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Parks Group Raises Questions and Concerns Over New National Park Fee Policy
"Any policy that keeps people from visiting our national parks is a problem...it’s unclear how these changes will be implemented to reduce impacts on park visitors and staff." - Emily…
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Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction
“The proposed changes, coupled with the mass…
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Parks Group Urges Congress to Protect National Park Funding and Staffing as Budget Agreement is Made to End Longest Government Shutdown in History
"Congress must heed the will of the American people and come together to fund parks so they can remain open, staffed and protected." - Kristen Brengel, NPCA's SVP of Government…
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‘Nobody Wants This’: New Poll Finds Majority of Americans Oppose Attacks on National Parks and Park Staff
“This poll reaffirms that Americans are united in their support for our national parks. Protecting our national parks is a bipartisan issue." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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The East Wing of the White House was part of the National Park System. Now it’s gone.
Like so many Americans, we are horrified that the president just took a wrecking ball to the People’s House. If our most important symbol of freedom and democracy can be…
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Press Release Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement "Permitting the Ambler mining road ignores the cost, the wishes of the people of the region, the impact to America’s wildlife and national parks, and the engineering challenges of building a 211-mile road across melting permafrost" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
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Press Release Court Filings Reveal Secretary Burgum’s Plans to Terminate Key National Park Staff "Secretary Burgum’s actions are making it impossible for the Park Service to protect the very places and resources Americans hold dear." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape “This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Nothing has changed in terms of impacts of this destructive road, or the thousands of Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of Americans who are opposed to it" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
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Press Release Parks Group Warns Shutdown Leaves National Parks Open and Unprotected, While Visitors Remain Confused and at Risk "It’s day six of the government shutdown, and our national parks are already feeling the strain. Nearly two-thirds of park staff are furloughed, leaving only a skeleton crew to protect resources and keep visitors safe." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Warns Shutdown Impacts Only the Beginning, Urges Congress to Act Immediately “The government has shut down, and the administration is once again putting our national parks and visitors at risk, effectively directing staff to open park gates and walk away... It’s not just irresponsible, it’s dangerous." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks “NPCA will not stand by and watch history repeat itself... We know what happened last time park staff were forced to leave parks open and unprotected, and the impacts were disastrous... If the federal government shuts down, unfortunately our parks should too." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Ongoing Staffing Crisis and Looming Government Shutdown Create More Risks to National Parks, Visitors and Communities Nationwide “It’s unthinkable that we’re once again staring down a government shutdown. But this time, the stakes are even higher.... A shutdown now would leave our national parks and communities even more vulnerable." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Administration Doubles Down on Erasing History and Silencing Science in National Parks "NPCA has spent months speaking out against actions that deny the legacies spread across America's parks, battlefields, monuments and historic sites. And we are not backing down." - NPCA's SVP of Government Affairs, Kristen Brengel
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Press Release Groups Denounce Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments "In Arizona and across the country, our national monuments hold our history, identity, and culture."—Sanober Mirza, NPCA's Arizona Program Manager
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Press Release VICTORY: Court Rules Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield Can Proceed Litigation to save this precious landscape and hallowed ground, home to some of America’s most impactful history, will continue.
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Press Release Parks Group Demands Truth: History of Slavery Cannot Be Erased From Our Parks The decision to remove this photograph from the interpretive displays at national parks is as shameful as it is wrong.
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Press Release BLM Moves to Roll Back Public Lands Rule, Threatening National Parks and Public Access "Our public lands should serve everyone, not just oil, gas, and mining interests."—Beau Kiklis, NPCA's Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation
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Press Release House Dismantles Central Yukon Plan, Jeopardizing America's Largest Park Landscape "Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting America’s largest national park landscape in the crosshairs” -- NPCA's Senior Alaska Director Jim Adams
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Press Release Hands Off Public Lands: Parks Group Decries Proposed Rollback of Roadless Rule "This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development” -- NPCA Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation Beau Kiklis
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Press Release Shuttered Visitor Centers, Closed Campgrounds, Slower Emergency Response: Staffing Crisis Hits National Parks Nationwide “Losing a quarter of the Park Service’s permanent workforce has made it nearly impossible for some parks to operate safely or effectively. And sadly, this is just the beginning." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Parks Group Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit to Protect Chuckwalla National Monument "Chuckwalla National Monument is beloved, broadly supported across the political spectrum, and fundamental to our shared history. We must defend it fiercely, ensuring that future generations can connect with and cherish this extraordinary landscape." — Chance Wilcox, NPCA's California Desert Program Manager
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Press Release Senate Committee Moves Bill to Protect National Park Staffing and Funding "The Senate Appropriations Committee is sending a clear message: our parks and the people who steward them are not expendable." - John Garder, NPCA's Senior Director of Budget and Appropriations
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Press Release Park Service Forced to Report Information on Slavery, Climate Change, For Potential Erasure from National Parks If some of these changes are made, visitors may miss out on the full picture of history and nature that they deserve at our parks. Americans count on our parks to tell truthful stories and accurate information.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Theresa Pierno to Step Down from Role at End of Year "The time is right for me to hand the reins over to the next person who will continue this proud legacy of leading what NPCA’s founder called the ‘fearless and outspoken defender of the people’s parks’” -- Theresa Pierno
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Press Release Parks Group Unveils ‘Blackwell Blueprint’ to Drive Growth for Latino National Park Site "We are grateful to everyone who raised their hand to help create this visionary plan for the little park that could, the Blackwell National Historic Site." -- NPCA's Cristóbal López.
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Press Release Parks Group Rejects Transfer Proposal for Alcatraz "Congress now faces a choice: stand up for Alcatraz and the stories it holds or allow our national parks to be sacrificed for political gain" -- NPCA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Kristen Brengel
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Press Release NPCA Responds to Wildfires’ Destruction to Grand Canyon National Park NPCA stands ready to support efforts to rebuild and restore what’s been lost and ensure the National Park Service has the resources it needs to protect the Grand Canyon experience for the millions of visitors who travel there each year.
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Press Release Parks Group to Congress: Our National Parks Need More Staff and Funding, Not Less "Our national parks are among the most unifying and cherished places in the country. They deserve more investment, more protection and more respect than this.” - John Garder, NPCA's Senior Director of Budget & Appropriations
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Press Release Supreme Court Ruling Greenlights Mass Layoffs, Parks Groups Warn National Parks and Thousands of Park Staff in Jeopardy New Analysis Highlights Real-World Impacts of Ongoing Staffing Cuts to National Parks
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