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• 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.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 538, H.R. 1644, and H.R. 2288 Sep 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered by the House Natural Resource Committee on September 9-10, 2015.
• Blog Post A New National Monument in Colorado Oct 2022 | By Angela Gonzales, Linda Coutant Camp Hale military training ground becomes the first national monument President Biden creates using his power under the Antiquities Act. NPCA supports preserving other fascinating sites, too.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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 Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy Dec 2014 | By Joy M. Oakes County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
• Policy Update NPCA views on provisions of H. R. 5986 Sep 2020 NPCA shared the following position with the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of an anticipated hearing scheduled for October 1st, 2020. 
• Blog Post 50 Years Later: Reflecting on the Significance of Earth Day Apr 2020 | By Lisa Mighetto The first Earth Day launched her career as an environmental historian and her path as an activist. Now, even as the pandemic keeps her at home, she commemorates the lasting significance of the Earth Day movement.
• Blog Post Major Victory for Clean Air Will Help Reduce Dangerous Levels of Soot Jul 2012 | By Mark Wenzler Health groups, environmentalists, and state governments won a major victory for clean air last month when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tighter regulations on one of the most dangerous air pollutants we breathe every day: soot.
• 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.
• Blog Post 2 Million Gallons of Pig Waste Next to a National River? What a Load of Hogwash! Jun 2013 | By Emily Jones NPCA and its advocates are fighting an industrial confined animal feeding operation designed to hold thousands of hogs just 6 miles upstream from America's first national river.
• Policy Update Position on S. 1079, Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act May 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 14, 2019.
• Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 3540, H.R. 4677, & H.R. 5973 Feb 2022 NPCA shared positions on H.R. 3540, H.R. 4677, and H.R. 5973 ahead of a legislative markup held by the House Natural Resources Committee scheduled for February 16, 2022.
• Blog Post Celebrating the 'Book Man' of Washington, D.C. Feb 2024 | By Jennifer Errick The pioneering educator Carter G. Woodson founded the precursor to Black History Month in 1926. Though temporarily closed for renovations, the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is scheduled to reopen later this year.
• Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 3540, H.R. 4677, & H.R. 5973 Jan 2022 NPCA sent the following letter to members of the relevant committee ahead of a legislative markup held by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife scheduled for January 20, 2022. 
• Magazine Article A River Spectacle Spring 2022 | By Katherine DeGroff Endangered mussels live on (and on) in the St. Croix.
• Magazine Article A Mammoth Discovery Fall 2015 | By Jennifer Errick The lucky find that led to the creation of a monument.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3480 and H.R. 4202 Jun 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup on June 14 and 15, 2016.
• Magazine Article Desert Storm Summer 2013 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Fort Bowie stood at the center of America's most brutal Indian Wars.
• Blog Post Birds—and Birders—Find a Welcome Refuge at Monocacy National Battlefield Jun 2013 | By Nicholas Lund It’s been nearly 150 years since the clash that transformed some gentle fields in northern Maryland to the hallowed status of Civil War battlefields.
• Policy Update Position to EPA on Air Quality Standards Proposed Rule Sep 2020 NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to EPA Administrator Wheeler regarding the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Particualte Matter proposed rule.  
• Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Gather on Capitol Hill to Discuss Challenges Facing America's Great Waters May 2011 America’s Great Waters Coalition met with decision makers about the challenges facing the nation’s 19 Great Waters
• Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall Fall 2016 A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
• Blog Post Reflecting on Selma, 50 Years Later Mar 2015 | By Frank Peterman On March 7, 1965, courage and villainy collided on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when John Lewis and more than 500 other peaceful protesters marched for their constitutional right to vote.
• Blog Post Biden Restores National Monument Protections Oct 2021 Last week, the administration restored protections to three public lands: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. 
• Blog Post Fifty Years Later: Wilderness & Civil Rights in the Same Breath Sep 2014 | By Lauret Savoy This summer marks the 50-year anniversary of two landmark pieces of legislation—the Civil Rights Act and the Wilderness Act—that are linked more closely than they might seem.
• Blog Post What’s in an Icon? Jan 2012 | By Annie Riker NPCA’s visual personality has evolved dramatically over the last few years, but our logo hasn’t changed significantly in half a century. It was long overdue for an update. After about a year and a half of research, focus-group testing, surveys, and outreach, NPCA finally unveiled a modernized logo yesterday.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 Nov 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016

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