Search results for “Mike Thomas”
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Magazine Article A Diamond in the Desert During World War II, Japanese Americans held at Manzanar found joy and normalcy in baseball. More than 80 years later, their field is back.
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Blog Post 5 Reasons the Rim of the Valley Should Be Protected National Parks Conservation Association and Nature Valley are working together to protect places in nature for everyone to enjoy – including land that comprises the Rim of the Valley in Los Angeles, California.
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Magazine Article A Rebellion Reappraised A new plaque at Virgin Islands National Park will commemorate a revolt that nearly succeeded in upending St. John’s slaveholding establishment.
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Magazine Article The Little Fish That Could The Big Bend gambusia were down to three fish. A difficult — but remarkable — recovery ensued.
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Press Release Parks group welcomes bipartisan bill to make Amache a National Historic Site The Amache National Historic Site Act will permanently protect the former incarceration camp and ensure the survivors’ stories are told and remembered
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Magazine Article Comeback Bears How black bears crossed an international border and miles of desert to recolonize Texas’ Big Bend National Park.
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Press Release Amache National Historic Site Act Passes Senate Committee, Heads To Full Senate Consideration Japanese American survivors and descendants of the Amache Incarceration site are one step closer today to preserving the area into a national park site.
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Blog Post Facts You May Know Not About 10 First Ladies In honor of Women’s History Month, here are intriguing stories about 10 of these public figures who have contributed to American history, culture and the presidency.
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Blog Post The Longest National Park Name The national park with the largest acreage is the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but do you know which national park site has the longest name?
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Press Release Alaska Wildlife: Court Orders National Park Service to Revise Hunting Rules District Court concludes that rule allowing destructive hunting practices on national preserves in Alaska is arbitrary, sends it back to agencies to revise
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Magazine Article Requiem For Melting Ice An art project at Olympic memorializes the national park’s shrinking glaciers. Grief is just part of the story.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Badlands & Beyond Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes, spires and pinnacles, mixed-grass prairies, and the world’s richest trove of fossils from the Oligocene epoch, estimated at 23 to 35 million years old.
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Press Release VICTORY: Court Restores Critical Endangered Species Act Protections "The climate crisis continues and it’s critical that the Biden administration as well as conservationists, Tribes, states and communities work together to conserve America’s most imperiled species” -- NPCA's Bart Melton
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Blog Post The First National Park East of the Mississippi Congress designated Yellowstone as the world’s first national park in 1872, inspiring a lasting fascination with the rugged landscapes of the West. The first U.S. national park east of the Mississippi was created just three years later ― but is far less known.
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Press Release Nature Valley Recognized by National Parks Conservation Association with National Park Defender Award NPCA awards Nature Valley for years-long commitment to national park protection.
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Blog Post Shenandoah, Beyond Old Rag Your reservation didn’t come through. Now what?
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Magazine Article Trailing Justice A double murder in Shenandoah and writer Kathryn Miles’ search for the truth.
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Press Release Parks Group Mourns Dr. Tom Lovejoy, Conservationist and Friend Tom viewed parks and protected areas as essential components of a sustainable future. Not just for fauna and flora, but for humanity.
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Blog Post The Park That Made COVID Testing Possible A bacterial discovery at Yellowstone 55 years ago has been key to the development of PCR testing, the most reliable way to know whether someone has COVID-19.
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Blog Post The Oldest River in North America? One national park river is widely regarded as the oldest river in North America, formed an estimated 260 million to 325 million years ago — although not all scientists agree the claim is true.
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Magazine Article The Ranger Project The stargazers, climbers, paddlers, teachers, naturalists, historians, scientists, rescuers, protectors and dreamers of the National Park Service.
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Blog Post An Auspicious Return Have pronghorn reclaimed Death Valley?
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Magazine Article Wood Blocks & Water Colors Painter Chiura Obata combined Eastern and Western techniques to capture Yosemite in a new light.
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Press Release President Obama Designates Three National Monuments in the California Desert Protecting spectacular and unique desert lands, President Obama designated three new national monuments today: Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and our country's 410th national park site, Castle Mountains National Monument.
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Magazine Article The Value of Species Humans have always considered plant and animal species in terms of what they contribute to our lives. But author Edward McCord believes that Yellowstone’s pronghorn and, indeed, all species, have value in and of themselves.
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Press Release New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Areas Within Maine Woods Zogby poll finds Maine voters support partnerships for preserving areas for parks and timber land
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Press Release Coalition Urges Caution in Embracing Governor Beebe Water Testing Proposal for C & H Hog Farms Groups remain steadfast in efforts to revoke hog facility permit
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Magazine Article Breathe It In A blockbuster settlement involving the Tennessee Valley Authority, NPCA, EPA, and others guarantees clear skies in the Great Smokies’ future.
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Magazine Article The Sustainable Spread National park eateries are serving more healthy, local, sustainable fare, and you can already taste the difference.
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Press Release Congressman Schiff, Senator Feinstein Announce Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act, introduced by Representative Adam Schiff and Senator Dianne Feinstein, would expand the boundary of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include sites ranging from Griffith Park to the Santa Clarita Valley.
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