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• Blog Post We Can’t Afford to Wait Aug 2014 | By Karen Hevel-Mingo Climate change is having real, wide-ranging effects now on national parks around the country.
• Blog Post One Step Closer to a Manhattan Project National Historical Park Aug 2013 | By David Graves Advocates have been waiting more than a decade to create a national park that would preserve historic sites and artifacts involved in the development of nuclear energy and the making of the atomic bomb. Now, we could be remarkably close to seeing these once super-secret details and places in American history open and interpreted for the public.
• Magazine Article Garbage In, Garbage Out Fall 2017 | By Sarah C.P. Williams Volunteers and rangers removed more than 22,000 pounds of debris from Alaska’s national park beaches. But will the trash just come back?
• Policy Update Position on NPS Director Nominee Oct 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 16, 2018.
• Press Release Another Year of Yellowstone Bison Slaughter is Unacceptable Nov 2015 NPCA calls on National Park Service and State of Montana for a new, science based plan
• Press Release Trump Administration Green Lights Dominion Transmission Line That Would Irreparably Mar Historic Jamestown in Virginia Jul 2017 With 400 years of American history at risk, parks group urges Army Corps to complete thorough assessment of project’s impacts to keep damaging project out of Jamestown.
• 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 Long-Overdue Fracking Rules Provide Protections for National Park Landscapes Mar 2015 New Standards Will Help Shield Parks from Certain Impacts of Oil, Natural Gas Development on Nearby Public Lands
• Blog Post Protecting a Home for Wildlife on the Range Mar 2013 | By Sharon Mader Volunteers have worked for months to help the country's fastest mammal avoid a fatal problem: miles of fencing blocking their migration routes.
• Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks May 2017 Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
• Policy Update Position on S.941, Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act Jul 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 26, 2017.
• Blog Post My 'Microadventure' on Frederick Douglass' Front Lawn Jul 2015 | By Annie Riker One night of yoga didn’t wipe away all of my stress, but it did remind me of the real reason of why I do what I do.
• Blog Post If Americans Overwhelmingly Love Our National Parks, Why Isn’t Congress Fully Funding Them? Oct 2013 | By Theresa Pierno If lawmakers continue chipping away at the National Park Service budget and offering only short-term funding solutions, we will continue to see cutbacks, closures, crumbling infrastructure, and disrepair in these places we love—the very places that should represent the best we have to offer as a nation.
• Policy Update Position on S. 263 and S. 452 May 2017 NPCA, along with partners, sent the following position to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 23, 2017.
• Magazine Article Counting Sheep Fall 2015 | By Laura Allen Airlifting bighorn sheep back into the Sierra Nevada’s national parks.
• Press Release Everglades Coalition Focuses on State and Federal Restoration Progress at 31st Annual Conference Jan 2016 Everglades Coalition Conference welcomes nearly 300 participants to discuss opportunities and challenges facing America's Everglades
• Press Release Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting Jan 2021 The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act Jul 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote on July 26, 2017.
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association and Allies File Brief to Support Clean Water in the Chesapeake and Across the Country Apr 2014 NPCA, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, and 26 additional organizations are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Third Circuit to uphold a federal district court’s September 2013 ruling in support of the Clean Water Blueprint
• 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
• Policy Update Position on Presidential Mitigation Memorandum Mar 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing on March 12, 2016, as well as to the House Natural Resources Oversight Subcommittee ahead of a hearing on February 24, 2016.
• Magazine Article Revolutionary Roles Fall 2017 | By Dorian Fox For historical reenactors in Lexington and in Minute Man National Historical Park, the past is present.
• Magazine Article A Mission to Grow Spring 2017 | By Sarah C.P. Williams Reviving ancient farming practices — and feeding the hungry — at San Antonio Missions.
• Blog Post Why I’m Speaking Out to Protect the Park I Love Apr 2017 | By Valerie Naylor Meridian Energy Group is just a few permits away from building a proposed oil refinery 3 miles from the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt’s namesake park, but economic growth in North Dakota does not have to come at the expense of one of America’s most special places.
• Magazine Article Soaking It All In Summer 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard The woods are lovely, dark and deep — perfect for forest bathers searching for a little peace of mind.
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds President Obama for Designating the Cesar Chavez National Monument Oct 2012 National Park Site the First to Honor a Latino American
• Press Release National Park Sites Added to the Chopping Block with Interior Department Announcement May 2017 The Department of Interior released a list of twenty-seven national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act of 1906 that are now subject to public review, including Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Interior Department’s announcement opens the door to review of any national monuments designated since 1996.
• Press Release Wyoming State House Moves Land Deal Forward, Helping to Protect Grand Tetons from Inappropriate Development Feb 2011 Land deal protects nearly 1,400 acres of landscape
• Magazine Article Fourth Rock from the Sun Spring 2011 | By Jeff Rennicke Can Lassen Volcanic National Park help NASA learn about life on Mars?
• Press Release Polling Shows 80% Support for Restoring North Cascades Grizzly Bears Jun 2016 Polling data compliments a new partnership of conservation, business and other groups that support the return of a missing Northwest icon.

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