NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Press Release National Parks, People Once Again at Risk as Trump Administration Moves Forward with Partial Government Shutdown Dec 2018 It’s unrealistic and dangerous to think that parks can remain open with only a skeleton crew and continue with business as usual. 
• Blog Post Trump Administration Rollback Could Hurt These 10 Parks Dec 2018 | By Chad Lord Revisions to the Clean Water Rule could have real, on-the-ground consequences for hundreds of national park sites — including these 10.
• Blog Post My Wish List for the Next Interior Secretary Dec 2018 | By Theresa Pierno As Ryan Zinke steps down from his post overseeing public lands, NPCA’s president and CEO shares her priorities for his successor.
• Magazine Article Mississippi Reckoning Winter 2019 | By Kate Siber Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
• Magazine Article The Ranger Project Winter 2019 | By Daniel Howe The stargazers, climbers, paddlers, teachers, naturalists, historians, scientists, rescuers, protectors and dreamers of the National Park Service. 
• Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile Winter 2019 | By Brianna Randall How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
• Magazine Article Saving the Panther Winter 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard The Florida panther was going to die out. Then conservationists dreamed up a daring rescue operation.
• Magazine Article Sultan of Sweat Winter 2019 | By Nicolas Brulliard Babe Ruth soaked and trained in what is now Hot Springs National Park. He also set a jaw-dropping baseball record.
• Magazine Article No English? No Problem. Winter 2019 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan As the number of international visitors to national parks rises, the Park Service is speaking up — in multiple languages.
• Magazine Article Valley of Memories Winter 2019 | By Dorian Fox Their land was taken to create Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Each year, their descendants return to reconnect.
• Magazine Article The Census Taker Winter 2019 | By Jacob Baynham Alex Mintzer has been counting ant colonies at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for more than 30 years.
• Magazine Article A Whaling Tale Winter 2019 | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan A quarter-mile-long painting from a bygone era makes its 21st century debut.
• Magazine Article Goats Go Home Winter 2019 | By Jonathan Shipley Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.
• Press Release After 20 Tumultuous Months for National Parks and Public Lands, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to Leave Dec 2018 For months, we have had concerns about Ryan Zinke’s decisions that harm national parks, their wildlife and our cultural and natural resources.
• Press Release Restoration Plan Must Maximize Flow to Everglades National Park Dec 2018 Florida Bay advocates optimistic about agency restoration potential
• Press Release Southern Utah National Parks Threatened by BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Dec 2018 New oil and gas lease sales threaten Arches and Canyonlands National Parks as well as Hovenweep National Monument and its surrounding cultural landscape.
• Policy Update Position on S. 2395, S. 3505, S. 3435, S. 3571, S. 3609, S. 3961, H.R. 5005 & H.R. 6687 Dec 2018 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 12, 2018.
• Press Release Farm Bill Safeguards National Parks, Provides Funding for Conservation and Climate Change Programs Dec 2018 The new farm bill is a major victory for conservation, wildlife, public lands and waters, and communities.
• Press Release Trump’s Repeal of Clean Water Rule Means Dirtier Water For People and National Parks Dec 2018 The proposed rule will take us back five decades in our effort to clean up our waterways. 
• Press Release BLM Rejects Industrial Proposal Next to Castle Mountains National Monument Dec 2018 The Nevada BLM rejected a permit for the widely opposed Crescent Peak Wind project, bordering Mojave National Preserve, Castle Mountains National Monument and the Wee Thump wilderness area. 
• Press Release New Members Appointed to the National Park System Advisory Board Dec 2018 Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for National Parks Conservation Association:
• Blog Post The 12 Most-Visited Winter Parks Dec 2018 National park sites can provide an ideal adventure or an escape from the cold during the winter months.
• Press Release Trump Administration Advances Seismic Testing, Threatening Wildlife at 33 Coastal National Parks Nov 2018 The Trump administration is ignoring threats to whales, dolphins and other marine life to further its ongoing quest for energy dominance.
• Press Release State Denies Industrial Hog Facility’s Permit, Protecting Buffalo National River Watershed Nov 2018 We are pleased with the state’s decision to put federally protected waters and local economies above private industry.
• Blog Post Want to Take a Bit of This National Park with You? Nov 2018 | By Nicolas Brulliard Many national parks were created to protect natural wonders, be they giant sequoias or graceful sandstone arches. Yet, one national park is mandated to give away the very natural resource the park is known for. 
• Press Release Parks Group Files Brief in Support of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Nov 2018 Through our amicus brief, we urge the courts to hold the government accountable for putting our public lands, including our national parks, in harm’s way.
• Press Release Entergy Arkansas Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups to Cease Burning Coal Nov 2018 Today’s agreement secures important reductions in air pollution that has harmed national parks and communities across the region for decades.
• Blog Post 5 Takeaways from the Midterm Elections Nov 2018 | By Ani Kame’enui NPCA’s director of legislation and policy notes a few trends from last week’s elections that could affect national parks in 2019.
• Press Release Santa Monica Mountains Park Ranger Honored with Stephen T. Mather Award Nov 2018 “I love that the national parks are acknowledging and working toward becoming more reflective and representative of our country's beautiful diversity -- which makes us stronger” -- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Ranger and Stephen T. Mather Award recipient Antonio Solorio.
• Press Release Paving Paradise: Massive Development Proposal Advances at the Doorstep to Joshua Tree Nov 2018 5,000 acre housing development proposal threatens Joshua Tree National Park plant and wildlife, cultural sites and dark night skies 

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