Search results for “Don Barger”
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Press Release Coalition of Public Health, Environmental and Conservation Groups Speak Up to Protect National Park Waterways Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule threatens clean water protections and puts communities at risk
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Magazine Article Lessons in the Tallgrass A teacher guides high-school students into the wilderness and learns a few valuable lessons herself.
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Magazine Article Reflections on a Man in his Wilderness Remembering Richard Proenneke.
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Blog Post Hunting in the National Park System? Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill known as the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act which, if passed in the Senate in its current form, could allow hunting in units of the National Park System that currently do not permit it. NPCA strongly opposes this provision of the bill.
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Blog Post Love Letters to Mojave National Preserve Reflections and recommendations from an ever-growing base of fans, including #ThoseParkGuys from the hit show, “Rock the Park”!
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Magazine Article Living History Learning about the last century from the oldest ranger in the National Park System.
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Blog Post The Top 5 Myths about the Sequester and National Parks NPCA has been warning the public for well over a year that the deep federal budget cuts known as the sequester would harm national parks.
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Blog Post VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of “Death Valley Dreamlapse” Filmmaker captures swirling, starry images of the park's famously dark night skies.
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Magazine Article Naming Matters Should Devils Tower be called Bear Lodge? Is Tacoma a better moniker than Mount Rainier? Around the country, activists are fighting to change place names they deem offensive, hurtful or arbitrary, and national parks are frequently the targets of these campaigns.
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Blog Post 8 Easy Adventures for Hikers of All Fitness Levels New independent film features a series of low-effort, high-reward hikes for finding joy in the outdoors.
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Blog Post 'What’s in the Water?' More Than You Might Expect More than 50% of national parks have impaired water. NPCA has 5 tips to protect this vital resource.
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Blog Post Boy Wonders Meet the two young donors who turn their birthdays into celebrations for their favorite national parks.
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Magazine Article Lessons in Motion Homeschooling on the road isn’t always easy, but enthusiasts say the big wide world — including national parks — is the best classroom.
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Blog Post Best Bet for Families Traveling the American West: Petrified Forest Traveling with kids to the Grand Canyon and other classic stops in the American West can be an exercise in expensive hotels, bus shuttles, huge crowds, and less-than-child-friendly trails. Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona offers a surprising alternative.
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Blog Post Inspiring Teen Puts a Spotlight on a Pervasive Trash Problem National parks benefit from Georgia’s Plastic Pollution Awareness Day
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Magazine Article Shindigs, Jamborees, & Jubilees Traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway for some fast dancing, sweet music, and old-fashioned fun.
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Magazine Article The Last Wolf? Should biologists step in to save Isle Royale’s wolves or let nature take its course?
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Magazine Article A Very Good Dog Goodbye to Happy, a four-legged park volunteer who lived up to his name until the end.
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Magazine Article Great American Road Trip During the Park Service’s centennial year, more travelers than ever are tackling the challenge of seeing all of the national parks.
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Blog Post Fixing America’s Infrastructure Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing America’s Parks New blueprint to improve America’s roads and bridges would provide a much-needed boost for parks, natural spaces and historic resources
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Press Release Bipartisan Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 Introduced Following UN Report on Global Biodiversity Crisis Bipartisan House and Senate legislation could benefit wildlife that travel beyond park boundaries, such as Los Angeles mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Spotlight Chris Liu’s Story Conservationist Chris Liu looks to the future – his own and for national parks in the Pacific Northwest.
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Magazine Article The Long Way Home Opening a tribal house and closing a divide in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
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Magazine Article Secrets of the Seabirds What can tracking sooty terns reveal about the threats seabirds face and the health of the ocean?
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Press Release National Park Visitation Generated $32 Billion for National Economy in 2015 Boost to Local Economies Underscores Need to Adequately Fund, Maintain Parks
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Blog Post Why We Lobby Park advocates take to the Hill
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Magazine Article 500 Islands, 2 Paddlers, 1 Scrabble Board The writer and his wife’s aunt pack up their gear and grub, hop into a canoe, and venture into Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park.
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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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Magazine Article In the Balance In his 1968 book about Arches, "Desert Solitaire," Edward Abbey warned that tourists and cars would destroy the park he loved. Was he right?
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Magazine Article Final Words A former Yellowstone ranger raced to finish a book about two threats — one that endangers national parks and another that ultimately took his own life.
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