Search results for “Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve”
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Lassen Volcanic National Park Current overall conditions of the known natural resources at Lassen Volcanic National Park rated a “fair” score of 71 out of a possible 100. Overall conditions of the park’s known cultural resources rated 75 out of a possible 100, also indicating “fair” conditions.
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Park New River Gorge National Park & Preserve This national park site includes 53 miles of the New River, a federally recognized Wild and Scenic River, as well as the deep gorge that surrounds it.
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Park Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Jimmy Carter National Historical Park includes a museum dedicated to life of the former president and Nobel Prize winner, his Boyhood Farm, and his 1976 campaign headquarters at the Plains Train Depot.
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Park Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Once ringed by trees, which gave the spot its name, the broad prairies of Palo Alto were the setting for an artillery battle in 1846. On May 8 of that year, the first major clash between United States and Mexican troops took place on this site, starting a two-year long war that forever changed the map of North America. Today, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the site of this significant battle and interprets the causes, events and consequences of the U.S.-Mexican War. Discover historic trails and native wildlife while walking along the battlefield, amidst the haunting sounds of cannon fire.
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Park Weir Farm National Historical Park This historic site preserves the country home of impressionist painter J. Alden Weir, as well as other artists who resided at the property, including Mahonri Young and Sperry Andrews.
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Park Katmai National Park & Preserve President Woodrow Wilson established Katmai National Monument in 1918 to preserve the "Valley of 10,000 Smokes," so named when the Novarupta Volcano filled the valley with a 100- to 700-foot-deep ash flow.
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Letter Comments on Oil and Gas Rights in National Parks Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for National Park Service Regulations Governing the Exercise of Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights in Parks at 36 CFR Part 9, Subpart B
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Press Release Trump’s EPA Pick Threat to National Parks Confirmation Hearing for Oklahoma AG Pruitt Shows Nominee Would Weaken Critical Protections for Park Air, Water
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Press Release Utahans Urge EPA to Reject Plan to Pollute Southwest National Parks EPA seeks to approve weak Utah Haze Plan that threatens parks and communities.
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Press Release New Members Appointed to the National Park System Advisory Board Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for National Parks Conservation Association:
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Press Release Stream Protection Rule an Important Step in Protecting National Park Water Quality Sets baseline for greater progress in protecting park rivers and streams
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Blog Post New Photos and Interactive Map Document Shutdown Effects on National Parks Today marks the second day of the government shutdown, and people around the country continue to voice their disappointment and disbelief that the broken budget process in Congress has meant bringing so many important services to a grinding halt—including access to America's national parks.
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Blog Post Florida Students Discover the Beauty of the Everglades by Reviving a Long-Lost Community Park Too often when we think of national parks, we think of distant places enjoyed by tourists—yet millions of people in cities across the country are just a bus ride or a quick car trip away from these inspirational places. Part of what I do is help connect people—especially kids and young adults—to the nature and history that is right there in their own community.
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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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Magazine Article Drilling in National Parks? Oil and gas development already is harming dozens of national park sites around the country. It could get much worse.
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Press Release Dan Smith Named Acting Director of National Park Service Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO, National Parks Conservation Association.
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Blog Post The Best of America, Free: It’s National Park Week “This land was made for you and me,” Woody Guthrie famously sang, and this is the week to prove him right. Acadia, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Gettysburg, Olympic, Rocky Mountain—all of these iconic places and hundreds more are all FREE to enter, now through April 28 as part of National Park Week.
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Press Release Administration Moves to Weaken Park Air Protections Directive looks to undermine air pollution rules for national parks.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Calls Permitting Process Flawed for Hog Farm on Buffalo National River Tributary National Parks Group Urges U.S. Department of Agriculture and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to Pull Permit
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Press Release After 20 Tumultuous Months for National Parks and Public Lands, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to Leave For months, we have had concerns about Ryan Zinke’s decisions that harm national parks, their wildlife and our cultural and natural resources.
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Blog Post Make Plans for Public Lands This Saturday—and Enjoy a Fee-Free Park Day All national parks will waive their entrance fees this Saturday, September 29, for National Public Lands Day, the largest one-day volunteer effort for public lands in America.
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Press Release Gov. Perry’s Energy Department Could Harm Parks Protecting National Parks Requires Cleaner Energy Policies
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Press Release Senate Bills Jeopardize Clean Water Protections for Parks Statement by Chad Lord, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Are You Ready for a Bike Challenge to Help Protect Our National Parks? Do you have what it takes to be a bike crusader for national parks? I wasn’t sure if I did.
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Press Release New Mercury and Air Toxin Standards Will Result in Healthier Parks and People; Saving Lives and Improving Ecosystems and Wildlife Health Statement by Stephanie Kodish, Clean Air Counsel, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Want to Feel Happy and Appreciated? Help Out at a National Park It’s a joyful, even goofy grin that I’ve learned to look for on the faces of National Park Service staff managing volunteer service projects. It’s a look that says, “You didn’t have to be here today, but you came anyway, and I’m so happy that you did.”
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Press Release Trump Administration Announces Plan for Destructive Border Wall Through National Parks Border wall would damage delicate park landscapes, block wildlife migration, and disrupt the flow of water.
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Press Release District Court Ruling Endangers National Parks, Historic Jamestown This destructive and unlawfully built project degrades the historic landscape including surrounding national park sites, and threatens the endangered Atlantic sturgeon.
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Blog Post President Biden Issues Pro-Parks Executive Orders on First Day From COVID-19 to racial equity to climate change, the administration’s priorities are a promising first step for our nation, including our national parks.
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Press Release National Parks Group Opposes Water Board's Approval to Drain the Desert Statement by Seth Shteir, California Desert Field Representative, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Finding Our Common Humanity in Our Cities, Parks and Communities Our national parks reflect our struggles and victories as Americans so we can learn from the past and build a better future.
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Magazine Article Our New Parks A sweeping public lands law paves the way for the addition of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument to the National Park System.
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Press Release Even with Funding Deal, Trump Declares National Emergency, Introducing New Threat to National Parks Construction of a border wall in biodiverse areas like the Rio Grande Valley would damage delicate park landscapes and block wildlife migration.
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Press Release National Parks Group Urge Secretary Salazar to Protect California's Only Marine Wilderness Area Statement by Neal Desai, Pacific Region Associate Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Clark Bunting to Step Down Statement by Fran Ulmer, Chair of the Board of Trustees, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Agreement by Federal Agencies to Address Mega-Polluter Navajo Generating Station Welcome; Swift Action Needed to Improve Air Quality at Regional National Parks, Wilderness Areas Statement by Kevin Dahl, Arizona Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Parks Group Urges Free Flow of Information from Agencies Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO, National Parks Conservation Association
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Letter Limiting Over Flight Noise at Grand Canyon National Park Comments regarding limiting overflight noise at Grand Canyon National Park
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John Gaedeke John Gaedeke is a second-generation Brooks Range guide, raised at Iniakuk Lake and along the Alatna River corridor in the heart of the Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park. He spends half the year at Iniakuk Lake Wilderness Lodge guiding summer hiking, floating, fishing and flight-seeing trips as well as winter dogsled expeditions, day trips and Northern Lights viewing. The other half of the year he is a carpenter in Fairbanks.
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Timothy S. Good Timothy S. Good, a 26-year National Park Service veteran, is currently the superintendent at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, a place which commemorates the life, military career, and presidency of our 18th president. Good began his career in Washington, D.C., serving at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site. He followed these two assignments with a 14-month detail for the NPS Washington Office Information and Telecommunications Division where he helped develop the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, a computerized database of 6.3 million soldier records and several thousand unit histories. Good then served on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.; Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois; Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio; Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio; and the Midwest Regional Office in Omaha, Nebraska, before beginning his current assignment in 2009.
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Qwynne Lackey Qwynne recently graduated with her Ph.D. in Parks, Recreation and Tourism from the University of Utah and is currently working in the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Studies at SUNY Cortland.
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Staff Chris Boone Chris Boone serves as the Regional Director of Development for the Pacific and Southwest regions, and connects National Parks Conservation Association's most generous supporters in these regions with our advocacy and activities to protect our national parks.
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Letter Opposing Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Dear Colleague letter on Grand Canyon uranium mining
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Report Healy Gas License Map Map of Healy Gas License near Denali
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Staff Tim Moyer Tim Moyer is the Chief Financial Officer of NPCA and has been with the organization since 2010. He is a CPA with more than 28 years of finance and accounting experience. Tim provides strategic and operational leadership for accounting, taxes, risk management and information systems.
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