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Interior Cancels Successful Reservation Systems at Arches and Yosemite, Makes Major Changes at Glacier
"Cancelling successful and commonsense solutions undermines National Park Service expertise and the safety of visitors, in favor of a free-for-all approach."–Cassidy Jones, NPCA's Senior Visitation Program Manager
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Visitors Will Suffer After Yosemite Cancels Popular Reservation System
Visitors to Yosemite often experienced severe traffic jams, full parking lots, damage to sensitive meadows and…
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National Parks Conservation Association Joins Coalition Lawsuit to Stop Censorship of History, Science in Parks
Visitors deserve the full picture of history at America’s national parks, as well as key information about climate change, pollution, development, and other environmental threats to these iconic places.
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Parks Group Responds to National Park Service Director Nomination
“The Park Service Director must reverse course on the damage that’s been done to parks and park staff over the last year." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Zion Continues Successful Angels Landing Permit System, Uncertainty Remains at Arches
“The successful permit system at Zion preserves the visitor experience on this awe-inspiring trail and crucially protects visitor safety." -- NPCA's Cassidy Jones
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Press Release Parks Group Responds to Illegal Attempt to Remove Protections for Marine National Monument “This attempt to remove protections from our marine national monument is illegal. The American people have repeatedly supported protection for more marine areas – not less." -- NPCA's Sarah Barmeyer
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Press Release Parks Group Demands Halt to National Park Fee Changes Targeting Non-Residents After Weeks of Confusion and Disorder "This policy is an absolute mess and was entirely predictable given the lack of transparency, public input and analysis of real-world impacts." - Emily Douce, NPCA's Deputy Vice President for Government Affairs
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Press Release Keep Them Flying! Parks Group Calls for Pride Flags to Remain at Stonewall National Monument "The Pride flag is undoubtedly part of the living history and historical significance connected to Stonewall National Monument. And it should remain." -- NPCA's Timothy Leonard
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Press Release Erasure of History and Science Spreads At National Parks Across the Country The administration is forcing National Park Service staff to censor science and history at parks. This is a violation of the core tenets of the National Park Service’s mission.
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Press Release National Parks Group Names Longtime Conservation Leader Tiernan Sittenfeld as New President and CEO Sittenfeld joins NPCA after spending more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water for the League of Conservation Voters.
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Press Release Park Advocates Condemn Erasure of America’s History at Independence National Historical Park Forcing the Park Service to dismantle the President’s House exhibit is an insult to the memory of the enslaved people who lived there and to their descendants.
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Press Release Administration Censors Climate Science, Harms Visitor Experience at Historic Fort Sumter To censor and erase sound science at this park, where the first shots of the American Civil War rang out, is a deep insult to the Park Service’s hard work and legislative mandate.
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Press Release Secretarial Order Aims for Access that Already Exists Across Many National Parks "Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access." -- NPCA's Bart Melton
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Press Release EPA Rejects Colorado’s Regional Haze Plan, Including Coal Plant Retirement Dates "Coloradans deserve a plan that protects the places we love for future generations. Dirty air is not the legacy we want to leave behind."—NPCA's Tracy Coppola, Colorado Senior Program Manager
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Press Release Senate Rejects Devastating National Park Funding and Staffing Cuts but Leaves Door Open to Future Threats “NPCA and park advocates across the country have been sounding the alarm on the need for park funding and staffing for months, and Congress listened." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Bipartisan Support for Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions "Polling finds that 87% of Americans support restoring or preserving wildlife habitat connectivity and improving migration corridors on lands and waters within and beyond park borders" - NPCA Legislative Director Christina Hazard.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls On Senators to Oppose Amendment Greenlighting the Sale of National Parks “A vote in favor of Senator Lee’s amendment is a vote to sell America’s national parks. And we won’t stand for it." Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Responds to Reports of Interference With Park Staff Performance Reviews Ordering superintendents to arbitrarily grade their staff lower than they deserve, with little regard for the truth or the agency’s own standards, is wrong.
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Press Release Administration Claims to Lift Hiring Freeze, But Continues to Hamstring Park Staffing National parks are powered by people, and without enough staff, some of our country's most iconic landscapes and its invaluable history are at risk.
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Press Release New Bill Would Better Protect National Parks from Mining Threats "We know the next boom-and-bust rush for critical minerals is coming for our public lands, and this bill takes long-overdue steps to protect our national parks and our American heritage."—Charlie Olsen, NPCA's Energy & Public Lands Policy Manager
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Press Release Administration Orders Sham Review of Park Gift Shops "Banning history books from park stores and cracking down on park T-shirts and keychains is not what national park visitors want from their Park Service."
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Press Release Parks Group Raises Questions and Concerns Over New National Park Fee Policy "Any policy that keeps people from visiting our national parks is a problem...it’s unclear how these changes will be implemented to reduce impacts on park visitors and staff." - Emily Douce, NPCA's Deputy VP of Government Affairs
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Press Release Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction “The proposed changes, coupled with the mass firing of dedicated staff at US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service, put the fate of species like Pacific salmon, the ghost orchid, and the red-cockaded woodpecker in a potentially dire position. Once a species is extinct, it’s gone. Is that the legacy we want to leave behind?”–Stephanie Adams, NPCA's Director of Wildlife
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Press Release Parks Group Urges Congress to Protect National Park Funding and Staffing as Budget Agreement is Made to End Longest Government Shutdown in History "Congress must heed the will of the American people and come together to fund parks so they can remain open, staffed and protected." - Kristen Brengel, NPCA's SVP of Government Affairs
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Press Release ‘Nobody Wants This’: New Poll Finds Majority of Americans Oppose Attacks on National Parks and Park Staff “This poll reaffirms that Americans are united in their support for our national parks. Protecting our national parks is a bipartisan issue." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release The East Wing of the White House was part of the National Park System. Now it’s gone. Like so many Americans, we are horrified that the president just took a wrecking ball to the People’s House. If our most important symbol of freedom and democracy can be destroyed in the blink of an eye, what’s next?
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Press Release Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement "Permitting the Ambler mining road ignores the cost, the wishes of the people of the region, the impact to America’s wildlife and national parks, and the engineering challenges of building a 211-mile road across melting permafrost" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
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Press Release Court Filings Reveal Secretary Burgum’s Plans to Terminate Key National Park Staff "Secretary Burgum’s actions are making it impossible for the Park Service to protect the very places and resources Americans hold dear." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape “This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Nothing has changed in terms of impacts of this destructive road, or the thousands of Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of Americans who are opposed to it" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
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