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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 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 World War I Memorial This monument honors all veterans throughout the country that served in World War I. Before being designated as its own individual unit of the National Park System, this park was previously dedicated to General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, who served as General of the Armies in World War I and known as "Pershing Park." The memorial in the heart of downtown D.C.'s Washington Mall features a statue of General Pershing, walls and benches describing his achievements in World War I, a fountain, a pond (which serves as an ice rink in the winter), and flower beds.
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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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Press Release Trump Administration Targets Uranium Mining Ban Near Grand Canyon Move to allow more uranium mines could impact underground water essential to Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River.
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Magazine Article A Chilly Refuge Rock glaciers, long neglected by science, may help creatures from pikas to stoneflies endure climate change.
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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 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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House Homeland Security Committee ahead of a legislative markup scheduled for October 4, 2017.
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Press Release Clean Power Plan Replacement Rule Weakens Climate Protections Allowing for More Air Pollution in National Parks This replacement rule prioritizes interests of polluters over the future of our public lands and public health.
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Magazine Article The Wild Congaree Paddling the Blue Trail to South Carolina’s only national park.
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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 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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Blog Post National Parks Witnessed Record-Breaking Visitation in 2016 The National Park Service releases new data showing more than 330 million visits during its centennial, up more than 7 percent from 2015
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Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
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Blog Post Commemorating the War of 1812 Did you know that the most narrowly declared war in our country’s history was the War of 1812?
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Press Release Parks Group Champions Bill to Establish National Park Site Dedicated to Latino History The Blackwell School houses the collective memory of the segregated school experience that existed everywhere across the Texas borderlands.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote on July 26, 2017.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association and Allies File Brief to Support Clean Water in the Chesapeake and Across the Country NPCA, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, and 26 additional organizations are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Third Circuit to uphold a federal district court’s September 2013 ruling in support of the Clean Water Blueprint
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Blog Post A National Park Made for Life Lists No matter what experiences you like to “collect,” Channel Islands has it all — including glimpses of the rare island scrub-jay
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Magazine Article Words and Stones On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
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Policy Update Position on the impacts of COVID-19 and visitation to the National Park System NPCA shared the following position with Senators on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 26th, 2021.
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Blog Post Four Tons of Buffelgrass No Match for Hard-Working Volunteers A team of dedicated workers fights back against a ubiquitous plant that is taking over precious desert landscapes.
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Blog Post Why I’m Speaking Out to Protect the Park I Love Meridian Energy Group is just a few permits away from building a proposed oil refinery 3 miles from the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt’s namesake park, but economic growth in North Dakota does not have to come at the expense of one of America’s most special places.
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Press Release Clean Air Groups Announce Court Settlement Requiring Haze Cleanup Action for 43 States Agreement will force action toward cleaner air and clearer skies in National Parks
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Magazine Article A High-Flying Recovery A 40-year study follows the once-imperiled peregrine falcons of Alaska.
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Magazine Article Unearthing a Lost City The Park Service plans to shed light on pre-Colonial Indian society at the site where Pocahontas met John Smith.
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Blog Post A Q&A with NPCA’s New Acting President on Transition and Opportunity The journalist Linda Ellerbee once said, “What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope.'” This week, even as NPCA says goodbye to a valued leader, we feel hope for the future of our national parks and the strength of NPCA’s vision as we work toward the Park Service’s centennial in 2016.
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Magazine Article If a Tree Falls, They’ll Hear it An innovative tool calculates the level of noise pollution across the country.
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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 Groundbreaking Everglades Project Creates Unprecedented Restoration Progress and Benefits to Local Economy NPCA applauds Congress’s efforts to achieve full Everglades restoration, which will ultimately revitalize South Florida’s economic growth.
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Press Release US Groups Applaud Alberta Decision to Protect Crown of the Continent Conservation groups commend decision by Alberta government to protect Castle Wildland just north of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
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Blog Post One Notorious Polluter in Texas Has Me Hopeful We Can Clean Up Our Act Vistra Energy is closing three of the worst polluting coal plants in the country — not because it has to, but because it makes good business sense. That’s a victory for everyone.
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