Search results for “M. Blair”
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Magazine Article Out with the Old, In with the New A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. Did it work?
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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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Blog Post The Rarest Sea Turtle in the World Last month, staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina found three nests belonging to the rarest sea turtle species in the world — an animal not commonly found in the state.
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Magazine Article The Wild Road Brent Steury and his collaborators have had a field day at an unlikely biodiversity hotspot: a park along a highway outside the nation’s capital where they have discovered dozens of new species.
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Blog Post News Flash: Arizona Loves the Grand Canyon A new poll shows that Arizonans agree on this iconic park more than just about anything else.
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Blog Post 10 Under 40 Members of NPCA’s Next Generation Advisory Council shine a spotlight on young leaders around the country who are making a difference in conservation.
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Blog Post 5 Tips for Visiting National Parks in Winter Winter adventures are some of my favorite trips. Here are a few tricks I’ve learned over the years.
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Magazine Article Sunny Days Everything’s A-OK when sunshine lights up the coastline, mountains and rainforest of Olympic National Park.
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Blog Post Remembering the Manongs and Story of the Filipino Farm Worker Movement In the 1920s and 30s, Filipino immigrants arrived in the United States seeking fortune but facing discrimination as they worked in the vast agricultural fields of the West. These “manongs” played a significant role in building the farm workers movement, organizing and striking alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
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Magazine Article Wild Run The documentary “This Land,” an exploration of public lands, conservation and racial justice, follows filmmaker and advocate Faith E. Briggs as she runs 150 miles through three national monuments.
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Blog Post Exactly Where We’re Meant to Be How a weeklong celebration of people who look like me can create a greater sense of belonging for the Latinx community in the outdoors.
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Magazine Article A Mountain to Climb In Los Angeles, California, the parks of Santa Monica Mountains unite beneath a single banner.
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Blog Post Can Pullman's Planned Community Become Chicago's First National Park? Picture this: Big city expressways and a network of train tracks lined with industry, businesses, city buildings, and schools—for miles. Then, out of the landscape rises a giant clock tower. This is your first glimpse of the Historic Pullman District on Chicago’s South Side.
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Press Release Experts Confirm Dominion’s Transmission Line in Historic James River Not Necessary This report provides several better paths forward that will protect our parks and this nationally significant place from unnecessary harm.
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Press Release There Will be Bird Deaths: California Energy Commission Announces Preliminary Approval for Solar Tower Near Joshua Tree National Park Proposed decision to approve construction is dangerous to wildlife and park landscapes
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Magazine Article Pipe Dreams Head to Southern Arizona to Discover Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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Magazine Article Final Words A former Yellowstone ranger raced to finish a book about two threats — one that endangers national parks and another that ultimately took his own life.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5859, the Trillion Trees Act NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 26, 2020.
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Blog Post From a Top-Secret Mission to a Public Park A Q&A with Atomic Heritage Foundation founder Cynthia Kelly on her quest to preserve the history of the Manhattan Project as part of America's newest national park.
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Magazine Article Drilling Down Fracking adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park is changing the landscape. And a whole lot more.
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Magazine Article A National Park Is Born White Sands National Monument becomes the country’s 62nd national park. What will change?
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Magazine Article The Long Way The 4,600-mile North Country Trail has been painstakingly constructed by a devoted group of supporters over four decades. It’s only two-thirds done and largely unknown, but step by step that is changing.
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Blog Post These 10 National Parks Wouldn’t Exist Without Women From Joshua Tree to Great Sand Dunes, these 10 special places are protected today thanks to their female champions.
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Magazine Article A Fruitful Mission As the park system’s fruit trees reach the end of their lifespans, staff are scrambling to save them.
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Blog Post The 8,000-Year Park NPCA released its Clean Air Timeline today showing how long it will take for 10 national parks to return to natural air quality conditions. One park is missing from the timeline, though—a park that measures way off the chart.
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Blog Post Working Like a Dog: See How Pups Help Park Rangers in These 12 Unusual Jobs From sniffing out turtle eggs to keeping mountain goats out of parking lots, four-legged rangers carry out many duties that help preserve national park resources and make sure visitors have a pleasant and safe park experience.
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Blog Post 10 Tips to Respect Wildlife, Stay Safe and Avoid Internet Ridicule Most of us wouldn’t think of putting a bison in our car as two Yellowstone visitors did this spring, but did you know that white shoes and sweat-soaked hiking gear can also cause problems?
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Press Release Riverside County Rejects Destructive New City Near Joshua Tree National Park Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejects city proposal that threatened Joshua Tree National Park wildlife, night skies and surrounding communities.
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Blog Post Stuck Indoors? 10 Great Books About National Parks These 10 nonfiction books will deepen your appreciation for pivotal events in American history and the national park sites that commemorate them.
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Blog Post What the Fire Took An NPCA staff member documents the aftermath — both ecological and personal — of a wildfire that devastated 44,000 acres of the world’s largest Joshua tree forest.
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