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• Magazine Article A Quest to Remember Winter 2016 | By Julie Scharper 116,000 Americans were killed in World War I. Why has it taken a century to build a national memorial in Washington, D.C.?
• Press Release Rushed Pebble Mine Review Threatens National Parks and World’s Largest Salmon Fishery Feb 2019 The rushed environmental review of the largest open pit mine in North America threatens damage to Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks, brown bears and the world’s largest wild salmon run, for decades to come.
• Press Release Sens. Warner, Portman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address National Park Service Maintenance Backlog Mar 2017 NPS has a $12 billion backlog in deferred and overdue maintenance – half is critical transportation infrastructure
• Press Release National Find Your Voice Initiative Kicks off in Biscayne and Everglades National Parks to Inspire and Empower New Generation of National Park Advocates Apr 2015 NPCA launches #FindYourVoice initiative to celebrate the National Park System centennial.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 Apr 2018 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Agriculture ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for April 18, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on Marine Mammal Protection Act Apr 2018 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House and Senate as they consider the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.
• Blog Post A Fierce Dedication and a Lasting Legacy: Remembering One of America’s Great Social Justice Leaders Mar 2017 | By Jim Stratton On César Chávez Day, NPCA’s traveling park lover reflects on a recent trip to the labor leader’s former home and headquarters — and the legacy a new generation is keeping alive
• Press Release Mike Reynolds Named Superintendent of Yosemite National Park Jan 2018 Statement by Mark Rose, Sierra Nevada Field Representative for National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release $20 Million Transportation Grant for Tamiami Trail to Advance Everglades Restoration Sep 2014 Statement by Cara Capp, Everglades Restoration Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release Nine of 12 Members of the National Park System Advisory Board Resign out of Frustration Jan 2018 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke failed to meet with members of the advisory board despite repeated requests throughout 2017.
• Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting Dec 2017 In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
• Press Release Trump Administration Advances Disastrous Pebble Mine Near Bristol Bay Jul 2020 This dangerous gamble favors international mining interests over people, parks and Bristol Bay’s salmon run and the billion-dollar Bristol Bay fisheries it sustains.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act Oct 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Homeland Security Committee ahead of a legislative markup scheduled for October 4, 2017.
• Blog Post One Step Closer to a Manhattan Project National Historical Park Aug 2013 | By David Graves Advocates have been waiting more than a decade to create a national park that would preserve historic sites and artifacts involved in the development of nuclear energy and the making of the atomic bomb. Now, we could be remarkably close to seeing these once super-secret details and places in American history open and interpreted for the public.
• Magazine Article The Great Escape Summer 2017 | By Kate Siber Bill Sycalik walked away from an unfulfilling corporate job. Now he is on a quest to complete marathons in all 59 national parks.
• Press Release House Methane Move Hurts Parks Feb 2017 Reversal of waste rule will worsen climate change at taxpayer’s expense.
• Blog Post Boy Wonders Feb 2014 | By Ron Sundergill Meet the two young donors who turn their birthdays into celebrations for their favorite national parks.
• Policy Update Position on Addressing National Park Infrastructure Needs May 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of hearings scheduled for the week on May 15, 2017.
• Magazine Article The Visionaries Fall 2011 | By Kate Siber Nearly 100 years ago, the work of best friends Stephen Mather and Robert Sterling Yard forever endeared the American public to the national parks—and gave birth to NPCA, the organization that would protect them.
• Blog Post Crown of the Continent Showcases a New Model for Economic Prosperity Jul 2012 | By Michael Jamison When the folks at Zinc Air were looking to locate their high-tech manufacturing firm, they could have gone head-to-head with other energy innovators down in Phoenix, or in San Francisco, or even in far-flung Zhongguancun (also known as China’s Silicon Valley).
• Blog Post Saving a Piece of History at Harpers Ferry Dec 2013 | By Joy M. Oakes Four historically significant acres at risk of becoming a mini-mart will now be preserved as part of the national park.
• Blog Post 50 Years Later: Reflecting on the Significance of Earth Day Apr 2020 | By Lisa Mighetto The first Earth Day launched her career as an environmental historian and her path as an activist. Now, even as the pandemic keeps her at home, she commemorates the lasting significance of the Earth Day movement.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1644, the Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act May 2015 NPCA, along with partner organizations, submitted the following positions on legislation considered by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources during a hearing on May 14, 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act Dec 2015 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an anticipated floor vote the week of November 30, 2015.
• Magazine Article The Secret Lives of Hummingbirds Fall 2012 | By Kelly Bastone Scientists and volunteers shed light on some of the most colorful and charismatic species in the national parks.
• Magazine Article Mossing Around Summer 2021 | By Jacob Baynham Why while away retirement on the golf course when you could become a moss expert and hunt down some of the least studied plants in New Mexico’s national parks? 
• Policy Update Position on S. 3099, Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016 Jun 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee ahead of a markup on June 29, 2016.
• Blog Post Judge’s Ruling a Victory for Buffalo National River Jan 2015 | By Emily Jones A win for Arkansas’ Buffalo River: A judge will hold two agencies liable for a flawed environmental review process of a factory farm six miles upstream.
• Blog Post 5 Lessons, Countless Memories May 2014 | By Craig Obey This dad took his two kids on a six-week adventure to national parks around the country—and learned a lot along the way.
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Calls Permitting Process Flawed for Hog Farm on Buffalo National River Tributary Apr 2013 National Parks Group Urges U.S. Department of Agriculture and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to Pull Permit

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