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• 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. 
• Magazine Article Breaking Ground Fall 2022 | By Rona Marech A visitor center for Stonewall.
• 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.
• Magazine Article A River Spectacle Spring 2022 | By Katherine DeGroff Endangered mussels live on (and on) in the St. Croix.
• 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 Living History and Solemn Reflection at Antietam Commemoration Sep 2012 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.
• Policy Update Testimony: Department of the Interior Reorganization May 2019 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.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3397, to Withdraw the BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule Jun 2023 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for June 21, 2023.
• 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.
• Policy Update Position on S. 21, the REINS Act May 2017 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.
• Policy Update Position on S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act May 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security ahead of a business meeting on May 17, 2017.
• Blog Post Help Kids “Leave No Trace” Jan 2015 | By Jennifer Chambers 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.
• Blog Post Exploring the Original Oil Country in Northwestern Pennsylvania Jul 2014 | By Marilyn Black 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. 
• Policy Update Position on H.J.Res. 38, Disapproving the Stream Protection Rule Feb 2017 NPCA sent the following position to the Senate and House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor votes in both chambers.
• Magazine Article A High-Flying Recovery Summer 2015 | By Kate Siber A 40-year study follows the once-imperiled peregrine falcons of Alaska.
• Magazine Article Accidental Hero Winter 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard 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.
• Blog Post What’s Floating in the Mississippi? Sep 2012 The Mississippi River is an icon of our nation that conjures up images from the pages of Mark Twain. Yet at the same time, the river has been a target for industrial waste that basically choked the life out of the river. Now, forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, it is time to find out just how healthy our mighty Mississippi is today.
• Press Release Conservation Groups File Motions to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity Jun 2020 The first-of-their-kind ordinances will help safeguard local wildlife in California
• Blog Post 9 Things You May Not Know About the Little Rock Nine Feb 2023 | By Linda Coutant “After three full days inside Central, I know that integration is a much bigger word than I thought.”  — Melba Pattillo, one of the Little Rock Nine
• Blog Post Exactly Where We’re Meant to Be Jul 2020 | By Sergio Moncada How a weeklong celebration of people who look like me can create a greater sense of belonging for the Latinx community in the outdoors.
• Blog Post Maryland's New Star-Spangled Land and Water Trail Aug 2012 | By Edward Stierli Baltimore offers visitors a new way to explore an iconic period in American history.
• Blog Post Think Pink Mar 2013 | By Jennifer Errick Early spring in Washington, D.C., is the time that thousands of locals and tourists come together to celebrate the city's famous cherry blossoms.
• Magazine Article An Ethereal Whatchamacallit Summer 2019 | By Rona Marech What exactly was that 10-mile-long body of water in the desert?
• Policy Update Position on S. 750, the Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act May 2015 NPCA, along with partner organizations, submitted the following position on legislation to be considered by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee during a hearing on May 6, 2015.
• Magazine Article Back to the Land Fall 2012 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan What on Earth does farming have to do with the Chesapeake Bay? As it turns out, everything.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act Jul 2015 NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act, when the bill was considered on the House floor on July 9, 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 6009, Restoring American Energy Dominance Act Dec 2023 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for December 6, 2023.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1772, the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act Jul 2015 NPCA supports H.R. 1772, the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2015 (DRBCA), which was heard by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans on July 23, 2015.
• Magazine Article A Raw Deal Spring 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Marine wilderness is at stake in the ecological heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
• Blog Post What the Fire Took Aug 2020 | By Chris Clarke An NPCA staff member documents the aftermath — both ecological and personal — of a wildfire that devastated 44,000 acres of the world’s largest Joshua tree forest.

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