November 2011 Park Lines
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The can be seen in the wild in America’s national parks. Why not join the National Parks Conservation Association community to protect and preserve our national parks?
Why not join the National Parks Conservation Association Community to protect and preserve our national parks?
Why not join the National Parks Conservation Association Community to protect and preserve our national parks?
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After years of advocacy by NPCA and its members, the historic site that served as a Fortress of Freedom during the Civil War became our nation’s 396th park earlier this week.
The parks of the upper Midwest—Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt, Wind Cave, Voyageurs—are unique, wild places, deeply meaningful to many Americans. Unfortunately, pollution from North Dakota's power plants spreads to the skies over each of these parks, making it harder for visitors and wildlife alike to see clear views and breathe healthful air. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to enforce clean air protections for these parks through a proposal to limit the pollution from some of North Dakota's most antiquated and highly polluting power plants. EPA's plan will significantly benefit our parks, but unfortunately the state, power plant owners, and others are doing everything they can to stop that plan. EPA needs to hear that we support its proposal, or it may be convinced to change course. Join us in telling EPA that you want clear views and healthy air in these extraordinary parks. 
After more than two years of research, NPCA, The Field Museum of Chicago, and the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands released a new, comprehensive report this fall, 
NPCA is now in its second year of improving pronghorn antelope habitat with its partners at Nature Valley. Our Yellowstone Field Office continues to work with landowners and land managers in Montana to remove and alter fences to restore migration corridors for Yellowstone's pronghorn antelope herd. During this fall's field season, NPCA staff and teams of volunteers removed more than four miles of barbed wire fence and made another three miles of fence wildlife-friendly. These very fences have endangered the pronghorn and dramatically reduced their access to winter habitat. After a century of being fenced in, pronghorn are now appearing back on the landscape on the east side of the Yellowstone River north of Yellowstone National Park. 
Last month, NPCA filed a lawsuit against the National Park Service for their failure to protect unique wilderness lands and Florida panther habitat within 
As part of the Association for the Study of African American Life & History's (ASALH's) 2011 annual conference last month in Richmond, Virginia, NPCA and the National Park Service teamed up to co-sponsor the opening plenary session, "Grace, Glory, and Significance: The Legacy of African Americans and the Civil War." Plenary participants included Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior and former Director of the National Park Service Robert Stanton, Harriet Tubman biographer Kate Clifford Larson, NPS historian Barbara Tagger, and Director of Partnerships and International Programs for the National Museum of African American History and Culture John W. Franklin. The objective of the plenary discussion was to broaden the national dialogue around the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War by highlighting the role of African Americans (both free and enslaved), women, and the home front—topics that have often been overshadowed by more traditional treatments of the war. 
You'll get an extra treat when you spend time at a favorite national park, monument, or historic site this Veterans Day weekend: Entrance fees will be waived throughout the entire National Park System! So if you've been putting off a day hike or a weekend trip, mark your calendar to get in for free. 
Making a donation through payroll deduction is one of the easiest and most cost-efficient ways to help us in our efforts to preserve and protect the national parks. NPCA participates in many public- and private-sector campaigns through Earth Share, as well as the Combined Federal Campaign for employees of the federal government and the U.S. military (CFC # 12069). 
