NPCA Press Releases

• Press Release Trump Proposals Fail National Parks Feb 2018 Park repairs come at expense of cuts to budget and environmental protections.
• Press Release Trump Administration Silences Public’s Voice in Oil, Gas Leasing Near Parks Feb 2018 Eliminates collaborative planning, limits requirements for environmental review.
• Press Release Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Can’t Come at Cost to Parks Jan 2018 Dismantling conservation laws non-starter for national parks group.
• Press Release Bill Aims to Strip Protections for Public Lands that Belong to All Americans Jan 2018 Bill aims to codify the president’s actions to decrease protections for Bears Ears National Monument.
• Press Release Public Lands, Clean Air and Water Lose with Trump Administration Infrastructure Proposal Jan 2018 “Strengthening infrastructure within our national parks and across the country should not come at the expense of weakening environmental protections – period." -- Theresa Pierno
• Press Release Mike Reynolds Named Superintendent of Yosemite National Park Jan 2018 Statement by Mark Rose, Sierra Nevada Field Representative for National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release Dan Smith Named Acting Director of National Park Service Jan 2018 Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO, National Parks Conservation Association.
• Press Release National Parks to Fully Re-Open with Budget Deal Jan 2018 Government shutdown shows importance of national park rangers.
• Press Release Administration’s Plan to Keep National Parks Open During Government Shutdown Puts Visitors and Resources At Risk Jan 2018 The Department of the Interior plans to keep some national parks open through a government shutdown.
• Press Release EPA Moves to Roll Back Parks’ Clean Air Protections Jan 2018 Positions to roll back rules that protect national parks and visitor health from air pollution.
• Press Release Nine of 12 Members of the National Park System Advisory Board Resign out of Frustration Jan 2018 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke failed to meet with members of the advisory board despite repeated requests throughout 2017.
• Press Release State’s Plan for Water Storage Fails to Consider Best Options for Sending Water South to Everglades National Park Jan 2018 More land is needed to store and treat more water.
• Press Release Tribal, Conservation Groups Urge Court to Restore Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies Jan 2018 Tribal and conservation interests today asked a federal judge to invalidate a government decision to strip the Yellowstone region’s grizzly bears of longstanding endangered species protections.
• Press Release National Parks Group Challenges Western Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sales Jan 2018 Oil, gas development could endanger six national park units in Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming.
• Press Release Offshore Leasing Plan Threatens National Parks, Wildlife and Coastal Communities Jan 2018 Atlantic, Pacific coasts could be open to leasing for first time in decades.
• Press Release Local Businesses and Park Community Representatives to Secretary Zinke: Don’t Price Families Out of National Parks Dec 2017 Increasing entrance fees would harm gateway communities that depend on park visitors.
• Press Release Conservation Advocates Challenge EPA's Texas Haze Plan in Court Dec 2017 Groups challenge EPA’s Regional Haze Pollution Cleanup Plan in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Press Release Park Proposal for National Monument a Distraction Dec 2017 Move by Utah Congressman Seen as Another Attempt to Dismantle Protections for Public Lands.
• Press Release BLM Advances Oil and Gas Leasing Close to Dinosaur National Monument and Great Basin National Park Dec 2017 The lease sales next to Dinosaur National Monument and Great Basin National Park continue the Trump Administration’s troubling track record of leasing lands near national parks.
• Press Release Appeals Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Dec 2017 Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Celebrate Key Win for Water, Wildlife, Sacred Lands
• Press Release Delayed Air Quality Protections Favors Pollution Over Parks and Public Lands Dec 2017 The Bureau of Land Management is delaying implementation of commonsense methane rules, putting the health of national parks and park visitors at risk.
• Press Release Parks Group Joins Conservation Community, Files Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Bears Ears National Monument Dec 2017 President’s abuse of authority strips protections from a priceless cultural and natural heritage that belongs to all Americans.
• Press Release Attacks on Our National Monuments Continue; Zinke Report Recommends Gutting More Protections Dec 2017 Monuments report shows administration’s plans to dismantle 10 places protected by past Republican and Democratic presidents.
• Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting Dec 2017 In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
• Press Release Parks Group Sues EPA Over Delay of Ozone Protections Dec 2017 EPA’s action puts public health, national parks at risk.
• Press Release Nature Valley Partners with National Parks Conservation Association, Encourages Support for America’s National Parks this #GivingTuesday Nov 2017 Nature Valley and National Parks Conservation Association celebrate more than eight years of protecting our national parks together.
• Press Release New Mexico Park Advocate Awarded Quivira Coalition’s Radical Center Award for Conservation Nov 2017 NPCA's Ernie Atencio cited for his many years of conservation work and respected compendium of published writings.
• Press Release Public Gets More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hike Nov 2017 Administration extends public comment period by one month.
• Press Release Groups Challenge Federal Loophole That Exempts Polluters from Cleaning Air at National Parks and Wilderness Areas Nov 2017 Legal arguments heard in U.S. Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on EPA to Hold Polluter Accountable Nov 2017 Intent to sue filed today against U.S. Steel following chemical Spill affecting Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

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