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• Resource National Parks Via Metro-North and Zipcar Plan your next vacation to a nearby national park with the help of Metro-North, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Zipcar.
• Resource National Park Defender Award Parks Project Recognized with First-Ever National Park Defender Award
• Report Southwest Regional Office Field Reports NPCA’s Southwest Regional Office prepares a field report twice a year that focuses on the parks and people of this special part of the country. We also highlight some of the very complex and challenging threats our parks face.
• Fact Sheet Ask Congress to Support the Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497/S.1284) Introduced by Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Ken Buck (R-CO) and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, the bipartisan Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497/S.1284) would make the Granada Relocation Center, a World War II Japanese incarceration site in Colorado known as “Amache”, a National Park. The legislation has passed in the House and will be up for a vote in the Senate.
• Press Release Conservation, Citizen Groups Send Letter to USDA and Small Business Administration; Request Review of Faulty Assessment that Led to Loan Guarantee for Industrial Swine Facility in the Buffalo National River Watershed Jun 2013 Animal waste from factory farm threatens America's first national river, public health, and a multi-billion dollar Arkansas tourism economy
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 205 & H.R. 1941 Apr 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 2, 2019.
• Blog Post Courts Rebuke the Trump Administration's Pro-Corporate Energy Agenda Apr 2019 | By Matthew Kirby A recent ruling by a federal judge to halt oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans is the latest example of how the courts are slowing or reversing administration efforts to roll back policies and regulations that protect the environment.
• Press Release Health and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Its Delay of Clean Air Protections for Millions Jul 2017 EPA’s action puts people’s health and lives at risk.
• Press Release Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Reversal on Utah Regional Haze Plan Jan 2021 Lawsuit seeks to reinstate heightened requirements for pollution controls on twin coal-fired plants
• Policy Update NPCA position on the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Feb 2021 NPCA sent the following letter of support to the United States Senate ahead of the hearing to consider the nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
• Policy Update Position on S.J. Res. 22 Jan 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate in advance of a floor vote to override the president’s veto of S.J. Res. 22.
• Press Release Trump Extinction Plan Guts Endangered Species Act Aug 2019 Despite overwhelming public opposition, Trump administration moves forward on plans to roll back critical wildlife protections
• Press Release House Committee Attacks Endangered Wildlife, Advances Harmful Legislation Oct 2017 “Today, the House Natural Resources Committee reviewed several bills, which prioritize politics and profit over science. Congress is trying to jam politics into wildlife management." -- NPCA's Kristen Brengel
• Press Release NPCA Calls the 'Dinosaur Trails' Master Leasing Plan Step in the Right Direction Mar 2015 Moves Monument Toward Stronger Balance of Conservation, Development, and Recreation
• Blog Post Can Volunteers Build a Bigger Thicket? Jan 2016 | By Erika Pelletier Dedicated Texans will put on their work gloves this winter to help a tree we’ve been loving to death
• Press Release State Denies Industrial Hog Facility’s Permit, Protecting Buffalo National River Watershed Nov 2018 We are pleased with the state’s decision to put federally protected waters and local economies above private industry.
• Press Release Oil, Gas Exploration to Begin Within Big Cypress National Preserve Mar 2017 Despite ongoing lawsuit, destructive seismic exploration set to start in Big Cypress’ sensitive wetlands.
• Press Release Army Corps Finds Significant Damage in Big Cypress National Preserve After NPS Green Lights Oil and Gas Exploration Mar 2020 Heavy machinery left deep scars across more than one hundred miles of this priceless landscape, creating unnatural channels across iconic wetlands in America’s Greater Everglades ecosystem.
• Blog Post The Lost History of Los Pobladores Feb 2021 | By Dennis Arguelles We have a new opportunity to preserve the little-known stories of Los Angeles’ Black founders
• Policy Update Position on S. 263 and S. 452 May 2017 NPCA, along with partners, sent the following position to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 23, 2017.
• Press Release FracTracker Launches Oil and Gas Tracking App Nov 2014 New iPhone app collects and shares experiences related to oil and gas drilling across the U.S.
• Press Release Groups Find Draft Environmental Assessment of Industrial Hog Facility in Buffalo River Watershed Significantly Flawed Sep 2015 Buffalo River Coalition submits comments to federal agencies calling for thorough environmental review that does not ignore facts and science
• Press Release Celebrating the Buffalo National River During National Travel and Tourism Week May 2015 Nation's first national river proves to draw the crowds and is an economic generator, contributing millions of dollars to the surrounding communities
• 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 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 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.  
• Magazine Article Found Objects Summer 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Two artists turn trash into treasures at Point Reyes National Seashore.
• Press Release Asian Carp Have Arrived: Broad Support Emerges for Legislation to Stop Invasive Fish Mar 2012 Coalition applauds legislation aimed at stopping the advance of Asian carp into Minnesota’s waters
• 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.
• Press Release Senate Advances Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Dec 2019 The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act would add stunning landscapes, critical wildlife areas, waterways and historic treasures to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. 
• Press Release Utah Gateway Community Forum Website Goes Live May 2014 Interactive site allows for ongoing collaboration between community leaders and public land managers
• Press Release Wyoming Department of Transportation Champions Wildlife Crossings Dec 2010 WYDOT proposes plan to prevent wildlife deaths in ‘path of the pronghorn’
• Press Release Groups Go To Court to Protect Buffalo National River from Factory Hog Farm Waste Aug 2013 Lawsuit challenges federal loan guarantees for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River watershed
• 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
• 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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