Search results for “Lake Mead National Recreation Area”
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5780 and S. 3028 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup on September 21-22, 2016.
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Press Release Delayed Air Quality Protections Favors Pollution Over Parks and Public Lands The Bureau of Land Management is delaying implementation of commonsense methane rules, putting the health of national parks and park visitors at risk.
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Blog Post Saving a Piece of History at Harpers Ferry Four historically significant acres at risk of becoming a mini-mart will now be preserved as part of the national park.
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Policy Update Position on Addressing National Park Infrastructure Needs NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of hearings scheduled for the week on May 15, 2017.
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Magazine Article The Visionaries Nearly 100 years ago, the work of best friends Stephen Mather and Robert Sterling Yard forever endeared the American public to the national parks—and gave birth to NPCA, the organization that would protect them.
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Magazine Article Below Biscayne The search for a pirate slave ship — and the stories that disappeared with it.
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Press Release State Legislation Introduced to Protect Water Resources, National Parks and Public Lands in California Desert Legislation aims to safeguard fragile California desert water sources for the wildlife, people and national parks that depends on it.
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Press Release Forest Service Advances Proposal, Poses Harm to Olympic National Park In a move that stands to forever harm the natural quiet soundscape of Olympic National Park, the U.S. Forest Service released its final review of proposed roads and infrastructure to be used within Olympic National Forest. Such infrastructure would support electronic warfare training operations by the U.S. Navy.
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Blog Post VIDEO: New Park Service Series Explores White-Nose Syndrome and the Threat to Bats Educational campaign aims to enlist more humans in efforts to prevent widespread bat mortality.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016
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Blog Post Congress: Time to Stop Bickering and Keep Our National Parks Open One beloved national park is already closing facilities in reaction to budget cuts.
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Blog Post Saving Beauty, One Ranch at a Time More than four thousand acres of mineral-rich private land will now become part of Petrified Forest National Park thanks to a generous donor
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Policy Update Position on Biscayne Marine Reserve Legislation NPCA has taken the following positions on legislation related to a proposed marine reserve in Biscayne National Park.
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Magazine Article True Colors What can the rapidly evolving white lizards of White Sands National Monument tell us about how animals can survive environmental change?
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Press Release Senate Democrats Propose $5 Billion for Park Repairs Infrastructure proposal includes investments in land acquisition, historic preservation
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Policy Update Testimony: Identifying Innovative Infrastructure Ideas Written testimony by Denis Galvin, NPCA board member, for the House Committee on Natural Resources, Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on March 16, 2017.
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Blog Post 7 Photos of Denali in Winter Many people dream of visiting Denali's 6 million acres of forests, glaciers, mountains, rivers, and valleys, all with just one winding road leading into the rugged wilderness. Most of the park's 400,000 annual visitors arrive in the summer, but the long, dark winters offer snowy solitude, stark vistas, and plenty of activities for those who are experienced and comfortable dealing with extreme weather.
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Press Release Groups Challenge Decision to Remove Protections for Yellowstone Grizzly Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear delisting defies the best available science and sidesteps important legal safeguards
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Blog Post Florida Students Discover the Beauty of the Everglades by Reviving a Long-Lost Community Park Too often when we think of national parks, we think of distant places enjoyed by tourists—yet millions of people in cities across the country are just a bus ride or a quick car trip away from these inspirational places. Part of what I do is help connect people—especially kids and young adults—to the nature and history that is right there in their own community.
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Magazine Article A Tiny Discovery Researchers recently discovered a new species in Great Basin National Park. But will its habitat go down the drain?
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Blog Post How Zinke Is Undermining National Park Service Employees A recent staffing shakeup at Yellowstone is the latest in a string of damaging actions and policies that could have a detrimental effect on people at the agency.
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Blog Post There Is No Precedent We must learn from the grave injustices of Manzanar and other World War II incarceration camps — not doom ourselves to repeat one of America’s darkest mistakes.
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Press Release Wildlife-Rich Lands Protected with Transfer of Antelope Flats to Grand Teton National Park Department of Interior purchased 640 acres of Wyoming State Educational Trust lands known as the Antelope Flats parcel. The wildlife-rich lands were transferred to the National Park Service and are an important addition to Grand Teton National Park.
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Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
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Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
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Blog Post 330 Miles — and a Message How far would you go to honor your history?
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Press Release Florida Fisherman and Park Champion to Receive National Award Dr. Marty Arostegui's work protecting this national treasure will have lasting impacts for our country and future generations of divers, fishers, boaters, and other national park visitors.
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Press Release Zinke to Trump: Remove Protections and Gut National Monuments News Report Reveals Administration’s Attempt to Dismantle 10 Places Protected by Past Republican and Democratic Presidents
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Blog Post Facing the Climate Catastrophe: What We Do Now Matters The forecast on climate is stark, but the Biden administration can take meaningful action now to help avoid the worst effects of the crisis.
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Blog Post To the Moon and Back In 1971, an astronaut aboard Apollo 14 brought hundreds of tree seeds into orbit around the moon so that researchers could study their growth back on Earth. Several years later, he helped to plant the very first of these “Moon Trees” in a public square that is now a national park site.
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