NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals Jan 2020 NPCA is fighting a fracking plan that could allow drilling near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, which already suffer from some of the worst air quality in the country. 
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Jan 2020 President Trump and the officials he has appointed have systematically undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands, the agencies that manage them and the irreplaceable resources these places safeguard for the American people. 
• Press Release Trump Administration Aims to Gut Environmental Law that Protects Public Health, Environment and National Parks Jan 2020 The administration is attempting to gut a law that has protected America’s public lands and national parks for the last 50 years. 
• Blog Post Urban Stargazing: See More of the Universe at Night Jan 2020 | By Jennifer Errick Longer nights and clearer skies during winter make it an ideal season for stargazing, but most Americans live in light-polluted areas where the stars are difficult to see. Fortunately, some national parks feature darker skies near major urban areas.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on Department of Interior to Restore Protections for LGBTQ Employees Jan 2020 The staff at the Department of Interior should continue to be as diverse as the places and stories they work to safeguard. And all staff deserve equal protection.
• Blog Post The Only Nobel Prize-Winning U.S. Playwright Jan 2020 | By Jennifer Errick Two-thirds of America’s national park sites were created to preserve history and culture — but relatively few represent achievements in the arts and humanities. One notable exception is the park site preserving the home of Eugene O’Neill, the only U.S. playwright to win a Nobel Prize.
• Policy Update NPCA position on the potential nomination of William Pendley Jan 2020 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the nomination of William Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management. 
• Press Release More Action Needed to Hold Polluters Accountable; Toxic Chemicals Continue to Spill into Waterways at Indiana Dunes National Park Dec 2019 Lack of enforcement opens the door for future illegal discharges, resulting in more beach closures and potential harm to visitor health and wildlife at Indiana Dunes.
• Blog Post Budget Deal Boosts Funding but Hurts Border Parks Dec 2019 Last month, Congress increased funding for the National Park Service and other agencies that manage public lands, among other positive provisions in the federal budget. But lawmakers also included border wall funding measures that will continue putting sites such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument at risk.
• Press Release Permanent Uranium Ban for the Grand Canyon Introduced in the Senate Dec 2019 Senate legislation would permanently ban new uranium mining on nearly one million acres within and near the Grand Canyon.  
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, FY20 Appropriations Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following letter to the Senate prior to an anticipated floor vote on December 19th, 2019. 
• Press Release Budget Deal Boosts Funding for National Parks but Leaves Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Vulnerable to More Destruction Dec 2019 This investment comes at a critical time for our national parks, which are suffering as their aging infrastructure reaches a breaking point.
• Press Release New Legislation Combats Climate Change Impacts on National Park Lands and Waters Dec 2019 This is the first of many measures that must be taken to safeguard the health of our people and our public lands and waters.
• Policy Update Position on the American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act Dec 2019 NPCA, along with partners, sent the following letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 
• Press Release Senate Advances Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Dec 2019 The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act would add stunning landscapes, critical wildlife areas, waterways and historic treasures to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. 
• Policy Update Position on S.225, S.298, S.327, S.774, and S.1152 Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a business meeting to discuss pending legislation scheduled for December 12, 2019. 
• Magazine Article 'An Honest Reckoning' Winter 2020 | By Julie Scharper Hundreds of people were once enslaved at the opulent  Hampton estate, but for decades after the site became part of the National Park System, their stories remained hidden.  That is changing. 
• Magazine Article Hush... Winter 2020 | By Dorian Fox A growing body of research shows that noise can be harmful to humans and animals. Can natural quiet be saved?
• Magazine Article Capturing Acadia Winter 2020 | By Jennifer Lawson An artist’s view of Maine’s famous national park.
• Magazine Article Of Cats and Men Winter 2020 | By Katherine McKinney DeGroff Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails offers a cat’s-eye view of battle. 
• Magazine Article Long Live the King Winter 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard With the survival of monarchs at stake, rangers and volunteers at national parks around the country are stepping in to help.
• Magazine Article Accidental Hero Winter 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard Crispus Attucks is believed to be the  first casualty of the American Revolution,  but 250 years later, it’s still difficult to untangle fact from myth.
• Magazine Article Mussel Power Winter 2020 | By Rona Kobell Mollusks are the latest weapon in the battle to clean up the D.C. waterway once known as the Forgotten River.
• Magazine Article Branching Out Winter 2020 | By Nicolas Brulliard Is there more than one species of Joshua Tree?

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