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• Report Historic Fruit Trees of the Park System Thirty years ago, nearly one-third of the national park sites had historic fruit trees of some kind. It is unknown how many of them remain.
• Report NPCA 2021 Annual Report What Parks Mean to Us ALL
• Resource Why Travel with NPCA? Our goal is to offer NPCA members the best itineraries in adventure and educational travel in the places we know best: America’s national parks
• Resource Application: Northeast Youth Advisory Council National Parks Conservation Association’s northeast team is thrilled to announce the establishment of a Northeast Youth Advisory Council to assist us in our program and advocacy work.
• Press Release Chemical Spill Closes Sections of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Apr 2017 Chemical spill closes three beaches at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Press Release Cargill to Buffalo River Coalition: 6,500 Hogs are "Good Neighbors" to America's First National River Sep 2014 Buffalo River Coalition is calling into question the effectiveness of mitigation and remaining firm in calling for the facility’s removal from the watershed.
• Press Release National Geographic and Groups in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Launch Geotourism Project for Upper and Middle Delaware River Area Oct 2015 Community-Based Initiative Will Identify and Promote Uniqueness of Area, Boost Tourism
• Policy Update NPCA position on legislation before the House Natural Resources Committee Jul 2021 NPCA shared the following position ahead of a legislative hearing held by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee scheduled for July 14th, 2021.
• Blog Post A Strong Recovery for the Island Night Lizard Feb 2013 | By Jennifer Errick What's three inches long, lives on a remote island, and was just removed from the Endangered Species List? Meet the island night lizard, a species unique to the Channel Islands, whose population has rebounded so significantly since 1977, as of this month, it no longer needs federal protection. 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 482 and H.R. 959 Jul 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing on June 16, 2015.
• Blog Post Labor Day Has Its Roots in Chicago's Historic Pullman Neighborhood Aug 2013 | By Larry Spivack The stories of Pullman are American stories. They are stories of hard work, immigration, race and class, wealth and poverty, and a struggle for justice.
• Magazine Article Art on the Rock Winter 2015 | By Julia Busiek Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei explores freedom and creative expression using Alcatraz as his canvas.
• Press Release 9th Circuit Appeals Court Rejects Drakes Bay Oyster Co. En Banc Rehearing Petition Jan 2014 Decision Affirms Interior Department's Wilderness Designation for Drakes Estero
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 5780 and S. 3028 Sep 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup on September 21-22, 2016.
• Press Release Supreme Court Ruling Highlights Need for Clarity on DOI Protections for LGBTQ Employees Jun 2020 In light of this landmark legal victory for LGBTQ people around the country, it is critically important for the Department of the Interior to affirm these protections for its LGBTQ employees. 
• Policy Update Position on the Clean Power Plan Apr 2018 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to the EPA in response to their effort to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
• Magazine Article Nesting Instincts Spring 2012 | By Kate Siber What happens when species protection trumps historical interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield?
• Press Release Environmental Groups Urge Administration to Pause Open Public Comment Periods, Respect Democratic Process Mar 2020 Now is not the time for the administration to rush to decisions without the opportunity for full public engagement.
• Policy Update NPCA position on amendments to H.R. 4447 Sep 2020 Ahead of anticpated votes, NPCA shared the following positions on amendments to H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
• Policy Update Testimony: S. 414 California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act Oct 2015 Written testimony by David Lamfrom for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing on October 8, 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 925, H.R. 1487, H.R. 1492, H.R. 3115 & H.R. 3541 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 25, 2019.
• Magazine Article On the Trail Again Winter 2020 | By Rona Marech Tim Palmer, author of a new book about mountain hikes, reflects on a lifetime in the great outdoors. 
• Press Release Coalition Urges Caution in Embracing Governor Beebe Water Testing Proposal for C & H Hog Farms Aug 2013 Groups remain steadfast in efforts to revoke hog facility permit
• Magazine Article Good News for Spelunkers Summer 2014 | By Scott Kirkwood Oregon Caves National Monument Could Get Bigger.
• Magazine Article Prairie Solitaire Summer 2012 | By Morgan Heim In the middle of America, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve offers an intimate, grounding experience.
• Blog Post Bringing Down the Dams Jul 2014 People talk about overcoming obstacles, but when advocates literally move tons of concrete to help their local river and its wildlife, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase.
• Blog Post Focus on Water: A Great Boost for Our Great Lakes Mar 2012 | By Lynn McClure Last week, I joined about 80 fellow Great Lakes residents as special guests of the White House to talk about the tremendous progress we've made toward restoring our lakes.
• Blog Post The Art of Resistance Feb 2015 | By Natalie Levine It was a typical San Francisco winter day—in other words, we couldn’t see farther than a car’s length ahead of us—as my family and I drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. The fog horns were blowing, reminding my mom of how, as a child, she’d look out across the San Francisco Bay shrouded in mist and get a chill down her spine thinking of the criminals living out on Alcatraz. We were on our way to that former federal prison—now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area—an eerie place to match the eerie day.
• Magazine Article The Last Wild One Fall 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard After the chance discovery of a Franciscan manzanita, the rare plant was carefully relocated to a secret location in San Francisco’s Presidio. Can it survive in the wild?
• Press Release U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Allow Mining Companies to Fill Mountain Valleys with Mine Waste Mar 2014 Statement by NPCA Senior Southeast Regional Director Don Barger
• Policy Update NPCA Position on select legislation before the House Committee on Natural Resources Jul 2020 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of an anticpated legislative hearing scheduled for July 29th.  
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2167, H.R. 4387 and H.R. 5114 Jun 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Federal Lands subcommittee during a hearing on June 23, 2016.
• Blog Post Misplaced Priorities Mar 2020 | By Ani Kame’enui Why is the administration moving forward on oil and gas leasing and other development projects on public lands while the nation struggles to meet its basic needs?
• Policy Update Position on S. 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act Jul 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 26, 2017.
• Report Northeast Regional Office Field Reports NPCA's Northeast Regional Office produces an annual newsletter. These field reports provide timely updates and perspectives on issues of interest to our members and supporters in New York, New Jersey and New England.

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