Search results for “Gateway National Recreation Area”
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Press Release President's Budget Proposes Needed Investment in National Parks, Preparing Them for Historic Centennial in 2016 Statement by NPCA Chief Operating Officer Theresa Pierno
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Blog Post The Other Washington Monument The marble obelisk on the National Mall is one of the country’s most famous structures — but it is not the oldest monument honoring America’s first president.
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Magazine Article Standing Guard Meet America’s Buffalo Soldiers—some of the nation’s first park rangers.
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Press Release Interior Ignores Joshua Tree National Park, Wildlife with Eagle Crest Project Approval In a move that threatens Joshua Tree National Park, wildlife and precious water resources, the Bureau of Land Management took the next step towards approving the contentious Eagle Crest pumped storage facility.
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Magazine Article The Anniversary Gift As Civil War sites continue to mark 150 years since America's most important conflict, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg tell old stories in a new light.
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Blog Post Learn About Black History in 7 Unexpected Places These fascinating sites share important and often overlooked stories about people who shaped U.S. history and culture.
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Press Release Near Canyonlands, BLM Moves to Lease First and Ask Questions Later “Rather than striking a balance between energy development and national park protection, this administration continues to lease first, and ask questions later."
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Press Release Vela Steps Down as Acting Director of the National Park Service For more than three years, the National Park Service has been without a Senate-confirmed director.
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Blog Post Erased by History: The Seldom-Told Stories at 6 Nationally Significant Sites Black LGBTQ people have long made history in America. Why don’t we know the names of these people and places?
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Policy Update NPCA position on H.R. 149, H.R. 250, and H.R. 4706 NPCA shared the following positions ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. House Natural Resources National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee scheduled for October 14th, 2021.
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Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
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Press Release Omnibus Budget Boosts Funding for National Parks Makes Critical Investments in National Parks, Extends LWCF
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Magazine Article Raising the Bar Massimo Vignelli died in May, but his design lives on in the national parks.
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Policy Update NPCA Position on select legislation before the House Committee on Natural Resources NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of an anticpated legislative hearing scheduled for July 29th.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2584 & H.R. 5210 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for March 20, 2018.
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Blog Post Biden Restores National Monument Protections Last week, the administration restored protections to three public lands: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
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Blog Post Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended We did it! NPCA supporters and thousands of others convinced Old Dominion Electric Company (ODEC) to suspend their plans to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Surry County, Virginia!
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Blog Post The Administration’s ‘Single Worst Environmental Rollback’ Recent changes to a foundational environmental law governing federal development projects will have far-reaching consequences for people and parks.
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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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Blog Post America's Summit on National Parks Moving from vision to action
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Blog Post An Opportunity We Can't Afford to Lose at Pinnacles Last week, President Obama officially signed legislation renaming Pinnacles National Monument to Pinnacles National Park, a name change that elevates its status and may help attract more visitors to the geologically rich 26,000-acre site about an hour and a half south of San Jose in California. The switch is a worthy first step toward recognizing the park's economic importance, stunning rock formations, and critical habitat for California condors and other wildlife.
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Press Release Parks Group Urges for Stronger National Park Closures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Amid California’s shelter-in-place directive, NPCA urges national parks in the state to follow Yosemite's lead and consider stronger closures.
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Press Release Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road "At a time when we are facing a global health crisis, this administration is ramming through a proposal to build the Ambler industrial mining road in one of the wildest places in America." -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Blog Post NPCA Urges Parks to Close and Visitors to Stay Home as Pandemic Worsens in the U.S. Help keep staff and the public safe by enjoying parks from afar.
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Press Release Diverse Interests Challenge Federal Licensing of FPL's Proposed New Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors Utility's plan poses great risks to public, environment and economy
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Press Release Misplaced Priorities: Interior Department Pushes New E-Bike Policy During Public Health Crisis The proposed regulation fails to consider potential impacts to park visitors and resources, all while not allowing for full public engagement in the decision-making process due to the ongoing public health crisis.
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Press Release Victory: 9th Circuit Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies Court of appeals sends U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the drawing board to protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton grizzly bears
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Magazine Article A Bird’s Eye View There’s no place like Big Bend National Park to slow down, grab a pair of binoculars, and reconnect with your inner birder.
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Press Release Management Plans for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Opens Door for Destructive Development Near Surrounding National Park Sites Through these proposed plans, the administration is choosing the most damaging options of the alternatives presented.
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Magazine Article Tourist Time Capsule Before selfies were in and big hair was out, Roger Minick traveled the country capturing photos of visitors at national parks.
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