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• Park Biscayne National Park Located just a few miles from the city of Miami, Biscayne is the largest marine park in the National Park System and preserves the diverse marine environment where the Atlantic Ocean meets Biscayne Bay. The park features a variety of plant and animal life both above and below the water's surface, including the longest stretch of mangrove forest remaining on Florida's east coast and part of the only living tropical coral reef system in the continental United States.
• Report Center for State of the Parks: Adams National Historical Park At Adams National Historical Park, the assessment found that personnel have made considerable progress toward preserving the park’s resources, yet significant challenges remain.
• Press Release Senate Appropriations Bill Modestly Enhances Funding For National Parks in Advance of Park's Centennial Aug 2014 Statement by Craig Obey, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs
• Press Release National Parks Group Disappointed by Lack of Protection for Reefs at Biscayne National Park Nov 2013 Marine reserve at Biscayne is needed and vital to improve coral reef habitat, fishing, diving, and visitor experience
• Press Release Senate Committee Passes Transportation Bill to Increase Funding for National Park Roadways May 2021 “This bipartisan legislation comes at a critical time for our National Park System, as roads, bridges, tunnels and transportation systems are reaching a breaking point at many park sites across the country." - Emily Douce, NPCA's Director of Operations and Park Funding
• Press Release Parks Group Demands Information on Fighter Jet Noise over Olympic National Park May 2019 U.S. Navy fails to adequately respond to FOIA request, prompting litigation. 
• Press Release Park Service Finalizes New Guidelines for Park Fundraising Dec 2016 Director’s Order 21 Lays out Guidelines for Philanthropy and Partnerships
• Press Release New Law to Allow Loaded Guns in National Parks Puts Park Visitors, Wildlife, and America's Heritage at Risk Feb 2010 New law creates unnecessary dangers
• Press Release Gillibrand & Nadler with National Parks Conservation Association Launch Campaign at Historic Stonewall Inn in New York City to Create First Ever National Park Site Honoring America’s LGBT History Sep 2015 National Campaign Urges President Obama to Designate First National Monument for LGBT Equal Rights at Historic Site of Stonewall Rebellion
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Encourages Guests to See America, at 35th Annual Salute to the Parks Apr 2016 35th annual celebration honors Creative Action Network and See America co-founders Max Slavkin and Aaron Perry-Zucker
• Press Release Ozone Levels in National Parks Continue to Increase, Parks Group Asks Congress Not to Strip Out Protections Against the Dangerous Pollutant Sep 2011 With ozone exceedances already at a three-year high, two pieces of legislation threaten to rollback important protections against unhealthy emissions known to cause premature death, asthma attacks, pulmonary problems and various other respiratory ailments
• Press Release Park Advocates Celebrate New National Park Commemorating Women's Equality Apr 2016 Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument will tell the story of the women’s suffrage movement and the fight for equal rights
• Press Release Parks Group Demands Answers to Park Police’s Unprovoked and Aggressive Actions Against Peaceful Protesters Jun 2020 We are appalled by this injustice and demand answers on behalf of all the protesters involved, and all Americans.
• Press Release Parks Group Champions Bill to Establish National Park Site Dedicated to Latino History Sep 2020 The Blackwell School houses the collective memory of the segregated school experience that existed everywhere across the Texas borderlands.
• Press Release National Parks Group Partners with The Creative Action Network to Re-Imagine New Deal Arts Project, Reconnect Americans to Their National Parks Jan 2014 New "See America" campaign to kick off with gallery show at FDR Library in New York
• Press Release National Parks Group Files Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Parks, Wildlife and Water Apr 2018 NPCA's lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) challenges policy changes by the agencies that threaten Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument, wildlife and fragile desert water resources.
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds President Obama for Designating 396th National Park Site at Fort Monroe in Virginia Nov 2011 Obama's first Antiquities Act designation will help protect America's Heritage
• Press Release Celebrating Clean Water for National Parks and Park Visitors with Obama Administration's Final Clean Water Rule May 2015 The final Clean Water Rule will better protect our waters by stating more clearly which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act.
• Press Release National Parks Group Supports Creation of America's First Tribal National Park in South Dakota Apr 2012 Statement by Senior Vice President for Policy, Ron Tipton
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Files Suit Against Park Service for Failure to Protect Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida Oct 2011 General Management Plan limits protection of Florida Panther habitat in Addition Lands
• Blog Post The First Park with a Million Visitors Oct 2019 | By Jennifer Errick The 1930s brought big changes to the National Park System, setting the stage for large increases in tourism, including the first national park site to welcome more than 1 million annual visitors.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on National Park Service to Reject Testing for Oil Beneath Big Cypress Jan 2016 Proposal Would Open Door to Drilling in Critical Endangered Species Habitat
• Blog Post See National Parks Through Artists’ Eyes Mar 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard A new book features 85 posters of national parks by contemporary artists and designers.
• Blog Post FAQ: What the New Fee Increases Will Mean for Visitors and Parks Apr 2018 | By John Garder The Trump administration has backed off its original plan to impose steep entrance fee increases at 17 national parks during peak visiting season, opting for more moderate increases at all the park sites that collect fees. Here’s what the plan will cost visitors and where those fees will go.
• Press Release Budget Proposal Threatens National Parks Mar 2017 Cuts to Interior Department, EPA puts parks, park resources in jeopardy.
• Press Release Senate Committee Introduces Bill to Increase Funding for National Park Roadways Jul 2019 This bill includes a 21 percent increase in funding for national parks, which would be used to repair and update roads, bridges and transportation systems within America’s national parks.
• Press Release Bipartisan Compromise House Bill Proposes Dedicated Funding for National Park Repairs Jul 2018 The Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act includes robust investment in national parks’ $11.6 billion repairs backlog.
• Policy Update Testimony: S. 3172, Restore Our Parks Act Jul 2018 Statement of Kristen Brengel, NPCA Vice-President for Government, before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks on July 11, 2018.
• Policy Update Background: National Park Transportation Needs Oct 2015 If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hopped on a shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, taken the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, or hiked along the Half Dome Trail in Yosemite, you’ve experienced some of the wide variety of transportation infrastructure found in our national parks.
• Policy Update Infrastructure needs in our National Parks Mar 2021 NPCA sent the following letter to the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee outling infrastructure needs in our parks and park landscapes. 
• Press Release Trump Administration Signals To Reopen National Parks While Health Concerns Remain Apr 2020 "Until it is completely safe to reopen, national parks must remain closed for the safety of park staff, visitors and communities." -- Theresa Pierno
• Blog Post Your Favorite Park Photos and Stories Jul 2018 People around the country have shared some of their most poignant and intriguing moments in national parks on NPCA’s recently relaunched MyParkStory site.
• Victory Historic Park Funding Bill Becomes Law A historic park funding bill will dedicate $6.5 billion over five years to priority projects in the National Park Service’s nearly $12 billion backlog of needed repair work.
• Report Making Connections: Colonial National Historical Park Every national park exists in a context. Colonial National Historical Park’s context is marked by a long tradition of support and partnership. Uniquely, Colonial NHP connects an array of public and private sites that complement each other in preserving and interpreting a rich history spanning the American colonial period and beyond.
• Report Center for State of the Parks: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Center for State of the Parks assessment of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site indicates that the park’s cultural resources are in fair condition, with an overall score of 73 out of 100.
• NPCA at Work Working with Veterans to Protect National Parks For years, NPCA’s veterans program has worked to meaningfully engage the military community— including veterans, active duty, reservists and military families — in supporting national parks through service projects and a variety of advocacy actions.
• Report Restoring the Great Lakes in our National Parks This report highlights the successful and critical role that the National Park Service plays in restoring the Great Lakes, safeguarding public health, creating jobs, and protecting these special places belonging to all Americans.
• Report Best Practices in Friends Groups and National Parks Best Practices In Friends Groups And National Parks
• MAP Drilling in National Parks? Aug 2018 See a map of the national parks at risk
• storymap Isle Royale National Park: Wolves Oct 2018 View our interactive map to learn more about efforts to restore wolves and bring balance back to Isle Royale National Park.
• See a Map Climate Change and Our National Parks Mar 2018 See an interactive map highlighting some of the national parks facing the effects of climate change.
• See a Map Farming in National Parks in the Mid-Atlantic Mar 2018 See 14 national park sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed where farmers work with Park Service staff to manage runoff and other environmental threats responsibly.
• Interactive Map National Parks and Hydraulic Fracturing Sep 2015 Oil and Gas Shale Basins and Plays in the Contiguous 48 States
• Victory Grand Canyon Protected from Threat of Mega-Development You helped to stop a massive development proposed just outside the boundary of Grand Canyon National Park that had the Park Service and park supporters worried about negative effects on the park—especially the dozens of fragile creeks, springs, and seeps that rely on underground water sources the development could have legally tapped.
• NPCA at Work Find Your Voice The Find Your Voice initiative engaged a new generation of advocates to speak up for parks through a series of special events and hands-on projects during the 2016 National Park Service centennial.
• Park Arkansas Post National Memorial Although the name of this park stems from the French trading post near the banks of the Mississippi River, Native Americans, most recently the Quapaw, inhabited the area for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. Visitors can learn about the historic nature of the park and of the many stories, ranging from expedition of Hernando de Soto to the Battle of Arkansas Post in the Civil War. Visitors can also stroll the nature trails and try to steal a glimpse of one of the area's American alligators or endangered Traill's flycatchers.
• NPCA at Work Room to Roam Yellowstone's bison are under threat from the moment they cross the park's boundary. Outdated management plans and misunderstandings have led to the routine roundup and slaughter of this wild icon of the American West.
• Staff and Government Affairs Alan Spears Senior Director of Cultural Resources, Government Affairs Alan joined NPCA in 1999 and is currently the Senior Director of Cultural Resources in the Government Affairs department. He serves as NPCA's resident historian and cultural resources expert. Alan is the only staff person to ever be rescued from a tidal marsh by a Park Police helicopter.
• Staff Bart Melton Wildlife Program Director Working from Washington, D.C., Bart currently leads NPCA’s Wildlife Program, focusing on the critical issues facing national park wildlife across the country.
• Scott Kirkwood Former editor-in-chief of National Parks magazine
• Park Bandelier National Monument On the slopes of the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico, this monument commemorates the rich cultural history of the American Southwest. Humans have inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Bandelier area for more than 10,000 years. The Ancestral Puebloan people inhabited the region for more than 400 years, and their homes, carved from the rock walls of the Frijoles Canyon, are the primary attraction of the monument. The Bandelier Museum exhibits Ancestral Puebloan artifacts and tells the story of the evolution of the culture. The park also offers 70 miles of rugged trails for hikers of different abilities.
• Park Big Thicket National Preserve With its dense vegetation and diverse wildlife, Big Thicket is the perfect destination for the wild at heart. The preserve features an unusual mix of ecosystems spread across 15 park units in seven counties. Its diverse habitats, which range from sand hills to swamps, host a wide array of wildlife, including breeding grounds for many native animals, such as the American alligator, blue crab and roseate spoonbill.
• Park Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve Aniakchak is the country’s least-visited national park site, seeing fewer than 300 tourists in a typical year. The monument is only accessible by a long journey of flying, boating and/or backpacking, and its rugged, difficult environment features foggy, rainy weather and a high concentration of bears and wolves. Those brave few who do venture down the Alaska Peninsula and into the monument are rewarded with a jaw-dropping six-mile-wide, 2,000-foot-deep volcanic caldera. Within this deep, ashy crater is Surprise Lake, source of the Aniakchak River, as well as Vent Mountain, a 2,200-foot-tall cone formed by a volcanic eruption in 1931.
• Staff Julie Hogan Director, Foundation Relations Julie Hogan began her career at NPCA in the fall of 2015 as a senior gifts officer for the Development team. Currently, she is the Director of Foundation Relations.
• Staff West Honeycutt Senior Director of Development and Advancement As Senior Director of Development and Advancement, West Honeycutt leads NPCA's advancement efforts including planned giving, midlevel giving, donor relations, and the Educational Travel Program.

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