Search results for “Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens”
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Blog Post What’s Next for Bears Ears? Earlier today, NPCA joined a coalition of partners suing the federal government to keep Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument fully protected.
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Blog Post What’s Floating in the Mississippi? The Mississippi River is an icon of our nation that conjures up images from the pages of Mark Twain. Yet at the same time, the river has been a target for industrial waste that basically choked the life out of the river. Now, forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, it is time to find out just how healthy our mighty Mississippi is today.
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Blog Post New NPS Video: Spend Three Minutes in the Wilderness "In wildness is the preservation of the world," said Henry David Thoreau. Yet relatively little of the world is designated as wildness--at least here in the United States.
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Magazine Article The Appalachian Trail Blazer Just how far could long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis push herself?
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Magazine Article The Mysteries of the Panama Hotel What treasures did Japanese-Americans abandon when they left for internment camps?
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Blog Post Living Wild in the Wake of Captain John Smith A new water trail in the Chesapeake Bay watershed connects urban residents to a wild landscape and a fascinating history of exploration.
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Magazine Article Homecoming Exactly 40 years after completing the Appalachian Trail, nine hikers reunited in Maine. How had walking those 2,193 miles changed the course of their lives?
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Magazine Article A Pool for the People The ruins of Sutro Baths recall life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
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Blog Post 6 Reasons to Act Today for Clean Air in Arizona It’s no secret that reducing air pollution creates a host of benefits for human health and the environment. But what does it mean in real terms when a coal plant cleans up its act and spews fewer particulates into the air?
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Magazine Article Angel of the Battlefield Clara Barton’s home, just outside of Washington, D.C., tells the story of the Red Cross founder.
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Magazine Article Flight Tracking At Governors Island National Monument, biologists are discovering how birds navigate through New York City’s skyscrapers.
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Magazine Article Wolf Hunt Paleontologists stumble on ancient wolf remains in Tule Springs.
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Blog Post 5 Summer Tips to Leave No Trace Outdoors Ways to enjoy day trips and vacations while causing minimal harm to the landscape.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5153 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for February 5th, 2020.
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Magazine Article Promised Land After the Civil War, more than 26,000 African Americans left the South to homestead the Great Plains, carving out farms, free lives and community on the prairie.
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Magazine Article The Octogenarian and the Monolith At 87, Robert Kelman is the oldest person to climb Devils Tower.
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Magazine Article An American Poet Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site memorializes the poet whose work defined mid-century America.
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Policy Update NPCA Letter to DOI, EPA and NARA urging pause on certain public activities due to COVID-19 NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno, along with partners, submitted the following letter to Secretary Bernhardt (DOI), Administrator Ferriero (NARA), and Administrator Wheeler (EPA) requesting a pause to public comment periods on active rulemaking and non-rulemaking notices within their respective agencies.
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Magazine Article The Beaver That Didn’t Give a Dam Solving the mystery of the ancient Palaeocastor.
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Blog Post Blue and Gray Make Green Earlier this week, the Civil War Trust released a ten-page report packed with photos, statistics, and testimonials on the benefits Civil War battlefields have on the economy.
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Policy Update Position on New Source Review Permitting Reform NPCA has submitted the following position to members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 16, 2018.
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Blog Post Batteries Not Included Kids who regularly spend time playing in and exploring the outdoors benefit from fitter bodies, calmer minds, reduced incidence of stress and attention deficit disorders, and greater academic achievement.
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Blog Post Protecting Our Rivers and Streams Where We Live Take a moment to think about all the places you have lived, not by apartment or job or city, but by the closest river, stream, lake, or sea. It takes me just a few moments to trace back my life in relation to water.
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Blog Post Exploring Tennessee’s Extensive Civil War History The heritage of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era is deeply ingrained in Tennessee, and in 1996, Congress designated the entire state as a national heritage area to preserve and promote this history and culture.
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Blog Post Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last Year He was a visionary leader whose vision didn't always match with those he led; on the 50th anniversary of King's assassination, NPCA's cultural affairs director reflects on the tumult and joy of his final days.
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Policy Update Position on Amendments to H.R. 823, H.R. 1373 & H.R. 2181 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor votes scheduled for October 30 & 31, 2019.
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Magazine Article Divine Providence The 17th-century minister Roger Williams risked his life to be the first American to preach religious freedom.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 538 Native American Energy Act NPCA urges members of the House of Representatives to vote NO on H.R. 538, the Native American Energy Act. This position was sent to all members of the House of Representatives ahead of a floor vote on October 8, 2015.
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Blog Post A Monumental Mockery Why is Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke looking to abolish protections for some of our most beloved public lands?
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1791 & H.R. 2991 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for April 11, 2018.
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