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• Park Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Medgar and Myrlie Evers were powerful voices for the civil rights movement. It was their unwavering determination that encouraged the fight for equality across the country. A veteran of United States armed forces, Medgar Evers joined the fight for equality upon returning to civilian life and served as the first NAACP field secretary for Mississippi. He was killed by an assassin in 1963 at age 37; the national monument will continue to preserve the legacy of the Evers family.
• Park John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Some 54 million years ago, this entire region of Oregon lay beneath the Pacific Ocean. Within the striated rock, scientists have found fossilized evidence of more than 2,200 plants and animals and of great shifts in temperature and precipitation that may reveal clues to the planet’s climactic cycles. The park’s 14,000 acres are divided into three parts — the Clarno, Painted Hills and Sheep Rock Units — offering rugged hiking trails, spring and summer wildflowers, scenic drives, and of course, a museum of fascinating fossils to help visitors reflect on the planet’s long history.
• Park Lincoln Memorial National Memorial This famous monument in Washington, D.C., honors the Great Emancipator, 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, with a 19-foot marble statue under a 99-foot-tall structure modeled after the Greek Parthenon. Completed in 1922, this monument is one of the most-visited national park sites in the country, and includes murals, inscriptions from two of Lincoln’s speeches, and fluted Doric columns representing the 36 states in the union at the time of his death.
• Park National Mall and Memorial Parks A walk through the heart of the nation’s capital brings visitors face to face with larger-than-life presidents and visionaries, open park lands, and elaborate memorials honoring our nation’s veterans and military history. This green space in downtown Washington, D.C., includes more than 1,000 acres of land showcasing such iconic sites as the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Approximately 25 million people visit each year to experience this unique collection of structures and spaces honoring the nation, its democracy and its citizenry.
• Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Glen Canyon Nov 2014 | By Megan Cantrell Water may be rare in the desert, but it is also one of the most powerful forces affecting the landscape—sculpting natural bridges, shaping arches, and carving canyons. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers some of the most dynamic and unique demonstrations of the power of water, with its 156,000-acre lake, the world’s largest natural bridge, and some of the most beautiful slot canyons in the Southwest.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 139, H.R. 486, H.R. 3250, H.R. 3824 & H.R. 4139 Oct 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 29, 2019.
• Blog Post President Biden Issues Pro-Parks Executive Orders on First Day Jan 2021 | By Kristen Brengel From COVID-19 to racial equity to climate change, the administration’s priorities are a promising first step for our nation, including our national parks.
• Policy Update Testimony: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Dec 2015 Written testimony by Joan Frankevich for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on December 3, 2015
• Blog Post The Milestone for Public Lands You’ve Never Heard of, and Why It Matters Today Dec 2020 | By Ernie Atencio 50 years later, the Blue Lake Act marks a critical shift for Indigenous communities and their lands.
• Magazine Article A Fruitful Mission Winter 2022 | By Katherine DeGroff As the park system’s fruit trees reach the end of their lifespans, staff are scrambling to save them.
• Magazine Article A Speedy Comeback? Fall 2020 | By Ben Goldfarb Pronghorn have made their triumphant return to Death Valley. Now the question is: How far will they go?
• Blog Post Placing Washington, D.C. Aug 2016 | By Lauret Savoy The paradox of how 10 square miles between Maryland and Virginia became the nation’s capital — through a culture of slavery and a coincidence of geography
• Blog Post Who Counts? A Closer Look at Parks’ Record Visitation Numbers Mar 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard Every year, the Park Service releases its official statistics on visitation at national park sites around the country. How does the agency come up with these numbers? With vehicle multipliers, regression formulas, and other unusual procedures, the answer is anything but simple.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 4239, SECURE American Energy Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for November 8, 2017.
• Blog Post A Birthday Without Much to Celebrate Aug 2017 | By Kristen Brengel Today is the 101st birthday of the National Park Service. But at a time when we should be celebrating our public lands, the Trump administration continues to unleash a host of damaging policies on these revered places.
• Policy Update Position on New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts Area Sep 2015 NPCA submitted the following position to President Obama.
• Policy Update NPCA position on select legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Sep 2020 NPCA shared the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining scheduled for September 16th, 2020.  
• Policy Update Welcome to the 116th Congress Jan 2019 On behalf of all of us who work at the National Parks Conservation Association and our more than 1.3 million members and supporters nationwide, welcome to the 116th Congress.
• Policy Update Open Letter to all Presidential Candidates Oct 2019 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to 2020 presidential candidates.
• Magazine Article Promised Land Fall 2020 | By Jacob Baynham After the Civil War, more than 26,000 African Americans left the South to homestead the Great Plains, carving out farms, free lives and community on the prairie. 
• Blog Post Emotional and Financial Toll of Government Shutdown Hits Home for National Park Service Personnel Oct 2013 | By Emily Douce More than 21,000 Park Service staff have been furloughed indefinitely, and the park rangers who still have jobs are taking heat for doing their jobs.
• Press Release Parks for All of Us: National Park Service Launches LGBT Study Initiative May 2014 Statement by Clark Bunting, President and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association
• Magazine Article Wood Blocks & Water Colors Summer 2013 | By Kate Siber Painter Chiura Obata combined Eastern and Western techniques to capture Yosemite in a new light.
• Blog Post Lessons from the Wildlife Brigade May 2015 | By Katherine DeGroff Our job was simple: hike to Marion Lake in Granite Canyon. Tack on a few more details, like a novice backpacker, an unknown wilderness, a leaky can of tuna, and a problem bear, and things get a little more complicated.
• Magazine Article Landscapes for the People Fall 2015 | By Ren and Helen Davis Photographer George Grant has never been widely known, but his skillfully crafted work helped popularize the idea that the national parks belong to everyday Americans.
• Press Release Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Sep 2014 Havasupai Tribe, conservation coalition celebrate key win for protecting water, wildlife, and sacred lands
• Policy Update Position on S. 2395, S. 3505, S. 3435, S. 3571, S. 3609, S. 3961, H.R. 5005 & H.R. 6687 Dec 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 12, 2018.
• 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.32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act Jan 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Press Release Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Will Defend Grand Canyon from Uranium Industry Appeal Nov 2014 Uranium companies appeal ruling that banned new mining claims on 1 million acres near iconic park
• Blog Post Three Endangered Rivers, Countless Memories May 2012 | By Sarah Gaines Barmeyer American Rivers recently released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3905, Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for November 7-8, 2017.
• Blog Post Four Stops, One Destination Aug 2013 | By Erika Pollard It was hands-down the most impressive lightning storm I have ever seen.
• Press Release House Passage of Key Legislation Poises Senate for Approving the Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Decades Dec 2014 National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
• Park Mount Rushmore National Memorial This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills. The 60-foot-tall profiles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were intended to represent the first 150 years of America's history and cultural heritage.

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