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• Park Tule Lake National Monument Tule Lake is one of four incarceration camps in the National Park System that the federal government used during World War II to imprison people in the name of military defense. The military overwhelmingly used this power against Japanese and Japanese Americans for the offense of having “foreign enemy ancestry.”
• Bill Text San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act 2014
• NPCA at Work National Heritage Areas Preserve America’s Landscapes and History From the Motor City to the Arabia Mountains, we should invest in the cost-effective partnerships that share America’s stories and create jobs around the country
• Juan Lazo Bautista LA Young Leaders Council Juan Lazo Bautista been a resident of the LA area for almost his entire life since immigrating from Oaxaca, Mexico. After college, Juan realized the importance of staying outdoors and the vital part of our livelihoods based on a healthy relationship with nature.
• Park Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens This lush wetland park on the banks of the Anacostia River is an oasis of lily pads and blossoms amid the city streets. The park land was originally owned by Walter Shaw, a hobbyist who cultivated and sold rare and exotic water lilies and lotus flowers; in contrast, these historic man-made ponds are surrounded by unspoiled and uncultivated marshes that characterize what the area looked like before the city was built. Every July, the park hosts a free lotus and water lily festival, when the garden is in peak bloom.
• Park Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve Covering more than 13 million acres of land, Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest national park site and the largest single wilderness area in the United States. Its massive glaciers, twisting rivers, rugged mountains and forested uplands are home to diverse wildlife, from grizzly bears and caribou to marmots and beavers. It’s also a land of extremes, with nine of North America's 16 highest mountains, the continent's largest subpolar ice field and a glacier larger than the state of Delaware. The park also encompasses an active volcano and a historic copper mine.
• Park Mount Rainier National Park Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's wild landscape feels much further from civilization. The forests, parkland, wetlands, lakes and rivers offer 260 miles of trails and varied habitat to dozens of plant and animal species.
• Park Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve This park on the coast of southeast Alaska offers snowy mountain peaks, narrow fjords, bays, harbors, scattered islands, a temperate rainforest of spruces and hemlocks, and numerous glaciers. Two hundred years ago, the area was covered by a glacier more than 4,000 feet thick that extended more than 100 miles to the St. Elias Mountain Range. By the 20th century, it had drawn back 65 miles from the bay's mouth. This is the most rapid glacial retreat ever recorded. Today, icebergs continue to break off into the bay.
• Fact Sheet Support for the Chesapeake "Clean Water Blueprint" In April 2014, NPCA and others filed an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the "Clean Water Blueprint" for the Chesapeake. An appeal filed in October 2013 threatens progress to improve water quality in the Chesapeake, and limits the ability of the EPA, states, and stakeholders in every region to work together collaboratively to reduce polluted storm water runoff in streams, lakes, and rivers.
• Blog Post An Insiders’ Guide to Yellowstone National Park Jul 2018 Yellowstone: It’s one of the most remarkable and revered travel destinations in the world and the place that defined the very concept of public land conservation. Get a taste of why this park and the larger ecosystem that surrounds it are so special — and how to plan an extraordinary trip.
• Policy Update Comments on Transparency in Science Rulemaking Oct 2020 NPCA submitted the following comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed supplemental rule regarding “transparency” in science
• Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Olympic & Beyond Jan 2021 Can’t decide between glacier-capped mountains, lush rainforests and wild seashores? Olympic National Park has them all, and more.
• Policy Update Position on S. 55, S. 99, S. 213, S. 287, S. 363, S. 392, S. 502, S. 617, S. 644, S. 729, H.R. 88, H.R. 267, H.R. 494, H.R. 538, H.R. 558, S. 401, S. 627, S. 713, S. 731 Mar 2017 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a business meeting on March 30, 2017.
• Blog Post Improving America’s Water Infrastructure May 2018 | By Chad Lord A quick guide to the Water Resources Development Act and why it matters for national parks.
• Magazine Article Fighting for the Grizzly Spring 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard NPCA and others have worked for decades to protect Yellowstone’s grizzlies. Is the long-term recovery of the iconic species now in jeopardy?
• Press Release Congress Passes Water Resources Bill to Benefit National Park Waterways and Restoration Projects Across the Country Sep 2018 Bill will advance projects that improve the health of waterways in and around America’s national parks.
• Policy Update Position on Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Mar 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to congressional leadership and members of the appropriations committees during negotiations regarding FY18 final appropriations.
• Magazine Article Protecting the Homeland Fall 2021 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Former Principal Chief James Floyd of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation speaks about his connection to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park and the need to further preserve the site.
• Magazine Article Lest We Forget Spring 2021 | By Katherine DeGroff One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
• Press Release Budget Proposal Threatens National Parks Mar 2017 Cuts to Interior Department, EPA puts parks, park resources in jeopardy.
• Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Badlands & Beyond Jan 2021 Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes, spires and pinnacles, mixed-grass prairies, and the world’s richest trove of fossils from the Oligocene epoch, estimated at 23 to 35 million years old.
• Magazine Article Against All Odds Fall 2016 | By Kevin Grange The epic story of one of the National Park Service’s greatest rescues.
• Magazine Article The Price of a Feather Summer 2015 | By Laura Allen More than a century ago, the discovery of a hidden bird refuge in the Everglades led down a path of greed, vanity, and murder. And that’s just the beginning of the story.
• Magazine Article Sacred Water Spring 2012 | By Kevin Grange How an unlikely alliance of conservationists, ranchers, business owners, and American Indians is fighting to save the Great Basin.
• Policy Update Position on Waters of the U.S. Regulations Jun 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 12, 2019.
• Policy Update Testimony: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Dec 2015 Written testimony by Joan Frankevich for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on December 3, 2015
• Press Release Grand Canyon and Santa Monica Mountains among beneficiaries of public lands act Feb 2021 The ambitious Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act will safeguard famous park sites while combatting climate change and addressing environmental justice priorities
• Magazine Article Hidden Yosemite Spring 2012 | By Kallie Markle Explore the high country to complete the Yosemite experience.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, FY20 Appropriations Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following letter to the Senate prior to an anticipated floor vote on December 19th, 2019. 
• Policy Update Position on FY20 Interior Appropriations Oct 2019 NPCA sent the following position to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees ahead of negotiations on final FY20 funding bills.
• Blog Post Exploring 70 Centuries of Mining History Sep 2019 | By Jennifer Errick The earliest known metalworking in North America began some 7,000 years ago, when Native Americans mined copper in hand-dug pits on an isolated peninsula in the Midwest. Remains of this massive deposit and the booming industry that grew around it are now part of a national historical park.
• Blog Post Waterfalls, Sesquicentinis and Buffalo Soldiers May 2014 | By Kati Schmidt This month, one of the country’s most iconic parks will celebrate a major milestone — it's Yosemite's 150th anniversary. NPCA has 4 ways to celebrate, from enjoying the park up close to advocating on its behalf from anywhere in the country.
• Policy Update Position on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act Apr 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on several potential amendments to and provisions in S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act, ahead of consideration on the Senate floor.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 7608 and Amendments Jul 2020 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor debate and votes on July 23, 2020.
• Magazine Article Muskrats to the Rescue Fall 2018 | By Nicolas Brulliard Biologists at Voyageurs National Park are counting on the voracious appetite of rodents to help contain a cattail invasion.
• Blog Post Fighting to Keep Alaska’s Rivers Wild Oct 2016 | By Jim Adams Court’s decision in case over the use of hovercraft could have huge consequences for Alaska’s parks
• Magazine Article At the Water’s Edge Summer 2011 | By David Herasimtschuk Deep in the heart of Rocky Mountain National Park, researchers are working to save the boreal toad from extinction.
• Magazine Article My Maine Spring 2017 | By Nicholas Lund A Maine native reflects on the state’s new national park.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act Jun 2020 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives prior to an anticipated vote. 
• Staff and Media Personnel Kati Schmidt Director, Communications Kati Schmidt is based in Oakland, CA, and leads media outreach and communications for the Pacific, Northwest, Northern Rockies, Alaska, and Southwest regions, along with NPCA's national wildlife initiatives.
• Fact Sheet Explore Jamaica Bay Plan your own trip to Jamaica Bay with the help of these useful maps and activity guides.
• Fact Sheet Getting to Jamaica Bay Download directions
• NPCA at Work Support Storm Recovery Funding for the National Park Service Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria devastated communities. They also caused unprecedented damage to national parks. Hundreds of millions of dollars are needed to repair these parks and protect the National Park Service budget, which is already underfunded and cannot absorb the huge cost of hurricane recovery.
• NPCA at Work Don't Divide Our Habitats, Ecosystems and Communities Oppose new walls and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Leyda Alvarado Ramirez LA Young Leaders Council Leyda Alvarado Ramirez was born in Puebla, Mexico and came to the United States when she was 3 years old. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Environmental Studies.
• Joy M. Oakes Former Senior Regional Director Since 2001, Joy M. Oakes been a leader with the National Parks Conservation Association based in Washington, D.C. Joy serves as Senior Director in the Mid-Atlantic region, overseeing NPCA’s activities in five states and the District of Columbia.
• Staff and Media Personnel Liam Kelly Communications Manager Liam is the communications manager for NPCA’s national energy program as well as the organization’s southwest, northwest and Pacific regions.
• Letter Best Available Retrofit Technology at the Cholla Power Plant On behalf of National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club, Earthjustice respectfully submits the following comments regarding the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) proposed Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) “reassessment” for the Cholla Power Plant.
• NPCA at Work Protect Historic Jamestown The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized Dominion Energy to construct enormous electric transmission towers throughout a historic landscape without ever preparing an environmental impact statement. But now we have the opportunity to make things right for Historic Jamestown.
• NPCA at Work Create a National Park Preserving the Legacy of Julius Rosenwald A Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park would recognize an important legacy of philanthropy and social justice and be the first national park honoring a Jewish American.

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