Search results for “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
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Park African Burial Ground National Monument During the 17th and 18th centuries, more than 15,000 Africans, both enslaved and free, were buried in a seven-acre plot in New York City. Now, the African Burial Ground National Monument stands over the burial ground to honor these men and women. The monument exhibits extensive information on the history, anthropology and archaeology of the site, using research conducted by Howard University.
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Park Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Nebraska is a glimpse into life on the High Plains 20 million years ago. Paleontologists believe that a drought may have brought numerous herd animals together near dwindling water sources, where they perished near each other, leaving behind a rich trove of fossils. Informative exhibits in the visitor center show what remains of these creatures from the Miocene epoch. Walk trails, view fossils and animal skeletons, and see Native American artifacts.
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Park Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument Few experiences compare to snorkeling through tranquil turquoise waters, gliding effortlessly among colorful fish, sea turtles and spectacular coral formations, or walking along a warm white sand beach at sunset with swaying palms whispering in the evening breeze. This monument protects more than 12,000 underwater acres where spectacular coral reefs and unique tropical ecosystems are submerged off the shore of the Caribbean island of St. John.
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Park Cabrillo National Monument This park celebrates the explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on the California coast. A museum exhibition documents Cabrillo's life and travels, as well as early California native peoples and industries. The site also features abundant natural beauty: hillsides covered with flowers, birds nesting in the trees and lizards darting across every pathway. A lookout point near the park's Old Point Loma Lighthouse provides one of the best places anywhere on land to observe migrating gray whales.
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Park Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Rich in history, the 34 beautiful islands and peninsulas of this national recreation area feature lighthouses, military sites, hiking trails and numerous other outdoor adventures. Walk in the steps of the Union soldiers who guarded Boston from their station at Fort Warren during the Civil War. Search the horizon for ships from Boston Light on Little Brewster Island, the second-oldest working lighthouse in the nation. Observe sea creatures in sun-warmed tidal pools and cast your line for striped bass and winter flounder. All of these adventures and more are an easy ferry ride from the city.
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Press Release Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Asking Congress to Restore, Fund National Parks Statement recognizes Washington’s parks as pillars of our region’s heritage, culture and economy
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Press Release Another Year Begins of Shipping Yellowstone Bison to Slaughter A dated management plan will force the National Park Service to ship upwards of 1,000 bison to slaughter this winter.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3225, Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 20, 2019.
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Press Release National Parks Group Honors Channel Islands National Park Leaders with Stephen T. Mather Award Stephen T. Mather award presented to Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau and Chief of Natural Resources Management Kate Faulkner.
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Magazine Article Tree Huggers Washington D.C.’s tourists were loving its cherry trees to death, until a beaver showed them the way.
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Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
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Blog Post Leave the Mainland Behind Plan a remote beach vacation on Cumberland Island
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Blog Post Death Valley: This Land of Extremes Now Recognized for Its World-Class Night Skies Death Valley isn’t just the hottest place on Earth. It was also just recognized as one of the darkest.
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Blog Post Fracking and National Park Wildlife Every year, fracking for natural gas and oil moves closer to national park boundaries, posing threats to park wildlife that science is only beginning to understand.
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Blog Post Vacation Planning? These Park Movies Will Help These 10 films can help inspire travel ideas from the comfort of your armchair with visions of national parks around the country.
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Blog Post How Can Congress Fund More Park Projects for the Next Century? Here’s One Way The Centennial Challenge will leverage funding from a variety of sources to improve the experience for national park visitors.
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Magazine Article Call of the Wild Eighty years ago, a biologist named George Melendez Wright reminded us that wolves, bison, and grizzlies came before people. And because of him, they still do.
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Press Release Secretarial Order on Hunting is a Solution in Search of a Problem Despite a decline in hunters - and an increase in national park visitors - new Secretarial Order aims to open more parks and public lands to hunting.
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Policy Update Position on FY16 Omnibus Appropriations Bill NPCA urges the Senate and House of Representatives to consider a few significant concerns about the Interior and Environment portion of the FY16 omnibus appropriations bill.
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Magazine Article The National Park Next Door Nearly six million people in the D.C. region live within a short drive of Oxon Cove. Why aren’t more of them visiting it?
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Policy Update Position on the nomination of Tommy Beaudreau as Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior Ahead of an anticpated hearing to consider the nomination of Tommy Beaudreau, NPCA sent the following letter to Senators sitting on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Blog Post ‘A Silent but Most Effective Voice’: Ansel Adams and Advocacy One famed photographer used his gift to protect the landscapes that gave him inspiration.
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Blog Post Connecting Youth with the Great Outdoors in the Chesapeake During a beautiful October afternoon on the Anacostia River near Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, the only noise disrupting the silence was the sound of 70 small paddles gliding into the water. There was complete stillness among the dozens of third and fourth graders navigating their large Voyageur canoes as they sat captivated by their afternoon entertainment—a beaver soundly sleeping along the shoreline.
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Press Release New Methane Rules Will Help Protect National Parks Finalized BLM Rules Will Curb Emissions from Nearby Oil and National Gas Facilities
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Press Release Key Stakeholders Endorse Presidio Exchange but Urge Trust Board to Delay Crissy Field Development Decision Lucas Museum proposal rejected as wholly inappropriate for and unrelated to prized national park land
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Magazine Article Open Roads & Endless Skies At Great Basin National Park, a father and son gaze at stars, touch ancient trees, and reflect on space, time and the universe.
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Blog Post Congress: Time to Stop Bickering and Keep Our National Parks Open One beloved national park is already closing facilities in reaction to budget cuts.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Park That Helped Americans Hide in Plain Sight In 1917, the United States entered World War I. It was also a century ago that the U.S. military created its first camouflage unit, and many of the pioneer "camoufleurs" either resided in or visited regularly what is now a national park site. Can you name this park?
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Press Release Groups Sue to Stop Oil and Gas Exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve Seismic Testing Threatens Endangered Florida Panther and Water Resources
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Blog Post NPCA, Park Ranger Group Take Fracking Message to Congress NPCA and Park Rangers for Our Lands help raise awareness about the danger of fracking near public lands with new research.
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Press Release Unanimous Support for Creating First National Park Site for LGBT History Shared at Public Meeting in New York City Hundreds attend public discussion on proposal to honor location of Stonewall Uprising as the first national park site dedicated to LGBT equal rights.
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Blog Post Park Service Releases Most-Visited National Park Sites of 2014 Yesterday, the National Park Service released data on the number of people who visited sites throughout the park system in 2014. The whopping 292.8 million total visits broke the previous record of 287.2 million visits set in 1987 and was 7 percent higher than the 273.6 million visits throughout the park system in 2013.
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Blog Post VIDEO: New Park Service Series Explores White-Nose Syndrome and the Threat to Bats Educational campaign aims to enlist more humans in efforts to prevent widespread bat mortality.
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Blog Post Saving a Piece of History at Harpers Ferry Four historically significant acres at risk of becoming a mini-mart will now be preserved as part of the national park.
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Policy Update Position on S. 2177/H.R. 959, S. 651/H.R. 1289, H.R. 2880, S. 1930, S. 119, S. 718, S. 770, S. 1943, S. 1975, S. 1993, S. 2309 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on March 17, 2016.
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