Each year, we could not be more grateful for the support you have shown for our national parks, and for the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). And every year, we are more grateful than ever before. From helping to protect parks from harmful development to the improvements we have made to parks through our advocacy, none of them would have been possible without you. Thank you.
That’s why we are so pleased to share with you the National Parks Conservation Association’s 2024 annual report, A Lasting Legacy.
Together, we successfully halted all new oil and gas leasing in the Badger-Two Medicine Region of Montana, protecting nearby Glacier National Park and honoring the wishes of Tribes who have called this land home for thousands of years. In Alaska, we delivered a critical blow to a proposed industrial mining road that would cut through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, destroying a wild, roadless habitat, cutting off the migration route of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, and damaging a way of life for Native Alaskans.
With your help, we safeguarded wildlife – big and small, land and marine – in parks across the nation. We made advancements on securing Endangered Species Act protections for the beautiful – and endangered – ghost orchid that lives in South Florida’s national parks. We helped secure a final plan to return grizzly bears to their native habitat in the North Cascades ecosystem and won litigation that pushes the Park Service to protect coral reefs at Biscayne National Park.
And you improved the experiences of millions of national park visitors from around the world. Two visitor centers – a new center at Stonewall National Monument in New York City, and a re-built visitor center at Flamingo in Everglades National Park – will ensure that park visitors can have fun and educational park experiences. Innovative timed-entry systems, now permanent at Rocky Mountain National Park, keep park visitors and park resources safe.
The victories you helped us achieve over the last year will help parks thrive for another one hundred years. And as we look to the future, we know the work we are doing today will leave a lasting legacy for our national parks. Together, we are ensuring that parks are protected, preserved and accessible. It would not be possible without your support. Thank you.
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Press Release
Administration’s Proposed Plan for National Park Service Conflicts with Agency’s Core Mission
"The proposed plan risks leaving a severely understaffed Park Service struggling to operate our parks, while also expecting staff to undermine the agency’s responsibility to preserve our most treasured places."…
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Press Release
Homage Recognized by National Parks Conservation Association with National Park Defender Award
NPCA names partner recipient of annual award in honor of commitment to national park protection.
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Blog Post
Why Camp NPCA?
Join our week of online ‘camp’ activities as we celebrate National Park Week and the landscapes and cultural places so dear to the American public.
