Search results for “Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve”
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Blog Post The Elwha River, Free-Flowing at Last Six months in to the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history, a new video shows promising signs of progress.
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Magazine Article Dreaming, Reflecting, Remembering A special issue for these challenging times.
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Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia 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.
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Policy Update Position on S.J.Res. 11 & H.J.Res. 36 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate ahead of an expected vote on the floor.
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Blog Post How Colorado Stayed a Massive Rollback in Water Protections and What It Could Mean for the Rest of the Country The Trump administration overturned the Clean Water Rule in June, but legal action — or congressional intervention — could restore these critical protections.
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Policy Update Request for Information on Monument Review Process NPCA sent the following letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting more information on the monument review process.
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Press Release National Geographic and Partners to Host Community Celebrations for “Scenic, Wild Delaware River” Geotourism Initiative Community events planned in Sussex County, N.J., Monroe County, Pa., and Sullivan County, N.Y.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2748, H.R. 2918 & H.R. 4348 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.
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Press Release Court Upholds Ventura County Ordinances to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity Habitat connectivity is crucial for the survival of mountain lions, gray foxes, California red-legged frogs and other wildlife in and around Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area.
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Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Designates Nine New Waterways to Advocate for Restoration Needs Adequate funding for restoration projects will help meet challenges facing our Great Waters
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Policy Update Position on S. 1160, S. 1335, S. 1446 & S. 1602 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for March 8, 2018.
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Blog Post There Is No Precedent 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.
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Policy Update Position on Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 NPCA submitted the following statement to members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations ahead of a markup scheduled for September 26, 2019.
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Policy Update NPCA views on provisions of H. R. 5986 NPCA shared the following position with the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of an anticipated hearing scheduled for October 1st, 2020.
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Magazine Article Following the Flood How a foot race helps one Pennsylvania town remember a historic tragedy.
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Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
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Blog Post Help Kids “Leave No Trace” As we start a new year, it’s a perfect opportunity to make a resolution to spend more time in nature with the young people in our lives.
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Policy Update Position on S. 21, the REINS Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs ahead of a business meeting scheduled for May 17, 2017.
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Blog Post Unexpected Lessons from a Week in the Woods 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.
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Policy Update Position on S. 1079, Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act 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.
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Magazine Article Slip Sliding Away? Hydraulic fracturing could endanger the American eel and harm the longest undammed river on the Eastern Seaboard.
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Blog Post In Baltimore, the Red and the Blue Wave Together as One 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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3373 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for October 11, 2017.
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Magazine Article Accidental Hero Crispus Attucks is believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution, but 250 years later, it’s still difficult to untangle fact from myth.
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Blog Post Living History and Solemn Reflection at Antietam Commemoration On September 17, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia battled for twelve savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek in Maryland. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people had been killed, wounded, or declared missing, making that one day the bloodiest in the history of the Civil War.
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Blog Post Exploring the Original Oil Country in Northwestern Pennsylvania This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s cultural history.
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Magazine Article Breaking Ground A visitor center for Stonewall.
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Blog Post Celebrating the 'Book Man' of Washington, D.C. 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.
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Magazine Article A Chance for Freedom During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting.
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Policy Update Testimony: Department of the Interior Reorganization Written statement by John Garder, NPCA Senior Director of Budget and Appropriations, for the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on April 30, 2019.
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