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• Policy Update Request for Information on Monument Review Process Jul 2017 NPCA sent the following letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting more information on the monument review process.
• Magazine Article Déjà View Winter 2014 | By Scott Kirkwood NPCA Teams Up with Creative Action Network to Reimagine FDR’s “See America” Campaign.
• Blog Post Protecting Our History—and Growing Our Economy—in Orange County, Virginia Apr 2012 Too often, efforts to protect historical sites end up pitting preservationists against landowners and developers, resulting in wasted time, wasted money, and hard feelings all around.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1289, H.R. 2295, and H.R. 2647 Jun 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered by the House Natural Resources Committee on June 10-11, 2015.
• Blog Post The Elwha River, Free-Flowing at Last Mar 2012 | By Jennifer Errick Six months in to the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history, a new video shows promising signs of progress.
• Magazine Article Dreaming, Reflecting, Remembering Summer 2020 | By Rona Marech A special issue for these challenging times.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2748, H.R. 2918 & H.R. 4348 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 24, 2019.
• Blog Post Help Kids “Leave No Trace” Jan 2015 | By Jennifer Chambers As we start a new year, it’s a perfect opportunity to make a resolution to spend more time in nature with the young people in our lives.
• Policy Update Position on S. 1079, Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act May 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 14, 2019.
• Blog Post What’s in an Icon? Jan 2012 | By Annie Riker NPCA’s visual personality has evolved dramatically over the last few years, but our logo hasn’t changed significantly in half a century. It was long overdue for an update. After about a year and a half of research, focus-group testing, surveys, and outreach, NPCA finally unveiled a modernized logo yesterday.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 Nov 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016
• Blog Post Remembering the Manongs and Story of the Filipino Farm Worker Movement May 2017 | By Dennis Arguelles In the 1920s and 30s, Filipino immigrants arrived in the United States seeking fortune but facing discrimination as they worked in the vast agricultural fields of the West. These “manongs” played a significant role in building the farm workers movement, organizing and striking alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
• Blog Post Living History and Solemn Reflection at Antietam Commemoration Sep 2012 On September 17, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia battled for twelve savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek in Maryland. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people had been killed, wounded, or declared missing, making that one day the bloodiest in the history of the Civil War.
• Blog Post Fishy Business Jun 2014 | By Christine R. Goepfert Giant invasive fish are injuring boaters in the Midwest? Crazy but true. A new law will help corral these intruders.
• Magazine Article A High-Flying Recovery Summer 2015 | By Kate Siber A 40-year study follows the once-imperiled peregrine falcons of Alaska.
• Policy Update NPCA views on provisions of H. R. 5986 Sep 2020 NPCA shared the following position with the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of an anticipated hearing scheduled for October 1st, 2020. 
• Blog Post Exploring the Original Oil Country in Northwestern Pennsylvania Jul 2014 | By Marilyn Black 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. 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3480 and H.R. 4202 Jun 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup on June 14 and 15, 2016.
• Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall Fall 2016 A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
• Policy Update Position on S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act May 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security ahead of a business meeting on May 17, 2017.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 959 and H.R. 1289 Sep 2015 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered on the floor of the House on September 16, 2015.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3373 Oct 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for October 11, 2017.
• Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy Dec 2014 | By Joy M. Oakes County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
• Blog Post A Transparent Ploy to Hinder Science May 2018 | By Theresa Pierno An open letter to embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
• Blog Post Birds—and Birders—Find a Welcome Refuge at Monocacy National Battlefield Jun 2013 | By Nicholas Lund It’s been nearly 150 years since the clash that transformed some gentle fields in northern Maryland to the hallowed status of Civil War battlefields.
• Blog Post Major Victory for Clean Air Will Help Reduce Dangerous Levels of Soot Jul 2012 | By Mark Wenzler Health groups, environmentalists, and state governments won a major victory for clean air last month when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tighter regulations on one of the most dangerous air pollutants we breathe every day: soot.
• Magazine Article Accidental Hero Winter 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard Crispus Attucks is believed to be the  first casualty of the American Revolution,  but 250 years later, it’s still difficult to untangle fact from myth.
• Policy Update Position on Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following statement to members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations ahead of a markup scheduled for September 26, 2019.
• Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Gather on Capitol Hill to Discuss Challenges Facing America's Great Waters May 2011 America’s Great Waters Coalition met with decision makers about the challenges facing the nation’s 19 Great Waters
• Magazine Article Lost and Found Spring 2010 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis College students make a stunning discovery that benefits Maggie Walker National Historic Site.

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