Search results for “Amistad National Recreation Area”
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Blog Post Learn About Black History in 7 Unexpected Places These fascinating sites share important and often overlooked stories about people who shaped U.S. history and culture.
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Press Release Interior Ignores Joshua Tree National Park, Wildlife with Eagle Crest Project Approval In a move that threatens Joshua Tree National Park, wildlife and precious water resources, the Bureau of Land Management took the next step towards approving the contentious Eagle Crest pumped storage facility.
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Press Release Vela Steps Down as Acting Director of the National Park Service For more than three years, the National Park Service has been without a Senate-confirmed director.
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Blog Post Erased by History: The Seldom-Told Stories at 6 Nationally Significant Sites Black LGBTQ people have long made history in America. Why don’t we know the names of these people and places?
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Blog Post An Opportunity We Can't Afford to Lose at Pinnacles Last week, President Obama officially signed legislation renaming Pinnacles National Monument to Pinnacles National Park, a name change that elevates its status and may help attract more visitors to the geologically rich 26,000-acre site about an hour and a half south of San Jose in California. The switch is a worthy first step toward recognizing the park's economic importance, stunning rock formations, and critical habitat for California condors and other wildlife.
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Press Release Near Canyonlands, BLM Moves to Lease First and Ask Questions Later “Rather than striking a balance between energy development and national park protection, this administration continues to lease first, and ask questions later."
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Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
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Magazine Article Raising the Bar Massimo Vignelli died in May, but his design lives on in the national parks.
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Press Release Omnibus Budget Boosts Funding for National Parks Makes Critical Investments in National Parks, Extends LWCF
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2584 & H.R. 5210 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for March 20, 2018.
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Press Release Subaru of America, National Parks Conservation Association, and National Park Foundation Team Up -- Eliminate 16 Million Pounds of Waste From National Parks Last year alone, Denali, Grand Teton and Yosemite cut the amount of waste going to landfills by nearly half as part of the Don't Feed the Landfills Initiative.
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Blog Post The Administration’s ‘Single Worst Environmental Rollback’ Recent changes to a foundational environmental law governing federal development projects will have far-reaching consequences for people and parks.
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Press Release NPCA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oppose EPA Proposal to Devalue Co-Benefits of Air Pollution Rules Our nation should be moving towards a cleaner, safer future, not gutting commonsense health and safety solutions.
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Blog Post Biden Restores National Monument Protections Last week, the administration restored protections to three public lands: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
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Magazine Article Tourist Time Capsule Before selfies were in and big hair was out, Roger Minick traveled the country capturing photos of visitors at national parks.
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Press Release Parks Group Urges for Stronger National Park Closures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Amid California’s shelter-in-place directive, NPCA urges national parks in the state to follow Yosemite's lead and consider stronger closures.
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Press Release Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road "At a time when we are facing a global health crisis, this administration is ramming through a proposal to build the Ambler industrial mining road in one of the wildest places in America." -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Blog Post Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended We did it! NPCA supporters and thousands of others convinced Old Dominion Electric Company (ODEC) to suspend their plans to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Surry County, Virginia!
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Press Release Misplaced Priorities: Interior Department Pushes New E-Bike Policy During Public Health Crisis The proposed regulation fails to consider potential impacts to park visitors and resources, all while not allowing for full public engagement in the decision-making process due to the ongoing public health crisis.
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Press Release Victory: 9th Circuit Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies Court of appeals sends U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the drawing board to protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton grizzly bears
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Magazine Article A Bird’s Eye View There’s no place like Big Bend National Park to slow down, grab a pair of binoculars, and reconnect with your inner birder.
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Press Release Management Plans for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Opens Door for Destructive Development Near Surrounding National Park Sites Through these proposed plans, the administration is choosing the most damaging options of the alternatives presented.
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Magazine Article Overrated How artist Amber Share turned the rants of national park killjoys into a viral sensation.
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Blog Post The Forgotten Boy at Carlsbad Caverns One staff member reflects on how the stories of Latinos are told — or not told — and how we can do better at preserving this history.
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Magazine Article The Mosses at Our Feet Scientists uncover one of the Smokies' tiniest, most bizarre residents.
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Magazine Article Promised Land After the Civil War, more than 26,000 African Americans left the South to homestead the Great Plains, carving out farms, free lives and community on the prairie.
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Press Release Interior scraps plans to recover grizzly bears into North Cascades A purely political decision ignores science, Park Service recommendations, and overwhelming public support
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Blog Post America's Summit on National Parks Moving from vision to action
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Press Release Diverse Interests Challenge Federal Licensing of FPL's Proposed New Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors Utility's plan poses great risks to public, environment and economy
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Blog Post Can Pullman's Planned Community Become Chicago's First National Park? Picture this: Big city expressways and a network of train tracks lined with industry, businesses, city buildings, and schools—for miles. Then, out of the landscape rises a giant clock tower. This is your first glimpse of the Historic Pullman District on Chicago’s South Side.
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