A Year of Victories
We are grateful for the thousands of advocates who stood with us throughout 2019 to defend and care for the places we love
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Blog Post
8 Holiday Adventures in National Parks
These celebrations offer fun ways to get out and enjoy the season in a national park.
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Blog Post
Why Aren’t More Women Outdoors?
How one enthusiast is getting more women out of the city and onto the trails.
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Press Release
District Court Ruling Endangers National Parks, Historic Jamestown
This destructive and unlawfully built project degrades the historic landscape including surrounding national park sites, and threatens the endangered Atlantic sturgeon.
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Yellowstone: The World's First National Park
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A River Through Golden Rocks
The park gets its name from the Yellowstone River, which in turn was named for the bright mustard-colored canyon walls it flows through. -
Lush, Steaming, Vibrant
From the lush valleys to the rocky canyons to the steaming geyser basins to the peaceful lakes, Yellowstone's terrain is varied and vibrant. -
More Than Old Faithful
Yellowstone is home to more than half the world's geysers and an exceptional concentration of geothermal energy. -
The 'Serengeti of North America'
Yellowstone has the largest concentration of mammals in the contiguous United States including a high number of large predators.
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