Search results for “Cape Lookout National Seashore”
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Magazine Article 'Harsh is Truth' In this divisive political era, is it possible for the Park Service to support contemporary art that grapples with hot-button issues from immigration to climate change? At these parks, the answer is yes.
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Blog Post The National Park with the Most Lighthouses There are nearly 50 lighthouses preserved in the National Park System, and one park accounts for the most by far, with nine.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Zion National Park One of the most widely visited national parks in the Southwest, Zion is famous for its colorful sandstone rock formations with high cliffs and narrow canyons carved into shape by the power of the Virgin River.
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Blog Post My Members of Congress Are Friends of the National Parks. Are Yours? 228 members of Congress received NPCA’s Friend of the National Parks Award for their support of the National Park System through legislative votes in the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
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Magazine Article Small Plastic, Big Problem Plastic is polluting oceans and national park beaches alike, and new studies show that even the tiniest pieces pose a large threat.
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Magazine Article A Whaling Tale A quarter-mile-long painting from a bygone era makes its 21st century debut.
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Blog Post 9 Romantic Park Trips for You and Your Valentine Whether you want to live it up near the city lights or get away from it all under the starlight, national parks provide a wealth of amorous adventures for you and your Valentine.
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Blog Post It’s the Centennial … Now What? Highlights from the work you helped make possible in 2016 — and what’s next
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Magazine Article Wranglers of the West A fully loaded mule train is a rare sight in most parts of the country, but traditional livestock packing is still thriving in Glacier National Park.
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Magazine Article Fired Up Prescribed fires are standard practice at sprawling landscapes throughout the West, and now the fields and forests at historic sites have become the Park Service’s latest target.
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Press Release Parks Groups File Brief Against Administration’s Weak Air and Climate Rule At a time when the climate crisis facing the planet is undeniable, the administration continues to prioritize polluters’ interests over communities and national parks.
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Blog Post Protecting an Amazing Migration A proposed mining road would cut through national park land critical to one of the longest land migrations on Earth and harm communities that depend on Arctic caribou for food.
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Press Release House Takes Stand to Protect National Parks and Coastal Communities from Offshore Drilling Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives showed their commitment to defending America’s public lands and waters.
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Blog Post The Best of America, Free On April 18 and 19, you can participate in one of the country’s greatest bargains of the year. Acadia, Yosemite, Zion, Harpers Ferry, Rocky Mountain, and hundreds of other iconic parks will waive their entrance fees as part of the kickoff to National Park Week, which runs through April 26.
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Press Release Trump Administration Delays Offshore Drilling Plan, Temporarily Protecting National Parks from Spills 68 coastal national parks could be susceptible to oil spills as a result of offshore drilling.
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Blog Post The Final Frontier? Every U.S. state is home to a national park site, but this was not the case for most of the history of the National Park System. In 2013, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to create a national park site in the very last state to have one.
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Magazine Article What is going to happen to national parks in the next century? We asked a handful of writers, activists, scholars and conservationists about their hopes, dreams and fears about the National Park System. Here’s what they had to say.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 9, Climate Action Now Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor votes scheduled to begin on May 1, 2019.
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Press Release Interior Secretary Jewell Calls on Congress to Invest in National Parks and Public Lands National Parks Group Calls for Renewed Commitment to National Parks
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Press Release Delaying Methane Waste Rule Threatens National Parks Continued pollution degrades air quality, wastes taxpayer dollars.
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Blog Post NPCA's 10 Under 40 Meet the next generation of leaders protecting national parks and public lands
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Blog Post Enjoy Seeing America? Innovative Campaign Needs More Artists and Art Lovers Three-year anniversary of crowdsourced poster project by NPCA and Creative Action Network provides even more opportunities for New Deal-inspired national park art
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Blog Post A Fierce Dedication and a Lasting Legacy: Remembering One of America’s Great Social Justice Leaders On César Chávez Day, NPCA’s traveling park lover reflects on a recent trip to the labor leader’s former home and headquarters — and the legacy a new generation is keeping alive
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Press Release EPA to Revisit Clean Air Standards, Prioritizing Science and Data “We are pleased that the EPA is once again prioritizing science and its obligation to protect people and the environment." - Ulla Reeves, NPCA's Clean Air Program Senior Advocacy Manager
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Magazine Article Between a (Kindness) Rock and a Hard Place People leave behind painted rocks to brighten strangers’ days, but in national parks they’re fueling controversy and less-than-civil debate.
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Press Release Administration Rolls Back Methane Waste Protections Weakened methane waste rule puts public health, lands at risk.
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Blog Post Willfully Ignoring Climate Change Is a Disaster for National Parks Trump administration repeals climate-smart management policies for national parks.
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Magazine Article Some Like It Very Hot A growing number of extreme tourists are heading to Death Valley to experience one of the hottest places on Earth at the hottest time of year.
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Blog Post From the Mountaintop A historic African American climbing team tackles the largest peak in North America to inspire youth.
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Blog Post The Best of America, Free: It’s National Park Week “This land was made for you and me,” Woody Guthrie famously sang, and this is the week to prove him right. Acadia, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Gettysburg, Olympic, Rocky Mountain—all of these iconic places and hundreds more are all FREE to enter, now through April 28 as part of National Park Week.
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