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Park Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Arlington House, located on a high hill within Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, is one of many national park sites along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Built by George Washington Parke Custis between 1802 and 1818 to serve as a memorial to his step-grandfather, George Washington, the house is now associated more with the man who married into the family and lived there for 30 years — Civil War General Robert E. Lee.
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Blog Post Otterly Irresistible Park Wildlife In honor of World Otter Day, here are 7 facts you may not know about these charismatic mammals and where you can find them in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article Prairie Portal At Wind Cave National Park, the search for rare prairieland leads to an escape, a descent and a nighttime pursuit.
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Magazine Article Hunkered at the Gateway A seasonal employee in Denali National Park decides to stick around, and sees a completely different side of Alaska.
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Magazine Article Wood Blocks & Water Colors Painter Chiura Obata combined Eastern and Western techniques to capture Yosemite in a new light.
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Magazine Article Objects of Affection You see their work in visitor centers scattered across the nation—18th-century paintings by our nation’s early masters, mahogany desks where historic speeches were penned, early photographs of abolitionists, and authentic uniforms from Civil War soldiers. Meet the talented people who preserve the age-old artifacts that tell America’s stories.
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Magazine Article A People’s Historian Talking about the past and the future with the Park Service’s new chief historian.
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Blog Post 10 National Park Cameos in Movies Check out — or revisit — these 10 films where parks played a starring role.
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Magazine Article Out of the Wild A life-changing summer among the bears of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
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Blog Post 10 Tips to Respect Wildlife, Stay Safe and Avoid Internet Ridicule Most of us wouldn’t think of putting a bison in our car as two Yellowstone visitors did this spring, but did you know that white shoes and sweat-soaked hiking gear can also cause problems?
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Blog Post 6 Tips to Keep Parks — and Yourself — Safe Celebrities don’t always set a good example for how to behave on public lands — but you can. These tips are sensible and easy to follow, and they’ll help you be a good park steward while avoiding embarrassment on social media.
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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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Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
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Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
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Press Release National Parks Group Praises U.S. 9th Circuit Decision to Stand-By Ruling to Protect Joshua Tree National Park from Eagle Mountain Landfill Trash dump would have impacted park resources and wildlife
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Blog Post Beautiful Nature, an Hour from Chicago We often talk about “connecting with nature” and how important it is for urban residents to have access to green space. It improves our physical health, reduces our stress, and even improves our mood to have a world-class park near home.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Everglades & Beyond The greater Everglades area of South Florida is a biodiverse subtropical wilderness that rewards visitors with the chance to paddle through meandering, mangrove-lined channels, see egrets, alligators and manatees, or dive deep to experience a living coral reef.
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Press Release Coalition Urges Caution in Embracing Governor Beebe Water Testing Proposal for C & H Hog Farms Groups remain steadfast in efforts to revoke hog facility permit
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Press Release Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to be Honored at Green Carpet Gala in New York City Gala honors leaders for commitment and ongoing support for national parks
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Press Release Groups Go To Court to Protect Buffalo National River from Factory Hog Farm Waste Lawsuit challenges federal loan guarantees for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River watershed
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Magazine Article Wilderness Preserved Walmart withdraws plans for a Virginia superstore atop the nerve center of a key Civil War battle.
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Press Release Renowned Arkansas Hydrogeologist Calls on ADEQ to Suspend C & H Hog Farms Permit to Address 'Significant Omissions and Potential Problems' Dr. John Van Brahana Highlights Potential for Substantial Impacts Due to Region's Karst Geology in Letter to ADEQ Director Teresa Marks
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Magazine Article Reflections on a Man in his Wilderness Remembering Richard Proenneke.
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Press Release Conservation, Citizen Groups Send Letter to USDA and Small Business Administration; Request Review of Faulty Assessment that Led to Loan Guarantee for Industrial Swine Facility in the Buffalo National River Watershed Animal waste from factory farm threatens America's first national river, public health, and a multi-billion dollar Arkansas tourism economy
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Magazine Article Park Palette With 11 residencies under her belt, Heather Heckel is painting and drawing her way through the National Park System.
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Blog Post Does This Outfit Match My Canoe? Can a city girl survive a four-day wilderness adventure paddling through some of the Everglades' most remote waters? One young woman leaves her makeup bag behind and gives it her best try.
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Magazine Article Nesting Instincts What happens when species protection trumps historical interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield?
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Blog Post “A Gift of the Whole People” NPCA recently forged a new partnership with the organization I helped found, ioby, as a way to provide a platform for local groups to crowdfund projects in our country’s beloved national parks. It sounds like a cutting-edge idea, and it is—though another cause beat us to the punch by more than a hundred years.
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Magazine Article Higher on the Mountain A small, threatened population of bighorn sheep defies the odds in Grand Teton National Park.
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Magazine Article Hidden Yosemite Explore the high country to complete the Yosemite experience.
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Blog Post Making Waves: A Q&A with NPCA’s New President and CEO Theresa Pierno Theresa Pierno just took the helm as NPCA's president and CEO—the first woman to serve in this role in the organization’s 96-year history. Learn more about her distinguished environmental career, her accomplishments since joining NPCA, and her passions and priorities for national parks on the verge of their second century.
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