Search results for “Mark Schrope”
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Mark Wenzler Mark oversees NPCA’s programs focused on protecting and restoring the air, lands, water, and wildlife in our national parks. He is an avid outdoor recreationist who loves to ski, bike, backpack and paddle, especially in our national parks.
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Mark Woods
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Blog Post Three Years Later: Gulf Coast Still Recovering from BP Oil Spill This Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the oil rig explosion that devastated coastal communities, waters, and lands in the Gulf of Mexico and imposed tragic loss among 11 families.
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Blog Post 4 Ways President Obama Can Create a Lasting National Park Legacy Last month, President Obama took the podium at Everglades National Park to publicly address the seriousness of climate change. That he chose the world-famous River of Grass as the setting for his Earth Day speech was no accident: Rising ocean levels and other effects of climate change threaten the very existence of this landmark park.
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Blog Post How Much Pollution Is Too Much? EPA wants stricter standards to regulate the toxin ozone—but it could be a tough fight to enact these life-saving protections.
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Blog Post Why I Am Joining This Weekend’s Climate March The effects of climate change are wide-ranging and severe, but NPCA continues to fight the “greatest threat to the integrity of our national parks” — and it’s not too late to stand with us
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Blog Post Everybody Needs a Rock, and to Know Where to Find One Yellowstone isn’t just the world’s first national park. It’s a place full of millions of individual memories, some involving a single stone.
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Blog Post Trump Uses Executive Power to Shirk Responsibility on Climate Change Executive order ignores science and public opinion to outline a devastating future for people and parks
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Blog Post River Warriors: Building New Paths to Happiness through Our National Parks Thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers, new trails are making national parks like Shenandoah more accessible.
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Magazine Article Hidden Names, Hidden Stories A journey to the depths of Mammoth Cave to record signatures left by Civil War soldiers.
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Magazine Article In the Balance In his 1968 book about Arches, "Desert Solitaire," Edward Abbey warned that tourists and cars would destroy the park he loved. Was he right?
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Magazine Article A Momentous Arrival Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into Point Comfort in Virginia. Was it the beginning of slavery in this country?
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Blog Post Happy Anniversary to a Hidden Gem 4 of my favorite spots in the vast, uncrowded park you’ve probably never heard of — but should.
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Press Release California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act to Complete a Landscape-Level Conservation Legacy California Conservation and Recreation Act (CDCRA) would Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks and designate the Sand to Snow and Mojave Trails as National Monuments
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Magazine Article Sultan of Sweat Babe Ruth soaked and trained in what is now Hot Springs National Park. He also set a jaw-dropping baseball record.
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Magazine Article Mathew Brady, the War Correspondent f you’ve ever seen a portrait of a Civil War soldier or the landscape of a battlefield just after the cannon-fire has been silenced, then you’re familiar with the work of Mathew Brady. Now meet the man behind the images.
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Press Release Everglades Advocates from Across the State Head to Tallahassee for Everglades Action Day to Discuss Restoration Progress and Funding with Elected Officials Citizens raise awareness following up on Florida's inaugural statewide Everglades Day
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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 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee ahead of a Business Meeting scheduled for October 2, 2018.
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Press Release Key Legislation Introduced to Create Chicago's First National Park at Historic Pullman District Statement by Lynn McClure, Senior Midwest Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post State of Arkansas Wastes Taxpayer Money in Flawed Water Monitoring Study The fight to protect the Buffalo National River from an industrial hog farm continues to twist and turn, much like the river itself.
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Blog Post Living Wild in the Wake of Captain John Smith A new water trail in the Chesapeake Bay watershed connects urban residents to a wild landscape and a fascinating history of exploration.
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Magazine Article Snow, Steam, Bison, Sky A winter adventure in Yellowstone National Park.
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Blog Post Parks in Peril: Saving What’s Sacred in the “Backbone of the World” A development threat to the wild lands surrounding Glacier National Park is more than just a danger to the environment. It is an attack on a place of irreplaceable cultural significance.
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Magazine Article Following In Their Footsteps Could they ever understand what their ancestors endured? They biked hundreds of miles along the Trail of Tears to find out.
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Magazine Article On the Rocks She went to City of Rocks and Castle Rocks to climb. Then it rained. And hailed. And snowed.
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Magazine Article Nesting Instincts What happens when species protection trumps historical interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield?
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Policy Update Position on S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate ahead of anticipated floor votes on February 6, 2019.
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Magazine Article The Wild Congaree Paddling the Blue Trail to South Carolina’s only national park.
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Releases Its 2020 Vision for Everglades Restoration Full funding is necessary to move restoration projects forward
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Magazine Article Cosmic Vibes Abound Gram Parsons and his musical legacy at Joshua Tree
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Blog Post 20 Years of “Helping Hands for Public Lands” Celebrate National Public Lands Day this month by helping out at a park you love
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Magazine Article Frozen in Time Artifacts preserved in ice reveal a lost chapter of ancient life.
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Jerry Otero Jerry is NPCA’s Senior Energy Analyst
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