Search results for “Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site”
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Park John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site The building where one of America’s most revered presidents began his life was tiny as well as modest. Eight people shared the home with its small but comfortably furnished rooms and its single bathroom.
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Park Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Maggie Walker devoted her life to civil rights advancement, economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. Walker served as an inspiration of pride and progress, and her home is preserved as a tribute to her enduring legacy of vision, courage, and determination.
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Park Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail This trail commemorates Lewis and Clark's ambitious 1804 expedition to discover a water route to the Pacific Ocean. Stretching through 11 states, over mountaintops, along roaring rivers, through native prairies, and along the Pacific coast, the diverse landscapes that make up the trail tell larger stories of the American narrative, including historic perspectives on foreign affairs, gender and race questions, and American Indian sovereignty.
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Park National Mall and Memorial Parks A walk through the heart of the nation’s capital brings visitors face to face with larger-than-life presidents and visionaries, open park lands, and elaborate memorials honoring our nation’s veterans and military history. This green space in downtown Washington, D.C., includes more than 1,000 acres of land showcasing such iconic sites as the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Approximately 25 million people visit each year to experience this unique collection of structures and spaces honoring the nation, its democracy and its citizenry.
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Park Lincoln Memorial National Memorial This famous monument in Washington, D.C., honors the Great Emancipator, 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, with a 19-foot marble statue under a 99-foot-tall structure modeled after the Greek Parthenon. Completed in 1922, this monument is one of the most-visited national park sites in the country, and includes murals, inscriptions from two of Lincoln’s speeches, and fluted Doric columns representing the 36 states in the union at the time of his death.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Says President's Budget Falls Short of Meeting National Park Needs Investing in national parks benefits local economies, the American people, and our nation's future
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Press Release There Will be Bird Deaths: California Energy Commission Announces Preliminary Approval for Solar Tower Near Joshua Tree National Park Proposed decision to approve construction is dangerous to wildlife and park landscapes
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Policy Update Threats to America's National Parks from Oil and Gas and What Congress Can Do About It NPCA released the following report that details the numerous threats that our park lands face from oil and & gas development and further outlines the various federal protections that can be established to ensure these public lands can be enjoyed for generations to come.
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Blog Post Dreaming of Spring? 9 Great Spots to See Wildflowers Soon, national parks in some of the warmest regions of the country will begin blooming with a new season’s worth of wildflowers. What better way to shake off the winter doldrums than watching the landscape come alive with color at a national park?
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Press Release Government Shutdown Closes National Parks Nationwide Hurts Local Economies, Planned Family Vacations & America's National Heritage
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Press Release Yellowstone® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Launches Program Supporting America’s National Parks Brand partnership with National Parks Conservation Association to help preserve and protect our parks.
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Blog Post Working Toward Change, One Ride at a Time A sister and brother push their physical limits to take on the worst battle facing this generation—climate change
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Blog Post Protecting Our Underwater Wonders Earlier this month, my husband and I escaped the endless East Coast winter and traveled to California with NPCA partners and colleagues to celebrate the wilderness at Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Magazine Article Between a Bog and a Hard Place Biologists in Washington State are calculating the best way to save crucial habitat for the Cascades frog.
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Blog Post Knope Says Yup Washington, DC – The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) congratulates Leslie Knope on her decision to join the National Park Service as Midwest Regional Director. The newly created position will keep Leslie in her hometown of Pawnee, Indiana.
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Press Release Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Appalachian Trail Protections The National Parks Conservation Association stands against the influx of irresponsible development on our public lands.
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Magazine Article Golden Spike Redux The role that Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad has long been buried. 150 years after the completion of the tracks, that’s finally changing.
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Press Release EPA Finalizes Rules to Reduce Methane Pollution The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules to reduce methane pollution. The rules will help protect air in our national parks and curb climate change.
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Press Release Grand Teton Lands Bill Passes Wyoming Legislature Important progress made on land deal to sell 1,280 acres within Grand Teton to the federal government
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1049, H.R. 2748, H.R. 2795, H.R. 4348, and H.R. 5179 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a legislative markup scheduled for January 29, 2020.
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Magazine Article Seeing Green Decades of conservation efforts pay off for the endangered green sea turtle.
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Magazine Article Dress Rehearsal An emergency at the Grand Canyon provides plenty of lessons for Park Service staff and other federal agencies.
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Blog Post How National Parks Led Me to My U.S. Citizenship Public lands belong to all of us. Sometimes, they help us realize that we belong to them, too.
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Press Release Gettysburg National Military Park Safe from a Casino – For Now In a victory for national park and historic preservation, an ill-advised proposal for a racetrack and casino near Gettysburg National Military Park was cancelled.
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Magazine Article Jazzed After some tough times, a national park in the Big Easy is hitting some high notes.
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Magazine Article The Soundtrack NPCA teams up with The National Parks—the band—to share some music and raise money for park protection.
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Policy Update Letter Regarding Recent Park Police Activities NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to the Secretary of the Interior in response to recent Park Police events in Lafayette Park.
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Blog Post VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of “Death Valley Dreamlapse” Filmmaker captures swirling, starry images of the park's famously dark night skies.
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Press Release Telling America's Stories: Congress Approves Renaming of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Bill passes though U.S. Senate with unanimous consent
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Press Release Celebrating Clean Water for National Parks and Park Visitors with Obama Administration's Final Clean Water Rule The final Clean Water Rule will better protect our waters by stating more clearly which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act.
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Policy Update Testimony: Fiscal Year 2016 Interior Appropriations Written testimony by Craig Obey for the Public and Outside Witness Hearing for House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on March 18, 2015.
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Press Release More Than 200,000 People Urge Forest Service to Reject Mega-Development Near Grand Canyon Public overwhelmingly opposes threat to Grand Canyon National Park.
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Press Release Clean Water for Parks and Communities Restored "Our fight isn't over and NPCA will continue to push agencies to replace and improve this rule with one that is legal and supports sound science and common sense." NPCA's Chad Lord
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Press Release Congress Should End Tax Breaks for Polluters, Invest in Green Economy Conservationists, public interest groups call on Congress to cut $20 billion in wasteful spending
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Press Release Wyoming State House Moves Land Deal Forward, Helping to Protect Grand Tetons from Inappropriate Development Land deal protects nearly 1,400 acres of landscape
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