Search results for “Theodore Roosevelt National Park”
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Park Olympic National Park Exploring Olympic’s dynamic landscape is like visiting three parks in one. The high mountains offer snow, glaciers, wilderness and — if you time it right — acres of wildflowers. The lush, verdant Hoh Rainforest is unlike anything else in the Lower 48, and home to Roosevelt elk, black bears and other charismatic wildlife. And the park’s stunning coast offers some of the country's wildest and most spectacular beaches, dotted with tide pools and sea stacks. Visitors can now see where park staff recently removed two large dams, letting the Elwha River flow freely again for the first time in more than 100 years.
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Park Morristown National Historical Park This park preserves the winter camp site where George Washington stationed his troops during the Revolutionary War in 1779-1780. During these difficult months, the Continental Army became a symbol of patriotism and sacrifice; living in drafty wooden huts, these underfed and undersupplied men survived what was then the coldest winter on record, growing through countless hardships into a disciplined military force. Under Washington’s command, these troops eventually won the country's independence from the British.
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Park Manassas National Battlefield Park Spectators and reporters competed for a good view of the first major battle between Union and Confederate soldiers at Manassas in July of 1861. Before the battle, most Americans thought the war would be one short skirmish; the deaths of 900 soldiers shocked the nation into realizing otherwise. Soldiers fought a second battle over the same fields at Manassas a year later that helped clear the way for Lee’s first invasion of the North. Today, visitors can take walking tours through the primary battlegrounds. There is also a 13-mile, self-guided driving tour of that stops at various locations, including Stone House Tavern, a structure that was used as a Union field hospital.
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Report National Parks of the Colorado River Basin This report focuses on the ways in which management of the dams along the Colorado River and its major tributaries affects resources in five national parks in the Colorado River Basin.
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Park Mississippi National River & Recreation Area This national river and recreation area follows one of America's largest and most historic rivers for 72 miles through Minnesota, curving through the heart of Minneapolis-St. Paul and wandering south toward the border of Wisconsin where it meets with the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. The Mississippi River is home to seven national parks, but this park is the only one that was specifically created to share the history and science of the river itself. This urban oasis has a bit of everything, from canoeing and bird-watching opportunities to military relics and historic buildings, just a stone’s throw from two major metropolitan areas.
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Fact Sheet Water for America’s Everglades Florida’s waters are in crisis. Everglades National Park and Florida Bay are starved for freshwater, while the northern Caloosahatchee River and St. Lucie River are inundated with polluted Lake Okeechobee discharges. The solution to this crisis is to send clean water south to the Everglades, restoring some of the historic “River of Grass” that once dominated this unique ecosystem.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3681, H.R. 4236 and H.R. 4512 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the U.S. Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a legislative markup scheduled for Feb. 27th, 2020.
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Blog Post An Overdue Dose of Wilderness Earlier this month, Congress passed the first bill designating a new wilderness area in five years—the longest lapse ever between such designations. The bill specifically protects 32,500 acres at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a national park site in Michigan famous for its immense sand dunes and bluffs, as well as its beaches, forests, and inland lakes on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan.
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Press Release New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule New policy would obstruct efforts to protect cherished national parks and wildernesses, and their surrounding communities from air pollution
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Press Release Revitalizing the Heart of Los Angeles Volunteers Participate in a Day of Service at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument with National Parks Conservation Association.
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Magazine Article 'An Honest Reckoning' Hundreds of people were once enslaved at the opulent Hampton estate, but for decades after the site became part of the National Park System, their stories remained hidden. That is changing.
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Blog Post Hope in the Wake of Tragedy When Sandy crashed ashore just a few months ago, it ravaged the cities, towns, and shorelines of New York and New Jersey and caused unprecedented damage to the region’s national parks.
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Press Release Telling Our Stories: President Obama Designates Honouliuli National Monument in Hawai'i Statement by Ron Sundergill, Pacific Region Senior Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release President Preserves Iconic Canyon Country with Bears Ears National Monument Shares Landscape with Canyonlands National Park, Other Protected Areas
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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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Blog Post Responsible Solar Power Location, location, location. These simple but wise words apply to homebuyers and business owners alike. They also apply to energy developers—some places just are not suitable for industrial-scale projects, including lands adjacent to our national parks.
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Press Release Key Stakeholders Endorse Presidio Exchange but Urge Trust Board to Delay Crissy Field Development Decision Lucas Museum proposal rejected as wholly inappropriate for and unrelated to prized national park land
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Press Release Clean Air Groups Announce Court Settlement Requiring Haze Cleanup Action for 43 States Agreement will force action toward cleaner air and clearer skies in National Parks
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Press Release Pullman Community Rallies Around Public-Private Partnerships Plan for Pullman National Monument NPCA and AIA release blueprint for development and growth of Chicago's first national park
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Blog Post 20 Years of “Helping Hands for Public Lands” Celebrate National Public Lands Day this month by helping out at a park you love
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Magazine Article Rallying Cry A small army of preservationists is fighting to add Mill Springs Battlefield to the National Park System.
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Blog Post Remembering a Historic Siege in a Rugged Volcanic Landscape NPCA’s traveling park lover ventures into the northern California desert to Lava Beds National Monument and discovers a history of Indian wars and a picturesque landscape of lava tubes far off the beaten path
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Press Release Proposal to Allow Commercial Rocket Launches Threatens Cumberland Island National Seashore If this proposal moves forward, rockets would be launched over Cumberland Island National Seashore, putting park resources and visitors at risk.
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Magazine Article Behind the Cover Illustrator and designer Annie Riker on how she created the centennial issue cover of National Parks magazine.
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Press Release NPCA Statement on 2016 General Election Urges Congress, President-Elect To Protect Parks
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Magazine Article A Mystery in Death Valley Fifty years ago, rangers in a California national park helped apprehend a band of hippie outlaws hiding out in the desert. Weeks later, they learned how big of a catch it was.
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Blog Post 'The Struggle of a Lifetime' Congressman John Lewis dedicated his life to the fight for justice and civil rights — and today we also remember him as a stalwart champion of America's national parks.
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Blog Post Fixing Our Heritage Veterans from around the country flew to Washington, D.C., this week to defend our national parks and address their $11.3 billion maintenance backlog
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Blog Post Wilderness Wins on the West Coast Thanks to persistent support from thousands of advocates, the National Park Service will honor its promise to Americans to preserve Drakes Estero.
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Press Release NPCA Statement on the BLM Natural Gas Waste Rule Statement by Nick Lund, senior manager for conservation programs for National Parks Conservation Association:
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Magazine Article Garbage In, Garbage Out Volunteers and rangers removed more than 22,000 pounds of debris from Alaska’s national park beaches. But will the trash just come back?
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Blog Post The Public Promise Waiting to be Kept “The best ships in the worst navy”—that’s how one NPS staffer responded when asked to describe history in the National Park Service.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 820, H.R. 920, H.R. 2497, and H.R. 2626 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for April 21st, 2021.
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Press Release Draft Plan Lays Groundwork for Renewable Energy Development in the California Desert Elected Officials, Business Owners, National Parks Group Call for More Thoughtful Planning, Public Involvement to Ensure a Conservation Legacy for the Region
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Blog Post A Boaters’ Paradise That Preserves Coral Reefs Imagine boating to paradise and then—without meaning to—causing it harm. Thanks to more than a decade of work in the Virgin Islands, a national park visit by boat is now gentler on the marine environment.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 823 & H.R. 1708 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 2, 2019.
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Park Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River This “wild and scenic” section of the famous Rio Grande is a 196-mile stretch of the river that travels east from the Mexican border into Texas and winds through some of the more remote vistas in the Chihuahuan Desert and into Big Bend National Park. Boaters looking for a southwestern adventure can plan a float trip on this picturesque waterway to see its rugged canyons with 100-million-year-old rock walls and a diverse array of wildlife. Note that different sections of the river have varying difficulty levels, and traveling through the remote Lower Canyons area requires an access fee and release form.
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Fact Sheet Modifying Tamiami Trail: A Solution for the Everglades Tamiami Trail is an unnatural barrier that cuts the Everglades in two in the center of its body.
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Report Transportation and Access Improvements for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area Learn about what NPCA is doing to increase access to Jamaica Bay by boat, bus and bike.
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Resource Wanted: Secretary of the Interior President Trump is looking for a new Secretary of the Interior. If NPCA could write the job posting, it would look something like this.
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