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• Magazine Article Then and Now Spring 2016 | By Kate Siber Out with unchecked looting and feeding the bears. In with prescribed fire and zero waste. What a difference 100 years has made for the National Park Service.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3905, Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for November 7-8, 2017.
• Policy Update Position on Draft Onshore Energy Bills Jun 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 6, 2018.
• Press Release Parks Group Urges Better Protection for Addition Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Nov 2010 Statement by NPCA Sun Coast Regional Director John Adornato III
• Press Release Health, Environmental, Business Leaders To EPA: Improve National Parks’ Air Quality May 2016 A broad coalition of advocates and concerned citizens group convenes in Washington, DC, to speak out on the proposed Regional Haze Rule revisions
• Press Release Everglades Coalition Reveals 2008 Action Items for Everglades Restoration Jan 2008 Adequate funding and sensible management decisions needed to restore ecosystem health
• Press Release Victory! New Marine Reserve at Biscayne National Park to Protect Coral Reefs and Replenish Fish Populations Jun 2015 National Park Service announces creation of a marine reserve in Biscayne National Park.
• Press Release Conservation Advocates Challenge EPA's Texas Haze Plan in Court Dec 2017 Groups challenge EPA’s Regional Haze Pollution Cleanup Plan in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Blog Post Worth More Than a Thousand Words Oct 2017 | By Jeffrey Hunter How taking pictures of wildlife could help bears and elk — and people — survive outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Press Release Pullman Community Rallies Around Public-Private Partnerships Plan for Pullman National Monument Oct 2015 NPCA and AIA release blueprint for development and growth of Chicago's first national park
• Magazine Article Friends in High Places Spring 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis EcoFlight offers an aerial view of the national parks, and the threats looming within and beyond their boundaries.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 205 & H.R. 1941 Apr 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 2, 2019.
• Blog Post 10 Parks You Helped Put on the Map May 2019 NPCA and its supporters have worked for a century to protect every one of our national park sites — and to expand our National Park System to include more of the places that make America special.
• Press Release House Advances Landmark bill to Protect More than 2 Million Acres of National Parks and Public Lands Feb 2019 Today marks a great day in history for our national parks and public lands. 
• Blog Post Blitzed with Butterflies Sep 2012 | By Gail Dethloff A day of citizen science put this park lover face-to-face with some of the prettiest insects in the Rockies.
• Blog Post 5 Myths and 5 Facts About Dominion’s Ill-Conceived Transmission Line Plan at Historic Jamestown Oct 2016 | By Pamela Goddard Why we need the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny Dominion’s permit and protect 400 years of history
• Press Release Trump Administration Continues Efforts to Weaken Protections for Park Wildlife Jul 2020 This proposal is just the latest of many attempts to weaken the Endangered Species Act, the nation's most effective tool in saving wildlife from extinction. 
• Policy Update Position on Nomination of Scott Pruitt Jan 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate regarding the Trump administration nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Blog Post A Terrible Season for Parks: The Administration’s 10 Worst Actions This Summer Sep 2019 | By Ani Kame’enui Summer is usually a time to celebrate our national parks, but the last three months have brought terrible threats to some of our nation’s most special and significant places.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 205 and H.R. 1941 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives before a floor vote on September 11th.
• Blog Post Better Than Fiction May 2014 | By Katherine DeGroff Imagine you’re 27 years old. You’re a talented military strategist and an accomplished soldier. In fact, you have dueled the strongest and bravest of your enemies—and won—repeatedly. You’ve been captured as a prisoner of war and sold as a slave. You’ve been a mercenary and a pirate. You’ve won yourself a coat of arms and the distinction of being a gentleman.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2546 & H.R. 2642 Jul 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 10, 2019.
• Magazine Article Killer Commodes Winter 2017 | By Nicholas Lund Backcountry toilets and birds can be a deadly combination. That’s where the Poo-Poo Project comes in.
• Magazine Article Seeing the Light Winter 2017 | By Rona Kobell The discovery of a rare blind catfish in Texas could have far-ranging implications for water and land use.
• Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Canyonlands National Park Oct 2014 | By Megan Cantrell Utah’s national parks offer very different experiences, but all of them feature distinctive and amazing geological formations, whether you are looking down into a deep canyon, peering  through an otherworldly arch, or scratching your head at formations like the Upheaval Dome that even geologists couldn’t definitively explain (until recently).
• Blog Post 2018 in Review: 5 Ways 'Energy Dominance' Threatens the Parks Dec 2018 | By Matthew Kirby Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke may be on his way out, but proposals he advanced and regulations his agency dismantled during his tenure will have long-lasting impacts for our parks and public lands.
• Press Release EPA Plan Paves the Way for Cleaner Air in Utah & Southwest National Parks Jun 2016 Park, clean air and health advocates celebrate EPA decision
• Magazine Article Swimming with Dinosaurs Fall 2013 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Atlantic sturgeon are making a surprising comeback in the Chesapeake Bay.
• 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 Mar 2016 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.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 925, H.R. 1487, H.R. 1492, H.R. 3115 & H.R. 3541 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 25, 2019.

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