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• Press Release Carlsbad Caverns National Park the Latest Target of Rushed Oil and Gas Leasing Process Apr 2018 The BLM's minuscule 10-day public scoping comment period for the nearly 200 parcel proposal comprising nearly 89,000 acres, some of which are about a mile from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, closes tonight.
• 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 H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 Apr 2018 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Agriculture ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for April 18, 2018.
• 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 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
• 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.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act Oct 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Homeland Security Committee ahead of a legislative markup scheduled for October 4, 2017.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 801, H.R. 2888 & H.R. 4266 Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 15, 2017.
• Press Release Defending the Air at Theodore Roosevelt National Park Jul 2018 “National Parks Conservation Association refuses to stand by and allow Meridian Energy Group to pollute the air within and surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park with its proposed oil refinery.”
• Press Release White House Announces Plan to Curb Methane Emissions Mar 2014 Statement by NPCA Oil and Gas Program Manager Nick Lund
• Press Release Parks Group Honors Entrepreneur Norman C. Selby for Commitment to America’s National Parks Oct 2017 Gala honors Mr. Selby for his commitment and ongoing support for national parks.
• Magazine Article A Chilly Refuge Summer 2021 | By Ben Goldfarb Rock glaciers, long neglected by science, may help creatures from pikas to stoneflies endure climate change.
• Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Snowiest Place on Earth Nov 2014 | By Jennifer Errick Q: One U.S. national park boasts that it contains “the snowiest place on Earth where snow is regularly recorded.” This picturesque spot even saw a whopping 93.5 feet of the white stuff one record-setting winter. Can you name this winter wonderland of a national park?
• Press Release BLM Advances Oil and Gas Leasing Close to Dinosaur National Monument and Great Basin National Park Dec 2017 The lease sales next to Dinosaur National Monument and Great Basin National Park continue the Trump Administration’s troubling track record of leasing lands near national parks.
• Press Release Trump Administration Targets Uranium Mining Ban Near Grand Canyon Nov 2017 Move to allow more uranium mines could impact underground water essential to Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River.
• Policy Update NPCA position on the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Feb 2021 NPCA sent the following letter of support to the United States Senate ahead of the hearing to consider the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
• Magazine Article Nature Fix Fall 2017 | By Julie Scharper Tired of feeling like the only person of color on the trail, Ambreen Tariq is trying to make the great outdoors welcoming to all, one photo at a time.
• Blog Post Yosemite Valley to Herself, After a Wait Apr 2021 | By Kati Schmidt Parks including Glacier, Rocky Mountain and Yosemite are using reservation and timed-entry systems to help manage heavy crowds — a problem that long preceded the pandemic. While these changes come with growing pains, one happy hiker makes the most of the new policy.
• Press Release Public Lands, Clean Air and Water Lose with Trump Administration Infrastructure Proposal Jan 2018 “Strengthening infrastructure within our national parks and across the country should not come at the expense of weakening environmental protections – period." -- Theresa Pierno
• Blog Post Protecting the Value of Wild Places Nov 2017 | By John Gaedeke Alaska is home to some of the last untamed landscapes in the country — but a proposed mining road could forever slice through part of the Brooks Range and harm two Arctic parks.
• Blog Post The First National Park Site to Require Reservations Year-Round Dec 2017 | By Jennifer Errick We may not have reservations about visiting national parks, but sometimes we need them to visit. Starting next month, one national park site will require everyone arriving in cars to book parking and shuttle spots in advance to be able to enter. Do you know which one?
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act Dec 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 14, 2017.
• Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting Dec 2017 In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds President Obama for Enhancing National Park System with Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, First State, and Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monuments Mar 2013 Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Dec 2017 Since the Trump administration began in January 2017, a series of actions taken at the presidential and departmental level have undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands and the agencies that manage them.
• Press Release Tribal, Conservation Groups Urge Court to Restore Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies Jan 2018 Tribal and conservation interests today asked a federal judge to invalidate a government decision to strip the Yellowstone region’s grizzly bears of longstanding endangered species protections.
• Blog Post Valley of Life: How the “Super Bloom” Is Transforming Death Valley Mar 2016 | By Kati Schmidt The California desert is in the midst of an impressive, organic marketing campaign, wowing visitors with unusually profuse flower displays. Spoiler alert: It’s working.
• Magazine Article Death Valley Angst Summer 2018 | By Michael P. Branch, Hannah V. Branch On a desert hike, a father and his teenage daughter contemplate canyons, cliffs and the heartache that comes with growing up.
• Blog Post One Year Later: 5 Major Issues for National Parks in 2018 Jan 2018 | By Theresa Pierno On the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, NPCA is looking ahead at key fights to protect America’s national parks in 2018.
• Magazine Article Birds on the Battlefield Summer 2018 | By Nicholas Lund As green space shrinks and suburbs expand, a growing number of wildlife seekers are heading to historic parks for their nature fix.

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