Search results for “Frederick Douglass National Historic Site”
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Blog Post 5 Inspirational Stories from the Parks Through their spectacular landscapes, magnificent wildlife and rich history, national parks have inspired generations of visitors. But often, it is the people within those parks who move us most. Here are five personal stories of determination, selflessness and healing that show how parks can bring out the best in people.
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Blog Post America's National Parks: An Insider's Guide to Unforgettable Places and Experiences Dream up your next national park adventure as you flip through this stunning new photo book. Read about some of the work that went into creating it and where to get your own copy.
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Magazine Article Waiting for a Baby Boom Are decades of work to save Kemp’s ridley sea turtles paying off yet?
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Blog Post A National Park Where You Can Drive Your Car on a Lake? One national park in the Lower 48 includes just a few short access roads, but for a couple of months a year, park officials allow visitors to drive their vehicles directly on two of the park's lakes. Can you name this park?
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Blog Post A Woman on Mount Rushmore? Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the faces of four U.S. presidents. All, of course, are men, but Congress considered a bill in 1936 supporting the addition of a female figure to the granite memorial. Do you know which woman might have joined George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?
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Blog Post New Federal Memo Underscores the Importance of Diverse and Welcoming Public Lands Diversity and inclusion are key to the future success of our national parks
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Blog Post 2017 in Review: The Trump Administration’s 10 Worst Actions for Parks It's been a brutal year for public lands.
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Press Release Congress Passes Water Resources Bill; Will Benefit National Park Waterways and Restoration Projects Across the Country Water resources bill enables projects that develop, maintain and revitalize restoration projects critical to improving the health of America’s national parks.
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Magazine Article Secrets of the Seabirds What can tracking sooty terns reveal about the threats seabirds face and the health of the ocean?
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Magazine Article A Newbie in Denali Meet the first new bumblebee species found in North America in a century.
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Press Release National Parks Boast a $34 Billion Boom as Budget Cuts Loom Record visitation pumps billions into national, local economies in 2016.
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Press Release Tribal and National Parks Groups File Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Sacred Lands, Wildlife and Water from Cadiz Lawsuit challenges a fast-tracked decision in the final days of the Trump administration that threatens Mojave National Preserve and a deeply sacred cultural landscape for California Tribes.
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Blog Post Capturing Wild Animals — in Pictures A team of students traveled to Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee to learn camera-trapping — taking pictures of animals in the wild. See photos from their award-winning project.
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Magazine Article A Mission to Grow Reviving ancient farming practices — and feeding the hungry — at San Antonio Missions.
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Magazine Article Desert Gator The life and times of an unlikely resident of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
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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 Court Defends Park Service’s Authority to Manage Its Waterways The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the National Park Service, reaffirming the agency’s ability to regulate activities on navigable waters within national park boundaries.
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Press Release NPCA Applauds Senate Passage of Key National Park Bills that Tell More of America's Stories Senate package includes significant national park bills
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Blog Post Commemorating the War of 1812 Did you know that the most narrowly declared war in our country’s history was the War of 1812?
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Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
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Blog Post Our Top 7: The Best Things That Happened for Parks This Year From bipartisan funding legislation to major land and water protections, 2021 has been a great year for parks.
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Press Release Trump Administration Green Lights Dominion Transmission Line That Would Irreparably Mar Historic Jamestown in Virginia With 400 years of American history at risk, parks group urges Army Corps to complete thorough assessment of project’s impacts to keep damaging project out of Jamestown.
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Magazine Article My Maine A Maine native reflects on the state’s new national park.
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Press Release Nine of 12 Members of the National Park System Advisory Board Resign out of Frustration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke failed to meet with members of the advisory board despite repeated requests throughout 2017.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 801, H.R. 2888 & H.R. 4266 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 15, 2017.
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Press Release Offshore Leasing Plan Threatens National Parks, Wildlife and Coastal Communities Atlantic, Pacific coasts could be open to leasing for first time in decades.
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Magazine Article On the Rocks She went to City of Rocks and Castle Rocks to climb. Then it rained. And hailed. And snowed.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Snowiest Place on Earth Q: One U.S. national park boasts that it contains “the snowiest place on Earth where snow is regularly recorded.” This picturesque spot even saw a whopping 93.5 feet of the white stuff one record-setting winter. Can you name this winter wonderland of a national park?
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Press Release Appeals Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Celebrate Key Win for Water, Wildlife, Sacred Lands
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Press Release Cargill to Buffalo River Coalition: 6,500 Hogs are "Good Neighbors" to America's First National River Buffalo River Coalition is calling into question the effectiveness of mitigation and remaining firm in calling for the facility’s removal from the watershed.
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