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Park Washington Monument National Memorial This 555-foot obelisk honoring America's first president towers above the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and is one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Visitors can get a wonderful 360-degree view from the observation area at the top. The interior of the monument contains nearly 200 memorial stones. These stones — some simple, some intricately carved works of art — were donated by states, cities, civic organizations and other nations in memory of President Washington. Twice each day, when staffing allows, the Park Service gives "walk-down tours," providing a detailed and fascinating history of the construction of the monument and stories about individual memorial stones for anyone willing to make the 900-step journey down by foot.
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Park Wupatki National Monument Eight hundred years ago, Wupatki was the largest pueblo in existence, located in the hottest, driest part of the Colorado Plateau. This monument preserves these ruins left by the Sinagua people, as well as the larger landscape that surrounds them, offering stunning vistas of the Sonoran Desert and habitat for diverse wildlife.
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Park Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument This arid desert wash 30 minutes north of Las Vegas was once a lush wetland, home to some of the most massive and unusual species ever to walk the continent.
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Park Waco Mammoth National Monument What began as a search by two men in 1978 for snakes near the Bosque River became the first and only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Pleistocene mammoths in the United States. Since its discovery, researchers have unearthed the remains of at least 24 Columbian mammoths, including a large male mammoth as well as the remains of a camel and the tooth of a juvenile saber-toothed cat. The 107-acre site is now an educational and tourism destination, attracting 20,000 visitors a year, including large groups of schoolchildren.
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Park Walnut Canyon National Monument Learn what it was like to live in the small, ancient cliff dwellings that dot the rim of this canyon, built by the Sinagua people, the first permanent inhabitants of the region. Walk the Rim Trail for scenic views, or hike into the canyon to explore the dwellings up close.
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Press Release Park Advocates Speak Out Against Administration’s Environmental Rollbacks Climate change is happening. Ignoring it won’t stop it.
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Magazine Article Seeing the Light A weekend getaway to the country’s only national park site devoted to painting.
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Magazine Article Snowed In Surviving a winter in Glacier National Park takes a strong marriage—and 25 pounds of coffee.
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Press Release Appeals Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Celebrate Key Win for Water, Wildlife, Sacred Lands
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Blog Post Emotional and Financial Toll of Government Shutdown Hits Home for National Park Service Personnel More than 21,000 Park Service staff have been furloughed indefinitely, and the park rangers who still have jobs are taking heat for doing their jobs.
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Blog Post Help Kids “Leave No Trace” As we start a new year, it’s a perfect opportunity to make a resolution to spend more time in nature with the young people in our lives.
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Press Release House Passage of Key Legislation Poises Senate for Approving the Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Decades National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Announces David Lamfrom as Vice President of Regional Programs Lamfrom will bring focus on community, movement building, and inclusive campaigns to forefront as NPCA’s new Vice President
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Press Release Environment groups warn air tour plans threaten Washington national parks Allowing and expanding low-flying air tours throughout Olympic and Mount Rainier national parks would disturb parks’ natural quiet
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Magazine Article Birds on the Battlefield As green space shrinks and suburbs expand, a growing number of wildlife seekers are heading to historic parks for their nature fix.
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Blog Post 'What’s in the Water?' More Than You Might Expect More than 50% of national parks have impaired water. NPCA has 5 tips to protect this vital resource.
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Blog Post Helping Parks Recover Where to find our growing list of volunteer events around the country and why it’s taking time to learn how we can help
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Policy Update Position on S. 2395, S. 3505, S. 3435, S. 3571, S. 3609, S. 3961, H.R. 5005 & H.R. 6687 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 12, 2018.
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Magazine Article A Mystery in Death Valley Fifty years ago, rangers in a California national park helped apprehend a band of hippie outlaws hiding out in the desert. Weeks later, they learned how big of a catch it was.
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Magazine Article Frozen in Time Artifacts preserved in ice reveal a lost chapter of ancient life.
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Blog Post Q&A: Do Visitors Really Need to Be Shut Out of National Parks During the Government Shutdown? As we enter week two of the government shutdown, closed signs and barricades at national parks have become powerful symbols of the fiscal standoff’s impact on people around the country.
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Blog Post 5 Ways the New Congress Can Support National Parks If you’re looking forward to the New Year and getting ready to turn over a new leaf, you aren’t alone. In our nation’s capital, the 114th Congress begins on January 6 with a renewed sense of purpose. Lawmakers will reappoint their leaders, select their committee assignments, and put forward a new slate of bills.
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Blog Post The DeChristopher Effect After years of work by passionate advocates, a new approach to oil and gas leasing could produce better decisions on energy development and how it affects the air, water, noise, and views at national parks.
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Press Release EPA Fails to Protect Clean Air, Exempts Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant from Safeguards Clean Air Advocates Vow Fight After Decision Allowing Controversial Coal Plant to Keep Polluting for Decades
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Press Release EPA Plan Paves the Way for Cleaner Air in Utah & Southwest National Parks Park, clean air and health advocates celebrate EPA decision
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Magazine Article Fired Up Prescribed fires are standard practice at sprawling landscapes throughout the West, and now the fields and forests at historic sites have become the Park Service’s latest target.
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Blog Post Three Endangered Rivers, Countless Memories American Rivers recently released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
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Magazine Article A First Lady Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves, grew up to start a university and advise presidents.
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Blog Post Plan Ahead for 2015: 10 Parks for Your Bucket List National parks are the stuff of bucket lists—who doesn’t dream of spending time in the country’s most celebrated places like Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, or the Everglades? As you’re thinking about where to explore this year, NPCA has ten less-visited, breathtaking places to add to your wish list.
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Blog Post 5 Myths and 5 Facts About Dominion’s Ill-Conceived Transmission Line Plan at Historic Jamestown Why we need the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny Dominion’s permit and protect 400 years of history
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Policy Update NPCA position on select legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources NPCA shared the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining scheduled for September 16th, 2020.
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Press Release Conservation Groups File Motions to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity The first-of-their-kind ordinances will help safeguard local wildlife in California
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Policy Update Comment Letter on the Forest Service’s Proposed Rulemaking to Revise its NEPA Regulations NPCA is a signatory of the conservation community's comments on the Forest Service’s proposed rule regarding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, 84 Fed. Reg. 27,544 (June 13, 2019), RIN 0596–AD31.
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Magazine Article Creative Access Some visitors with disabilities are venturing farther into parks with the help of specialized backpacks, family and friends.
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Magazine Article In Good Conscience During World War II, thousands of conscientious objectors worked to restore and preserve our national parks and other federal lands.
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