Search results for “Northwest”
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Resource Northwest Student Leadership Council A core focus of the Northwest Regional Office is broadening and strengthening support for our parks, especially among younger folks.
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Report Northwest Regional Office Field Reports These field reports provide timely updates and perspectives on issues of interest to our members and supporters in Oregon and Washington.
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Staff Graham Taylor Joining the Northwest Regional Office in the summer of 2015, Graham stays busy connecting people to parks in his role as Field Representative.
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Staff Wally Long As the Regional Director of Development for Alaska, the Northwest, and the Northern Rockies regions, Wally connects National Parks Conservation Association's most generous supporters in these regions with our advocacy and activities to protect our national parks.
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Resource 10 Ways to Be a Park Advocate Want to be an advocate for parks, but don't know where to start?
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Resource Growler Tracker Have you heard the Growlers while visiting Olympic National Park? Let us know about it using our Growler Tracker tool.
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Lynn Davis Lynn Davis joined NPCA in April 2008 to open and manage a new strategic field office in Nevada. As the Las Vegas Senior Program Manager, she worked on behalf of the interests of several national parks in Nevada and throughout the American Southwest.
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Staff David Lamfrom David, the Vice President of Regional Programs, uses his passion and knowledge of our natural, cultural and historical resources to inspire others to learn about and protect our national parks.
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Krystle Yu Krystle Yu is an aspiring urban planner passionate about environmental justice and the equitable creation of climate-resilient cities. She believes that access to green and outdoor spaces is foundational to community wellbeing and hopes to tackle systemic barriers to that access.
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Resource For Media On deadline? To schedule an interview with one of our experts, please contact a member of NPCA’s Communications Team. We appreciate your interest in NPCA, the leading voice in safeguarding our national parks.
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Blog Post Grand Teton Gets $16 Million to Preserve Threatened State Lands—Just in the Nick of Time Late last month, NPCA helped secure a significant down-to-the-wire victory for Grand Teton National Park. After years of pressure from NPCA, the federal government allotted $8 million toward a total of $16 million to purchase 86 acres along the Snake River from the state of Wyoming and incorporate these lands into the national park.
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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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Press Release Wyoming Department of Transportation Champions Wildlife Crossings WYDOT proposes plan to prevent wildlife deaths in ‘path of the pronghorn’
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Policy Update Position on Amendments to H.R. 2822 NPCA submitted the following positions on amendments to the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act being considered by the House of Representatives in July 2015.
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Press Release Conservation Groups Ask Federal Agencies to Require Nation's Biggest National Park Polluter to Clean Up Four Corners Coal Plant Causes Haze in Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and Other National Parks
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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 Homecoming Exactly 40 years after completing the Appalachian Trail, nine hikers reunited in Maine. How had walking those 2,193 miles changed the course of their lives?
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Magazine Article Esther of the Rockies She left the corporate world to homestead in the mountains and became the Park Service's first female nature guide.
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Press Release BLM Hits Pause on Leasing Nearly 150,000 Acres for Oil and Gas Development The temporary lease deferrals in Colorado were a result of federal court orders but reflect a commonsense need to provide the public time to consider oil and gas leasing proposals on public lands.
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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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Policy Update Position on H.R. 2546, Protecting America's Wilderness Act NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 2546 and proposed amendments to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor vote scheduled for February 12, 2020.
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Blog Post NPCA's Favorite Trips The summer travel season is here, and all 397 national parks will offer free admission this Saturday, June 9 for National Get Outdoors Day. Here are a few NPCA staff favorite destinations that are a little off the beaten path.
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Blog Post Why Don’t States Run National Parks? Do we need a National Park Service? Why don't states control national park lands and resources? Here are 5 critical reasons.
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Magazine Article Naming Matters Should Devils Tower be called Bear Lodge? Is Tacoma a better moniker than Mount Rainier? Around the country, activists are fighting to change place names they deem offensive, hurtful or arbitrary, and national parks are frequently the targets of these campaigns.
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Blog Post 50 Years Later: Reflecting on the Significance of Earth Day The first Earth Day launched her career as an environmental historian and her path as an activist. Now, even as the pandemic keeps her at home, she commemorates the lasting significance of the Earth Day movement.
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Blog Post The Community-Supported Parks Congress Is Leaving Behind 30 national heritage areas, unique partnerships overseen by the National Park Service, could lose their federal funding this fall, sending a chilling effect throughout the many communities they serve.
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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 Trading Desk Time for Desert Time at Saguaro National Park At NPCA, we are often fortunate enough to attend staff trainings, retreats, and other work-related gatherings in or near national parks. Since my job involves lots of time sitting at a desk with a computer, I look forward to these opportunities.
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Blog Post Wild and Scenic Summer Destinations This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, a law preserving some of America’s most outstanding and remarkable waterways.
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Magazine Article A People’s Historian Talking about the past and the future with the Park Service’s new chief historian.
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Blog Post Protecting an Amazing Migration A proposed mining road would cut through national park land critical to one of the longest land migrations on Earth and harm communities that depend on Arctic caribou for food.
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Magazine Article After the Fire Months after a devastating fire consumed 100,000 acres in and around Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a traveler finds new life and beauty among the ruins.
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Magazine Article Where the Wild Things Were Denali paleontologists brave blizzards and bears to find fossils that could challenge what we know about dinosaurs.
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Magazine Article Desert Gator The life and times of an unlikely resident of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
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Press Release Groups sue Trump administration over illegal approval of Ambler road Lawsuit charges agencies with violating the Clean Water Act, ANILCA, NEPA, and other laws
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Blog Post Meet Alaska’s Top Chef For the past 13 years, Laura Cole has satisfied the palates of Denali locals and a few park visitors in the know. Will the crowds rush in after she becomes the first Alaskan contestant on Top Chef?
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Magazine Article Lessons in Motion Homeschooling on the road isn’t always easy, but enthusiasts say the big wide world — including national parks — is the best classroom.
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Policy Update Testimony: African-American Cultural Heritage and Environmental Justice Written testimony of Alan Spears, NPCA Cultural Resources Director, for a forum held by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 15, 2019.
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Magazine Article Then and Now Out with unchecked looting and feeding the bears. In with prescribed fire and zero waste. What a difference 100 years has made for the National Park Service.
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Blog Post From the Mountaintop A historic African American climbing team tackles the largest peak in North America to inspire youth.
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