NPCA Press Releases

• Press Release BLM Moves Forward With Oil, Gas Lease Sales, Threatens Nearby Southwest National Parks Sep 2017 Oil, gas sales scheduled to occur Near Utah, New Mexico park sites.
• Press Release Zinke to Trump: Remove Protections and Gut National Monuments Sep 2017 News Report Reveals Administration’s Attempt to Dismantle 10 Places Protected by Past Republican and Democratic Presidents
• Press Release Secretarial Order on Hunting is a Solution in Search of a Problem Sep 2017 Despite a decline in hunters - and an increase in national park visitors - new Secretarial Order aims to open more parks and public lands to hunting.
• Press Release House Appropriations Bill a Threat to National Parks Sep 2017 Proposes cuts to Park Service funding, undermines protections for air, water, wildlife.
• Press Release California State Senate Leadership and Trump Administration Take Aim at California Desert Water and Parks Sep 2017 The Department of Interior recently helped pave the way towards green-lighting the Cadiz Inc. water mining project, which threatens Mojave National Preserve and Mojave Trails National Monument. The memo followed decisions by California State Senate pro Tem Kevin de Leon and State Senator Ricardo Lara to block AB 1000 “California Desert Protection Act” from proceeding.
• Press Release State Senate Deserts California Desert, Endangers Mojave Trails National Monument Sep 2017 Today, the California Senate Appropriations Committee refused to consider and vote on AB1000, the California Desert Protection Act. Authored by Assemblymember Laura Friedman, the legislation aimed to safeguard groundwater in California's Mojave Desert that sustains wildlife and parks including Mojave Trails National Monument and Mojave National Preserve and wildlife.
• Press Release BLM Spares Some Lands near Dinosaur National Monument from Development Sep 2017 Oil, gas development on nearby lands could still impact national park.
• Press Release Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Abandon Texas Clean Air Plan Sep 2017 Critical air quality protection deadlines upheld for Texas and Oklahoma.
• Press Release Administration Takes Science Out of Park Management Aug 2017 “DO 100” Policy Brought Better Science, Climate Concerns to Park Planning
• Press Release Groups Challenge Decision to Remove Yellowstone Grizzly Protections Aug 2017 NPCA is among a coalition of tribal and conservation interests that filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to restore critical protections to the Yellowstone region’s iconic grizzly bears before new threats, including hunting, push the population further into decline.
• Press Release Analysis Finds Proposed Refinery a Major Source of Pollution for Theodore Roosevelt National Park Aug 2017 Independent analysis raises numerous concerns about air pollution from Meridian Energy Group’s proposed oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s boundary in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health and the National Park Service are currently reviewing an air permit application by the company.
• Press Release Zinke Proposes Reductions for Some of America’s Public Lands Aug 2017 Based on a news interview that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke conducted today, he is recommending that several national monuments be reduced in size.
• Press Release Forest Service Green Lights ‘Growler’ Jet Flights Over Olympic National Park Aug 2017 In a move that endangers natural quiet in Olympic National Park, the U.S. Forest Service approved a permit for the U.S. Navy to use roads just outside the park in support of electronic warfare training for “Growler” fighter jets.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on Court to Block Construction of Dominion Power Line at Jamestown until Case is Heard Jul 2017 Group Takes Emergency Legal Action to Prevent Irreparable Damage at Historic Sites
• Press Release Shameful: Interior Department Calls to Reopen Hunting Regulations on National Park Service Lands Jul 2017 On July 14, 2017, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks issued a memo to the Acting Director of the National Park Service to reconsider the Alaska state-wide hunting regulations, which were finalized in 2015.
• Press Release House Votes to Weaken Clean Air Protections for Parks, Visitors Jul 2017 Passes “Smoggy Skies Act.”
• Press Release Craters of the Moon Removed from Monument Review Chopping Block Jul 2017 NPCA's response to Interior Secretary Zinke's decision today to remove Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, one of two national park sites, from the list of 27 national monuments under review.
• Press Release Health and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Its Delay of Clean Air Protections for Millions Jul 2017 EPA’s action puts people’s health and lives at risk.
• Press Release Parks Group Sues to Stop Jamestown Development Project Jul 2017 Massive transmission towers threaten historic Jamestown and nearby national park sites.
• Press Release Trump Administration Green Lights Dominion Transmission Line That Would Irreparably Mar Historic Jamestown in Virginia Jul 2017 With 400 years of American history at risk, parks group urges Army Corps to complete thorough assessment of project’s impacts to keep damaging project out of Jamestown.
• Press Release State Legislation Introduced to Protect Water Resources, National Parks and Public Lands in California Desert Jul 2017 Legislation aims to safeguard fragile California desert water sources for the wildlife, people and national parks that depends on it.
• Press Release Groups Challenge Decision to Remove Protections for Yellowstone Grizzly Jun 2017 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear delisting defies the best available science and sidesteps important legal safeguards
• Press Release Trump Administration Action Puts National Parks at Risk, Moves to Derail Clean Water Protections Jun 2017 Today, in a devastating blow to national parks and communities that depend on clean water, the Trump Administration calls for the repeal of the Clean Water Rule.
• Press Release Concerns Raised Over Endangered Species Act Removal of Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Jun 2017 Final rule released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removes the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear from the Endangered Species List. The rule impacts grizzly bears in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and the 20 million acre ecosystem.
• Press Release Groups Defend National Parks From BP Cherry Point Refinery Pollution Jun 2017 NPCA is challenging oil giant BP’s expansion permit in Whatcom County, WA, for failure to protect air quality of Olympic National Park and North Cascades National Park
• Press Release Gettysburg National Military Park Safe from a Casino – For Now Jun 2017 In a victory for national park and historic preservation, an ill-advised proposal for a racetrack and casino near Gettysburg National Military Park was cancelled.
• Press Release Trump Administration Puts Important Federal Land at Risk Jun 2017 In disappointing move, Interior recommends presidential and Congressional action to reduce protections for Bears Ears National Monument
• Press Release Oil, Gas Leasing Threatens 7 Western National Parks Jun 2017 New report details dangers of development near park lands.
• Press Release BLM Removes Lands Near Zion from Oil, Gas Lease Sale Jun 2017 Move will protect national park resources from impacts of energy production.
• Press Release More than 685,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Bears Ears National Monument in less than 15 days May 2017 Unprecedented outpouring of support shown during official comment period

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