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  • Greetings from Missouri National Recreational River

    Conservationist now and always and a proud American.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    It was amazing: the wildlife, the beautiful pools like the Emerald and the Mourning glory along with the Old Faithful geyser. It was truly a lifelong experience I will never forget and the National Park Service was well informed and very professional.

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    When we were kids my dad and mom always took my brother and me to the smokies.. My brother and I always wanted to hike with my dad but separately ... so one time I picked Laurel Falls because it would be easier on my dad... but my brother the…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Since I was 8, my family and I bounced from city to city. We even moved across the Pacific Ocean from the metropolitan Hong Kong to the cultural San Francisco. My youth was a complete whirlwind. Our first move marked the beginning of my restless mind. I never trusted a…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    More than half a century ago -- during the last year of Mission '66! -- my parents loaded us kids into the station wagon and drove cross country. We visited about a dozen national parks and monuments, from Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon to Shiloh Battlefield. The one I…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    I have fond memories of going to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and marveling at the mountains that seemed so tall. Living in Georgia, it was the closest and easiest National Park for my parents to drive to. I remember how beautiful the trees were and how quiet it…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I have been going there for 60 years for recreation. I'm over 80 and retired. But I can no longer afford to go there. Rooms that were $100/day 2 years ago are now $250. NPS has to have more control over concessionaires so that people of all incomes can enjoy…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I am a disabled veteran, I served this country and now I am on a quest to visit all the National Park that I can. I live near Yosemite and love the day trips I take to visit the Park. The fires in California are a big worry, the way…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    NPCA has been a fantastic opportunity to blend my experience and perspective from years in conservation and advocacy, applied anthropology, working as a park ranger, and feeling as passionate about cultural history as I am about wild places. And to do this work in my ancestral homeland of New Mexico…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    The best vacations we've ever had have involved a national park. Twice we were able to share it with my son and his family. Hiking in such gorgeous country is so memorable.

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