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Blog Post Steps to Make National Parks Plastic-Free NPCA is working with industry leaders to launch new strategies that will eliminate single-use plastics in our parks — and you can help.
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Blog Post Facts You May Know Not About 10 First Ladies In honor of Women’s History Month, here are intriguing stories about 10 of these public figures who have contributed to American history, culture and the presidency.
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Press Release Yellowstone Bourbon Renews Partnership with NPCA Yellowstone's $250,000 donation in 2023 will make it NPCA's largest annual corporate donor.
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Blog Post 6 Cool Things About Hot Springs One U.S. national park characteristically emphasizes health and well-being through its mineral waters — Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 209 & TAP American Energy Discussion Draft NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for February 28, 2023.
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Blog Post Celebrating Places and Stories Within Nature: Blackwell School National Historic Site The second video in a new series showcases park advocate Daniel Hernandez and his deep generational connection to Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas.
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Press Release Wildlife Protection Documentary Makes Film Festival Debut The Boone Docs Film Festival will feature short-form documentary films focusing on or from the Appalachian region, including The Search for Safe Passage, produced by NPCA and Wildlands Network.
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Press Release Conservation Groups to Defend Postponement of Oil & Gas Lease Sales Wyoming, industry double down on failed attempt to rewrite the law for oil and gas companies
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Press Release National Park Advocates Call on EPA to Protect Big Cypress National Preserve from Oil and Gas Exploration In recent years, massive oil hunts across the wilderness of Big Cypress National Preserve have caused heartbreaking damage to this iconic national park site. The EPA has a chance to stop it for good.
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Press Release NPCA Recognized as One of USA’s Top Workplaces “Truly, our greatest asset is our people.” Theresa Pierno, President and CEO
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Blog Post 9 Things You May Not Know About the Little Rock Nine “After three full days inside Central, I know that integration is a much bigger word than I thought.” — Melba Pattillo, one of the Little Rock Nine
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Press Release Victory: Bristol Bay, Parks and Wildlife Safe from Pebble Mine "Today’s critical action affirms the irreplaceable significance of this region, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon run and Alaska Native communities for time immemorial" -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Press Release Voyageurs National Park, Boundary Waters Protected from Toxic Mining "Banning mining activities in the region’s watershed will protect the broader park ecosystem now and for years to come.” -- Christine Goepfert
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 21, the Strategic Petroleum Response Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of expected floor votes the week of January 23, 2023
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Blog Post The Legacy of Fred Korematsu He fought against his forced imprisonment, all the way to the Supreme Court. Today, the National Park Service helps interpret the dark history behind World War II incarceration camps.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association y Nature Valley anuncian nueva serie de videos que celebra los espacios naturales y las historias que ellos inspiran National Parks Conservation Association y Nature Valley fomentan la protección permanente de lugares que honran a personas e historias personales que han influido en la historia de nuestros terrenos públicos.
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Blog Post Celebrating Places and Stories Within Nature: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park The first video in a new series showcases park advocate Josie Gutierrez and how exercising in San Antonio Missions transformed her appreciation for this natural and historical space. Her passion for the national park is now spreading across generations within her community.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association and Nature Valley Announce New Video Series Celebrating Spaces and Stories Within Nature National Parks Conservation Association and Nature Valley are furthering the permanent protection of places that honor the people and stories who shaped our public lands.
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Press Release EPA Ignores Mother Nature in Proposal for Stronger Clean Air Protections New soot pollution standards address public health threats but not ecosystems and overall welfare.
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Press Release Biden’s Final Water Rule Better Protects Waterways for People and Parks "Today we can all celebrate cleaner water for our national parks and communities."
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Press Release Congress Takes Bold, Bipartisan Step in Protecting America’s Heritage and History National heritage areas help tell the full range of American stories. This new law will create a formal system for national heritage areas and designate seven new ones to help communities protect priceless, diverse American history across the country.
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Press Release National Park Service Agrees: Till Story Should Be Preserved “This study confirms what many Americans across the country instinctively understand: the story of Emmett Till’s lynching, one of the most infamous hate crimes in American history, is nationally significant and worthy of preservation." -- NPCA's Alan Spears
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Blog Post 2022 — What a Year for Parks! We celebrate 2022 for the strides made in protecting parks, preserving land and wildlife, and honoring important sites in our nation’s progress toward equality — accomplishments that could not have been made without our many park advocates.
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Blog Post Arlington House May Get a New Name Legislators and descendants of Robert E. Lee and the families he enslaved want to drop the Confederate general from the formal name of the manor house at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Press Release Congress Increases National Park Funding for Staffing and Recent Natural Disasters, Misses Opportunity to Pass Popular Bipartisan Park Bills "This funding will help our parks bring back hundreds of staff to safely welcome the millions of people who visit them and keep gateway communities up and running.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Arches, Glacier and Rocky Mountain to Resume Timed Entry Access in 2023 “Thanks to managed access, visitors to Arches, Glacier and Rocky Mountain saw more wildlife and wild lands than brake lights and traffic jams the last several years" -- NPCA's Cassidy Jones
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Blog Post 8 Park Bills Congress Should Pass EDITOR’S NOTE: Five of these bills received congressional approval on Dec. 23, 2022, at the end of the 117th Congress. Read below for updates. NPCA is pushing to get national park bills through Congress this year. Here’s a list of some of the bills that have received bipartisan support — and we hope can get across the finish line.
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Blog Post Climate Change Forces Difficult Decisions Along the Colorado River Without enough water to go around, federal agencies and advocates weigh competing needs of people and threatened fish.
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Policy Update Perspective on National Park Visitation NPCA submitted the following statement to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 6, 2022.
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Blog Post Why Stonewall Matters Now More Than Ever As inflammatory rhetoric and even violence against LGBTQ people accelerate, Stonewall National Monument in New York remains a powerful symbol of the community’s resilience and permanence.
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