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Magazine Article A People’s Historian Talking about the past and the future with the Park Service’s new chief historian.
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Magazine Article Soaking It All In The woods are lovely, dark and deep — perfect for forest bathers searching for a little peace of mind.
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Magazine Article Finding Home What happens when a desert baby visits the meadows of Yosemite?
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Press Release Trump Administration Puts Important Federal Land at Risk In disappointing move, Interior recommends presidential and Congressional action to reduce protections for Bears Ears National Monument
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Magazine Article Desert Gator The life and times of an unlikely resident of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
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Magazine Article Bouncing Back in Yosemite After flirting with extinction, Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are staging a remarkable — and unexpected — comeback.
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Magazine Article The Great Escape Bill Sycalik walked away from an unfulfilling corporate job. Now he is on a quest to complete marathons in all 59 national parks.
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Magazine Article True Colors What can the rapidly evolving white lizards of White Sands National Monument tell us about how animals can survive environmental change?
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Blog Post After Interior Secretary Zinke’s First 100 Days, the Future Looks Grim for National Parks 5 ways the official at the helm of America’s public lands has been charting a troubling course for national parks during the first few months of his tenure.
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Blog Post Partners Help to Build the Next Generation of Stewards Youth Summit helps build new leadership for national parks and other public lands.
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Press Release Oil, Gas Leasing Threatens 7 Western National Parks New report details dangers of development near park lands.
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Press Release BLM Removes Lands Near Zion from Oil, Gas Lease Sale Move will protect national park resources from impacts of energy production.
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Blog Post Unlikely Activists Help Defend Yellowstone from Mining Threat How a trio of Montanans found themselves persuading Congress and the administration to permanently protect Yellowstone and their homes from industrial-scale mines.
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Policy Update Testimony: Public Witness Day for FY18 Appropriations Written testimony by John Garder, NPCA Director of Budget and Appropriations, for the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.
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Press Release More than 685,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Bears Ears National Monument in less than 15 days Unprecedented outpouring of support shown during official comment period
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Blog Post Leave the Mainland Behind Plan a remote beach vacation on Cumberland Island
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Blog Post Remembering the Manongs and Story of the Filipino Farm Worker Movement In the 1920s and 30s, Filipino immigrants arrived in the United States seeking fortune but facing discrimination as they worked in the vast agricultural fields of the West. These “manongs” played a significant role in building the farm workers movement, organizing and striking alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
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Press Release Pennsylvania Bill Would Fund Critical Conservation Programs that Support State’s National Parks Investment in the Growing Greener Environmental Stewardship Fund will support environmental programs that benefit Pennsylvania’s national park sites
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Press Release President’s Budget Threat to National Parks If enacted, would be biggest cut to National Park Service since World War II.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Park That Helped Americans Hide in Plain Sight In 1917, the United States entered World War I. It was also a century ago that the U.S. military created its first camouflage unit, and many of the pioneer "camoufleurs" either resided in or visited regularly what is now a national park site. Can you name this park?
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Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
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Policy Update Position on S. 263 and S. 452 NPCA, along with partners, sent the following position to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 23, 2017.
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Blog Post National Park Rangers Are Helping These 10 Animals and Plants Survive National parks offer some of the last suitable habitats for a number of species and are home to creatures that exist nowhere else in the world. This means park staff play a key role in saving some of the rarest animals and plants from being lost forever.
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Policy Update Position on S. 951, the Regulatory Accountability Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ahead of a business meeting on May 17, 2017.
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Policy Update Position on S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security ahead of a business meeting on May 17, 2017.
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Policy Update Position on S. 21, the REINS Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs ahead of a business meeting scheduled for May 17, 2017.
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Policy Update Position on Addressing National Park Infrastructure Needs NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of hearings scheduled for the week on May 15, 2017.
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Blog Post More Ways to See America NPCA and Creative Action Network expand innovative “See America” partnership with new opportunities for artists.
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Press Release EPA Favors Mining Over Salmon, Parks and People in Pebble Mine Settlement The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its previous science-backed ruling surrounding the proposed gold and copper mine for the Bristol Bay region, just 15 miles from Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The Bristol Bay watershed supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
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Press Release Congress Moves to Limit Methane Waste; Protect Park Air and Visitor Health Senate votes to protect a commonsense policy created to protect taxpayers from the unnecessary waste of natural gas from federal lands
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