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• Park Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park This national park protects the sites of four major Civil War battles, each of which has its own separate significance. Commemorating 85,000 injured and 15,000 dead soldiers, these sites are known collectively as “The Bloodiest Landscape in America.”
• Park Golden Spike National Historical Park Golden Spike National Historic Site marks the spot where the Union and Central Pacific Railroads converged on May 10, 1869, creating the nation's first transcontinental railroad.
• Press Release Department of Interior Moves to Delist Grizzlies in and around Glacier National Park May 2018 Transparent process and sound science needed.
• Press Release Parks Group Appeals Judge’s Ruling that Allows Construction of Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown Jun 2018 NPCA continues to fight in court to protect one of our nation’s most historic regions.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on Court to Block Construction of Dominion Power Line at Jamestown until Case is Heard Jul 2017 Group Takes Emergency Legal Action to Prevent Irreparable Damage at Historic Sites
• Press Release National Park Service to Receive $90 Million Grant for Most Urgent Memorial Bridge Repairs Jul 2016 $250 Million Estimated Needed to Complete Repairs
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Jan 2021 President Trump and the officials he appointed systematically undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands, the agencies that manage them and the irreplaceable resources these places safeguard for the American people. 
• Press Release Senate Bill Will Help Protect National Parks Across the Country Jul 2010 Full funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund restores decades long promise
• Press Release Farm Bill Safeguards National Parks, Provides Funding for Conservation and Climate Change Programs Dec 2018 The new farm bill is a major victory for conservation, wildlife, public lands and waters, and communities.
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Completed Phase One of C-111 Everglades Restoration Project Jan 2013 Statement by NPCA Biscayne Restoration Program Analyst Kahlil Kettering
• Press Release Everglades Coalition Focuses on Sending Water South to Everglades National Park at 30th Anniversary Conference Jan 2015 30th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference Kicks Off in Key Largo, FL.
• Press Release Parks Group Applauds Walmart's Decision to Withdraw Plans to Build a Superstore on Wilderness Battlefield Jan 2011 Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Applauds Walmart's Decision to Protect Wilderness Battlefield May 2011 Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
• Press Release Parks Group Applauds Approval of River of Grass Land Deal to Restore America's Everglades Aug 2010 Land acquisition under deal will help restore water flow and quality
• Press Release Oil and Gas Development Delayed Near Carlsbad Caverns National Park Jul 2018 Bureau of Land Management temporarily deferred lease sales to study the local geology and its interaction with groundwater
• Blog Post The Park That Made COVID Testing Possible Apr 2021 | By Jennifer Errick A bacterial discovery at Yellowstone 55 years ago has been key to the development of PCR testing, the most reliable way to know whether someone has COVID-19. 
• Press Release California Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Desert Water, Wildlife and Parks Aug 2019 SB307 requires state environmental review of Cadiz Inc. and desert water mining proposals
• Press Release National Parks Group Voices Support for North Fork Watershed Protection Act May 2011 Statement by Michael Jamison NPCA Crown of the Continent Program Manager
• Press Release Wyoming Hunting Proposal Threatens Yellowstone and Grand Teton Grizzly Bears Mar 2018 Proposal threatens grizzly bears that make their homes in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and travel inside and outside of park borders.
• Blog Post One Park's Horrific Past Mar 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard A century ago, a site with Native American earthen mounds became a hotspot of the Spanish flu pandemic. 
• Press Release Tribal and National Parks Groups File Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Sacred Lands, Wildlife and Water from Cadiz Mar 2021 Lawsuit challenges a fast-tracked decision in the final days of the Trump administration that threatens Mojave National Preserve and a deeply sacred cultural landscape for California Tribes.
• Press Release Administration announces public comment extension for oil and gas drilling plan near Chaco Culture National Historical Park May 2020 After extensive outcry, Bureau of Land Management acknowledges that plans to open up public land near Chaco for oil and gas drilling cannot continue as normal during a pandemic
• Press Release Time is Now to Link President's Energy Strategy with Strong Protections for National Parks Mar 2015 Administration's Proposals on Right Track, But Need to Finalize Necessary Protections
• Blog Post 5 Ways the New Congress Can Support National Parks Dec 2014 | By Emily Douce 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.
• Blog Post Is Your Representative a Friend of the National Parks? Jul 2013 | By Elise Russell Liguori Does anything ever get done in Washington, D.C.? The news constantly portrays Capitol Hill as a deadlocked and rancorous place where good ideas get shot down in a seemingly endless cycle of partisan wrangling.
• Blog Post A Call to Action for the Nation’s Urban Parks Jul 2012 | By Leila Quinn How our cities' green spaces improve our lives — and why we need a call to action to help recognize their importance
• Blog Post Will 2012 Be a Landmark Year for Cleaner Air in National Parks? Jun 2012 | By Jennifer Errick This year marks a critical deadline for the EPA to implement and enforce rules that protect clean air around the country.
• Blog Post Could These Trees Disappear from National Parks? Apr 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard A warming climate is altering the distribution of trees across the eastern United States, and species looking for colder temperatures may have nowhere to go.
• Press Release National Parks Group Hosts College Students from Great Lakes' States at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Restore Wetlands Jun 2011 Students gather for workshop on restoring wetlands
• Press Release Prominent Park Advocates and Leaders Take Battle Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline to the Supreme Court Jan 2020 Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline would cut through federal lands within the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway.
• Blog Post 5 Reasons the EPA’s New ‘Roadmap’ Could Harm Parks Oct 2018 | By Stephanie Kodish Rolling back clean air protections would be bad for human health and the environment.
• Press Release Westerners Tell EPA to Clean Up Air in National Parks, Wilderness Areas Jun 2016 Broad Coalition of Advocates Call on EPA to Strengthen Clean Air Protections
• Report A Legacy Threatened NPCA's photo book shows the damage to parks caused by the 2017 hurricanes.
• Joy M. Oakes Former Senior Regional Director Since 2001, Joy M. Oakes been a leader with the National Parks Conservation Association based in Washington, D.C. Joy serves as Senior Director in the Mid-Atlantic region, overseeing NPCA’s activities in five states and the District of Columbia.
• Report Economic Benefits to Local Communities Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation, 2011
• Staff Jennifer Errick Managing Editor of Online Communications Jennifer co-produces NPCA's podcast, The Secret Lives of Parks, and writes, edits and moderates online content.
• Park General Grant National Memorial The memorial to former U.S. President and Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, commonly known as Grant’s Tomb, is the largest mausoleum in North America. The site opened in 1897 after an enthusiastic grassroots fundraising effort raised about $600,000 from more than 90,000 people—much of it in pennies and dimes. The campaign was spearheaded by Richard T. Greener, the first African-American graduate of Harvard University, who credited Grant with enabling his success by ending the Civil War. When it first opened, more than half a million visitors a year flocked to pay their respects to the popular war hero, including Civil War veterans, many of whom had to be physically carried by park staff up the monument’s many steps.
• Park Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth assassinated 16th President Abraham Lincoln in this building just five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered in April 1865, signaling the end of the Civil War. Still an active theater, this site includes the compact performance space where the president and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln watched the production of Our American Cousin from a box above the proscenium arch. Beneath the theater, a basement museum now houses artifacts from the event, including the president’s greatcoat, the assassin’s diary and the actual .44-caliber Derringer from the fatal attack. Across the street, visitors can also explore the home of the German tailor William A. Petersen where Lincoln was carried after the shooting and was tended to until his death hours later.
• Park Fossil Butte National Monument You will find some of the world's best preserved fossils at the 50 million year old Green River Lake beds of Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming. If you want to get hands on, you can visit a fossil research quarry and assist park staff as they collect fossils.
• Report Pathways To Prosperity: The Natural Roots of Economic Success in the Crown of the Continent The stories in this report point to the Crown’s spectacular wildlife, its scenic appeal, and its unmatched outdoor recreation as anchors to which our economic success is tethered.
• Letter Sugar Hill Sector Plan Sugar Hill Sector Plan Letter
• Letter Reaction to Bison Management Plan Guiding Principles The Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) was finalized in 2000, and, today, fourteen years later, we have new science, new regulations, many management lessons, and some fundamental on-the-ground changes that make the original IBMP outdated. A new conservation plan needs to be put in place to guide bison conservation, education, and management into the next decade.
• Staff Edward Stierli Senior Regional Director Ed serves as Senior Director in the Mid-Atlantic region, overseeing NPCA’s activities in five states and the District of Columbia.
• Staff Elizabeth Fayad Legal Department Counsel Libby has been with NPCA for over 30 years. She started as a lobbyist and gradually transitioned to Counsel as NPCA’s Litigation Program became bigger and more complex. She has been General Counsel for more than 7 years.
• Staff Adam Siegel General Counsel As General Counsel, Adam helps manage NPCA’s litigation program and provides general legal counsel to the organization.

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