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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 Water You Waiting For? 10 Perfect Parks for Paddling Go beyond the hiking trail and enjoy parks from a refreshing vantage point: water. Rivers and lakes offer adventurous routes through some of the country’s most remarkable landscapes, including views you just can’t see from land. From lazy float trips to exhilarating whitewater, national parks have fun options for visitors of every experience level—sometimes even on different stretches of the same river.
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Press Release Shameful: Interior Wages War on Alaska’s Bears and Wolves “It is shameful for Interior Secretary Zinke to endorse a war on bears and wolves in Alaska’s national preserves." -- Theresa Pierno
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Blog Post 10 National Park Cameos in Movies Check out — or revisit — these 10 films where parks played a starring role.
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Blog Post 8 Perfect Parks for a Winter Workout Did you make a New Year’s resolution to get more exercise? Are you determined to enjoy the outdoors, even when the weather is brisk? These eight parks are great spots to stay active and work up a healthy sweat, even—or especially—with a January chill in the air.
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Press Release Eliminating Species Act: Congress Threatens Wildlife and Wild Lands Legislation threatens the long-term conservation of American wildlife and wild lands, and the national parks that call them home.
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Press Release EPA to Revisit Clean Air Standards, Prioritizing Science and Data “We are pleased that the EPA is once again prioritizing science and its obligation to protect people and the environment." - Ulla Reeves, NPCA's Clean Air Program Senior Advocacy Manager
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Press Release National Parks Group Files Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Parks, Wildlife and Water NPCA's lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) challenges policy changes by the agencies that threaten Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument, wildlife and fragile desert water resources.
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Press Release Already Short-Staffed Park Service Asked to Support Border Patrol Security This decision could have serious consequences for national parks already struggling with a reduction in staff.
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Blog Post How Mukuntuweap National Monument Became One of the Nation's Most Popular Parks A century ago this Sunday, Zion National Park lost its Paiute-inspired name, in part because the National Park Service felt it was hard to pronounce and deterred prospective visitors. Now this Southwest park is the country’s third most popular national park and is struggling to deal with increasing crowds.
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Magazine Article The Lion Catcher Biologist Eric York lived to help wild carnivores, but he didn’t get a chance to finish his life’s work.
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Press Release High Visitation, Low Funding and Staff Jeopardizing Parks National park visitation nears 331 million in 2017.
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Magazine Article The Appalachian Trail Blazer Just how far could long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis push herself?
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Press Release Trump’s EPA Nominee Must Protect Parks Parks Depend on Clean Water, Air Protections Enforced by Agency
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Blog Post The 10 National Park Sites with More Than 5 Million Recreational Visitors in 2017 National parks continued to serve as popular tourist destinations in 2017, with dozens of sites seeing all-time highs in numbers of recreational visits. Here are the 10 most-visited places in the National Park System.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1791 & H.R. 2991 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 11, 2018.
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Press Release Administration Rolls Back Methane Waste Protections Weakened methane waste rule puts public health, lands at risk.
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Press Release Court Allows Weak Park Air Protection Rule to Stand Decision protects rule exempting cleanup of outdated power plants.
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Blog Post The Facts on Oil and Gas Drilling in National Parks Why we need the 9B rules that safeguard our national parks
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Press Release New EPA Lead Must Make National Park Protection a Priority Statement by NPCA President & CEO Theresa Pierno on confirmation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Press Release Trump Proposals Fail National Parks Park repairs come at expense of cuts to budget and environmental protections.
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Press Release Public Gets More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hike Administration extends public comment period by one month.
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Press Release EPA Moves to Roll Back Parks’ Clean Air Protections Positions to roll back rules that protect national parks and visitor health from air pollution.
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Blog Post Headed to a Park with Your Camera? Read These Tips! Bringing your camera on a park trip? Before you pack your bags, read these tips to add interest and variety to your photographs. Thousands of people capture the same iconic landscapes and monuments over and over again in their travel pictures—here’s how to make your shots stand out.
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Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act NPCA, wildlife and conservation groups head to court on Trump-Bernhardt’s extinction plan
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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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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 Administration Proposes Massive Park Fee Increase High fees, short comment period shortchange parks, visitors.
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Blog Post The Next 11 Parks You Want to Visit Last summer, we asked supporters which national park sites were at the top of your bucket lists. Thousands of you responded. Here are the 11 parks you most want to explore — and why these places are great choices for any traveler’s wish list.
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Press Release House Committee Attacks Endangered Wildlife, Advances Harmful Legislation “Today, the House Natural Resources Committee reviewed several bills, which prioritize politics and profit over science. Congress is trying to jam politics into wildlife management." -- NPCA's Kristen Brengel
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