Search results for “Enhancing the Visitor Experience”
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Press Release With House Passage, Historic Blackwell School Even Closer to National Park Status The National Parks Conservation Association and Blackwell School Alliance are leading a grassroots campaign for a park that will honor the stories of Latino students and their families, centered around a former segregated school in West Texas.
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Press Release New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule New policy would obstruct efforts to protect cherished national parks and wildernesses, and their surrounding communities from air pollution
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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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Magazine Article The Mosses at Our Feet Scientists uncover one of the Smokies' tiniest, most bizarre residents.
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Blog Post The 5 Best Things That Happened for Parks This Summer ICYMI: Even amid a global pandemic and months of bad news, advocates won huge victories for our national parks and the people who love them.
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Press Release Groups Hail Legislation to Preserve Nationally Treasured Women's History Site Senator Mikulski introduces bill to include Sewall-Belmont House in National Park System
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Press Release Groups Defend National Parks From BP Cherry Point Refinery Pollution NPCA is challenging oil giant BP’s expansion permit in Whatcom County, WA, for failure to protect air quality of Olympic National Park and North Cascades National Park
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Magazine Article The Center Five weeks in the North Cascades with a sketchbook, a camera and a journal.
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Blog Post Happy Anniversary to a Hidden Gem 4 of my favorite spots in the vast, uncrowded park you’ve probably never heard of — but should.
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Press Release National Park System Welcomes Manhattan Project National Historical Park NPCA celebrates addition of Manhattan Project National Historical Park as 409th national park
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Blog Post Reconnecting a Desert Town with Its River Situated in the corner of the Southwest where Arizona, California, and Mexico converge, the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area (YCNHA) has literally been shaped by the Colorado River. Two granite outcroppings narrowed the river at Yuma, allowing safe passage on what was once a wild and uncontrollable waterway. Some 60,000 people passed through Yuma during the California Gold Rush of 1849, and later, the first rail and car bridge across the Colorado River was built here.
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Magazine Article Swimming with Dinosaurs Atlantic sturgeon are making a surprising comeback in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Blog Post Call Me Ranger … National Park Ranger With the recent release of Skyfall, the new James Bond adventure, I’m reminded of how my love of the secret agent’s adventures and my passion for national parks led to writing a Bond-style thriller, set in Yellowstone National Park.
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Press Release As the Grand Canyon Continues to be Clouded by Dirty Air, Advocates Press Interior Sec. to Protect National Landmark Conservation advocates urge Interior Secretary Jewell and her department to declare impairment of the Grand Canyon National Park.
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Magazine Article Hidden Valley From bike paths to contra dances to fresh, local fare, Cuyahoga Valley National Park offers a quintessential Midwest experience.
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Magazine Article Whatever You Do, Don’t Look Up Wandering and wondering at the base of North America’s loneliest mountain.
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Policy Update NPCA position on select legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources NPCA shared the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining scheduled for September 16th, 2020.
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Blog Post Congress: Stay On-Mission for Texas’ World-Class Park Throughout the world, countries vie every year to win the coveted World Heritage status for the most naturally and culturally significant sites they have to offer.
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Blog Post Corroded Trust It is clear from the sorry state of the Arlington Memorial Bridge that trying to eke by with a Band-Aid-style approach of short-term repairs to national park maintenance projects is monumentally disastrous.
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Press Release Court Allows Dominion Energy to Continue Construction of Massive Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown Today's decision allows Dominion to proceed with construction of this project through one of America’s most historic regions.
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Press Release Federal District Court Ruling Allows Construction of Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown to Continue Today’s ruling puts centuries of American history in jeopardy.
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Press Release U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior Place a Time-Out on Gold Mine Proposals Near Yellowstone National Park Two-year pause on new gold mine exploration on more than 30,000 acres of public lands near Yellowstone.
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Blog Post Loving the Parks — from a Distance 8 ways to enjoy the places you care about from the safety of your home.
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Blog Post 4 Ways to Help Parks — from Wherever You Are The administration continues to wage a series of unrelenting attacks on national parks, despite ongoing public crises.
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Press Release Analysis Finds Proposed Refinery a Major Source of Pollution for Theodore Roosevelt National Park Independent analysis raises numerous concerns about air pollution from Meridian Energy Group’s proposed oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s boundary in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health and the National Park Service are currently reviewing an air permit application by the company.
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Blog Post Alaska Officials Use Pandemic to Transfer Funds for Mining Road The misappropriation of $35 million in state funding to help small and medium-sized businesses could instead support construction of a 211-mile road through the wildest national park landscape in America.
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Press Release Utah: ZERO pollution cuts for Rocky Mountain Power coal plants Clean air and park advocates blast proposal as worst in region, State is out of touch with Utahns' priorities on air quality, clean energy, protecting parks and tourism
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Press Release Clean Air, National Park Advocates Challenge EPA Failure to Protect Grand Canyon from Navajo Generating Station Pollution Advocates Appeal Decision that Allows Controversial Coal Plant to Keep Polluting for Decades
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Names Theresa Pierno to CEO Position NPCA names organization's first woman to serve as President and CEO in its nearly 100-year history.
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Press Release Legal Agreement Reached to Reduce Power Plant Pollution Damaging Southwest's National Parks, Navajo People Consent Decree will Cut Emissions from New Mexico's Four Corners Plant
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