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• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3480 and H.R. 4202 May 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee during a hearing on May 24, 2016.
• Magazine Article In Harm’s Way Winter 2012 | By JoAnn Greco NPCA moves to prevent fracking near Delaware Water Gap until likely impacts are revealed.
• Magazine Article Where They Cried Fall 2015 | By Julia Busiek A historic trail marks the paths of thousands of Native Americans who endured a forced march in the 1830s.
• Blog Post Erased by History: The Seldom-Told Stories at 6 Nationally Significant Sites Jun 2020 | By Elliot Richardson Black LGBTQ people have long made history in America. Why don’t we know the names of these people and places?
• Press Release Federal Court Declares Bush-Era Rule that Removed Protections against Mountaintop Removal Mining Invalid Feb 2014 Ruling ends regulation that removed essential protections for Appalachian waterways against mountaintop removal and surface coal mining
• Blog Post Connecting History and People along the Delaware & Lehigh Aug 2014 | By Elissa Garofalo This story is part of NPCA's series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s cultural history.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2748, H.R. 2918 & H.R. 4348 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 24, 2019.
• Magazine Article Return to Manzanar Fall 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive.
• Magazine Article Secrets of the Tombs Spring 2012 | By Kelly Bastone Archaeologists at the Kingsley Plantation in Florida shed light on the slaves who lived, worked and died there 200 years ago.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1026, H.R. 2991 & H.R. 3440 Apr 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for April 18, 2018.
• Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia Apr 2012 Too often, efforts to protect historical sites end up pitting preservationists against landowners and developers, resulting in wasted time, wasted money, and hard feelings all around.
• Blog Post A Woman on Mount Rushmore? Feb 2018 | By Nicolas Brulliard Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the faces of four U.S. presidents. All, of course, are men, but Congress considered a bill in 1936 supporting the addition of a female figure to the granite memorial. Do you know which woman might have joined George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?
• Blog Post Capturing Wild Animals — in Pictures May 2019 | By Jeffrey Hunter A team of students traveled to Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee to learn camera-trapping — taking pictures of animals in the wild. See photos from their award-winning project.
• Policy Update Position on S. 1160, S. 1335, S. 1446 & S. 1602 Mar 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for March 8, 2018.
• Blog Post FAQ: Celebrating the Monument of Monuments Apr 2014 | By Megan Cantrell As the tallest structure in the nation’s capital and one of the most iconic, the historic obelisk honoring America’s first president is the monument of monuments. After nearly three years of being closed to the public for repairs, the Washington Monument will reopen May 12.
• Blog Post What Endangered Animal Are You? Jan 2019 | By Sarah Duensing Take our quiz to find out.
• Policy Update Position on BLM Reorganization & Relocation Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 10, 2019.
• Policy Update Testimony: S. 468, Historic Route Preservation Act Jul 2017 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following testimony to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 26, 2017
• Policy Update Position on S.J.Res. 11 & H.J.Res. 36 May 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate ahead of an expected vote on the floor.
• Policy Update Position on S. 951, the Regulatory Accountability Act May 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ahead of a business meeting on May 17, 2017.
• Magazine Article Waiting for a Baby Boom Winter 2018 | By Sarah C.P. Williams Are decades of work to save Kemp’s ridley sea turtles paying off yet?
• Blog Post There Is No Precedent Nov 2016 | By Theresa Pierno We must learn from the grave injustices of Manzanar and other World War II incarceration camps — not doom ourselves to repeat one of America’s darkest mistakes.
• Blog Post 110 Miles and Endless Possibilities at the Ohio & Erie Canalway Jan 2014 | By Dan Rice Whether you like to hike, bicycle, run, ride horses, or explore 19th century history, you’ll find plenty to do at the Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area in northeast Ohio. Designated a national heritage area by Congress in 1996, the Ohio & Erie Canalway celebrates the nature and history of the canal from Cleveland to New Philadelphia.
• Blog Post Crown of the Continent Showcases a New Model for Economic Prosperity Jul 2012 | By Michael Jamison When the folks at Zinc Air were looking to locate their high-tech manufacturing firm, they could have gone head-to-head with other energy innovators down in Phoenix, or in San Francisco, or even in far-flung Zhongguancun (also known as China’s Silicon Valley).
• Magazine Article In The Footsteps of a Dream Fall 2010 | By Jeanine Barone Relive the history of the civil-rights movement in Alabama and Georgia.
• Magazine Article Déjà View Winter 2014 | By Scott Kirkwood NPCA Teams Up with Creative Action Network to Reimagine FDR’s “See America” Campaign.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2982, New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act Jul 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 July 27, 2023.
• Magazine Article The Long Way Winter 2021 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan The 4,600-mile North Country Trail has been painstakingly constructed by a devoted group of supporters over four decades. It’s only two-thirds done and largely unknown, but step by step that is changing.
• Blog Post Unexpected Lessons from a Week in the Woods Jun 2013 | By Scott Kirkwood What can a person learn from a week in the woods? A lot, it turns out. But for me, none of it was quite what I was expecting.
• Blog Post In Baltimore, the Red and the Blue Wave Together as One Dec 2016 | By Jim Stratton The flag at Fort McHenry reminds us what America stands for and how our nation has endured through decades of challenges.

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