Search results for “Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River”
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Letter Bridge Over St. Croix National Scenic River Opposition to H.R. 850, a bill that facilitates a mammoth and costly freeway-style bridge over and through the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
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Park Stones River National Battlefield Stones River National Battlefield commemorates one of the most decisive and deadly battles of the Civil War, fought on New Year's Eve 1862.
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Letter Comments on White River Oil and Gas Resource Management Comments on White River Field Office Oil and Gas Resource Management Plan Amendment/EIS
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Park Cane River Creole National Historical Park This park celebrates the shared history and blended traditions of the Natchitoches Indians and the French and Spanish settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries who called this region home. The 33-block National Historic Landmark District includes many well-preserved examples of Creole architecture. Visit forts, museums, and seven national and three state historic sites. Tour Oakland Plantation, Magnolia Plantation and Magnolia Manor House, among two dozen local properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Magazine Article A Land Divided How would a border wall affect national parks?
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Blog Post Fuel Your Park Adventure: 10 Great Restaurants Near National Parks Restaurants just outside national parks can be destinations in their own right. Our staff recommends 10 eateries where you can enjoy local delicacies.
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Park Colorado National Monument Colorful canyons, cliffs, and other rock formations tower 2,000 feet over the Colorado River on this part of the spectacular Colorado Plateau. Drive or bike the 23-mile Rim Rock Drive for scenic views from the top of the canyons or hike among the 40 miles of trails to get a closer look at some of the park's sculpted rocks, wildlife, and desert plants.
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Park Congaree National Park Wild and primeval, Congaree National Park is home to the largest old-growth floodplain forest in North America, with large, majestic bald cypress, water tupelo, cedar and loblolly pine trees. The Congaree and Wateree Rivers can flood ten times per year, replenishing soil nutrients that sustain the forest habitat. The park offers hiking and canoe trails, primitive camping, and excellent opportunities to see barred owls and other wildlife.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 4760 & H.R. 6136 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor votes expected on June 21, 2018.
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Policy Update Position on Funding the Border Wall NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate ahead of votes scheduled for February 15, 2018.
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Blog Post The Folly and the Ivy At the peak of the fall season, the trees along the George Washington Memorial Parkway are alive with color. This scenic roadway is one of the most-visited parts of the National Park System, and an autumn drive along this stretch of the Potomac River in the Mid-Atlantic is a joy for tourists and locals alike. Sycamores and tulip trees, dogwoods and maples—these Virginia hardwoods greet visitors with a dazzling display of scarlet and gold.
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Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Designates New Waterways to Advocate for Restoration Needs Coalition adds Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, St. Johns and Hudson Rivers
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Magazine Article The Ranger Project The stargazers, climbers, paddlers, teachers, naturalists, historians, scientists, rescuers, protectors and dreamers of the National Park Service.
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Blog Post Celebrate Dark Skies at These 27 National Parks Lay out a blanket after the sun goes down and see a clearer view of the universe at these designated dark-sky parks.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Olympic & Beyond Can’t decide between glacier-capped mountains, lush rainforests and wild seashores? Olympic National Park has them all, and more.
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Press Release Prominent Park Advocates and Leaders Take Battle Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline to the Supreme Court Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline would cut through federal lands within the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Press Release Conservation Groups Challenge Approval of Power Line Planned to Cut Through Treasured National Parks Susquehanna-Roseland line through New Jersey and Pennsylvania to cause significant harm to national parks
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Magazine Article Ghosts of the Gorge Coal, culture and the transformation of New River Gorge National River.
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Press Release Congress Approves North Fork Watershed Protection Act and Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Nearly Three Decades Senate passes North Fork Watershed Protection Act safeguarding the North Fork Flathead River Valley (headwaters to Glacier Park and Flathead Lake).
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Magazine Article At Rest in Yellowstone A husband scatters his wife’s ashes in five wild landscapes they knew and loved, bringing the journey to an end in the Lamar Valley.
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Blog Post New National Park Site Preserves Maine’s Vast Beauty President Obama celebrates the National Park Service's 100th birthday by creating America's newest national park site, the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Here's a glimpse at what makes these vast boreal forests and free-flowing rivers so special, and how the region inspired early conservationists.
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Report US District Court for Alaska Decision US District Court For Alaska Decision, US v. James Wilde Case
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Report Depiction of Stillwater Bridge St. Croix river crossing bridge sections, including Stillwater
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Magazine Article Slip Sliding Away? Hydraulic fracturing could endanger the American eel and harm the longest undammed river on the Eastern Seaboard.
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Blog Post Love Is in the Parks 5 NPCA staff members share their national park love stories.
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Press Release Senators from 4 Border States Urge British Columbia to Clean Up Mining Operations that Threaten U.S. Waterways, Parks and Wildlife Eight senators urge British Columbia Premier to acknowledge the impacts of mining on U.S./Canadian rivers.
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Magazine Article A Classroom with a View As students paddle through the raging rapids and placid pools of the Colorado River, they learn about the challenges facing the Grand Canyon, and a whole lot more.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Zion National Park One of the most widely visited national parks in the Southwest, Zion is famous for its colorful sandstone rock formations with high cliffs and narrow canyons carved into shape by the power of the Virgin River.
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Press Release Trump Administration Targets Uranium Mining Ban Near Grand Canyon Move to allow more uranium mines could impact underground water essential to Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River.
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Blog Post What’s Floating in the Mississippi? The Mississippi River is an icon of our nation that conjures up images from the pages of Mark Twain. Yet at the same time, the river has been a target for industrial waste that basically choked the life out of the river. Now, forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, it is time to find out just how healthy our mighty Mississippi is today.
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Blog Post Focus on Water: Celebrating the Clean Water Act’s 40th Anniversary Forty years ago today, Congress overrode a veto from President Nixon to officially make the Clean Water Act the nation’s law for protecting one of our most precious and irreplaceable resources. This landmark legislation is the reason why we are able to enjoy the many activities that we do today on our rivers, streams, and lakes, including those in and around our national parks.
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Magazine Article Something in the Water Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
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Blog Post Parks in Peril: Saving What’s Sacred in the “Backbone of the World” A development threat to the wild lands surrounding Glacier National Park is more than just a danger to the environment. It is an attack on a place of irreplaceable cultural significance.
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Magazine Article The Wolverine Way Despite a ferocious reputation, the wolverine is far more complex than the legends that surround it. And even in a place as vast and wild as Glacier National Park, its future is uncertain.
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Press Release Conservation Groups Move to Stop Power Line Construction Before Irreversible Damage Is Done Susquehanna-Roseland line through New Jersey and Pennsylvania would cause significant harm to treasured national parks
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Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
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Blog Post A New Resource in the Fight to Defend the Boundary Waters: Kids Teen advocate launches a new initiative to motivate youth to protect wild places, including the watershed that includes Voyageurs National Park.
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Blog Post 4 Ways President Obama Can Create a Lasting National Park Legacy Last month, President Obama took the podium at Everglades National Park to publicly address the seriousness of climate change. That he chose the world-famous River of Grass as the setting for his Earth Day speech was no accident: Rising ocean levels and other effects of climate change threaten the very existence of this landmark park.
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John Beljean John joined NPCA in July 2015 as the Field Representative out of Mid-Atlantic's Delaware River Field Office.
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Victory Wolves at Isle Royale Isle Royale National Park in Michigan is a wild, remote island in Lake Superior that serves as a natural refuge for wildlife, including its most famous residents: wolves and moose. Ninety-nine percent of Isle Royale is designated as a federal wilderness area and as the island’s top predator, wolves are essential to controlling the island’s moose population.
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Vanessa Hua VANESSA HUA is the author of “A River of Stars” and “Deceit and Other Possibilities” and a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Park Devils Postpile National Monument This monument takes its name from a cliff of cooled lava that formed into striking hexagonal columns some 100,000 years ago. These unusual 60-foot formations are some of the finest examples of columnar basalt in the world. The park's dramatic Rainbow Falls are another natural wonder at the park, where they plunge 101 feet into the San Joaquin River.
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NPCA at Work Protect Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve A proposed 211-mile industrial mining access road would disrupt caribou migration, the subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans, and the integrity of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
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NPCA at Work Don’t Derail Clean Water Protections Rolling back clean water protections puts people and parks at risk.
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Staff Lauren Cosgrove Having grown up in New England as a Brooklyn native, Lauren currently serves as a Senior Program Manager for NPCA’s Northeast Region. Since Lauren started with NPCA in 2014, she has worked to bolster nation-wide park funding, restore natural, historical and cultural resources and build a movement for community-led stewardship and advocacy for Northeast national parks.
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Victoria Herrin Victoria joined NPCA in 2012 to work on establishing a new park unit in southeastern Texas, the Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area. She is now the Campaign Director for our Texas Gulf Coast work.
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Staff Erika Pollard Erika is a Senior Program Manager in the Southwest region. She focuses primarily on issues concerning the national parks in Utah.
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Report Restore-a-Nation: The Economic Benefits of Restoring Our National Parks This report published by the National Parks Conservation Association, highlights the need for continuing investments in climate restoration projects to sustain economies, maintain healthy ecosystems, and create American jobs.
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NPCA at Work Don't Pave Mid-Atlantic Parks An expensive highway-widening project would irreversibly harm more than a hundred acres of parklands, putting taxpayers at risk without solving the region's traffic problems.
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NPCA at Work Keep the Great Lakes Great: Support Restoration Funding in the Midwest Since 2010, a federal program known as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has funded a variety of projects to help water quality, wildlife habitat and a range of other issues. Congress could slash this funding — a move that could reverse years of progress for the region’s 13 national parks.
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