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My Most Prized Possession
What item do you value most? For this park advocate, it was his stamp-filled Passport to Your National Parks® — and then he lost it. Find out what happened next.…
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The Burrowing Architects of the Uplands
April 10 is the annual Gopher Tortoise Day. Without this keystone species, entire ecosystems in Florida and other states would unravel. NPCA is working to save them, and here’s how…
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9 Women You May Not Know Who Shaped the American Revolution
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, we highlight a few of the women who influenced the success of the patriot cause.
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5 Ways to Help Protect People and Wildlife on Roads and in Parks
Wildlife‑vehicle collisions are a serious safety problem in and around national parks. NPCA seeks to secure more funding for wildlife crossings and other measures that improve safety for visitors and…
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Full Circle
Decades into a long career in environmental advocacy, Tiernan Sittenfeld takes on the role of president and CEO of NPCA.
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Blog Post And the Award Goes To ... As film lovers gear up for the Academy Awards on March 15, we spotlight a few of our own staff and national park projects honored with special accolades this past year.
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Blog Post Here Today, Gone Tomorrow The erasing of people, science and history at our national parks is in full swing, and NPCA is investigating and will hold the administration accountable. Here’s what you should know and how you can join NPCA’s efforts to stop it.
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Blog Post The U.S. National Park That Bid for the Olympics The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo officially begin Friday, Feb. 6. It’s hard to imagine such a massive event ever taking place in a national park, but did you know one U.S. park actually bid to host the Winter Olympics? Hint: It was not Olympic National Park.
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Blog Post Why Draining Mojave’s Aquifer is a Really Bad Idea Pulling water from the Mojave Desert would damage prized national parkland and deepen water insecurity for communities. Here are frequently asked questions about the latest attempt by Cadiz Inc. to drain the desert’s groundwater for profit.
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Blog Post Which Presidents Have Created the Most National Monuments? Presidents from both political parties have used the Antiquities Act to preserve the landscapes and historic places that help tell America's story. Some of these stories are now being threatened for removal, and we will fight to keep them in our parks. Here’s a top-10 list of presidents who have created national monuments on public lands.
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Blog Post Inside the FY26 National Park Service Budget In January, park advocates across the country celebrated the passage of the fiscal year 2026 funding bill that includes the National Park Service budget. But what does this hard-won funding mean for our national parks and the people who care for them?
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Blog Post 8 Travel Tips from National Park Nomads We quit our jobs, hopped in a vintage solar-powered RV and hit the road. After exploring 57 of the 63 national parks, we share our tips for low-impact RVing and making the most of your next park adventure.
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Blog Post ‘The Power of Place’ In the shadow of the Wright brothers’ achievements, a group of high school students finished building a plane of their own — only the second ever constructed at the birthplace of aviation.
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Blog Post The Places That Make Us This year marks our country’s 250th anniversary. National parks unite us as a people, allowing us to revel in natural beauty, reflect on our nation’s history and renew our promise to protect these special places.
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Blog Post A Retired Ranger Who Might Inspire You Lawmakers have until Jan. 30 to reach a long-term spending agreement to fund national parks so they can remain open, staffed and protected. A new documentary shows one retired ranger’s effort to galvanize public support for park funding and staffing.
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Blog Post A Ranger Discovered Part of Yosemite’s Untold History. Now It's At Risk of Being Lost Again A dark laundry building in Yosemite underscores who helped build this national park and the National Park System — and the threat to preserving the history of these immigrants.
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Blog Post Sen. Lee Wants to Pave the Way to Sell National Parks. We Must Stop Him A vote in favor of Sen. Mike Lee’s proposed amendment is a vote to sell America's national parks. That's unacceptable.
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Blog Post All Good Things... After 21 years at NPCA and more than a decade as president and CEO, Theresa Pierno gets ready to say goodbye.
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Blog Post 10 Facts You May Not Know About the Western Arctic Caribou Herd This majestic herd in Alaska travels a distance equivalent to New York City to Seattle each year. But can it continue in the face of human-caused threats?
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Blog Post The Longest Government Shutdown in US History Has Ended. What’s Next for National Parks? We break down the impacts to parks and their staff during the 43-day shutdown and the outlook for the months ahead.
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Blog Post Indigenous Earthworks and Where to See Them These structures once dotted a large section of North America. Most have been lost over the past 150 years, but the National Park Service preserves and interprets some of those that remain.
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Blog Post 2025 Holiday Gift Ideas from NPCA Experts Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the park lover in your life? Our NPCA staff and volunteer experts share their top gift recommendations from our partners who support NPCA’s park protection work.
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Blog Post Turkey Trotting Through Our National Parks Think you know where to find this bird? Its roaming spaces might surprise you.
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Blog Post Hanging by a Thread Unsustainable tactics are keeping some national parks open during the federal government shutdown. What happens when those tactics are no longer workable?
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Blog Post Secretary Burgum, Tell Us Why The National Park Service has lost more than 25% of its permanent staff. History has been literally erased from parks. And in the midst of a government shutdown, more mass firings are looming. These were all decisions made by leaders in Washington, and those decisions will have disastrous impacts for national parks. On behalf of our 1.9 million members and supporters and all who love our national parks, NPCA is demanding that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum explain why he is unraveling the very fabric of our national parks.
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Blog Post Gates of the Arctic: Scenes from a Park at a Crossroads By bush plane, canoe and dog sled, a traveler experiences the priceless landscape threatened by the proposed Ambler mining road.
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Blog Post Erasing History, Silencing Science ICYMI: Acting upon a March executive order, the Department of the Interior removed from national park sites in September undeniable historical and scientific truths it decided it didn’t like.
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Blog Post What a Federal Government Shutdown Means for National Parks Congress has failed to pass legislation to extend federal funding beyond Sept. 30. Our FAQ explains how this impacts national parks ― and your plans to visit.
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Blog Post 6 Ugly Oil and Gas Outcomes From the ‘Beautiful’ Bill We break down how the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ pushes reckless development that will threaten our national parks and monuments for years to come — and what we can do about it.
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