NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Blog Post 7 Facts About the Trump Administration’s Illegal Attack on National Monuments Dec 2017 | By Theresa Pierno President Trump issued two proclamations to remove federal protections from roughly 2 million acres in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments — the largest reduction of public lands protections in U.S. history.
• Press Release Attacks on Our National Monuments Continue; Zinke Report Recommends Gutting More Protections Dec 2017 Monuments report shows administration’s plans to dismantle 10 places protected by past Republican and Democratic presidents.
• Blog Post The First National Park Site to Require Reservations Year-Round Dec 2017 | By Jennifer Errick We may not have reservations about visiting national parks, but sometimes we need them to visit. Starting next month, one national park site will require everyone arriving in cars to book parking and shuttle spots in advance to be able to enter. Do you know which one?
• Press Release Trump to the American People: Your Public Lands Aren’t Worth Protecting Dec 2017 In a move that disregards millions of people including local tribes, today President Trump signed a proclamation to erase and gut protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
• Press Release Parks Group Sues EPA Over Delay of Ozone Protections Dec 2017 EPA’s action puts public health, national parks at risk.
• Policy Update The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks Dec 2017 Since the Trump administration began in January 2017, a series of actions taken at the presidential and departmental level have undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands and the agencies that manage them.
• Press Release Nature Valley Partners with National Parks Conservation Association, Encourages Support for America’s National Parks this #GivingTuesday Nov 2017 Nature Valley and National Parks Conservation Association celebrate more than eight years of protecting our national parks together.
• Blog Post Protecting the Value of Wild Places Nov 2017 | By John Gaedeke Alaska is home to some of the last untamed landscapes in the country — but a proposed mining road could forever slice through part of the Brooks Range and harm two Arctic parks.
• Press Release New Mexico Park Advocate Awarded Quivira Coalition’s Radical Center Award for Conservation Nov 2017 NPCA's Ernie Atencio cited for his many years of conservation work and respected compendium of published writings.
• Press Release Public Gets More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hike Nov 2017 Administration extends public comment period by one month.
• Press Release Groups Challenge Federal Loophole That Exempts Polluters from Cleaning Air at National Parks and Wilderness Areas Nov 2017 Legal arguments heard in U.S. Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on EPA to Hold Polluter Accountable Nov 2017 Intent to sue filed today against U.S. Steel following chemical Spill affecting Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 801, H.R. 2888 & H.R. 4266 Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for November 15, 2017.
• Blog Post Fixing Our Heritage Nov 2017 | By Eric Bontrager Veterans from around the country flew to Washington, D.C., this week to defend our national parks and address their $11.3 billion maintenance backlog
• Press Release Pilot Program at Grand Teton National Park Informs Future of Composting in Teton County Nov 2017 As part of the Zero-Landfill Initiative to reduce the amount of visitor-generated waste that national parks send to the landfills, Grand Teton National Park and Teton County are making great inroads with new composting waste removal efforts.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 4239, SECURE American Energy Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for November 8, 2017.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3905, Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for November 7-8, 2017.
• Press Release Trump Administration Targets Uranium Mining Ban Near Grand Canyon Nov 2017 Move to allow more uranium mines could impact underground water essential to Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Oct 2017 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote the week of October 30, 2017.
• Blog Post Test Your National Park Knowledge Oct 2017 | By Beverley Stanton Love national park trivia? Want to learn more about the park system? Take our quiz with a roundup of fun facts from our trivia series.
• Blog Post One Notorious Polluter in Texas Has Me Hopeful We Can Clean Up Our Act Oct 2017 | By Stephanie Kodish Vistra Energy is closing three of the worst polluting coal plants in the country — not because it has to, but because it makes good business sense. That’s a victory for everyone.
• Press Release Parks Group Honors Entrepreneur Norman C. Selby for Commitment to America’s National Parks Oct 2017 Gala honors Mr. Selby for his commitment and ongoing support for national parks.
• Blog Post The 17 Parks Where Entrance Fees Could Skyrocket — and What You Can Do Oct 2017 | By Theresa Pierno A new Trump administration proposal could put popular national park vacations out of financial reach for some families. You can speak out against this plan.
• Press Release Trump Administration Rollback of Environmental, Health and Safety Standards Puts Polluter Interests Ahead of the National Parks Oct 2017 Recommendations to eliminate or revise environmental, health, and safety standards favor the fossil fuel industry over clean air, water and the health of our national parks.
• Press Release Administration Proposes Massive Park Fee Increase Oct 2017 High fees, short comment period shortchange parks, visitors.
• Blog Post Worth More Than a Thousand Words Oct 2017 | By Jeffrey Hunter How taking pictures of wildlife could help bears and elk — and people — survive outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Press Release Court Allows Dominion Energy to Continue Construction of Massive Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown Oct 2017 Today's decision allows Dominion to proceed with construction of this project through one of America’s most historic regions.
• Press Release National Park Leaders Honored with Stephen T. Mather Award Oct 2017 NPCA presented its annual Stephen T. Mather award to Mojave National Preserve Chief of Resources Debra Hughson and the late Frank Hays, who most recently served in the Park Service’s Northeast Regional Office. The Mather award is named after the first director of the National Park Service, and given to individuals who have shown steadfast leadership and persistent dedication to our national parks.
• Policy Update Position on H.Con.Res.71, FY18 Budget Resolution Oct 2017 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate ahead of expected floor votes on October 19, 2017.
• Press Release Congressman Schiff, Senator Feinstein Announce Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Oct 2017 The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act, introduced by Representative Adam Schiff and Senator Dianne Feinstein, would expand the boundary of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include sites ranging from Griffith Park to the Santa Clarita Valley.

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