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Press Release Congress Debates Reopening National Parks Across the Country Statement by Theresa Pierno, Acting President, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Press Telephone Briefing Today RE: Shutdown of National Parks Nationwide Federal Government Shutdown Hurts Local Economies, Planned Family Vacations & America's National Heritage
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Blog Post NPCA Acting President Makes Statement on Government Shutdown NPCA Acting President Theresa Pierno made a statement earlier today regarding the government shutdown and its effects on our national parks. A video of this statement is now available below.
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Press Release Government Shutdown Closes National Parks Nationwide Hurts Local Economies, Planned Family Vacations & America's National Heritage
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Press Release Government Shutdown and Additional Funding Cuts Threaten National Parks, Visitors and Local Communities Nationwide Federal government shutdown threatens to close national parks across the country impacting local economies as well as family vacation and school trips
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Blog Post The 8,000-Year Park NPCA released its Clean Air Timeline today showing how long it will take for 10 national parks to return to natural air quality conditions. One park is missing from the timeline, though—a park that measures way off the chart.
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Blog Post How Is the Government Shutdown Affecting National Parks? The looming threat of a government shutdown is now a reality. Here's what it means for our national parks.
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Blog Post Florida Ups the Ante in Everglades Restoration with $90 Million Funding Surprise Disastrous flooding in South Florida is making the news again as water from Lake Okeechobee overflows and is released through the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. Unfortunately, this is something that we see all too often in the region—the water that should naturally flow south from Lake Okeechobee is trapped by man-made barriers and confined to canals after heavy rains. This massive influx of highly polluted freshwater is destroying coastal estuaries and endangering public health, Florida’s economy, and the Everglades.
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Blog Post Silos and Smokestacks Showcases Farming and Food Production in America’s Heartland America’s “amber waves of grain” have long been rooted in our history and culture. The fields of our heartland continue to supply sustenance, energy, and wealth to this country, and to the world, as they have for over a century.
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Blog Post GirlTrek Takes On National Parks and Helps Black Women and Girls Take Back Their Health During the month of August, black women and girls from across the country laced up their boots and stepped out to walk in national parks as part of GirlTrek’s Summer Trek Series, a partnership with the National Park Service to support “Healthy Parks, Healthy People.” GirlTrek, a national nonprofit and health organization that inspires and empowers black women and girls to live their healthiest lives simply through walking, believes parks are our greatest health resource. GirlTrek also believes that when women walk, things change.
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Magazine Article Swimming with Dinosaurs Atlantic sturgeon are making a surprising comeback in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Magazine Article Gentle Giants The national parks’ towering sequoias have thrived for thousands of years. Can they survive climate change?
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Magazine Article Hidden Valley From bike paths to contra dances to fresh, local fare, Cuyahoga Valley National Park offers a quintessential Midwest experience.
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Magazine Article Night and Day After 30 years of intense habitat restoration on the Channel Islands, the island night lizard might be ready to come off the endangered species list.
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Magazine Article The Life Aquatic At New York City’s Harbor School, students use Gateway National Recreation Area’s maritime environment as their classroom—and preparation for life after graduation.
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Magazine Article On A Ledge Wolverines may soon be listed as a threatened species.
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Magazine Article A Tale of Two Rivers A unique division of the National Park Service is connecting residents to trails and waterways where they live, from Atlanta’s Chattahoochee River to the Los Angeles River.
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Magazine Article First Impressions A Connecticut farm tells the story of painter Julian Alden Weir, who helped introduce Americans to Impressionism.
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Blog Post Lone Wolves on Michigan's Isle Royale: An Island Dilemma Should the National Park Service intervene to help Isle Royale's dwindling wolf population?
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Press Release World Fishing Network Partners with the National Parks Conservation Association in a Year-Round Effort to Raise Awareness for America's Great Waters New Partnership Seeks to Advance Restoration of America's Great Waters
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Blog Post Preserve Historic Station at Gettysburg The small train station was only about four years old when it was pressed into service during Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North in July 1863. The western terminus of the Gettysburg Railroad was first used as a field hospital, as so many places were while the battle raged nearby. Later, more than 15,000 wounded soldiers would be transported to care or home from this platform.
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today applauds the leadership of U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (MD-3) for introducing a bill that will reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
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Blog Post The Fisher Kingdom The Pacific fisher once roamed the forests of the northwestern United States, building dens and raising kits among the old-growth forests of the Cascade Mountains. Now, after decades of trapping and logging, the animals are all but gone from Washington State.
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Blog Post 20 Years of “Helping Hands for Public Lands” Celebrate National Public Lands Day this month by helping out at a park you love
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Blog Post Labor Day Has Its Roots in Chicago's Historic Pullman Neighborhood The stories of Pullman are American stories. They are stories of hard work, immigration, race and class, wealth and poverty, and a struggle for justice.
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Press Release Historic Commitment for Additional Bridging on Tamiami Trail Vital for Restoring America's Everglades We are thrilled with today’s announcement by Governor Rick Scott to join the efforts of our federal partners to guarantee that the next phase of bridging on Tamiami Trail is funded in a timely manner.
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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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Blog Post Working Toward Change, One Ride at a Time A sister and brother push their physical limits to take on the worst battle facing this generation—climate change
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Blog Post National Parks Are a Grand Bargain Park officials are grappling with how to enact budget cuts from the federal sequester, and people around the country are feeling the effects.
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Blog Post Two Historic Sites to Host 100-Year Anniversary Production of Influential Bird-Conservation Play An influential play used art to protect threatened bird species. Now, two parks will stage free productions of the play, 100 years after its first performance.
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