Search results for “Fire Island National Seashore”
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Press Release Parks for All of Us: National Park Service Launches LGBT Study Initiative Statement by Clark Bunting, President and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release EPA Plan Paves the Way for Cleaner Air in Utah & Southwest National Parks Park, clean air and health advocates celebrate EPA decision
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Blog Post No, National Parks Are Not America’s 'Best Idea' Could the way some enthusiasts refer to national parks actually alienate the diverse supporters the parks need?
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Blog Post If These Parks Could Talk 150 years ago, Grant’s Overland Campaign changed the course of the Civil War. See where it happened this spring.
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Blog Post 4 Ways to Help Parks — from Wherever You Are The administration continues to wage a series of unrelenting attacks on national parks, despite ongoing public crises.
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Magazine Article Getting Her Goat Mountain goats have become an iconic part of the picture-perfect scenery of Olympic National Park, but when they get too friendly, someone has to take action.
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Blog Post From the Gold Rush to the COVID Pandemic: A History of Anti-Asian Violence Last week’s mass-shootings in Atlanta were shocking and tragic — yet this kind of horror is not new. The 1871 massacre of 19 Chinese Americans in Los Angeles reminds us that anti-Asian violence is deeply rooted in American culture.
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Magazine Article Mississippi Reckoning Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
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Blog Post Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service Staff from the National Park Service and two of its partner organizations just wrapped up the first year of an innovative new program aimed at getting youth interested in the national parks.
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Blog Post The National Park Site That Was Almost Blown Up It was an explosion that created Sunset Crater in northern Arizona. Another proposed explosion almost led to its demise.
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Blog Post Want to Be a Park Scientist? Counting birds. Looking for dragonfly larvae. Analyzing coyote scat? National park visitors can help the places they love by taking part in meaningful science around the country.
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Magazine Article Muskrats to the Rescue Biologists at Voyageurs National Park are counting on the voracious appetite of rodents to help contain a cattail invasion.
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Press Release Momentum Builds as House Passes Critical Funding for National Park Roads, Bridges and Transportation Systems House bill prioritizes clean water, wildlife protection and resilient infrastructure as parks and communities combat a changing climate
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Blog Post VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of “Death Valley Dreamlapse” Filmmaker captures swirling, starry images of the park's famously dark night skies.
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Policy Update Letter on Training in Federal Government NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to congressional leadership in response to OMB circular M-20-34 and an Executive Order dated September 22, 2020.
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Magazine Article Tracking Down History At Golden Spike National Historic Site in northern Utah, the National Park Service and a cast of dedicated volunteers revive the legacy of the first Transcontinental Railroad.
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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 Letter in Support of Climate Science NPCA submitted the following letter to members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology ahead of the Jan. 15th hearing titled An Update on the Climate Crisis: From Science to Solutions
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Magazine Article No English? No Problem. As the number of international visitors to national parks rises, the Park Service is speaking up — in multiple languages.
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Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
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Blog Post The Complicated History at One of America’s Segregated Schools One student shares her experiences at the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a site many want preserved in the National Park System.
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Blog Post Feeling the Heat The American pika is highly sensitive to rising temperatures, and climate change threatens its very survival. Park researchers in the West are studying the effects warming is having on this vulnerable park species.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, FY20 Appropriations NPCA submitted the following letter to the Senate prior to an anticipated floor vote on December 19th, 2019.
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Press Release Budget Deal Boosts Funding for National Parks but Leaves Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Vulnerable to More Destruction This investment comes at a critical time for our national parks, which are suffering as their aging infrastructure reaches a breaking point.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2546, Protecting America's Wilderness Act NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 2546 and proposed amendments to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor vote scheduled for February 12, 2020.
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Press Release National Park Climate Change Scientist Honored with Stephen T. Mather Award “I have stood strongly and publicly for scientific integrity to communicate the science of human-caused climate change and solutions for the future." - Dr. Patrick Gonzalez
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Blog Post New Report: Air Quality in the Smokies Is Headed in the Right Direction A new report from Colorado State University confirms that air quality in our most-visited national park is measurably better, thanks to the Clean Air Act.
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Press Release Utahans Urge EPA to Reject Plan to Pollute Southwest National Parks EPA seeks to approve weak Utah Haze Plan that threatens parks and communities.
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Magazine Article Accidental Hero Crispus Attucks is believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution, but 250 years later, it’s still difficult to untangle fact from myth.
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Blog Post The Unsung Heroines of Stonewall More than half a century later, these bold women continue to inspire.
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