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• Report A Sound Investment: Restoring the Great Lakes in Our National Parks These success stories highlight the important role our national parks play in restoring the Great Lakes – the largest source of fresh water on the planet.
• Resource Tens of Thousands of Orphaned Wells Threaten National Parks Orphaned oil wells emit pollution, block wildlife migration, and threaten our climate and parks.
• Resource Awards and Recognition The National Parks Conservation Association has had the privilege of presenting awards to decision makers, organizations, and individuals that have made a difference for national parks. The contributions these award-winners have made are vital to the continued excellence of our National Park System.
• Fact Sheet Great American Outdoors Act Success Stories The Great American Outdoors Act is providing crucial funding – up to $6.65 billion over five years – to fix our national parks’ crumbling roads, decaying buildings, outdated water systems and many more repair needs. This bill, along with other funding sources, is ensuring our parks can continue to welcome millions of visitors each year and protect the natural and cultural resources that tell our nation’s history.
• Resource Application: Northeast Young Leaders Council National Parks Conservation Association’s northeast team is thrilled to announce the establishment of a Northeast Young Leaders Council to assist us in our program and advocacy work.
• Magazine Article Something in the Water Winter 2012 | By Heather Lukacs and Scott Kirkwood Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
• Policy Update Position on the Expanded Wildlife Extinction Package Sep 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 26, 2018.
• Policy Update Testimony: African-American Cultural Heritage and Environmental Justice Feb 2019 Written testimony of Alan Spears, NPCA Cultural Resources Director, for a forum held by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 15, 2019.
• 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.
• 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.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act Oct 2017 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for October 11, 2017.
• 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 Three Years Later: Gulf Coast Still Recovering from BP Oil Spill Apr 2013 | By Tom Kiernan This Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the oil rig explosion that devastated coastal communities, waters, and lands in the Gulf of Mexico and imposed tragic loss among 11 families.
• Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting Dec 2017 In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
• Blog Post Why Stonewall Matters Now More Than Ever Dec 2022 | By Kyle Groetzinger As inflammatory rhetoric and even violence against LGBTQ people accelerate, Stonewall National Monument in New York remains a powerful symbol of the community’s resilience and permanence.
• Press Release New Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connects LGBT History Sep 2017 New user-friendly map available to public starting today.
• Blog Post Video: Oil Trucks Mow Down Trees at National Preserve Jun 2018 | By Nicholas Lund NPCA's staff and partners were appalled to learn of the conditions inside Big Cypress.
• Blog Post More Than 100 Reasons to Keep Fighting for Clean Air Aug 2016 | By Ulla-Britt Reeves Work by air quality advocates since 2012 has led to significant pollution reduction plans affecting more than 100 coal-fired power units across the country. Now, we need the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a key environmental rule to make more of these victories for cleaner air possible.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 205, H.R. 1225, H.R.1941, H.R. 2427 & H.R. 3195 Jun 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for June 19, 2019.
• Press Release Science Confirms Cadiz Water Project Would Harm the Largest Spring in Mojave Trails National Monument Apr 2018 A peer-reviewed scientific study confirms the Cadiz Inc. water mining proposal would threaten the largest spring in California’s largest national monument, Mojave Trails in the Mojave Desert.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3225, Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act Jun 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 20, 2019.
• Magazine Article Out with the Old, In with the New Winter 2022 | By Julia Busiek A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. Did it work?
• Press Release EPA and State Regulators Slash Plan to Limit Coal Pollution in Utah Oct 2020 Latest business-as-usual plan by EPA and Utah officials fails to limit haze-causing emissions
• Magazine Article A Prescription For Nature Spring 2014 | By Daphne Miller, MD A physician who prescribes outdoor activities for her patients believes that time spent in nature could become the next vital sign.
• Press Release Advocates Agree: EPA Nominee Pruitt a Disaster for Nation’s Air, Water Jan 2017 Heads of 19 Environmental, Conservation Groups Come Out Against Pruitt’s Nomination
• Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Fall 2015 | By Laurie McClellan Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
• Magazine Article The Life Aquatic Fall 2013 | By Jennifer Bogo At New York City’s Harbor School, students use Gateway National Recreation Area’s maritime environment as their classroom—and preparation for life after graduation.
• Blog Post Wild and Scenic Summer Destinations Jun 2018 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, a law preserving some of America’s most outstanding and remarkable waterways.
• Policy Update Position on the Pebble Mine Project Oct 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 23, 2019.
• Policy Update Position on Nomination of Rob Wallace May 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resouces and Committee on Environment & Public Works in advance of anticipated nomination hearings. 
• Magazine Article A Momentous Arrival Fall 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into Point Comfort in Virginia. Was it the beginning of slavery in this country?
• Policy Update NPCA position on provisions included in the 2021 House National Defense Authorization Act Sep 2021  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. 
• Magazine Article A Breath of Fresh Air Summer 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis EPA is renewing its vow to protect our most sacred views.
• Policy Update NPCA support for Martha Williams to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nov 2021 NPCA sent the following letter to Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Martha Williams to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior. 
• Press Release Victory! State Reaches Deal to Remove Industrial Hog Farm from Buffalo National River Watershed Jun 2019 Now this treasured landscape will be properly protected for future generations to safely experience and enjoy.

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