Search results for “Acadia National Park”
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Video Care for parks. Care for each other. Over the years, park advocates like you have spoken up on behalf of the places we all love and supported our work protecting America’s national parks. But today, NPCA President & CEO Theresa Pierno is asking you to do something a little different.
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Video Celebrating You and Our Love of National Parks Last week we celebrated National Park Week and the important role these special places have in our lives. Today, I want to send a message to those who make help make sure there are parks to celebrate ─ you.
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Resource NPCA & Nature Valley: 2021 Next Generation Impact Initiatives Nature Valley has donated $50,000 to NPCA to support the advancement of the next generation of park advocates – and the important park protection work ahead! – by funding impact initiatives led by members of our young leaders councils and Next Generation Advisory Council.
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Resource Texas Young Leaders Advocacy Council NPCA’s Texas Regional Office created the Texas Young Leaders Advocacy Council (YLAC) as part of NPCA’s strategic effort to engage young people with varying backgrounds, community connections and experiences to develop their voice, and speak up for our parks and expand our core of young advocates and volunteers.
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Resource Sustaining Indiana Beaches The scenic beaches of Indiana Dunes are disappearing. In order to sustain this critical asset to Indiana’s economy and quality of life, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must conduct a federal damage mitigation feasibility study.
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Policy Update Testimony: Pride Forum Written statement by Chad Lord, NPCA Senior Director of Water Policy, for the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2019.
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Blog Post National Monuments Under Threat Last week, the Trump administration issued an executive order that could alter or even attempt to rescind national monument designations that have been established since January 1, 1996.
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Press Release Arizona Proposal Allows Aging Coal Plant to Increase Air Pollution for Decades Cholla Power Plant bypasses strong pollution controls, threatens air quality
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Blog Post Protecting Our Underwater Wonders Earlier this month, my husband and I escaped the endless East Coast winter and traveled to California with NPCA partners and colleagues to celebrate the wilderness at Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Magazine Article A Lion’s Den The mountain lions of the Santa Monica Mountains face a rash of urban perils. Can they be saved?
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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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Policy Update Position on Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act NPCA shared the following position on the Discussion Draft of the “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act (SHARE Act)” with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a legislative hearing on June 14, 2017.
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Policy Update Position on the Land and Water Conservation Fund NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 25, 2019.
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Press Release Organizations Welcome EPA’s Plans to Reconsider Ozone Standards Stronger standards are long overdue to protect nature from dangerous ozone pollution
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Magazine Article New and Improved Preserving West Virginia’s best-loved view.
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Blog Post Focus on Water: Celebrating National Water Quality Month Did you know that August is National Water Quality Month?
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Magazine Article The Farthest Edge Chasing solitude — and Thoreau — on the Outer Beach of Cape Cod National Seashore.
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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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Blog Post The Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy Exactly one year ago today, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the New York metropolitan area, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
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Policy Update Position on the Expanded Wildlife Extinction Package NPCA submitted the following positions to House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 26, 2018.
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Blog Post Years of Abuse and Overuse Make the Colorado River the Most Endangered River of 2013 This year’s Most Endangered Rivers report from American Rivers makes one thing clear: It is not sustainable for a single river to support 36 million people.
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Blog Post Three Years Later: Gulf Coast Still Recovering from BP Oil Spill This Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the oil rig explosion that devastated coastal communities, waters, and lands in the Gulf of Mexico and imposed tragic loss among 11 families.
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Press Release House Advances Package of Bills Aimed at Eliminating Species "We must not gamble with the future of America’s wildlife and wild lands."
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Magazine Article Something in the Water Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
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Blog Post Author Shares His Love for the Darkest Skies and Most Brilliant Stars Paul Bogard has a great gig traveling around the world to ponder the darkness of night skies and the corresponding brilliance of millions of stars.
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Press Release New Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connects LGBT History New user-friendly map available to public starting today.
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Press Release Science Confirms Cadiz Water Project Would Harm the Largest Spring in Mojave Trails National Monument A peer-reviewed scientific study confirms the Cadiz Inc. water mining proposal would threaten the largest spring in California’s largest national monument, Mojave Trails in the Mojave Desert.
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Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
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Blog Post Video: Oil Trucks Mow Down Trees at National Preserve NPCA's staff and partners were appalled to learn of the conditions inside Big Cypress.
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Blog Post More Than 100 Reasons to Keep Fighting for Clean Air Work by air quality advocates since 2012 has led to significant pollution reduction plans affecting more than 100 coal-fired power units across the country. Now, we need the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a key environmental rule to make more of these victories for cleaner air possible.
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Policy Update Position on Nomination of Rob Wallace NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resouces and Committee on Environment & Public Works in advance of anticipated nomination hearings.
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Magazine Article The Life Aquatic At New York City’s Harbor School, students use Gateway National Recreation Area’s maritime environment as their classroom—and preparation for life after graduation.
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Magazine Article A Momentous Arrival Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into Point Comfort in Virginia. Was it the beginning of slavery in this country?
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Magazine Article A Prescription For Nature A physician who prescribes outdoor activities for her patients believes that time spent in nature could become the next vital sign.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3225, Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 20, 2019.
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