Search results for “César E. Chávez National Monument”
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Park Timpanogos Cave National Monument Timpanogos Cave National Monument is located on the steep, rocky slopes of American Fork Canyon in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range. The small chambers and passageways that make up the beautiful caverns display exquisite crystal formations, including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and helictites.
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Park Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage National Monument marks the spot where, in the 1700s, fur trading flourished between the French, English, and Ojibwa people.
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Park Pipe Spring National Monument Pipe Spring National Monument introduces you to the Paiute Indians and Mormon settlers who made their home in the Arizona Strip.
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Park Poverty Point National Monument Poverty Point National Monument covers 400 acres along the Mississippi River where an ancient culture left behind mysterious, concentric earthen mounds.
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Park George Washington Carver National Monument Explore George Washington Carver’s home and farm from which he revolutionized 19th Century farming and sustainable agriculture. The park also features his “Secret Garden” which shows his love for the natural world.
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Fact Sheet Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Establishing the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument will help scientists, students, and the public learn more about the fascinating history hidden under these desert lands, and preserves this landscape for generations to come.
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Letter Letters of Support for a National Park for Stonewall National monuments — a type of national park site — tell the story of America. Stonewall National Monument is the first site within the National Park system that recognizes the contributions of LGBT Americans.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Mediterranean Biome Recognizing the unique natural and cultural resources resident in the Mediterranean biome, the Center for State of the Parks has endeavored to determine the conditions of natural and cultural resources in Channel Islands National Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and Cabrillo National Monument.
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Press Release Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Approval of California’s Cadiz Water Pipeline A federal court ruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it approved plans to construct a 43-mile-long pipeline through Mojave Trails National Monument and other public land in southern California.
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Press Release National Parks Group Files Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Parks, Wildlife and Water NPCA's lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) challenges policy changes by the agencies that threaten Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument, wildlife and fragile desert water resources.
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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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Press Release Civil Rights Activist to be Honored for Commitment to Preserving History, Protecting National Parks Tule Lake Committee Board Member Barbara Takei is the 2016 recipient of NPCA's Receive Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award, for her work to ensure the protection of the Tule Lake Unit of WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
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Press Release Bill Aims to Strip Protections for Public Lands that Belong to All Americans Bill aims to codify the president’s actions to decrease protections for Bears Ears National Monument.
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Press Release California Legislation Protects Desert, Calls Water Mining Proposal Into Question Legislation defends California's national parks and monuments from the greatest, most urgent threat.
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Magazine Article Man of Letters A third-generation stone carver, Nicholas Benson has left enduring marks on some of the park system’s most iconic monuments.
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Press Release California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act to Complete a Landscape-Level Conservation Legacy California Conservation and Recreation Act (CDCRA) would Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks and designate the Sand to Snow and Mojave Trails as National Monuments
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Blog Post Saturday on the Green Looking for a new adventure in the New Year? A first-time visitor to First State National Monument shares stories and tips for Delaware’s new—and only—national park site.
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Press Release California Senate Defends Desert Water, Passes SB 307 California Senate Bill 307 is a commonsense solution to protect Mojave Trails National Monument’s springs, groundwater and wildlife.
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Press Release California State Senate Leadership and Trump Administration Take Aim at California Desert Water and Parks The Department of Interior recently helped pave the way towards green-lighting the Cadiz Inc. water mining project, which threatens Mojave National Preserve and Mojave Trails National Monument. The memo followed decisions by California State Senate pro Tem Kevin de Leon and State Senator Ricardo Lara to block AB 1000 “California Desert Protection Act” from proceeding.
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Press Release National Park Service Heads to Maine Woods to Hear Views on National Park Site Proposal Public meeting set for Maine to discuss proposal considered by the Obama Administration to establish The Maine Woods National Monument, a national park site in the Katahdin region of northern Maine.
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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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Blog Post Budget Deal Boosts Funding but Hurts Border Parks Last month, Congress increased funding for the National Park Service and other agencies that manage public lands, among other positive provisions in the federal budget. But lawmakers also included border wall funding measures that will continue putting sites such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument at risk.
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Press Release Amid Pandemic, Interior Moves Forward With Enormous Oil And Gas Drilling Plan Near National Parks The 110,000+ acre proposal would include oil and gas drilling within a mile of Canyonlands National Park and the original boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument
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Blog Post Supermoms and Slacker Moms of the National Parks From moms who give their lives for their children to those who decide their offspring are not even worth raising, the maternal instincts of wildlife in our national parks and marine national monuments are as wildly diverse as the places themselves.
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Blog Post Headed to a Park with Your Camera? Read These Tips! Bringing your camera on a park trip? Before you pack your bags, read these tips to add interest and variety to your photographs. Thousands of people capture the same iconic landscapes and monuments over and over again in their travel pictures—here’s how to make your shots stand out.
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Blog Post How the Nominee for Interior Secretary Advanced a Plan to Drain Desert Water The development company Cadiz wants to sell billions of gallons of groundwater from one of the driest places in North America: Mojave Trails National Monument. Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was part of the firm that lobbied to green-light the project, which has yet to receive a full environmental review.
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Press Release National Parks Group Echoes Former Interior Secretary's Call to Preserve Public Lands Statement by Tom Kiernan, President, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release Parks Group Champions Bill to Establish National Park Site Dedicated to Latino History The Blackwell School houses the collective memory of the segregated school experience that existed everywhere across the Texas borderlands.
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Blog Post An Opportunity We Can't Afford to Lose at Pinnacles Last week, President Obama officially signed legislation renaming Pinnacles National Monument to Pinnacles National Park, a name change that elevates its status and may help attract more visitors to the geologically rich 26,000-acre site about an hour and a half south of San Jose in California. The switch is a worthy first step toward recognizing the park's economic importance, stunning rock formations, and critical habitat for California condors and other wildlife.
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Blog Post 100 Amazing Things You Can Only Find in National Parks These 100 things are just a few of the remarkable finds worth celebrating as we mark the National Park Service's 100th birthday.
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Press Release Parks Group Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Establish National Park Site Dedicated to Latino History New legislation in the Senate and House would designate the Blackwell School National Historic Site, which would be one of the first national parks dedicated to protecting contemporary Latino history.
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Blog Post A Threat to Justice Everywhere We cannot stay silent in the face of race-based violence in our cities, communities and parks.
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Blog Post Preserve Historic Station at Gettysburg The small train station was only about four years old when it was pressed into service during Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North in July 1863. The western terminus of the Gettysburg Railroad was first used as a field hospital, as so many places were while the battle raged nearby. Later, more than 15,000 wounded soldiers would be transported to care or home from this platform.
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Press Release Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument.
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Blog Post What Does It Take to Run a National Park? Few of us appreciate the monumental task of caring for America’s national parks—each one a unique part of the country with its own specific management challenges and irreplaceable public resources. Shenandoah National Park staff recently decided to shine a light on what it takes to maintain their landmark Virginia park on a day-to-day basis.
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Blog Post Discover Florida’s Beaches with Two Photographers on Assignment for National Parks magazine Do you ever flip through the glossy pages of National Parks magazine and wonder what it's like to take photos of some of the country's most amazing landscapes and monuments? We did too, so we asked two photographers on assignment for the magazine to tell us about their experience!
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Press Release Senate Passes Momentous Bill to Fix National Parks and Public Lands For five years, NPCA, park advocates and communities across the country have urged Congress to fix our parks. Today, those efforts paid off.
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Magazine Article These Lands Are Now Your Lands Since 1906, 16 presidents have employed the Antiquities Act to designate 157 public lands and historic places. That tradition of conservation continued under President Barack Obama, who established 29 monuments in his two terms. Here they are.
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Report Positioning Pullman AIA Chicago and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) conducted a three day community design workshop, April 16-18, 2015 in Pullman. The purpose of the workshop was to engage the public in discussions with the Chicago design community regarding opportunities for enhancing the park visitor experience while leveraging the new national designation to advance important community development goals.
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Fact Sheet Pullman Quick Facts & FAQs Few sites preserve the history of American industry, labor, African-American history and urban planning as well as Pullman. The site has deep ties to the nation’s first major industry-wide strike in 1894 and early Civil Rights history.
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Staff Pamela Goddard Pamela Goddard is the Senior Program Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Parks Conservation Association. She works with local, state, and federal stakeholders to restore and protect the 78 national parks, five national trails, and nine national heritage areas in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Staff Jared Dial Jared Dial is the Travel Program Associate Director for NPCA, offering immersive small group travel opportunities and educational adventures to members in national parks across the country. Jared also oversees NPCA’s partnership and participation in both Climate Ride and Climate Hike.
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Staff and Government Affairs Christina Hazard Christina Hazard joined NPCA in 2006 and is the Legislative Director of Wildlife and Natural Resources for the Government Affairs team.
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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 Christa Cherava Christa joined NPCA as an intern in 2005 to gain exposure to natural resource policy. Today she focuses on water issues and supports the science team.
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