Search results for “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
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Park Buck Island Reef National Monument This Caribbean park protects a small uninhabited island and the pristine elkhorn coral barrier reef that surrounds it, all about a mile and a half off the coast of St. Croix. Considered one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean, the monument protects a pristine underwater environment and habitat for rare and threatened species, including endangered leatherback and hawksbill turtles. Snorkelers can enjoy an interpretive underwater trail, one of only three such trails in the country.
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Park Colorado National Monument Colorful canyons, cliffs, and other rock formations tower 2,000 feet over the Colorado River on this part of the spectacular Colorado Plateau. Drive or bike the 23-mile Rim Rock Drive for scenic views from the top of the canyons or hike among the 40 miles of trails to get a closer look at some of the park's sculpted rocks, wildlife, and desert plants.
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Park Cabrillo National Monument This park celebrates the explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on the California coast. A museum exhibition documents Cabrillo's life and travels, as well as early California native peoples and industries. The site also features abundant natural beauty: hillsides covered with flowers, birds nesting in the trees and lizards darting across every pathway. A lookout point near the park's Old Point Loma Lighthouse provides one of the best places anywhere on land to observe migrating gray whales.
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Park Boston National Historical Park See 350 years come to life in a city that shaped the history of America as a colony and an independent nation. Walk the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail to explore 16 historic sites in the heart of the city, including the site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s house, the Old North Church and the Bunker Hill Monument — all icons of the American Revolution. In addition, visitors can see the U.S.S. Constitution, one of the first ships in the U.S. Navy, commissioned by President George Washington in 1797.
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Park California National Historic Trail The California National Historic Trail traces the migration of farmers, settlers, gold miners and others who traveled by covered wagon from Missouri to California in the mid-1800s. The trail winds 2,000 miles from Missouri through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Oregon to central California. Major highways follow the arduous path once taken by settlers traveling by horseback and covered wagon and historic sites along the way commemorate the westward migration.
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Fact Sheet Power Lines & Everglades National Park Florida Power and Light is seeking a land exchange with the National Park Service that would grant the utility ownership over 260 acres of wetlands in the eastern portion of Everglades National Park in exchange for 320 acres it currently owns in the western Everglades Expansion Area.
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Report The U.S. National Park System: An Economic Asset at Risk The U.S. National Park System is an economic asset at risk. The park system generates at least four dollars in value to the public for every tax dollar invested in its annual budget.
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Report Climate Adaptation: A Resource Guide for Great Lakes National Parks and Communities Climate change is a global problem, but its effects are felt locally. Farmers in the Midwest have increasingly experienced severe droughts, while people living along the Great Lakes are watching their waterlines retreat. City-dwellers feel the stress of heat waves, gardeners cope with drought, and wildlife species are shifting their ranges. Such changes are altering the ways we live, work, and play at home and in the national parks.
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Report Communities and Parks: Communicating Climate Change Workshop National Parks Conservation Association and the National Park Service Climate Change Response Program are collaborating on a project focused on the development and application of sustainable strategies and tools for communicating science-based messages about climate change affecting local communities and the national parks.
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Press Release New Report Shows NPS Management of Valles Caldera Would Result in Better Protection of Site, Increased Economic Benefits for Local Communities and New Mexico Statement by NPCA Senior Southwest Regional Director David Nimkin
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Press Release Victory: Biden Administration Protects Chaco Canyon Cultural Landscape "We are grateful for today’s action, which is the latest move by the Biden administration that prioritizes preserving, instead of industrializing, Indigenous lands," -- NPCA CEO Theresa Pierno
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Press Release Yellowstone Bison Plan: Another Step Towards Protecting an American Icon Yellowstone bison translocation and quarantine program a positive next step in North American wildlife conservation.
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Blog Post Four Tons of Buffelgrass No Match for Hard-Working Volunteers A team of dedicated workers fights back against a ubiquitous plant that is taking over precious desert landscapes.
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Press Release Ocmulgee River Water Trail Receives Visibility Boost with New Public River Landing Signage Funding awarded to seven middle Georgia counties for 30 new signs
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Blog Post 330 Miles — and a Message How far would you go to honor your history?
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Press Release Permanent Uranium Ban for the Grand Canyon Introduced in the Senate Senate legislation would permanently ban new uranium mining on nearly one million acres within and near the Grand Canyon.
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Magazine Article Reservations Required? A last-minute trip challenges one planner to explore Glacier without a Going-to-the-Sun Road vehicle pass.
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Magazine Article The Meaning of the Chug For years, abandoned Cuban refugee boats were considered trash. Now the Park Service and others are preserving the chugs and their stories.
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Magazine Article Second Take A decade ago, a flawed exhibit about the Sand Creek massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho angered the Tribes. This time, the museum took pains to get the story right.
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Magazine Article A Change of Scenery Getting away from it all on a five-day cycling trip along the C&O Canal.
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Magazine Article A Campsite Grows In Brooklyn Snowy egrets, oversize bagels and old-time charm in the city that never sleeps.
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Press Release Everglades Advocates from Across the State Head to Tallahassee for Everglades Action Day to Discuss Restoration Progress and Funding with Elected Officials Citizens raise awareness following up on Florida's inaugural statewide Everglades Day
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Magazine Article Some Like It Very Hot A growing number of extreme tourists are heading to Death Valley to experience one of the hottest places on Earth at the hottest time of year.
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Blog Post Death Valley: This Land of Extremes Now Recognized for Its World-Class Night Skies Death Valley isn’t just the hottest place on Earth. It was also just recognized as one of the darkest.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 482 and H.R. 959 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing on June 16, 2015.
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Magazine Article Words and Stones On the trail with Acadia’s new poet laureate.
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Magazine Article Fired Up Prescribed fires are standard practice at sprawling landscapes throughout the West, and now the fields and forests at historic sites have become the Park Service’s latest target.
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Magazine Article Return to Manzanar As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive.
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Blog Post My 'Microadventure' on Frederick Douglass' Front Lawn One night of yoga didn’t wipe away all of my stress, but it did remind me of the real reason of why I do what I do.
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Magazine Article Deep Listening How can the world’s largest collection of underwater sound recordings help scientists understand sea creatures and the noise pollution that may be killing them?
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Magazine Article Cosmic Vibes Abound Gram Parsons and his musical legacy at Joshua Tree
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Blog Post One Park's Horrific Past A century ago, a site with Native American earthen mounds became a hotspot of the Spanish flu pandemic.
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Magazine Article Miners' Angel A century ago, Mother Jones faced bullets and long odds in her quest to better the lives of coal laborers working in New River Gorge and other West Virginia mines.
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Magazine Article In the Heart of Darkness In 1989, teenager Rachel Cox got lost in Wind Cave. Decades later, she found inspiration and comfort there.
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Magazine Article Claiming the Rock The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism.
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Magazine Article When Your Toddler Meets a Crocodile How wise is it to bring a kid on a canoe trip through the watery wilds of the Everglades?
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Blog Post Standing with the Emotion of History Have you been to the USS Arizona in Hawaii where World War II began in the U.S.? Thank a park ranger for letting us all remember.
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Magazine Article Tree Huggers Washington D.C.’s tourists were loving its cherry trees to death, until a beaver showed them the way.
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Magazine Article The Old Man of the Lake How has a giant hemlock managed to float upright in Crater Lake for more than a hundred years?
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Report Gateways To Yellowstone Gateways to Yellowstone: Protecting the Wild Heart of Our Region’s Thriving Economy
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Jillian Blair Jillian Blair is a member of WVU’s class of 2024 studying Environment and Energy Resources Management with minors in Sustainable Design and Geology.
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Wawa Gatheru Wawa Gatheru is an environmental justice advocate and storyteller passionate about cultivating a climate movement that is made in the image of all of us. In 2019, Wawa made history as the first Black person in history to receive the Rhodes, Truman, and Udall scholarships.
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Sooin Choi Sooin Choi is working on a Master of Professional Studies in Urban and Regional Planning degree at Georgetown University, where she also received a BS in Foreign Service. She is passionate about urban economic and environmental resilience in addressing inequities faced by vulnerable communities.
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Staff Dana Krissoff Dana joined NPCA in 2021 as Associate Art Director, with the objective of aligning NPCA’s visual brand identity to the mission and core values.
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Leyna Rose Stemle Leyna Stemle is a conservation biologist that is currently a Biology PhD Candidate at the University of Miami. Originally from the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, Leyna has always been a passionate environmentalist and scientist. The time spent in forests and creeks in Missouri with friends and family sparked her love for nature.
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