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Magazine Article Gone But Not Forgotten Fossil Cycad National Monument was removed from the Park Service in 1957, but the story doesn’t end there.
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Magazine Article Like a Good Neighbor The Park Service teams up with its Mexican counterparts and the University of Arizona to master the intricacies of adobe preservation.
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Policy Update Position on Amendments to H.R. 3055, FY20 Appropriations Minibus NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate ahead of anticipated floor votes the week on October 28, 2019.
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Policy Update Position on the WOTUS Rule NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing entitled “A Review of the Technical, Scientific, and Legal Basis of the WOTUS Rule."
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Press Release Park on the Edge: New Report Details Years of Underfunding at Olympic National Park National Parks Conservation Association Calls for Congressional Action as Park Service Centennial Approaches
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Magazine Article Hot on the Trail So-called supercorals in the National Park of American Samoa may hold clues to saving coral reefs everywhere.
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Press Release Spoiled Parks: Top 12 National Parks Threatened by Trump Administration's Energy Agenda Spoiled Parks explores how current leasing policies have scarred landscapes and threaten future harm to clean air, cultural heritage, wildlife and tourism economies.
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Press Release Pilot Program at Grand Teton National Park Informs Future of Composting in Teton County As part of the Zero-Landfill Initiative to reduce the amount of visitor-generated waste that national parks send to the landfills, Grand Teton National Park and Teton County are making great inroads with new composting waste removal efforts.
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Approval of River of Grass Land Deal to Restore America's Everglades Land acquisition under deal will help restore water flow and quality
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Blog Post Happy Birthday, Denali 7 things you might not know about Alaska’s most famous national park, which celebrates its centennial this weekend
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Blog Post Being Gay Outside Can they see me? Am I safe? One staff member explores ways to honor queerness and make the outdoors more inclusive and welcoming for all people.
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Blog Post 9 Civil War Battlefields You Helped Save 150 years ago this month, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, leading to the end of the Civil War. The conflict cost more than 600,000 American lives and nearly split our nation in two.
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Blog Post Fifty Years Later: Wilderness & Civil Rights in the Same Breath This summer marks the 50-year anniversary of two landmark pieces of legislation—the Civil Rights Act and the Wilderness Act—that are linked more closely than they might seem.
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Magazine Article The Lay of the Land Meet Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who created Central Park and defined landscape architecture.
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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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1373, H.R. 2181 & H.R. 3405 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for July 17, 2019.
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Blog Post Finally, Here’s One Thing We Can All Agree On: Helping the Everglades What do a Democratic chairwoman, a Tea Party Republican, a Bush, and a Clinton all agree on? Helping this national park.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Bryce Canyon National Park What do these things have in common: Fairyland, Peek-A-Boo, Queens Garden, and Hat Shop? They are all names of fun trails to hike at Bryce Canyon National Park.
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Magazine Article The Loneliest Land In 1888, writer Mary Hunter Austin began exploring the desert. Her love of the blunt, burned land of little rain led to a book, a career, and an environmental legacy.
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Blog Post 11 of the Quirkiest National Park Animals While a few types of wildlife like bears, moose, and wolves capture the imagination of throngs of tourists, there are many rare, charming, and oddly adapted species in national parks that get far less attention. Here are 11 of the quirkiest, as picked by NPCA staff.
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Press Release University of Washington Student Report Finds 33% Success Rate of Mount St Helens Management Analysis shows little progress on recommendations over past three years
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Blog Post Fighting to Keep Alaska’s Rivers Wild Court’s decision in case over the use of hovercraft could have huge consequences for Alaska’s parks
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Blog Post No Trash, Just Treasure We’ve been treated to quite a spring here in the California desert. After experiencing the greatest Joshua tree bloom on record this past April, one of our hardest-fought battles finally ended in victory last month—NPCA and our supporters have defeated the Eagle Mountain Landfill proposal once and for all.
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Press Release Parks Group Disappointed by Administration's Decision Not to Protect Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Statement by NPCA Director of Legislative and Government Affairs Kristen Brengel
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Press Release Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Will Defend Grand Canyon from Uranium Industry Appeal Uranium companies appeal ruling that banned new mining claims on 1 million acres near iconic park
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Magazine Article The Art of Gaman Bearing the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Longest Stretch of Undeveloped Barrier Island in the World Q: Barrier islands make up about 10 percent of the world’s coastline, and the United States has the greatest number of them with more than 400. The U.S. also holds the world record for the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island, which happens to be located in a national park. Can you guess which park?
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Press Release New Report Shows America's National Parks Are in Jeopardy National Parks Conservation Association Says Obama Administration Must Address Threats Facing National Parks and Develop Comprehensive Long Term Plan for Parks
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Blog Post A Birthday Without Much to Celebrate Today is the 101st birthday of the National Park Service. But at a time when we should be celebrating our public lands, the Trump administration continues to unleash a host of damaging policies on these revered places.
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Blog Post Clean Water Is the Solution, Not the Problem Everyone has a right to clean water. Recently, 21 states—many located hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from the Chesapeake—joined the Farm Bureau in efforts to derail the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint, a plan for restoring clean water in Chesapeake streams and rivers that went into effect last year. Why? Because elected officials in these states are concerned that if the Chesapeake is successful, their states might have to reduce pollution and clean up their waterways, too.
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