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Park Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument The discovery of 30 complete skeletons of Hagerman Horses made Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument one of the world's most important sites for fossils from before the last Ice Age.
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Park Fort Pulaski National Monument Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island at the mouth of the Savannah River in Georgia. Built to protect the city of Savannah, the structure was part of a system of forts built to protect the United States after the War of 1812. Today it stands as one of the best-preserved examples of these coastal defenses.
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Park Pullman National Monument Industrialist George Pullman launched the Pullman Palace Car Company on Chicago’s South Side in the 1880s to manufacture rail cars, creating a company town with shops, schools and a church. While the town failed, the company persevered. In the early 20th century, the Pullman Company was the nation’s largest employer of African Americans. And after decades of unfair and abusive labor practices, A. Philip Randolph organized the first African American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, at the Pullman Company. Pullman porters were instrumental in the rise of the black middle class in America.
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Park Freedom Riders National Monument On May 14, 1961, seven members of the Congress for Racial Equality and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee boarded a Greyhound bus from Atlanta to Birmingham to determine if long-distance bus service was free from segregation. The bus was attacked by a pro-segregationist mob at the Greyhound terminal in Anniston, about 40 miles east of Birmingham. Attackers slashed the bus’s tires and broke several of its windows. When the driver stopped to change a tire, members of the mob entered the bus and began to beat the passengers. The mob then set the bus on fire with several riders still inside. A photograph of the burning bus became one of the most iconic images of the civil rights movement.
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Park Gateway Arch National Park At 630 feet high and 630 feet wide, St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world and the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere.
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Press Release New Report Shows NPS Management of Valles Caldera Would Result in Better Protection of Site, Increased Economic Benefits for Local Communities and New Mexico Statement by NPCA Senior Southwest Regional Director David Nimkin
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Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 8632 - Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act NPCA sent the following position to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 17th, 2020.
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Press Release Salazar Visits Everglades to Break Ground on Restoration Project America's Great Outdoors report supports large restoration projects that can serve as models for smaller restoration efforts
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Blog Post We Love Our Park Rangers and Environmental Stewards! Send a Valentine to those working hard to protect our nation’s land, air and water
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Press Release New Survey Shows Public Support for Revitalizing Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Funding, invasive species, pollution, and access to the park are of top concerns
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Press Release Administration’s Aggressive Environmental Rollbacks Are Putting National Parks in Peril The impacts of the administration’s actions to the health of our national parks and communities, the air we breathe, and the water we drink could be irreparable.
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Blog Post America’s Only Park Ranger President Of all the people who have served as U.S. president to date, only one also worked as a national park ranger. Can you name this ranger-in-chief?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1373, H.R. 2181 & H.R. 3405 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for July 17, 2019.
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Press Release New Colorado River Basin Study Provides Important Analysis, Misses Opportunity by Omitting National Parks Perspective Statement by David Nimkin, Southwest Senior Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Proof Positive: Our National Parks Are in Trouble For the past year, NPCA has been sounding the alarm about the threats to our national parks in the face of looming across-the-board federal budget cuts that could occur March 1 if lawmakers fail to reach agreement. Now, we have the clearest indications yet that those threats are very real—and are putting both our national heritage and our local economies at risk.
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Press Release National Parks Re-Open for Business, But Long-Term Funding Solution Needed Statement by Theresa Pierno, Acting President, National Parks Conservation Association
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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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Blog Post What Is an American? National parks may not be America’s “best idea”—but they hold the key to what is great about our nation, and ourselves.
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Press Release Landmark Settlement Requires Feds to Revisit Plan for Coal-friendly Energy Corridors Across West Feds Urged to Avoid Sensitive Lands, Support Renewable Energy
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Press Release Incomplete Environmental Review Prompts Lawsuit to Protect President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch National Parks Conservation Association Files Complaint against the US Forest Service
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Press Release Restore a Nation Report Highlights Positive Economic Impact of National Parks Recommends funding restoration projects to create American jobs and address climate change
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Magazine Article Something in the Water Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
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Press Release New Studies Find Revolutionary War Parks Require Additional Funding To Preserve America's Heritage Local national park sites offer family-friendly educational opportunities year-round
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 974, H.R. 1452, and H.R. 2406 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resource Committee markup on October 7-8, 2015.
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds EPA's Final Bristol Bay Assessment for Warning of 15 Mines Beyond Pebble, Including 3 Prospects Adjacent to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Statement by Melissa Blair, Alaska Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release DRIVE Act on the Right Track Statement by Laura Loomis, National Parks Conservation Association's Deputy Vice President of Government Affairs
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Magazine Article Garbage In, Garbage Out Volunteers and rangers removed more than 22,000 pounds of debris from Alaska’s national park beaches. But will the trash just come back?
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Policy Update Letter Regarding Recent Park Police Activities NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to the Secretary of the Interior in response to recent Park Police events in Lafayette Park.
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Blog Post Grand Teton Gets $16 Million to Preserve Threatened State Lands—Just in the Nick of Time Late last month, NPCA helped secure a significant down-to-the-wire victory for Grand Teton National Park. After years of pressure from NPCA, the federal government allotted $8 million toward a total of $16 million to purchase 86 acres along the Snake River from the state of Wyoming and incorporate these lands into the national park.
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Magazine Article Dress Rehearsal An emergency at the Grand Canyon provides plenty of lessons for Park Service staff and other federal agencies.
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Press Release Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Abandon Texas Clean Air Plan Critical air quality protection deadlines upheld for Texas and Oklahoma.
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Magazine Article Maiden Voyage Do archaeological sites in the Channel Islands reveal a coastal migration into the Americas?
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Press Release National Park Leaders Honored with Stephen T. Mather Award NPCA presented its annual Stephen T. Mather award to Mojave National Preserve Chief of Resources Debra Hughson and the late Frank Hays, who most recently served in the Park Service’s Northeast Regional Office. The Mather award is named after the first director of the National Park Service, and given to individuals who have shown steadfast leadership and persistent dedication to our national parks.
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Magazine Article Golden Spike Redux The role that Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad has long been buried. 150 years after the completion of the tracks, that’s finally changing.
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Press Release Made in America: New Report Finds National Parks at a Tipping Point Leading Into Super Committee Deadline National Parks Group Urges the Need for Wise Investments to Support Jobs and Communities Nationwide
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