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• Blog Post The Attack on the Antiquities Act Apr 2014 | By Elise Russell Liguori In a move that alarmed the conservation community last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1459, legislation that would restrict the president’s powers to designate new national monuments under the Antiquities Act. Known as the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act or “EPIC,” H.R. 1459 ironically spells an epic failure for conservation values in Congress.
• Press Release Trump Administration Robs Limited National Park Fee Money to Operate Parks During Shutdown Jan 2019 Diverting this money will dig our parks into an even bigger financial hole.
• Press Release Alternative Spring Break Brings Passionate Students to Cuyahoga Valley National Park Mar 2014 Students spend break working on projects for Cuyahoga Valley trail and habitat restoration
• Magazine Article Revolutionary Roles Fall 2017 | By Dorian Fox For historical reenactors in Lexington and in Minute Man National Historical Park, the past is present.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act Jul 2015 NPCA supports H.R. 1684, the Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015, which was heard by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on July 28, 2015.
• Magazine Article Return to Manzanar Fall 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 482 and H.R. 959 Jul 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing on June 16, 2015.
• Press Release Disastrous Pebble Mine Project Paused Aug 2020 The Environmental Protection Agency must now veto the Pebble Mine to protect salmon, national parks and the world’s densest population of brown bears. 
• Blog Post The Legacy of Fred Korematsu Jan 2013 | By Jennifer Errick He fought against his forced imprisonment, all the way to the Supreme Court. Today, the National Park Service helps interpret the dark history behind World War II incarceration camps.
• Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Fall 2015 | By Laurie McClellan Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
• Blog Post Can Technology Improve the National Park Experience? Jun 2013 | By Stephanie Clement Should national parks be respites where visitors, young and old, are encouraged to turn off their electronic devices? If so, do national parks risk losing relevancy? One youth group explores how technology can improve the park experience.
• Blog Post 7 Unexpected Victories for Parks in the Final Days of 2020 Jan 2021 | By John Garder The enormous federal funding bill that passed Congress last month will provide much-needed relief for Americans. It also includes significant benefits for our national parks and public lands.
• Press Release New economic impact study of Ocmulgee River Corridor to support growth and community engagement in Central Georgia Dec 2014 National Parks Conservation Association to help propel economic effort on proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve with $74,800 from Knight Foundation
• Press Release Successful Land Exchange Moves Forward to Preserve Grand Teton National Park Dec 2010 Land purchase is major step toward future preservation of park's landscapes
• Press Release The Bi-County Parkway: A Chance to Take a Second Look Jan 2014 Joint statement by: National Parks Conservation Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Piedmont Environmental Council; Coalition for Smarter Growth; Southern Environmental Law Center
• Magazine Article A Leap of Faith Spring 2011 | By Kelly Bastone What will it take to save California’s yellow-legged frog?
• Policy Update Position on FY2020 Border Wall Appropriations Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate and House of Representatives during appropriations negotiations in December 2019.
• Blog Post The Power of Parks Jun 2013 | By Jeff Billington National parks are forever. Everything else sure changes, though.
• Press Release Omnibus Budget Boosts Funding for National Parks Dec 2015 Makes Critical Investments in National Parks, Extends LWCF
• Magazine Article Back to the Land Fall 2012 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan What on Earth does farming have to do with the Chesapeake Bay? As it turns out, everything.
• Press Release Parks Group Opposes Efforts to Dismantle Antiquities Act Sep 2011 Proposed bills would diminish the President’s authority to protect public lands
• Press Release Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting Jan 2021 The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument.
• Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 149, H.R. 250, and H.R. 4706 Oct 2021 NPCA shared the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. House Natural Resources National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee scheduled for October 14th, 2021.
• Press Release Post-Shutdown Public Opinion Research Finds Voters Want Congress & the Administration to Better Fund and Protect National Parks Nov 2013 Statement by NPCA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Craig Obey
• Blog Post The 9 Best Things We Saw Online During the Government Shutdown Oct 2013 | By Jennifer Errick The federal government shutdown was an agonizing time for people around the country, including the thousands of Park Service staff, contractors, business owners, and tourists who love and depend on our national parks. If something positive came out of all this, it was that park closures reminded so many of us how much we truly value these wonderful places.
• Blog Post Telling the Frontier Story with a Community Perspective at Fort Union May 2012 | By Catherine Moore Fort Union National Monumentin New Mexico is a small unit of the National Park System that tells a big story, much different from the typical soldiers-and-Indians narrative one might expect at a frontier fort.
• Press Release Biden Administration Defends Desert Water, Sacred Lands and Wildlife from Cadiz Mining Proposal Dec 2021 Administration moves to invalidate key permit for controversial Cadiz pipeline rushed through in final days of the previous administration
• Magazine Article A Shoreline Rescue Winter 2012 | By Aimee Lyn Brown The National Park Service fights to bring Great Lakes’ piping plovers back from the brink.
• Press Release Obama Makes History in Chicago: Designates City's First National Park at Historic Pullman Neighborhood Feb 2015 President Obama designates Chicago's first national park site, Pullman National Monument.
• Blog Post How Colorado Stayed a Massive Rollback in Water Protections and What It Could Mean for the Rest of the Country Jul 2020 | By Chad Lord The Trump administration overturned the Clean Water Rule in June, but legal action — or congressional intervention — could restore these critical protections.

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