Search results for “Stones River National Battlefield”
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Park Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area This underappreciated jewel offers a variety of outdoor attractions, from hiking to whitewater rafting to bird-watching to stargazing. One of the park’s most popular activities is horseback riding, and visitors can enjoy more than 180 miles of riding trails and stay in special campsites that will accommodate horses. The East Rim Overlook in the southeastern area of the park offers a spectacular view of where the river cuts a deep gorge into the Cumberland Plateau. Some of the most interesting natural features include the natural sandstone arches that formed along the edges of the gorge — hikers can see more than a dozen of these beautiful structures on the western side of the park.
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Park Antietam National Battlefield On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers battled for 12 savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people were killed, wounded or missing, making it the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. The Union Army’s performance led President Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, formally alerting the Confederacy of his intention to free enslaved Americans in those states. Today, Antietam National Battlefield is one of the best-preserved Civil War sites in the country where visitors continue to honor the legacy of the soldiers who fought there.
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Park Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail This trail commemorates Lewis and Clark's ambitious 1804 expedition to discover a water route to the Pacific Ocean. Stretching through 11 states, over mountaintops, along roaring rivers, through native prairies, and along the Pacific coast, the diverse landscapes that make up the trail tell larger stories of the American narrative, including historic perspectives on foreign affairs, gender and race questions, and American Indian sovereignty.
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Park Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve How can something that is constantly shifting stand up to 750 feet tall? This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America, and the key to their extraordinary height seems to lie in the combination of strong opposing winds and the presence of rivers and creeks, which capture drifting sands and redeposit them back on the dunes. Some of these remarkable hills are formations known as star dunes, molded by complex wind patterns into multi-pronged shapes, which look a bit like starfish from above.
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Park Grand Teton National Park This spectacular destination preserves a dramatic stretch of the Teton Range bordering the Snake River. One of the unusual features of these distinctive mountains is the absence of foothills, meaning that there are no smaller mountains blocking the view. The park also features glacier-carved lakes, a historic district of weathered buildings made by 19th century Mormon homesteaders, and an abundance of wildlife large and small, including nearly 1,000 bison that roam the grassy fields in herds.
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Press Release Celebrating Clean Water for National Parks and Park Visitors with Obama Administration's Final Clean Water Rule The final Clean Water Rule will better protect our waters by stating more clearly which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act.
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Press Release Forest Service Begins to Pave Way for Massive Urban Sprawl Next to Grand Canyon Permit would facilitate 2,100 new housing units, malls, and hotels near canyon's edge
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Blog Post The Top Six Ways to Discover New Places in the National Park System Enjoy history, culture, natural beauty, and scientific exploration at our national parks this vacation season. National parks not only protect some of America’s most iconic treasures, but they also tell diverse stories and teach valuable lessons about our shared heritage.
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Magazine Article Astronauts on Planet Earth Following in the footsteps of an early adventurer, an intrepid group explores the surreal landscape at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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Blog Post Cheers to 100 years! Help NPCA celebrate its centennial by designing a national park-themed cocktail.
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Blog Post Celebrate Colorado! 5 reasons my state’s national parks should be on your bucket list — and how NPCA works to protect them.
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Press Release Entergy Arkansas Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups to Cease Burning Coal Today’s agreement secures important reductions in air pollution that has harmed national parks and communities across the region for decades.
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Blog Post Can Volunteers Build a Bigger Thicket? Dedicated Texans will put on their work gloves this winter to help a tree we’ve been loving to death
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Magazine Article Good News for Spelunkers Oregon Caves National Monument Could Get Bigger.
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Press Release Two Key Everglades Restoration Projects Move Forward While Central Everglades Planning Project Awaits Approval Statement by Caroline McLaughlin NPCA's Biscayne Restoration Program Analyst
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Blog Post The Garage Door Opener That Almost Thwarted Joshua Tree National Park In 1994, the California Desert Protection Act designated millions of acres as national park and wilderness lands — but one faulty garage door opener nearly derailed the entire process.
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Press Release Groups Ask EPA to Enforce Regional Haze Rules and Protect National Parks Deadline for states to begin air pollution reductions approaches, but few are ready
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Press Release National Parks Will Benefit from Biden Administration’s Public Lands Oil and Gas Moratorium Executive order will stop the reckless four-year fire sale of public lands to polluters that damage parks and drive climate change.
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Blog Post Finding Our Common Humanity in Our Cities, Parks and Communities Our national parks reflect our struggles and victories as Americans so we can learn from the past and build a better future.
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Blog Post Beyond Yellowstone: 8 Unexpected Parks for Wildlife-Watching If you want to see wildlife, it’s hard to beat some of the largest, most popular parks in the country: Yellowstone, Glacier, Denali, Olympic, Great Smoky Mountains, and the Everglades are all winning choices. But what if you’ve already explored those parks and want to try something new—or just want to avoid the crowds? Here are eight less-visited parks that offer excellent and varied wildlife-watching opportunities.
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Blog Post Three New National Monuments in the California Desert? Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed three new national monuments in the California desert that would preserve this spectacular region’s natural and cultural legacy for future generations. Urge President Obama to use the Antiquities Act to give these storied landscapes the protection they deserve!
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Press Release New Mercury and Air Toxin Standards Will Result in Healthier Parks and People; Saving Lives and Improving Ecosystems and Wildlife Health Statement by Stephanie Kodish, Clean Air Counsel, National Parks Conservation Association
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Magazine Article Where They Cried A historic trail marks the paths of thousands of Native Americans who endured a forced march in the 1830s.
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Press Release Feds Reverse Course on Desert Water Mining Scheme Department of Interior reversed course on previous rulings and took steps to approve a dangerous groundwater mining proposal, which threatens Mojave National Preserve - the third largest national park site in the lower 48 states.
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Blog Post Supermoms and Slacker Moms of the National Parks From moms who give their lives for their children to those who decide their offspring are not even worth raising, the maternal instincts of wildlife in our national parks and marine national monuments are as wildly diverse as the places themselves.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Bryce Canyon National Park What do these things have in common: Fairyland, Peek-A-Boo, Queens Garden, and Hat Shop? They are all names of fun trails to hike at Bryce Canyon National Park.
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Magazine Article Lest We Forget One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
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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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Press Release Budget Proposal Threatens National Parks Cuts to Interior Department, EPA puts parks, park resources in jeopardy.
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Magazine Article The Lost Village The Japanese invaded this Alaskan island during WWII and sent the residents to Japan. Half died there; none ever returned home.
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Blog Post Getting Close to Katmai's Bears in the Hopes of Protecting Them I recently captured the true essence of seeing brown bears up very close and personal in the wild with my camera at Katmai National Park and Preserve. Joined by three colleagues and our passionate guide and partner in bear conservation, Dave Bachrach from AK Adventures, we departed from the coastal town of Homer via float plane, soaring over volcanoes, massive glaciers, and lush green mountains erupting from the water, before landing in Katmai National Park’s Hallo Bay.
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Blog Post Got Milkweed? Crowdfunding Creates a Butterfly Effect for National Parks An innovative new website helps people help the causes they care about.
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Blog Post Porter Ranch: A Dangerous Wake-Up Call for People, Parks, and the Climate Two federal agencies are already working to address the problem of methane leaks—why we need to push harder for better regulations.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Most Celebrated People in the Park System Q: National parks don’t just preserve spectacular landscapes and wildlife. They also honor the people who have changed history and influenced American culture, from the Wright brothers to Harriet Tubman to Eugene O’Neill. Two noteworthy people have more national park sites named after them than anyone else, with four sites each. Can you name these two celebrated historic figures?
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Magazine Article Desert Storm Fort Bowie stood at the center of America's most brutal Indian Wars.
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