NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Press Release Yellowstone Bison Find Year-Round Room to Roam in Montana Apr 2016 This will be the first time in generations that bison will be granted year-round #RoomToRoam
• Blog Post Rock On: 11 Lesser-Known Geologic Wonders in National Parks Apr 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard From mysterious gliding rocks in Death Valley to fossils of some of the most ancient life forms in Glacier, here are 11 lesser-known geologic wonders—including a few personal favorites from Bruce Heise of the Park Service’s Geologic Resources Inventory program.
• Press Release Obama Administration Approves Harmful Energy Project in the California Desert Apr 2016 Department of Interior approved the Soda Mountain Solar Project, which is widely regarded as the most controversial renewable energy proposal in the region, and stands to industrialize important habitat for bighorn sheep and other wildlife, less than half a mile from Mojave National Preserve.
• Press Release Hundreds of People Voice Support for New National Park Commemorating Women's Equality Apr 2016 Today’s public meeting part of ongoing process to establish new national park site
• Blog Post Why I’m Celebrating My 30th Birthday at All 400-Plus National Parks Apr 2016 | By Mikah Meyer I'm hitting the road this month to become the youngest person to see every national park site in the country — and the only person to do it all in a single trip.
• Blog Post National Poetry Month Trivia Challenge Apr 2016 | By Jennifer Errick Q: The former homes of four prolific American poets are preserved in the National Park System. Can you name these four beloved writers?
• Blog Post A Winning Combination for the Grand Canyon Mar 2016 | By Kevin Dahl Here's how your letters of support helped to stop one of the most serious threats to this iconic park since it was designated nearly 100 years ago.
• Policy Update Testimony: Fiscal Year 2017 Interior Appropriations Mar 2016 Written statement submitted by John Garder to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on March 23, 2016.
• Blog Post What Is an American? Mar 2016 | By Timothy S. Good National parks may not be America’s “best idea”—but they hold the key to what is great about our nation, and ourselves.
• Press Release On the Heels of Proposed Grizzly Delisting, Lawsuit Challenges Wildlife Management at Grand Teton National Park Mar 2016 NPCA is fighting a dangerous, precedent-setting decision by the National Park Service that puts wildlife at risk in Grand Teton National Park.
• Press Release National Parks Group Continues to Defend Park Service’s Authority to Manage Its Waterways Mar 2016 Supports National Park Service's Efforts to Enforce Safety and Other Park Regulations on Waters Within Parks
• Press Release 75 National Parks Featured in New Keepsake, See America Book Mar 2016 National Parks Conservation Association and the Creative Action Network announce a new keepsake book
• Press Release Congresswoman Terri Sewell Introduces H.R. 4817 to Designate Birmingham’s Historic Civil Rights District as a National Park Mar 2016 The City of Birmingham played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement and this national designation will forever cement its place in American history
• Blog Post See National Parks Through Artists’ Eyes Mar 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard A new book features 85 posters of national parks by contemporary artists and designers.
• Press Release Interior Department Cancels Illegal Oil and Gas Lease Near Glacier National Park Mar 2016 The Department of the Interior announced cancellation of an oil and gas lease totaling more than 6,000 acres in the sacred Badger-Two Medicine area, adjacent to Glacier National Park in Montana.
• Policy Update Position on S. 2177/H.R. 959, S. 651/H.R. 1289, H.R. 2880, S. 1930, S. 119, S. 718, S. 770, S. 1943, S. 1975, S. 1993, S. 2309 Mar 2016 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on March 17, 2016.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 87, H.R. 295, H.R. 1621, and H.R. 4680 Mar 2016 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.
• Press Release Legacy Florida Bill to Provide Dedicated Funding to Everglades Restoration for The First Time Ever Mar 2016 Statement from John Adornato III, Sun Coast Senior Regional Director for National Parks Conservation Association
• Policy Update Position on Presidential Mitigation Memorandum Mar 2016 NPCA submitted the following position to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing on March 12, 2016, as well as to the House Natural Resources Oversight Subcommittee ahead of a hearing on February 24, 2016.
• Magazine Article Then and Now Spring 2016 | By Kate Siber Out with unchecked looting and feeding the bears. In with prescribed fire and zero waste. What a difference 100 years has made for the National Park Service.
• Magazine Article The Trouble With Bats Spring 2016 | By Dorian Fox A decade after the emergence of white-nose syndrome, bats in national parks and around the country continue to die. Can researchers save them before it's too late?
• Magazine Article The Lassen Effect Spring 2016 | By Kallie Markle Discovering Bumpass Hell, Chaos Jumbles, and the Many Marvels of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
• Magazine Article An Audacious Fight Spring 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard Force-feeding and imprisonment could not stop suffragist Alice Paul’s march forward. A new park site would tell her story.
• Magazine Article Saving Goliath Spring 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard Can a tiny beetle rescue Shenandoah’s mighty hemlocks?
• Magazine Article Snowed In Spring 2016 | By Jacob Baynham Surviving a winter in Glacier National Park takes a strong marriage—and 25 pounds of coffee.
• Magazine Article In Black and White Spring 2016 | By Nicolas Brulliard A new exhibition documents Ansel Adams’ abiding passion for the national parks.
• Magazine Article A Penny For Your Thoughts Spring 2016 | By Cameron Walker Do pretty pictures inspire people to donate? Research shows photos of park threats may raise money faster.
• Magazine Article Landscape Poetry Spring 2016 | By Cameron Walker Artist Tom Killion has spent more than 40 years translating his love of the natural world into intricate, Japanese-style prints.
• Blog Post Why See Utah If You Can't See It Clearly? Mar 2016 | By Cory MacNulty A new plan to clean up haze in the Southwest could help both parks and people—but without public action, Utah could be subjected to the same pollution problems it's had for years.
• Press Release National Parks Group Appoints New VP for Government Affairs Mar 2016 Longtime Park Advocate Kristen Brengel Will Direct Group’s Legislative Affairs beginning in Centennial Year of National Park Service

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