Search results for “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument”
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Park Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park commemorates the two-week clash that launched General Sherman's Atlanta campaign during the Civil War.
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Park Navajo National Monument At Navajo National Monument, you can see three well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. Walking trails along the mesa and into the canyon provide excellent views of these 700-year-old structures.
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Park Montezuma Castle National Monument At Montezuma Castle National Monument, you can see the breathtaking 20-story habitat and ingenious irrigation well built by Ancestral Pueblo Indians 900 years ago.
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Park Richmond National Battlefield Park Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates the importance of the city as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. The park consists of 10 units. Visitors can start their tour with the visitor center at the old site of the Tredegar Iron Works.
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Park Yucca House National Monument The large Ancestral Puebloan village hidden beneath the earth mounds at Yucca House National Monument has yet to be excavated.
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Letter Efforts to Repeal or Undermine Protections for Parks and Monuments More than 450 organizations signed the following letter expressing unified opposition to any efforts to remove or decrease protections for any national monuments.
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Video Telling America's Story at Pullman National Monument America’s stories are just as important as its natural wonders. Pullman National Monument, Chicago’s first national park, tells the story of American opportunity. Watch the video!
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Tennessee's Civil War National Parks In recognition of the important historical events that Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Shiloh National Military Park, Stones River National Battlefield, and Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park commemorate and interpret, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Center for State of the Parks conducted assessments to determine the current conditions of the parks’ cultural and natural resources.
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Blog Post Destination Darkness The Colorado Plateau offers remote and spectacular places to escape light pollution and see the stars at a handful of world-renowned dark-sky parks.
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Press Release Parks Group Report Urges Restoration of Chesapeake Watershed to Ensure Preservation of National Park Sites Tied to Pivotal Moments in Founding of United States 'Protecting Our Chesapeake, Protecting Our National Parks' narrative identifies challenges faced by Patapsco River in Maryland and James River in Virginia and how those issues negatively impact the historic character, environments of Fort McHenry, Colonial and Fort Monroe park sites.
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Blog Post Commercial Beef Cattle in America’s National Parks: Are You Serious? Cattle grazing is not compatible with responsible public land management practices in most cases. Yet new legislation could double the length of time commercial ranchers can graze their animals.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 139, H.R. 486, H.R. 3250, H.R. 3824 & H.R. 4139 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 29, 2019.
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Magazine Article A Quest to Remember 116,000 Americans were killed in World War I. Why has it taken a century to build a national memorial in Washington, D.C.?
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Blog Post ‘Nobody’s Free Unless We’re All Free’ Students connect virtually with their history at Stonewall through NPCA Zoom programs.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 87, H.R. 295, H.R. 1621, and H.R. 4680 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources during a markup on March 15 and 16, 2016.
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Blog Post 10 California Landmarks Worth Celebrating On the 25th anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act, we share a selection of the many extraordinary places that advocates have saved through years of dedication.
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Magazine Article Raisin’ Expectations The country’s newest national park in southeast Michigan details a key battle in the War of 1812.
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Blog Post A Sad Anniversary for the California Desert A year of irresponsible Interior actions undermines decades of progress for our national parks, wildlife and sacred spaces.
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Blog Post Preserving More of Our History in Southern California and Beyond 3 ways the federal government can honor Hispanic Heritage Month by including irreplaceable cultural sites in the National Park System
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Blog Post A Different Kind of Field Work Farmers help preserve the historic feel at parks by keeping traditional crops on their landscapes.
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Blog Post Federal Government Unleashing a Flood of Oil and Gas Leases in the West, Leaving Parks Surrounded NPCA worked with an aerial photographer to document the beauty and threats to five Southwestern parks where oil and gas development is rapidly encroaching on the landscape.
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Magazine Article Candid Cameras In national parks around the country, camera traps capture images that astonish, delight, inform, reveal — and have the power to change human behavior.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1492 & H.R. 1572 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for July 18, 2019.
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Blog Post If These Parks Could Talk 150 years ago, Grant’s Overland Campaign changed the course of the Civil War. See where it happened this spring.
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Blog Post How a Border Wall Could Harm Two Desert Parks: A Closer Look The federal government could soon install new bollard wall on portions of the southern border, including 78 miles of barriers near National Park Service land.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 295, H.R. 1621, and H.R. 2817 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee during a hearing on February 11, 2016.
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Press Release The Bi-County Parkway: A Chance to Take a Second Look Joint statement by: National Parks Conservation Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Piedmont Environmental Council; Coalition for Smarter Growth; Southern Environmental Law Center
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Press Release Congress Closer to Increased Protection of "Marbled Halls of Oregon" Statement by Rob Smith, Northwest Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Objects at Hand: 10 Curious Park Artifacts The National Park Service manages one of the largest museum systems in North America, preserving more than 45 million artifacts, from the artful to the odd.
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Policy Update Position on S. 257, S. 312, S. 355, S. 391, S. 1073, S. 1403, S. 1438 & S. 1522 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks ahead of a legislative hearing scheduled for July 19, 2017.
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Press Release BLM Continues to Threaten National Parks with Inappropriate Oil and Gas Development "Once again, this administration has chosen to ignore concerns raised by the public when making decisions on our public lands" - Jerry Otero, Southwest Energy Program Manager for National Parks Conservation Association
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 307, H.R. 1088, H.R. 1179, H.R. 1487, & H.R. 2427 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 22, 2019.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 835 & H.R. 4895 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for February 14, 2018.
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Blog Post Governor McDonnell: Please Don't Build Houses on a Historic Civil War Site "Freedom's Fortress" is an important part of Virginia's history and no place for a subdivision.
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Blog Post 10 National Park Cameos in Movies Check out — or revisit — these 10 films where parks played a starring role.
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Blog Post Sharing the 'Real' Civil War Our collective fascination with the Civil War often brushes past the complex underlying issues of race, slavery, and politics to focus exclusively on bullets, bayonets, and tactics—but we should take every effort to broaden our concepts about what constitutes “real” Civil War history and what doesn’t.
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Magazine Article My Maine A Maine native reflects on the state’s new national park.
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Blog Post The Unsung Heroines of Stonewall More than half a century later, these bold women continue to inspire.
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Report Oil, Gas Leasing Threatens 7 Western National Parks New report details dangers of development near park lands
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Report Texas Pride This report profiles the 13 national park sites here in Texas, visited annually by nearly 5.5 million people. They are the pride of our state and economic boons to local communities, with national park tourism providing nearly 5,000 jobs and $308 million annually for state and local economies.
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