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• Park Cedar Breaks National Monument Millions of years of erosion created this spectacular amphitheater, which measures three miles across and half a mile deep. The park features colorful arches, spires, pinnacles and hoodoos, and Native Americans called this area the "Circle of Painted Cliffs." The rim of the canyon features subalpine forestland of ponderosa pine and quaking aspen, as well as meadows that burst with wildflowers each summer.
• Park Capulin Volcano National Monument The Capulin Volcano last erupted more than 60,000 years ago. From a vent in the earth, pressurized magma exploded into the air, raining lava rock, fire and ash onto the local population of mammoth, bison and short-faced bears. The cinder cone that remains now rises 1,000 feet above the valley floor. The park's visitor center holds exhibits about the volcano and the geologic and human history of the region. Capulin is one of several volcanic peaks in the area, and the only one that still has a visible crater. The rich soil supports a thriving ecosystem of plants and animals, including wild turkey, mule deer and black bear.
• Park Camp Nelson National Monument Camp Nelson in Nicholasville, Kentucky served as one of the largest recruitment and training depots for United States Colored Troops. More than 23,000 African Americans from Kentucky served in the U.S. military and were recruited and trained at Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The history of Camp Nelson demonstrates the challenges formerly enslaved people faced as they began their lives as free men and women, and the ambivalence the federal government demonstrated when confronted with refugees of the slave system.
• Park Cabrillo National Monument This park celebrates the explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on the California coast. A museum exhibition documents Cabrillo's life and travels, as well as early California native peoples and industries. The site also features abundant natural beauty: hillsides covered with flowers, birds nesting in the trees and lizards darting across every pathway. A lookout point near the park's Old Point Loma Lighthouse provides one of the best places anywhere on land to observe migrating gray whales.
• Resource LGBTQ History Tour, Greenwich Village, New York, NY Download a map and enjoy the first formal walking tour at Stonewall National Monument. Learn more about the places in Greenwich Village that paved the way for the Stonewall Uprising and eventually the designation of our first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ history.
• Alex Thompson Texas Young Leaders Advocacy Council Alex Thompson is a Graduate Student at Texas State University in the Public History program. When she is not in school, she is President-Elect of her church board, Executive Assistant to the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry, or just organizing in the Hays County area. She is a happy dog mom to Lily Tomlin and Winston Fox with whom she shares with her partner Destry.
• Park Cumberland Island National Seashore Just off the Georgia coast, this park preserves a Georgian Revival mansion, nearly 204,000 museum artifacts and archives, miles of undeveloped sandy beaches, and more than 9,000 acres of federally designated wilderness. The park interprets the history of the island, which was one of the premiere leisure destinations for some of the nation’s most powerful and influential families during the Gilded Age. Visitors can glimpse some of the numerous plant and animal species that reside on the island and in adjacent waters, including threatened and endangered animals such as the North Atlantic right whale, Florida manatee, wood stork, piping plover, loggerhead sea turtle and green sea turtle.
• Fact Sheet Climate Change at Northeast Coastal National Parks National parks along the north Atlantic Coast are at the forefront of climate change. As sea levels rise, seasons shift and unpredictable weather bring more frequent and severe storms, our treasured coastal national parks offer some of the best solutions for combating today’s climate threats.
• Policy Update Position on Amendments to S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act Jan 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions regarding amendments to S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, to the Senate in January 2015.
• Blog Post Parks after Dark: 9 Ideas for Nighttime Fun Aug 2015 | By Jennifer Errick Summer nights may be short, but national parks often host extra activities to educate and entertain visitors during this popular tourist season. Whether you’re exploring on your own or hanging out with a ranger, try a few of these excuses to stay out late in special places.
• Policy Update Position on S.508, S. 1863, S. 2340, S. 2827, S. 2924, S. 3121, and S. 3119 Mar 2020 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks ahead of a  legislative hearing scheduled for March 4th, 2020. 
• Blog Post Congress Passes Major Bipartisan National Parks and Public Lands Package Feb 2019 | By Kristen Brengel Today’s sweeping victory represents significant expansions and enhancements to America’s national parks and public lands.
• Policy Update Testimony: African-American Cultural Heritage and Environmental Justice Feb 2019 Written testimony of Alan Spears, NPCA Cultural Resources Director, for a forum held by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 15, 2019.
• Blog Post 2017 in Review: The Trump Administration’s 10 Worst Actions for Parks Dec 2017 | By Ani Kame’enui It's been a brutal year for public lands.
• Blog Post 10 Under 40 Apr 2021 | By Qwynne Lackey, Steffanie Munguia Members of NPCA’s Next Generation Advisory Council shine a spotlight on young leaders around the country who are making a difference in conservation.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1289, S. 718, S. 1622, S. 1696, S. 1930, S. 1943, S. 1993, S. 2177, S. 2309, S. 2412, S. 2548, S. 2805, S. 2839, S. 2954, S. 3020,S. 3027, S. 3028, H.R. 2880, S. 1923, S. 1690 Jul 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a markup on July 12, 2016.
• Policy Update Position on S. 32, S. 483, S. 569, S. 941, S. 1403, S. 1522, S. 2160, S. 2809, S. 2831, S. 2870, S. 2889, S. 3176 & S. 3287 Oct 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee ahead of a Business Meeting scheduled for October 2, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on HR 5780, Utah Public Lands Initiative Sep 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, ahead of a hearing on September 14, 2016.
• Magazine Article The Indian Chief and the President Spring 2018 | By Nicolas Brulliard In 1852, a 93-year-old Ojibwe chief traveled to Washington to stop the president from forcing his people off their ancestral lands.
• Blog Post A Boaters’ Paradise That Preserves Coral Reefs May 2013 | By Joe Kessler Imagine boating to paradise and then—without meaning to—causing it harm. Thanks to more than a decade of work in the Virgin Islands, a national park visit by boat is now gentler on the marine environment.
• Blog Post 10 Places Everyone Should See in Alabama’s Black Belt May 2021 | By Emily Jones Legislation introduced today in Congress would preserve one of the most culturally rich parts of the South. Never been to the Black Belt? Here’s what you’re missing.
• Magazine Article Revolution Revisited Nov 2021 | By Julia Busiek The quest to create a national park site about the Black Panther Party.
• Blog Post A Terrible Season for Parks: The Administration’s 10 Worst Actions This Summer Sep 2019 | By Ani Kame’enui Summer is usually a time to celebrate our national parks, but the last three months have brought terrible threats to some of our nation’s most special and significant places.
• Blog Post Unfinished Business Jan 2013 | By Kati Schmidt While “do-nothing” is the adjective du jour for the 112th Congress, we argue that it is not a fair description for individual elected officials, but instead for the unfortunate, collective sum.
• Press Release New York’s Elected Officials to Congress: Fix Our National Parks, Support Job Creation Feb 2018 Analysis demonstrates federal investment in deferred maintenance at parks could create or support 9,847 direct and indirect New York jobs.
• Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Nov 2020 NPCA shared the following positions with members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for November 18th. 
• Press Release California Desert Communities Join Senator Feinstein in Calling to Protect Castle Mountains, Other Crown Jewels Oct 2015 Statement by David Lamfrom, Director, California Desert and Wildlife Program, National Parks Conservation Association
• Policy Update NPCA Position on H.R. 803, Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act Feb 2021 NPCA shared the following letter with members of the House of Representives ahead of an anticipated floor vote scheduled for February 26th. 
• Magazine Article Reflections on a Man in his Wilderness Spring 2017 Remembering Richard Proenneke.
• Press Release Polling Shows 80% Support for Restoring North Cascades Grizzly Bears Jun 2016 Polling data compliments a new partnership of conservation, business and other groups that support the return of a missing Northwest icon.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 925, H.R. 1487, H.R. 1492, H.R. 3115 & H.R. 3541 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 25, 2019.
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Dec 2017 Since the Trump administration began in January 2017, a series of actions taken at the presidential and departmental level have undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands and the agencies that manage them.
• Blog Post One Year Later: 5 Major Issues for National Parks in 2018 Jan 2018 | By Theresa Pierno On the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, NPCA is looking ahead at key fights to protect America’s national parks in 2018.
• Press Release National Geographic and Groups in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Launch Geotourism Project for Upper and Middle Delaware River Area Oct 2015 Community-Based Initiative Will Identify and Promote Uniqueness of Area, Boost Tourism
• Press Release Acting Interior Secretary’s Directive to Keep Parks Open Without Resource Protection Violates Century-Old Bedrock Law Jan 2019 This action blatantly disregards the fundamental duties of park staff who have dedicated their careers to ensuring our nation’s most precious natural and historic places are enjoyed not only today, but for years to come. 
• Magazine Article Symphony in Bronze Winter 2013 | By Kevin Grange Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site celebrates the sculptor who gave form to some of our nation’s memories.
• Press Release Groups Sue to Stop Oil and Gas Exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve Jul 2016 Seismic Testing Threatens Endangered Florida Panther and Water Resources
• Blog Post What Happens When the Saguaros Disappear? Oct 2017 | By Alex Rudee If the climate continues to warm, weird weather patterns and invasive grasses could wipe out an icon of the American Southwest.
• Prerna Bhat Texas Young Leaders Advocacy Council Prerna Bhat is an Austin, Texas native who, as an environmental professional, entered the political world to help elect and support leaders who actually believe in climate change and the need for equitable environmental justice solutions.
• Staff Colin Deverell Program Manager Colin is the Senior Program Manager for NPCA’s Midwest Regional Office in Chicago, Illinois.
• Staff Jared Dial Associate Director, Travel Program Jared Dial is the Travel Program Associate Director for NPCA, offering immersive small group travel opportunities and educational adventures to members in national parks across the country. Jared also oversees NPCA’s partnership and participation in both Climate Ride and Climate Hike.
• Staff Todd Christopher Senior Director, Digital & Editorial Strategy Todd guides NPCA's content strategy and leads the team that produces our website, magazine and podcast. He is also the author of The Green Hour: A Daily Dose of Nature for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids.
• Resource COVID-19 Travel Update In the midst of this global health crisis, NPCA is working with our travel partners to carefully monitor COVID-19 to ensure the protection of our traveler’s health and safety.
• Report Southwest Regional Office Field Reports NPCA’s Southwest Regional Office prepares a field report twice a year that focuses on the parks and people of this special part of the country. We also highlight some of the very complex and challenging threats our parks face.
• Video Defend Parks with Parks Project New video showcases corporate partnership by sharing the voices of NPCA staff and volunteers

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