Search results for “Glen Canyon National Recreation Area”
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Blog Post Does This Outfit Match My Canoe? Can a city girl survive a four-day wilderness adventure paddling through some of the Everglades' most remote waters? One young woman leaves her makeup bag behind and gives it her best try.
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Magazine Article Wasting Away Deer, elk and moose across the country are dying from a mysterious ailment. Can the Park Service help in the race to stop chronic wasting disease?
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Magazine Article The Meaning of the Chug For years, abandoned Cuban refugee boats were considered trash. Now the Park Service and others are preserving the chugs and their stories.
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Magazine Article Battling History Manuel Chaves was a Civil War hero. He also murdered and enslaved Native Americans. How should we remember him?
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Press Release Obama Designates National Monument in Maine Move comes in advance of 100th anniversary of National Park Service
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Magazine Article Mississippi Reckoning Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
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Policy Update Testimony: S. 2257, National Park Service Centennial Act Written testimony by Theresa Pierno for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on December 8, 2015.
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Blog Post Tackling a Mountain with Mom Going to a national park with Mom for Mother’s Day? This outdoorsman did and had an unexpected adventure.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 87, H.R. 295, H.R. 1621, and H.R. 4680 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources during a markup on March 15 and 16, 2016.
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Press Release Extending Turkey Point Nuclear Operations Jeopardizes Health of Biscayne National Park Environmental analysis must address health, water and climate concerns for Biscayne and Everglades national parks, nearby communities and endangered and threatened wildlife.
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Press Release National Park Groups Warn of Water Pipeline's Threats to Health, Habitat, and Heritage Bureau of Land Management's Final Environmental Impact Statement for Nevada Water Pipeline Released Today
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Lights Out Decision for Silurian Valley Solar Proposal Statement by David Lamfrom, California Desert Associate Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 820, H.R. 920, H.R. 2497, and H.R. 2626 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for April 21st, 2021.
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Press Release New Agreement Means Cleaner Air for Rocky Mountain National Park Coal-Fired Craig Plant Unit to Reduce Significant Air Pollution
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Blog Post See National Parks Through Artists’ Eyes A new book features 85 posters of national parks by contemporary artists and designers.
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Blog Post What Does It Take to Run a National Park? Few of us appreciate the monumental task of caring for America’s national parks—each one a unique part of the country with its own specific management challenges and irreplaceable public resources. Shenandoah National Park staff recently decided to shine a light on what it takes to maintain their landmark Virginia park on a day-to-day basis.
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Blog Post Garden State Trivia Challenge The first U.S. national historical park is in New Jersey. Can you name it?
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Blog Post Yosemite’s Dirty Air Secret Haze and ozone pollution in this beloved California park are having wide-ranging effects on people and the environment.
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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 Esther of the Rockies She left the corporate world to homestead in the mountains and became the Park Service's first female nature guide.
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Press Release BLM Postpones Lease Sale Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park BLM to conduct additional review of energy development’s potential impacts on cultural site
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Press Release Paving Paradise: Massive Development Proposal Advances at the Doorstep to Joshua Tree 5,000 acre housing development proposal threatens Joshua Tree National Park plant and wildlife, cultural sites and dark night skies
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Blog Post Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service Staff from the National Park Service and two of its partner organizations just wrapped up the first year of an innovative new program aimed at getting youth interested in the national parks.
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Magazine Article Wranglers of the West A fully loaded mule train is a rare sight in most parts of the country, but traditional livestock packing is still thriving in Glacier National Park.
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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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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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Magazine Article Goats Go Home Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.
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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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Magazine Article Fired Up Prescribed fires are standard practice at sprawling landscapes throughout the West, and now the fields and forests at historic sites have become the Park Service’s latest target.
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