Search results for “Lake Mead National Recreation Area”
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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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Press Release Restoration Plans Must Maximize Freshwater Flow to Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Florida Bay advocates are calling on government agencies to develop alternatives that maximize the amount of freshwater flowing into Everglades National Park and provide immediate benefits to the Bay.
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Blog Post Kids Need Nature: Here’s a Free Way to Get Them Outdoors Young people benefit from time in nature, but it is up to adults to help get them outside. A new free pass for fourth graders can help
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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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Policy Update Position on S. 782 and S. 329 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Full Committee Business Meeting on November 19, 2015.
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Press Release National Park Service Heads to Maine Woods to Hear Views on National Park Site Proposal Public meeting set for Maine to discuss proposal considered by the Obama Administration to establish The Maine Woods National Monument, a national park site in the Katahdin region of northern Maine.
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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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Blog Post Get Underground for Mammoth Adventures This Spring Go below the Earth’s surface to explore exquisite realms that evolved in total darkness. See twisting pathways through limestone and marble, crystal-lined walls, and distinctive rock formations that can only be discovered on foot. These 10 national park caves are places to learn about the mysterious worlds under our feet.
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Policy Update Background: National Park Transportation Needs If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hopped on a shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, taken the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, or hiked along the Half Dome Trail in Yosemite, you’ve experienced some of the wide variety of transportation infrastructure found in our national parks.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Arches National Park The cooler months are an ideal time to explore the wonders of the desert, when visitors can see the beauty of the canyons and cacti without the intense sunshine and triple-digit temperatures.
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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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Press Release Groups Claim Keeping Parks Open Without Adequate Staff During Shutdown is Illegal, Demand Inspector General Investigate Trump Administration’s Reckless Decision Acting Interior Secretary Bernhardt is violating the law, and we implore the Inspector General to investigate this matter before our parks, visitors, local communities and wildlife suffer any longer.
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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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Press Release Delaware River Basin Commission Protects Parks From Fracking This decision, years in the making, will protect parks in the region from the harmful, poisonous impacts of fracked water.
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Magazine Article Cosmic Vibes Abound Gram Parsons and his musical legacy at Joshua Tree
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Press Release National Parks Group to Honor Champions on Capitol Hill National Parks Conservation Association Recognizes Bipartisan Senators and Representatives with Heritage Award
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Press Release Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule That Weakens the Endangered Species Act New rule paves way for extractive industries to destroy habitat of imperiled species
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Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Gather on Capitol Hill to Discuss Challenges Facing America's Great Waters America’s Great Waters Coalition met with decision makers about the challenges facing the nation’s 19 Great Waters
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Magazine Article The Voice of Glacier Ranger Doug Follett reflects on 50 Years at Glacier National Park.
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Press Release Clean Water for Parks and Communities Back on the Table Federal government concludes that recent rollbacks to clean water protections lead to “environmental degradation,” calls for a rewrite
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Policy Update Testimony: Fiscal Year 2016 Interior Appropriations Written testimony by Craig Obey for the Public and Outside Witness Hearing for House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on March 18, 2015.
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Blog Post Unfit to Serve: Why NPCA Opposes Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator We need an EPA administrator who will fulfill the agency's mission to protect the environment — not one who actively undermines our public health and the health of our national parks.
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Blog Post 5 Ways Zinke Can ‘Pivot’ for Parks Last May, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told environmental leaders that he would make a “grand pivot” to prioritize conservation over energy development, but we’re still waiting to see him follow through. NPCA’s president and CEO offers 5 concrete steps he can take right now to make a measurable difference for our national parks.
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Magazine Article Pines in Peril Grand Teton’s lodgepole forests are exquisitely adapted to wildfire — but can they survive a changing climate?
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Press Release New Studies Find Revolutionary War Parks Require Additional Funding To Preserve America's Heritage Local national park sites offer family-friendly educational opportunities year-round
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Blog Post Remembering the Founder of Black History Month The National Park Service and its partners offer ways to honor the legacy of this scholar and pioneer who changed the way we understand American history.
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Press Release Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park “Time does not erase the original error, and there is no statute of limitations for correcting this assault on lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation” -- NPCA's Michael Jamison
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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 Letter on Training in Federal Government NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to congressional leadership in response to OMB circular M-20-34 and an Executive Order dated September 22, 2020.
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Press Release From Air to Water, National Parks Group Concerned by Increased Mercury Levels in Western National Parks Statement by Sarah Gaines Barmeyer, Director of Conservation Programs for the National Parks Conservation Association
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