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• Magazine Article The Spice of Life Winter 2011 | By Kelly Bastone Wild ginseng is disappearing from Southeast parks at an alarming rate.
• Magazine Article The Beaver That Didn’t Give a Dam Winter 2016 | By Nicholas Lund Solving the mystery of the ancient Palaeocastor.
• Policy Update Position on S. 2177/H.R. 959, S. 651/H.R. 1289, H.R. 2880, S. 1930, S. 119, S. 718, S. 770, S. 1943, S. 1975, S. 1993, S. 2309 Mar 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on March 17, 2016.
• Press Release Fact: Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule Endangers National Park Waterways Jan 2017 A resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to dismantle the Stream Protection Rule, which safeguards streams from pollution created by mountaintop removal and surface coal mining.
• Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Only WWII Land Battle Fought in North America Aug 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard Next year will be the 75th anniversary of the only land battle fought in North America during World War II. That battle, one of the war’s deadliest, took place at what is now a national park site. Can you guess which park?
• Press Release Trump’s Interior Nominee Needs to Protect Parks Dec 2016 Positions on Development Could Threaten Public Lands
• Blog Post The 5 Best Things That Happened for Parks This Summer Jul 2020 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.
• Policy Update Position on the PARC Act Nov 2015 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee in advance of a hearing on November 18, 2015.
• Blog Post Who Counts? A Closer Look at Parks’ Record Visitation Numbers Mar 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard Every year, the Park Service releases its official statistics on visitation at national park sites around the country. How does the agency come up with these numbers? With vehicle multipliers, regression formulas, and other unusual procedures, the answer is anything but simple.
• Blog Post How Can I Make a Difference? Apr 2017 | By Jacob Pinkney Advocacy 101: A guide to getting through to your elected officials on the issues that matter
• Policy Update Position on Addressing National Park Infrastructure Needs May 2017 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.
• Press Release New Report: One of America’s Most Visited National Parks Only Accessible for Some Mar 2017 Parks group identifies transportation improvements for Gateway, including ferry, bus and bicycle options.
• Blog Post How National Parks Led Me to My U.S. Citizenship Dec 2016 | By Keiko Takioto Miller Public lands belong to all of us. Sometimes, they help us realize that we belong to them, too.
• Blog Post The Art, Science and Economics of Cherry Blossom Forecasting Mar 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard A highly unusual year for D.C.'s famous cherry trees forces festival organizers to scramble and may leave thousands of travelers disappointed.
• Policy Update Position on the nomination of Radhika Fox as Assistant Administrator for Water at the EPA May 2021 NPCA sent the following letter to Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 12th, 2021. 
• Blog Post Why NPCA Is Suing the Park Service over Testing at Big Cypress Aug 2016 | By Nicholas Lund NPCA regularly supports the National Park Service and its core mission to protect our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places. But when the agency recently approved plans to allow extensive oil and gas testing in Big Cypress National Preserve, NPCA went to court to stop it. Here's why.
• Policy Update Letter Regarding Recent Park Police Activities Jun 2020 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to the Secretary of the Interior in response to recent Park Police events in Lafayette Park. 
• Magazine Article Night and Day Fall 2013 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis After 30 years of intense habitat restoration on the Channel Islands, the island night lizard might be ready to come off the endangered species list.
• Press Release Secretarial Order on Hunting is a Solution in Search of a Problem Sep 2017 Despite a decline in hunters - and an increase in national park visitors - new Secretarial Order aims to open more parks and public lands to hunting.
• Magazine Article A Rare Tuft Winter 2017 | By Kate Siber Can grass nerds save an extremely rare grass that lives high in the mountains of Big Bend National Park?
• Press Release Helen Hernandez Joins Board of National Parks Conservation Association Jul 2015 NPCA welcomes Helen Hernandez as a member of their Board of Trustees.
• Blog Post My Members of Congress Are Friends of the National Parks. Are Yours? Jul 2015 | By Natalie Levine 228 members of Congress received NPCA’s Friend of the National Parks Award for their support of the National Park System through legislative votes in the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5420 & H.R. 6678 Sep 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 5, 2018.
• Blog Post ‘Nobody’s Free Unless We’re All Free’ Jun 2020 | By Alison Simko Students connect virtually with their history at Stonewall through NPCA Zoom programs.
• Blog Post Staff Picks: 11 Spectacular Roads for Riding Your Bike Jun 2017 | By Nicolas Brulliard From leisurely rides to challenging climbs, national parks offer riding opportunities for cyclists of all abilities. Check out top recommendations and advice from NPCA enthusiasts on where to go and what to see.
• Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia Apr 2012 Too often, efforts to protect historical sites end up pitting preservationists against landowners and developers, resulting in wasted time, wasted money, and hard feelings all around.
• Blog Post To Breathe Free... Aug 2019 | By Theresa Pierno Lady Liberty's promise of refuge and hope must remain a promise made to all.
• Press Release Forest Service Begins to Pave Way for Massive Urban Sprawl Next to Grand Canyon Apr 2015 Permit would facilitate 2,100 new housing units, malls, and hotels near canyon's edge
• Policy Update Position on the LOCAL Act Apr 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands in the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on April 28, 2016.
• Blog Post 7 Photos of Denali in Winter Jan 2012 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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