Resources

• 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new regulations, many management lessons, and some fundamental on-the-ground changes that make the original IBMP outdated.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.
• Report Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion For more than four years, NPCA has advocated for the addition of the Gettysburg or “Lincoln” train station, to be added to Gettysburg National Military Park.
• Report Supporting Comments on North Fork Watershed Protection Act North Fork Watershed Protection Act Passage: Comments by Community & Business Partners
• Fact Sheet Valles Caldera National Preserve The Valles Caldera National Preserve’s unmatched combination of geological wonders and superb recreational values make it worthy of inclusion in our National Park System, with interpretation by America’s elite storytellers—our national park rangers.
• Fact Sheet Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Establishing the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument will help scientists, students, and the public learn more about the fascinating history hidden under these desert lands, and preserves this landscape for generations to come.
• Fact Sheet Oregon Caves National Monument And Preserve The Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve expansion will add 4,070 additional acres of federal land to the existing monument to better protect the larger watershed and the cave system.
• Fact Sheet Manhattan Project National Historical Park At the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, the National Park Service will interpret and facilitate discussion surrounding the complex stories of the Manhattan Project and the resulting impacts of atomic power and nuclear technology in the three major park site areas.
• Fact Sheet Getting to Jamaica Bay Download directions
• Report Public Lands Package in the National Defense Authorization Act, 2014 Public Lands Package in National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
• Report Effects of the October 2013 Government Shutdown on National Parks and Gateway Communities Fact sheets, reports, and figures on the impacts of the 2013 and previous shutdowns on national parks and their gateway communities.

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