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Jim Burnett
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Welcomes Jim Adams to Lead Alaska Regional Office Jim Adams brings 20 years of conservation experience to NPCA as new Alaska Regional Director
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Press Release Burnett Oil Seeking to Drill in Big Cypress National Preserve, Part of America’s Everglades 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.
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Staff Jim Adams A 25-year resident Anchorage, Jim is the Senior Regional Director of the Alaska office, where he works with his colleagues to protect Alaska’s stunning and ecologically-intact national parklands.
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Jim Stratton
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Press Release EPA Abandons Science, Clears Way for Pebble Mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay "The Trump Administration is putting America last in making it easier for a foreign mining company to endanger the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery and the iconic brown bears of Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks” -- NPCA's Jim Adams.
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Park Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared: “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” With this landmark decision, the United States put an end to racially segregated schools on the grounds that they violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection to all Americans. The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site commemorates this decision and the larger struggle for racial equality through educational exhibits and events on the grounds of Monroe Elementary, a formerly all-black school in Topeka, Kansas. A museum incorporates videos and interactive exhibits on the history of racial segregation in America and the destructive legacy of Jim Crow. A walk through the site’s “Hall of Courage” recreates the experience of the first African Americans attending newly integrated schools. Visitors are encouraged to absorb the difficult history and also reflect on it in a space provided for art and meditation.
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Park Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Maggie Walker devoted her life to civil rights advancement, economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. Walker served as an inspiration of pride and progress, and her home is preserved as a tribute to her enduring legacy of vision, courage, and determination.
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Park Booker T. Washington National Monument This monument commemorates the tobacco farm where one of America's most prominent African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was born into slavery in 1856. Washington spent his boyhood at the 207-acre estate until the Union victory in the Civil War freed his family. After the Civil War, Washington became the founder and first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser, author and orator, he spoke to the new disenfranchisement of former slaves who suffered under discriminatory Jim Crow laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction period, and he helped to fight for educational and economic advancement in the African-American community.
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Park Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Just outside of downtown Jacksonville, this preserve protects 46,000 acres of wetlands, hardwood forests, and coastal dunes along with historic sites and relics from 6,000 years of human habitation. The site is named for and helps preserve the history of the 35 Native American chiefdoms that lived in the region and spoke the Timucua language. The site also contains the remains of a plantation with slave cabins, helping researchers better understand the culture and daily lives of the enslaved people who toiled there. The park also includes a historic beach founded during the Jim Crow era by Florida’s first African-American millionaire, a 1920s-era golf course, and a memorial to France's failed New World colony.
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Blog Post Essential Paddling Guide: Paddling The Buffalo, America's First National River Massive, water-stained bluffs soaring more than 500 feet above your canoe or kayak; the highest waterfall between the Appalachians and the Rockies; potential campsites on gravel bars along over a hundred miles of clear, free-flowing river; all this and more make the Buffalo National River a worthy addition to your list of must-do float trips.
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Press Release Alaska Board of Game's War on Wolves Continues: Board Rejects Lifting Moratorium on Denali Wolf Buffer Statement by Jim Stratton, Senior Regional Director for Alaska, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Congressional Passage of Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act Statement by Jim Stratton, Deputy Vice President of Regional Operations for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Praises Approval of Wrangell-St. Elias Nabesna Road Plan Statement by Jim Stratton, Senior Regional Director for Alaska, National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post A National Park Made for Life Lists No matter what experiences you like to “collect,” Channel Islands has it all — including glimpses of the rare island scrub-jay
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Blog Post What Happens When the Water Runs Out? A short visit to a narrow canyon reveals stories from the distant past on water and climate that feel surprisingly relevant today
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Blog Post Hamilton: More Than a Musical! NPCA’s traveling park lover delves into the fascinating life of the Founding Father who has become Broadway’s latest sensation
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Blog Post Going Caveman in Grants Pass NPCA's traveling park lover visits a rare marble cave system in the Pacific Northwest, only to be reunited with an amusing character from his past.
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Blog Post In Baltimore, the Red and the Blue Wave Together as One The flag at Fort McHenry reminds us what America stands for and how our nation has endured through decades of challenges.
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Blog Post Winter Rains Bring Blooms to Organ Pipe Once dubbed the most dangerous park in the country, these wild Arizona lands are fully reopened, noticeably restored and full of botanic wonders.
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Blog Post Finding Beauty and History in New Mexico’s Sandstone NPCA’s traveling parkie beats the heat at an ancient watering hole and reads messages from the past at El Morro, the country’s second national monument
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Blog Post A Glimpse into a Dark Part of America’s History A traveling park lover takes his mom into a windy desert landscape to try to imagine what life was like behind the barbed wire fences of a war relocation center more than 70 years ago.
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Blog Post Vacationing in the Last Frontier Planning your trip to Alaska can be a daunting task, but the effort is well worth it. A trip to the Last Frontier will provide you with a lifetime of memories.
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Blog Post Fighting to Keep Alaska’s Rivers Wild Court’s decision in case over the use of hovercraft could have huge consequences for Alaska’s parks
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Blog Post Standing with the Emotion of History Have you been to the USS Arizona in Hawaii where World War II began in the U.S.? Thank a park ranger for letting us all remember.
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Blog Post Unsportsmanlike Conduct The state of Alaska should not allow objectionable bear-hunting methods like baiting, snaring, and spotlighting in our northernmost national parks.
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Blog Post Why NPCA Is Suing the Park Service over Testing at Big Cypress NPCA regularly supports the National Park Service and its core mission to protect our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places. But when the agency recently approved plans to allow extensive oil and gas testing in Big Cypress National Preserve, NPCA went to court to stop it. Here's why.
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Press Release Army Corps Finds Significant Damage in Big Cypress National Preserve After NPS Green Lights Oil and Gas Exploration 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.
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Magazine Article Final Words A former Yellowstone ranger raced to finish a book about two threats — one that endangers national parks and another that ultimately took his own life.
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Blog Post Video: Oil Trucks Mow Down Trees at National Preserve NPCA's staff and partners were appalled to learn of the conditions inside Big Cypress.
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Press Release Park Service Paves Way for Oil, Gas Drilling in Big Cypress National Preserve Plans Would Disrupt 70,000 Acres of Fragile Wetlands, Forest
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Resource Awards and Recognition The National Parks Conservation Association has had the privilege of presenting awards to decision makers, organizations, and individuals that have made a difference for national parks. The contributions these award-winners have made are vital to the continued excellence of our National Park System.
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Press Release Groups Sue to Stop Oil and Gas Exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve Seismic Testing Threatens Endangered Florida Panther and Water Resources
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Press Release Army Corps Backtracks on Clean Water Act Protections for Big Cypress National Preserve The National Parks Conservation Association joins fellow environmental advocates in expressing concern over this unsubstantiated flip-flop and calling for answers to many questions that the Army Corps’ reversal letter has raised.
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Press Release Oil, Gas Exploration to Begin Within Big Cypress National Preserve Despite ongoing lawsuit, destructive seismic exploration set to start in Big Cypress’ sensitive wetlands.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls on National Park Service to Reject Testing for Oil Beneath Big Cypress Proposal Would Open Door to Drilling in Critical Endangered Species Habitat
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Magazine Article The Ranger Project The stargazers, climbers, paddlers, teachers, naturalists, historians, scientists, rescuers, protectors and dreamers of the National Park Service.
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Blog Post Reflections on Birmingham, Site of America’s Newest National Monument Birmingham was once the nation’s most segregated city, home to brutal, racially motivated violence. Today, a new national park site commemorates the critical civil rights history that happened here.
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NPCA at Work Don’t Put Endangered Wildlife at Risk to Drill Big Cypress A private energy development company wants to conduct seismic testing on 70,000 acres within Big Cypress National Preserve for oil and gas development — paving the way for drilling to begin on an unprecedented scale on national park land.
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Land Based Trip On the Road to Freedom: Understanding Civil Rights Through our National Parks and Heritage Areas This transformative journey takes you through some of the most significant sites in the American Civil Rights Movement. See how NPCA is protecting the rich history of this region and get an opportunity to meet with some of the faithful foot soldiers and hear their stories of survival, bravery and their fight for justice.
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Report NPCA 2021 Annual Report What Parks Mean to Us ALL
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Letter 30 Biologists Oppose Seismic Testing Plan for Big Cypress 30 biologists from universities and organizations throughout Florida and the Southeast sent a letter to Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell asking her to reject a seismic testing plan that would put 70,000 acres of the park at risk, including habitat for the critically endangered Florida panther.
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