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• Resource Oil and Gas Development at Theodore Roosevelt National Park In May 2014, the National Parks Conservation Association partnered with FracTracker to record the impacts of oil and gas development on North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
• Resource Climate Change and Florida’s National Parks Florida is among the most climate change-threatened states in the United States. Florida’s treasured national parks—spanning the Greater Everglades ecosystem northward into Gulf Islands National Seashore and beyond—are being impacted by our changing climate.
• Resource Marine Programs in the Sun Coast Region NPCA’s Sun Coast Region approaches our marine work with an eye toward ecosystem conservation, restoration and resilience. We work strategically to identify, assess and proactively address the evolving threats to marine ecosystems and all species and resources within them.
• Resource Ambler Mining Road Fact Sheets Alaska recently proposed a private industrial road along the southern Brooks Range to facilitate construction of an open pit copper mine near Ambler, Alaska.
• Blog Post Now Is the Time to Honor the Legacy of César Chávez Mar 2012 | By Emily Schrepf Fifty years ago this Saturday, March 31, on his 35th birthday, César Chávez made the decision to dedicate his life to organizing America’s farm workers when he quit his job and moved his family to Delano, California. Today he is recognized as one of the country’s most important Latino figures and founder of what is now the United Farm Workers of America.
• Press Release Zinke to Trump: Remove Protections and Gut National Monuments Sep 2017 News Report Reveals Administration’s Attempt to Dismantle 10 Places Protected by Past Republican and Democratic Presidents
• Press Release Utah Gateway Community Forum Website Goes Live May 2014 Interactive site allows for ongoing collaboration between community leaders and public land managers
• Blog Post The Fisher Kingdom Sep 2013 | By David Graves The Pacific fisher once roamed the forests of the northwestern United States, building dens and raising kits among the old-growth forests of the Cascade Mountains. Now, after decades of trapping and logging, the animals are all but gone from Washington State.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 801 & H.R. 3133 Jan 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for January 10, 2018.
• Policy Update Position on S. 4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments Sep 2020 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 23, 2020.
• Press Release Thousands of Concerned Citizens Urge Gov. Hutchinson to Protect Buffalo National River from Hog Waste Contamination Mar 2017 More than 14,000 submitted comments calling on the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Governor Asa Hutchinson to reject permit for C&H industrial hog farm to continue operating in national river’s watershed
• Press Release Burnett Oil Seeking to Drill in Big Cypress National Preserve, Part of America’s Everglades Feb 2021 The preserve has not even begun to heal from the severe impacts of Burnett’s last hunt for oil. NPCA and partners vehemently oppose this new effort to create more destructive oil development in Big Cypress.  
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act May 2015 NPCA submitted the following position on H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, when the bill was considered on the floor of the House in May 2015.
• Blog Post Exploring Our National Heritage Jul 2013 | By Malcolm Fouhy This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s cultural history. 
• Press Release Wyoming Department of Transportation Champions Wildlife Crossings Dec 2010 WYDOT proposes plan to prevent wildlife deaths in ‘path of the pronghorn’
• Magazine Article Coyotes and the City Fall 2016 | By Kate Siber Researchers in Los Angeles are tracking urban coyotes and collecting scat to find out how humans and these wild canids can live peaceably side by side.
• Policy Update Position on S. 437, S. 1416, S. 3317, S. 2991 and S. 3203 Sep 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on September 22, 2016.
• Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Nov 2021 | By Christina Hazard Ahead of a business meeting scheduled for November 18th, NPCA sent along the following positions to Senators on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
• Policy Update Position on the National Environmental Policy Act Apr 2018 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 25, 2018.
• Press Release Geothermal Development Prohibited Near Valles Caldera National Preserve Jun 2018 The Santa Fe National Forest's decision protects the unique thermal features in Valles Caldera National Preserve
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 399, the Secure Our Borders First Act Jan 2015 NPCA, along with partner organizations, submitted the following position on H.R. 399, the Secure Our Borders First Act, to the House of Representatives in January 2015.
• Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Nov 2020 NPCA shared the following positions with members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for November 18th. 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5420 & H.R. 6678 Sep 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 5, 2018.
• Press Release Proposed Legal Deal Leaves Water Quality, Protections for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Question Apr 2018 More information and public input needed to hold polluter accountable.
• Magazine Article Following In Their Footsteps Winter 2018 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Could they ever understand what their ancestors endured? They biked hundreds of miles along the Trail of Tears to find out.
• Blog Post Judge’s Ruling a Victory for Buffalo National River Jan 2015 | By Emily Jones A win for Arkansas’ Buffalo River: A judge will hold two agencies liable for a flawed environmental review process of a factory farm six miles upstream.
• Press Release Telling America's Stories: Congress Approves Renaming of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Sep 2014 Bill passes though U.S. Senate with unanimous consent
• Press Release Plaintiff Organizations in Bears Ears And Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Cases Denounce Administration’s Final Management Plans Feb 2020 Management Plans Ignore Tribes, Courts and the Public
• Policy Update Open Letter to all Presidential Candidates Oct 2019 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following letter to 2020 presidential candidates.
• Press Release A Monumental National Public Lands Day Project at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Sep 2015 National Public Lands Day volunteers help trail maintenance at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.
• Magazine Article ‘I Do’ With a View Winter 2021 | By Julie Scharper Adventure eloping is on the rise as couples increasingly steer clear of lavish weddings and opt for pandemic-appropriate ceremonies in the great outdoors.
• Press Release Trump Administration Issues Flawed Plan for Bears Ears National Monument Lands Despite Active Litigation and Overwhelming Opposition Jul 2019 This management plan is an insult to the public, who overwhelmingly spoke out in favor of protecting Bears Ears — and all our national monuments.
• Policy Update Position on nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning as Director of the Bureau of Land Management Jun 2021 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 8, 2021.
• Magazine Article Digging in Native Soil Winter 2013 | By Brian Kevin At Bighorn Canyon in Montana and Wyoming, an innovative archaeological field school partners with descendant communities.
• Report Southeast Regional Office Field Reports These field reports provide timely updates and perspectives on issues of interest to our members and supporters in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

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