Search results for “Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park”
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Blog Post Fishy Business Giant invasive fish are injuring boaters in the Midwest? Crazy but true. A new law will help corral these intruders.
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Magazine Article A Mammoth Discovery The lucky find that led to the creation of a monument.
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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 H.R. 2982, New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act 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.
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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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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 Biden Restores National Monument Protections 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.
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Blog Post 50 Years Later: Reflecting on the Significance of Earth Day 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.
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Blog Post Birds—and Birders—Find a Welcome Refuge at Monocacy National Battlefield 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.
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Policy Update Position to EPA on Air Quality Standards Proposed Rule NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to EPA Administrator Wheeler regarding the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Particualte Matter proposed rule.
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Magazine Article Desert Storm Fort Bowie stood at the center of America's most brutal Indian Wars.
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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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Blog Post What’s in an Icon? 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.
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Blog Post A Legacy Marches On Leaders reflect on a historic moment in America's history, 50 years later.
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Press Release Judge Allows Conservation Groups to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Safeguards from Legal Challenge The First-Of-Their-Kind Ordinances Help Protect Local Wildlife But Have Been Challenged by Industry Groups
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1772, the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act 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.
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Blog Post Governor McDonnell: Please Don't Build Houses on a Historic Civil War Site "Freedom's Fortress" is an important part of Virginia's history and no place for a subdivision.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 6009, Restoring American Energy Dominance Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for December 6, 2023.
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Blog Post The Rarest Sea Turtle in the World Staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina found three nests belonging to the rarest sea turtle species in the world — an animal not commonly found in the state.
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Blog Post What the Fire Took 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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act 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.
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Blog Post Old School Meets New Design A Q&A with “See America” artist Brixton Doyle
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Press Release Conservation Groups File Motions to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity The first-of-their-kind ordinances will help safeguard local wildlife in California
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Magazine Article A Raw Deal Marine wilderness is at stake in the ecological heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Blog Post 9 Things You May Not Know About the Little Rock Nine “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
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Blog Post Maryland's New Star-Spangled Land and Water Trail Baltimore offers visitors a new way to explore an iconic period in American history.
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Blog Post Scenes from the ‘New World’ Centuries before Instagram, John White’s drawings were the ‘social media’ that allowed explorers to share new discoveries with people around the globe.
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Blog Post Better Than Fiction Imagine you’re 27 years old. You’re a talented military strategist and an accomplished soldier. In fact, you have dueled the strongest and bravest of your enemies—and won—repeatedly. You’ve been captured as a prisoner of war and sold as a slave. You’ve been a mercenary and a pirate. You’ve won yourself a coat of arms and the distinction of being a gentleman.
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Blog Post 6 Reasons to Act Today for Clean Air in Arizona It’s no secret that reducing air pollution creates a host of benefits for human health and the environment. But what does it mean in real terms when a coal plant cleans up its act and spews fewer particulates into the air?
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Blog Post Living Wild in the Wake of Captain John Smith A new water trail in the Chesapeake Bay watershed connects urban residents to a wild landscape and a fascinating history of exploration.
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