Resources

• Report The Future of Yellowstone Bison Management NPCA is working to ensure that the nation's oldest herd of bison in America's first national park have the habitat they need to thrive.
• Fact Sheet San Antonio Missions Boundary Expansion Flyer Please join Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Congressman Lloyd Doggett, and other local elected officials to celebrate the boundary expansion of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and San Antonio’s World Heritage Delegation.
• Fact Sheet Background on Proposed Biscayne Marine Reserve The National Park Service, after more than 15 years of planning, has announced plans to create a marine reserve in Biscayne National Park to protect the park’s ailing reefs and help bring back more fish to Florida.
• Letter Organizations Express Support for Marine Reserve The undersigned organizations express our strong support for the creation of a marine reserve in Biscayne National Park to protect the park’s incredible but severely threatened coral reef ecosystem. We are deeply committed to the conservation of the unique landscapes, resources, wildlife, and recreational opportunities protected by the National Park Service.
• Report Leveraging National Park Partnerships in Urban Areas Do you engage in partnerships to achieve your mission? Does it work well? Would you like to strike up new and different types of partnerships?
• Fact Sheet Turkey Point Expansion Turkey Point Power Plant is located directly along the shores of Biscayne National Park, one of America’s largest marine national parks.
• Fact Sheet Group Activities for Jamaica Bay Advocates Attend activities and community events within your favorite unit of Gateway.
• Letter Sugar Hill Sector Plan Sugar Hill Sector Plan Letter
• Letter Comments on White River Oil and Gas Resource Management Comments on White River Field Office Oil and Gas Resource Management Plan Amendment/EIS
• Fact Sheet List of Centennial Challenge 2015 Projects Centennial Challenge 2015 Projects
• Report Winners of the National Park Heritage Award, 2015 The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is honored to present 81 members of Congress with the National Park Heritage Award.
• Fact Sheet Support the Centennial Challenge The centennial of the National Park System provides an opportunity for new investments by public-private partnerships.
• Report Making Connections: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area As Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area begins its sixth decade as part of America’s National Park System, this report assesses the national park’s economic benefits and its value to the broader region. It also identifies challenges and opportunities to sustain and enhance its significance.
• Talking Points Community Support for Rim of the Valley Community Comments on National Park Service, Rim of the Valley Study, April 2015
• Letter Please Oppose the Damaging Senate Budget Resolution NPCA opposition to the damaging FY2016 Senate budget resolution
• Testimony Testimony on Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 Statement of Craig D. Obey, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, National Parks Conservation Association before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, March 18, 2015
• Letter Reaction to Bison Management Plan Guiding Principles The Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) was finalized in 2000, and, today, fourteen years later, we have new science, new regulations, many management lessons, and some fundamental on-the-ground changes that make the original IBMP outdated. A new conservation plan needs to be put in place to guide bison conservation, education, and management into the next decade.
• Report Keeping It Green The National Park Service is teaming up with hotels and restaurants within dozens of park units to find more sustainable ways to serve the millions of visitors who come through their front doors.
• Report Strategies to Increase National Park Funding Funding and national park experts have drafted 16 papers outlining strategies that could be employed to increase non-appropriated funding for the national parks.
• Letter Opposition to Soda Mountain Solar Proposal Collection of letters demonstrating opposition to Soda Mountain Solar
• Letter Comments on the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan National Parks Conservation Association’s comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
• Report Comments on California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act Comments on the California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act
• Report Partnering to Build Resilience to Climate Change Communities and Sandy Hook: Partnering to Build Resilience to Climate Change
• Report Judgment on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation at Buffalo National River Judgment on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation at Buffalo National River
• Fact Sheet Internships at the Student Conservation Association Fact sheet on Student Conservation Association interns
• Letter Support for the National Park Centennial Centennial Letter to President Obama June 2013
• Testimony Senate Legislative Hearing on Water and Wildlife Testimony of Chad W. Lord, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
• Letter Management of Wildlife within Grand Teton National Park Letter from NPS to Wyoming Game and Fish Department regarding management of wildlife within Grand Teton National Park
• Report Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Expansion NPCA has advocated for adding Harriet Tubman’s story to the National Park System since 2007, first supporting the legislation to authorize the Secretary of the Department of Interior to conduct a special resource study there, leading up to the national monument designation in 2013 by President Obama.
• Report Vicksburg National Military Park Expansion NPCA has advocated for an addition to Vicksburg to the national park site for three years.

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