NPCA's Timeline: 1981-2000

1982:	NPCA launches its regional program; today, NPCA operates 22 regional and field offices around the country.
June 1983:	NPCA and other organizations hold an international conference in Germany on preservation, conservation and environmental impacts on the national parks around the world, publishing Views of the Green.
1983:	U.S. courts rule in favor of NPCA's amicus brief against the National Rifle Association. This ruling clarified that hunting is prohibited in national parks unless otherwise allowed by Congress.
1984:	NPCA awards its first Stephen Tyng Mather Award to William Jewell. The annual award recognizes a federal employee who has risked his/her career for the principles and practices of good stewardship of the national parks.
1986:	NPCA awards its first Marjory Stoneman Douglas Citizen Conservationist of the Year to M.S. Douglas. The annual award recognizes outstanding efforts of an individual that result in the protection of an established/proposed park unit.
November 12, 1996:	After 50 years of advocacy by NPCA, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is created.
1998:	NPCA and the Park Service launch the National Parks Business Plan Initiative (BPI) to assess the management procedures of individual parks and devise business plans to improve the management of financial resources within those parks. The Park Service adopts the program in 2002.
1999:	NPCA publishes Vanishing Night Skies, a study that inspired the Park Service to investigate the effects of light pollution on the park system. The first Mosaic in Motion conference was organized by NPCA in San Francisco to provide a forum to establish, strengthen, and celebrate better relationships between the Park Service and communities of color across the United States. Two more conferences were held in 2000 and 2002.
2000:	NPCA launched the Center for the State of the Parks to develop the first complete, comprehensive, and informed understanding of the condition of natural, cultural and historic treasures in the national parks.