Navajo and Hopi Perspectives on Clean Air Many Native American families in the Southwest are sorely affected by pollution from coal-fired power plants, yet their concerns often go unheard by decision-makers
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Magazine Article Naming Right Introducing First Peoples Mountain.
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Blog Post What’s Next for Jamestown? Why NPCA is suing to fight a massive development project that would permanently mar one of America’s most historic landscapes.
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Blog Post The Power of Protest These 7 sites honor the long history of Americans fighting for their civil rights.
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Magazine Article Miners' Angel A century ago, Mother Jones faced bullets and long odds in her quest to better the lives of coal laborers working in New River Gorge and other West Virginia mines.
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Blog Post 330 Miles — and a Message How far would you go to honor your history?
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Magazine Article Mission Outdoors Sierra Club program provides healing and camaraderie for war veterans.
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Press Release More than 685,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Bears Ears National Monument in less than 15 days Unprecedented outpouring of support shown during official comment period
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Magazine Article What’s in a Howl? Researchers in Yellowstone are hoping to uncover the meaning behind the haunting sounds of wolves.
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Press Release Delay in Army Corps Review Process Creates Major Roadblock for Everglades Restoration Statement by Caroline McLaughlin, Biscayne Restoration Program Analyst
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Magazine Article Golden Spike Redux The role that Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad has long been buried. 150 years after the completion of the tracks, that’s finally changing.
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Magazine Article Striking Desert Gold Will a wet winter bring a spring super bloom to Death Valley?
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Press Release Coalition Shares Plans to Continue Momentum for Restoring America's Everglades at Annual Conference 'America’s Everglades: Our Legacy, Our Future' conference aimed at identifying restoration progress and challenges moving forward
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Blog Post The Other Washington Monument The marble obelisk on the National Mall is one of the country’s most famous structures — but it is not the oldest monument honoring America’s first president.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 538, H.R. 1644, and H.R. 2288 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered by the House Natural Resource Committee on September 9-10, 2015.
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Blog Post Amache: An American Story That Must be Told An interview with Mitch Homma, whose family members were incarcerated at Amache during World War II simply because of their Japanese ancestry.
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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 Power Line Proposal Threatening Historic Jamestown Based on Flawed Projections According to a new report commissioned by NPCA, Dominion Power's harmful plan to build 17 giant towers across the James River is not only detrimental to irreplaceable historic resources—it's also unnecessary.
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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 Circling the Mountain Another season, another ceremonial circumambulation of Mount Tamalpais. What draws hikers to this 55-year-old ritual?
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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 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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Magazine Article Hidden Yosemite Explore the high country to complete the Yosemite experience.
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Magazine Article A Thorny Question Why some saguaros grow more arms than others — and why it matters.
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Policy Update Request for Information on Monument Review Process NPCA sent the following letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting more information on the monument review process.
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Magazine Article A Whaling Tale A quarter-mile-long painting from a bygone era makes its 21st century debut.
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Press Release Groups Urge Secretary Zinke to Include Public in Public Land Policies Concern that without any public input, Interior will undo smart land management guidance that took years to develop.
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Resource LA Young Leaders Council As part of NPCA’s strategic effort to expand our core of young advocates and volunteer base, NPCA’s LA field staff created the LA Young Leaders Council (YLC) to engage young people from urban areas, underserved neighborhoods, immigrant communities and communities of color.
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Report Southeast Regional Office Field Reports These field reports provide timely updates and perspectives on issues of interest to our members and supporters in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
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