Search results for “De Soto National Memorial”
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Park Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail follows the historic routes of the English explorer’s voyages between 1607 and 1609 on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the York, James and other rivers. Following Smith’s original maps and journals, the trail spans 3,000 miles in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
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Park Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Known as “the Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson was a scholar, author, educator and journalist who dedicated his life to documenting and promoting stories of the African American experience.
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Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park Deep beneath the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico is a labyrinth of more than 300 limestone caves, carved over 250 million years ago.
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Park Capulin Volcano National Monument The Capulin Volcano last erupted more than 60,000 years ago. From a vent in the earth, pressurized magma exploded into the air, raining lava rock, fire and ash onto the local population of mammoth, bison and short-faced bears. The cinder cone that remains now rises 1,000 feet above the valley floor. The park's visitor center holds exhibits about the volcano and the geologic and human history of the region. Capulin is one of several volcanic peaks in the area, and the only one that still has a visible crater. The rich soil supports a thriving ecosystem of plants and animals, including wild turkey, mule deer and black bear.
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Park Camp Nelson National Monument Camp Nelson in Nicholasville, Kentucky served as one of the largest recruitment and training depots for United States Colored Troops. More than 23,000 African Americans from Kentucky served in the U.S. military and were recruited and trained at Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The history of Camp Nelson demonstrates the challenges formerly enslaved people faced as they began their lives as free men and women, and the ambivalence the federal government demonstrated when confronted with refugees of the slave system.
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Resource Oil and Gas Development at Theodore Roosevelt National Park In May 2014, the National Parks Conservation Association partnered with FracTracker to record the impacts of oil and gas development on North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Frank Peterman Frank Peterman is cofounder and senior business manager for the Diverse Environmental Leaders National Speakers Bureau and coauthor of Legacy on the Land. He served as Southeast Regional Director of the Wilderness Society from 2003 to 2010 and developed the non-profit Keeping It Wild, which organized educational and recreational visits to the parks and forests. He worked successfully with Congress and conservation organizations to get national park designation for Ocmulgee National Monument and to protect wilderness areas in the North Georgia Mountains. A lifelong nature lover, he recently completed his semi-autobiographical novel, South Florida Son, centered on his youthful experiences related to the breach of the Everglades ecosystem and the development of the Civil Rights movement.
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Infographic Don't Feed the Landfills Waste in national parks is an ongoing challenge where on average, nearly 70 million pounds is collected annually. Working with our many partners, we set out to address this mounting issue starting at Denali, Grand Teton and Yosemite National Parks.
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Video NPCA Find Your Voice: Big Thicket National Parks belong to you. See how a group of young advocates in Texas learned how to explore, protect, and advocate for their park as a part of the National Parks Conservation Association’s Find Your Voice initiative.
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Blog Post Total Eclipse? Totally Worth It Undeterred by long drives and short nights, thousands relish a rare total solar eclipse at Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Magazine Article The Enemy Within For two centuries, feral goats plagued what is now Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. In the end, controlling them required hunting, fencing and a bit of ungulate espionage.
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Magazine Article Paradise Found? A century ago, a college student in “cavewoman” attire reportedly braved bears, freezing temperatures and a bearskin-clad suitor in the wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park. Did any of it actually happen?
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Blog Post Everybody Needs a Rock, and to Know Where to Find One Yellowstone isn’t just the world’s first national park. It’s a place full of millions of individual memories, some involving a single stone.
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Magazine Article Peak Parenting The joys of hiking in Pinnacles National Park with — and without — a baby in tow.
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Blog Post Fort Donelson: A Big Battle on the War’s Frontier Commemorate the anniversary of a critical Civil War battle at a host of upcoming national park programs.
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Blog Post The Man Who Tackled El Capitan with His Bare Hands World-renowned athlete Alex Honnold, star of the new National Geographic film "Free Solo," talks with NPCA about his historic rope-free climb, his passion for Yosemite, his leave-no-trace ethic and his connection with the natural world.
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Blog Post Wilderness Wins on the West Coast Thanks to persistent support from thousands of advocates, the National Park Service will honor its promise to Americans to preserve Drakes Estero.
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Magazine Article Good News for Spelunkers Oregon Caves National Monument Could Get Bigger.
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Blog Post I Was There in 1969: Why a Stonewall Visitor Center Matters Mark Segal was 18 and had freshly arrived in New York City in 1969, just in time to participate in a watershed moment in LGBTQ history. Here, he recounts his role in the Stonewall uprising and explains why NPCA’s work to establish the national monument and open a visitor center continues the path for equality.
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Magazine Article The Wild Congaree Paddling the Blue Trail to South Carolina’s only national park.
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Magazine Article Founding Mother Welcomed by former outcasts, an endangered seal starts a dynasty at Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
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Blog Post The Only Nobel Prize-Winning U.S. Playwright Two-thirds of America’s national park sites were created to preserve history and culture — but relatively few represent achievements in the arts and humanities. One notable exception is the park site preserving the home of Eugene O’Neill, the only U.S. playwright to win a Nobel Prize.
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Blog Post Are You Heading for Eclipse Chaos? Me, Too John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon — one of the best spots in the country to view the solar eclipse on Monday — is expecting a quarter of its annual visitors in just one day. Should I brave the crowds?
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Blog Post A New Resource in the Fight to Defend the Boundary Waters: Kids Teen advocate launches a new initiative to motivate youth to protect wild places, including the watershed that includes Voyageurs National Park.
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Magazine Article Lost and Found College students make a stunning discovery that benefits Maggie Walker National Historic Site.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Longest Stretch of Undeveloped Barrier Island in the World Q: Barrier islands make up about 10 percent of the world’s coastline, and the United States has the greatest number of them with more than 400. The U.S. also holds the world record for the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island, which happens to be located in a national park. Can you guess which park?
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Magazine Article Swept Away A disaster in Johnstown, Pennsylvania stunted a town and changed a nation.
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Magazine Article Lest We Forget One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
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Magazine Article Fourth Rock from the Sun Can Lassen Volcanic National Park help NASA learn about life on Mars?
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Magazine Article Getting Some Distance Is social distancing in busy national parks achievable? During the pandemic, some researchers headed to Arches to find out.
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Magazine Article Hot on the Trail So-called supercorals in the National Park of American Samoa may hold clues to saving coral reefs everywhere.
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Magazine Article Goats Go Home Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.
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Blog Post One Mountain, Three Oceans One national park mountain, Triple Divide Peak, is the only place in the United States where rain and snowmelt flow into three different oceans.
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Blog Post Tips for Seeing Arches During Peak Season After years of frustrating overcrowding problems, staff at Arches National Park launched a timed-entry reservation system last month to ensure more reliable access for park visitors. Here's what to know before you go.
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Magazine Article Time Travel An illustrated journey through John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Magazine Article A Raw Deal Marine wilderness is at stake in the ecological heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Magazine Article ‘In My Country’ More than a century after Native Americans were displaced to create Glacier National Park, a Blackfeet-run tour company offers visitors a chance to see the park from the perspective of the people who lived there first.
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Magazine Article The Real Housewives of Brooks River To research his book “Grizzly Confidential,” author Kevin Grange headed to Katmai National Park in Alaska to watch the famous bears fish, face off and fatten up for winter.
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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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Fact Sheet Stonewall 50: The Basics This guide, released shortly after the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, answers frequently asked questions about the events that took place from June 28th to July 3rd 1969 in Greenwich Village.
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Staff Karen Hevel-Mingo Karen works to educate about impacts to parks and communities. Her goal is to empower people from diverse backgrounds to improve the resiliency of our national parks in the face of a changing climate.
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Jacqueline Crucet The Sun Coast Outreach Manager, Jackie works on community engagement initiatives, Florida Bay preservation, youth advocacy, and grants implementation and management.
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Staff Sarah Lundstrum Sarah joined NPCA in 2012 as the Glacier Field Representative in Whitefish, Montana. Her work is focused in and around Glacier National Park with an emphasis on community organizing throughout the Crown of the Continent.
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Fact Sheet Key Maglev facts and figures Download our PDF with quick facts on the proposed Maglev train that would operate between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
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Linda Rancourt In her role as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications, Linda oversees both the Communications and Membership departments.
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