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• Resource Regional Haze Pollution in EPA Region 9 Strong state regional haze plans are critical to restoring clean air and clear skies to treasured places like Grand Canyon, Redwood and Yosemite National Parks. Unfortunately, states in EPA’s Region 9 are failing to adequately cut air pollution affecting national parks and wilderness areas. EPA’s Region 9, also known as the Pacific Southwest region, includes California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Nevada.
• Resource Regional Haze Pollution in EPA Region 8 Strong state regional haze plans are critical to restoring clean air and clear skies for treasured places like Zion, Rocky Mountain, Theodore Roosevelt and Glacier National Parks. Unfortunately, states in this region are failing to adequately cut air pollution impacting these parks and wilderness areas and communities.
• Resource Regional Haze Pollution in EPA Region 3 Strong state regional haze plans are critical to restoring clean air and clear skies to treasured places like Shenandoah National Park and Dolly Sods Wilderness Area. Unfortunately, states in the Mid-Atlantic are failing to adequately cut air pollution impacting these parks and wilderness areas and communities.
• Resource Regional Haze Pollution in EPA Region 6 Strong state regional haze plans are critical to restoring clean air and clear skies for treasured places like Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend National Parks, and Caney Creek Wilderness Area. Unfortunately, states in EPA’s Region 6, also known as the South Central region, are failing to adequately cut air pollution impacting these parks and wilderness areas and our communities.
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• Press Release Geothermal Development Prohibited Near Valles Caldera National Preserve Jun 2018 The Santa Fe National Forest's decision protects the unique thermal features in Valles Caldera National Preserve
• Press Release Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Decisions from Tainted Monuments Review Jul 2018 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.
• Press Release Asian Carp Have Arrived: Broad Support Emerges for Legislation to Stop Invasive Fish Mar 2012 Coalition applauds legislation aimed at stopping the advance of Asian carp into Minnesota’s waters
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 835 & H.R. 4895 Feb 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for February 14, 2018.
• Blog Post Force of Nature Mar 2018 | By Caitlin Goettler EmpowHER is inspiring the next generation of outdoor advocates.
• Magazine Article Coprolite Happens Spring 2023 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Waste matters in Fossil Butte’s newest exhibition space. 
• Policy Update Position on S. 4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments Sep 2020 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 23, 2020.
• Press Release NPCA Praises Historic Announcement to Secure Permanent Protection for the North Fork of the Flathead River Jun 2010 Statement by NPCA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Craig Obey
• Press Release Groups Go To Court to Protect Buffalo National River from Factory Hog Farm Waste Aug 2013 Lawsuit challenges federal loan guarantees for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River watershed
• Press Release Zinke to Trump: Remove Protections and Gut National Monuments Sep 2017 News Report Reveals Administration’s Attempt to Dismantle 10 Places Protected by Past Republican and Democratic Presidents
• Press Release Thousands of Concerned Citizens Urge Gov. Hutchinson to Protect Buffalo National River from Hog Waste Contamination Mar 2017 More than 14,000 submitted comments calling on the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Governor Asa Hutchinson to reject permit for C&H industrial hog farm to continue operating in national river’s watershed
• Press Release Wyoming Department of Transportation Champions Wildlife Crossings Dec 2010 WYDOT proposes plan to prevent wildlife deaths in ‘path of the pronghorn’
• Blog Post Latinos Are Critical to the Environmental Movement Jul 2023 | By Sally Garcia 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. 
• Magazine Article Of Cats and Men Winter 2020 | By Katherine DeGroff Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails offers a cat’s-eye view of battle. 
• Magazine Article Lead Proof Fall 2023 | By Katherine DeGroff A recent ballistics discovery at Fort Necessity National Battlefield confirmed where the French and Indian War began.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3711 and H.R. 5633 Nov 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup on November 15-16, 2016.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5420 & H.R. 6678 Sep 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 5, 2018.
• Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Nov 2020 NPCA shared the following positions with members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for November 18th. 
• Policy Update Position on S. 2800, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 May 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a markup scheduled for May 2018.
• Magazine Article Following In Their Footsteps Winter 2018 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Could they ever understand what their ancestors endured? They biked hundreds of miles along the Trail of Tears to find out.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1335, the TAPP American Resources Act Mar 2023 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for March 9, 2023.
• Press Release Senate Advances Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Dec 2019 The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act would add stunning landscapes, critical wildlife areas, waterways and historic treasures to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. 
• Press Release Trump Administration Takes Aim at America’s National Monuments with Executive Order Apr 2017 This executive order targets the Antiquities Act of 1906, which permits presidents to declare federal lands, already owned by all Americans, as national monuments.
• Press Release Conservationists File Lawsuit to Protect Imperiled Ghost Orchid Sep 2023 Without the federal protections afforded by the Endangered Species Act, the ghost orchid could very well become the next victim of our extinction crisis.
• Magazine Article Coyotes and the City Fall 2016 | By Kate Siber Researchers in Los Angeles are tracking urban coyotes and collecting scat to find out how humans and these wild canids can live peaceably side by side.
• Press Release Last Oil and Gas Lease in the Badger-Two Medicine Retired Sep 2023 Blackfeet traditionalists and conservationists reach historic settlement agreement with leaseholder, ending 40-year struggle to prevent oil and gas drilling on public lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation.
• Magazine Article Found Objects Summer 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Two artists turn trash into treasures at Point Reyes National Seashore.
• Press Release Burnett Oil Seeking to Drill in Big Cypress National Preserve, Part of America’s Everglades Feb 2021 The preserve has not even begun to heal from the severe impacts of Burnett’s last hunt for oil. NPCA and partners vehemently oppose this new effort to create more destructive oil development in Big Cypress.  
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act May 2015 NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, when the bill was considered on the floor of the House in May 2015.
• Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 2773, H.R. 2872, and H.R. 3396 Jul 2021 NPCA shared the following position ahead of a legislative hearing held by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife scheduled for July 29 th, 2021. 

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