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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
A brief history of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

America’s National Parks: Anchors of Recovery and Economic Stability
The National Park Service has approximately $1 billion worth of ready-to-go maintenance and preservation projects in the coming year, including restoration and repair of trails, historic structures, roads, and bridges that visitors use every day. Reinvesting now in the infrastructure of our national parks, as was done in the 1930s, creates jobs and economic activity when we need it, and restores our national parks for our children and grandchildren to enjoy.

Antiquities Act
An overview of the first legal protection of natural and cultural resources in the United States.

Energy Corridors, Power Lines Threaten National Parkland
New energy corridors, included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, could threaten the scenic views in parks.

Everglades National Park
Protection Through Restoration of the Everglades Ecosystem

Fostering Community through National Service in our National Parks
National Parks Conservation Association advocates for enhanced service opportunities to help restore America's national treasures

Perilous Parkland: Homeland Security and the National Parks
Homeland Security and the National Parks | An Fact Sheet by the National Parks Conservation Association

Privatization of National Park Service Jobs
Up to 70 percent of all jobs in the National Park Service could be handed over to private, for-profit contractors.

Protect Natural Sounds: Inappropriate Air Tours Threaten Park Experience
Despite the passage of legislation to protect natural sound in the parks, inappropriate overflights threaten park experience.

Pollution and the National Parks

Wildlife Fact Sheets


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