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• Report National Park Wildlife Poll A new poll from the National Parks Conservation Association explored perspectives specific to threats and opportunities to better conserve park wildlife. The survey shows bipartisan concern for the future of park wildlife populations and united support for solutions.
• Blog Post The Lost History of Los Pobladores Feb 2021 | By Dennis Arguelles We have a new opportunity to preserve the little-known stories of Los Angeles’ Black founders
• Press Release Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Reversal on Utah Regional Haze Plan Jan 2021 Lawsuit seeks to reinstate heightened requirements for pollution controls on twin coal-fired plants
• Press Release Army Corps Finds Significant Damage in Big Cypress National Preserve After NPS Green Lights Oil and Gas Exploration Mar 2020 Heavy machinery left deep scars across more than one hundred miles of this priceless landscape, creating unnatural channels across iconic wetlands in America’s Greater Everglades ecosystem.
• Press Release Celebrating the Buffalo National River During National Travel and Tourism Week May 2015 Nation's first national river proves to draw the crowds and is an economic generator, contributing millions of dollars to the surrounding communities
• Policy Update Position on S.J. Res. 22 Jan 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate in advance of a floor vote to override the president’s veto of S.J. Res. 22.
• Press Release House Committee Attacks Endangered Wildlife, Advances Harmful Legislation Oct 2017 “Today, the House Natural Resources Committee reviewed several bills, which prioritize politics and profit over science. Congress is trying to jam politics into wildlife management." -- NPCA's Kristen Brengel
• Blog Post Next in Flight? Jan 2024 | By Linda Coutant The Wright Brothers were first in flight. Now, in the new Wright Flight Academy, high schoolers are building a plane on the same coastal landscape where aviation was born.
• Press Release Federal Court Rejects Weld County Colorado’s Request to Delay Reductions of Smog Pollution From Oil, Gas Operations Mar 2022 Environmental groups support federal appeals court's decision and called for accountability.  
• Magazine Article A Front-Row Seat Summer 2015 | By Elizabeth Bradfield A naturalist watches as seals return to Cape Cod National Seashore—and marvels at the human response.
• Policy Update NPCA position on the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Feb 2021 NPCA sent the following letter of support to the United States Senate ahead of the hearing to consider the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5504 Oct 2023 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 25, 2023.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 205 & H.R. 1941 Apr 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 2, 2019.
• Blog Post Courts Rebuke the Trump Administration's Pro-Corporate Energy Agenda Apr 2019 | By Matthew Kirby A recent ruling by a federal judge to halt oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans is the latest example of how the courts are slowing or reversing administration efforts to roll back policies and regulations that protect the environment.
• Press Release Gray Wolves Stripped of Federal Protections Oct 2020 Removing protections for gray wolves amid a global extinction crisis is short-sighted and dangerous to America’s conservation legacy
• Press Release Trump Extinction Plan Guts Endangered Species Act Aug 2019 Despite overwhelming public opposition, Trump administration moves forward on plans to roll back critical wildlife protections
• Press Release NPCA Calls the 'Dinosaur Trails' Master Leasing Plan Step in the Right Direction Mar 2015 Moves Monument Toward Stronger Balance of Conservation, Development, and Recreation
• 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. 
• Magazine Article Coprolite Happens Spring 2023 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Waste matters in Fossil Butte’s newest exhibition space. 
• Press Release Lawsuit Launched to Speed Endangered Species Protection for Ghost Orchid Jun 2023 Conservationists notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today of their intent to sue the agency for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protection for the ghost orchid.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 399, the Secure Our Borders First Act Jan 2015 NPCA, along with partner organizations, submitted the following position on H.R. 399, the Secure Our Borders First Act, to the House of Representatives in January 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.J.Res. 46 & H.J.Res 49 Apr 2023 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 18, 2023.
• Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act Aug 2019 NPCA, wildlife and conservation groups head to court on Trump-Bernhardt’s extinction plan
• 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 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.
• Policy Update Position on S. 437, S. 1416, S. 3317, S. 2991 and S. 3203 Sep 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on September 22, 2016.
• Policy Update Position on S. 1024 and S. 1674 Jan 2016 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following positions on legislation to the Senate Environment and Public Works committee in advance of a markup on January 20, 2016.
• Magazine Article The Land of Fog and Sea Summer 2015 | By Rona Marech A one-time Californian returns to Point Reyes.
• 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
• Blog Post Leave the Mainland Behind May 2017 | By Emily Jones Plan a remote beach vacation on Cumberland Island
• 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.
• Resource Regional Haze Pollution in EPA Region 2 Strong state regional haze plans are critical to restoring clean air and clear skies for beloved places like Brigantine Wilderness Area in New Jersey.

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