Spring 2017
These Lands Are Now Your Lands
Since 1906, 16 presidents have employed the Antiquities Act to designate 157 public lands and historic places. That tradition of conservation continued under President Barack Obama, who established 29 monuments in his two terms. Here they are.
ILLUSTRATION BY MATT BRASS
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Blog Post
The Country’s Smallest National Park Site
A memorial in downtown Philadelphia preserves epic tales of war and freedom in just 0.02 acres of space.
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Blog Post
Special Treatment Given for Mining? That’s Got to Stop
NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands stops harming the environment.
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Blog Post
Make Them Hear You
New signs ask visitors to report to the Department of the Interior anything that portrays U.S. history in a negative light. Tell the administration, instead, to stop meddling.
