NPCA Press Releases

• Press Release Wild Lands Permanently Protected Near Glacier National Park Oct 2019 Today’s oil and gas lease retirement announcement is historic in our decades’ long effort to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area, sacred to the Blackfeet Nation and connected to Glacier National Park.
• Press Release Trump Administration Continues to Ignore Park Service Director Nomination Oct 2019 Our national park rangers, and the American people, deserve a fully empowered leader.
• Press Release Bowing to Political Pressure, Acadia Allows for Some E-Bike Use on Historic Carriage Roads Sep 2019 "Without properly evaluating impacts, and without adequate time for the public process to help inform this decision, the park is opening itself to unnecessary visitor conflicts," NPCA's Lauren Cosgrove.
• Press Release Senate Spending Committee Advances Interior Funding Bill; Better Protects National Parks and Supports Park Rangers Sep 2019 Senate bill increases funding for the National Park Service by $133 million
• Press Release Administration Points Blame at International Emissions in Attempt to Let U.S. Polluters Off the Hook Sep 2019 While the administration attempts to point a finger at international emissions to let domestic polluters off the hook, the EPA model also shows that pollution continues to harm park and wilderness air quality.
• Press Release Trump Administration Silences National Park Service, Hindering Ability to Provide Expertise Sep 2019 This basic disregard for the Park Service’s mission could have major implications for all our national parks and public lands for years to come.
• Press Release Trump Administration Repeals Clean Water Rule, Threatening National Park Waterways and Drinking Water for Communities Across the Country Sep 2019 Today’s reckless move by the administration erases years of significant improvements to the protection of our nation’s waterways.
• Press Release Leasing Our Legacy: Lands Near Hovenweep National Monument Sold to Oil and Gas Bidders Sep 2019 In its latest step towards 'energy dominance' at the sacrifice of national parks and other public lands, the Trump Administration advanced more than 30,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Southeast Utah today.
• Press Release House Takes Stand to Protect National Parks and Coastal Communities from Offshore Drilling Sep 2019 Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives showed their commitment to defending America’s public lands and waters.
• Press Release Government Accountability Office Finds Secretary Bernhardt Violated Federal Law Sep 2019 Today, the Government Accountability Office found that the Interior Department illegally used funds to keep national parks open during the recent government shutdown.   
• Press Release National Trail and Conservation Groups Blast New DOI E-Bike Order Aug 2019 Groups Fear Order Paves Way for Motorization of America’s National Trails, Parks and Public Lands
• Press Release Trump Administration Rolls Back Methane Rules, Provides More Loopholes for Oil and Gas Industry to Pollute National Parks and Communities Aug 2019 Rolling back the regulations to allow more air pollution increases harm to public health and the health of national parks.  
• Press Release Park Supporters Continue to Speak Up and Fight Back for Our National Monuments Aug 2019 These monuments are public lands, meant to be protected for and enjoyed by everybody, not sacrificed for mining and drilling for the gain of a few. 
• Press Release Interior Begins Review on ‘Billion Dollar Driveway’ Through Wild Alaska Parks, Caribou Migration Pathways Aug 2019 The 200+ mile mining road threatens one of the largest remaining Arctic caribou herds and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. 
• Press Release Smog Standard Too Weak to Protect Parks and Forests, Court Rules Aug 2019 Court Upholds Health Standard, Rejects Polluters’ Claims That Standards Are Too Protective
• Press Release Parks Group Responds to Management Plans that Threaten Grand Staircase-Escalante and Future of All National Monuments Aug 2019 Plan Undermines Standards for National Monument Protections, Ignores Public Opposition and Ongoing Litigation Over Reduced Boundaries
• Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act Aug 2019 NPCA, wildlife and conservation groups head to court on Trump-Bernhardt’s extinction plan
• Press Release EPA Finalizes Guidance that Encourages States to Ignore Air Rules Protecting National Parks Aug 2019 Changes to Regional Haze Rule Guidance Could Set Our National Parks and Wilderness Areas Back Decades
• Press Release Parks Group Files Opposition Brief in Lawsuit Over Illegally-Permitted Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown Aug 2019 Dominion Energy has played loose and fast with the courts and prioritized irresponsible development over historic Jamestown and nearby national parks.
• Press Release Trump Extinction Plan Guts Endangered Species Act Aug 2019 Despite overwhelming public opposition, Trump administration moves forward on plans to roll back critical wildlife protections
• Press Release California Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Desert Water, Wildlife and Parks Aug 2019 SB307 requires state environmental review of Cadiz Inc. and desert water mining proposals
• Press Release EPA Abandons Science, Clears Way for Pebble Mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay Jul 2019 "The Trump Administration is putting America last in making it easier for a foreign mining company to endanger the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery and the iconic brown bears of Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks” -- NPCA's Jim Adams.
• Press Release Senate Committee Introduces Bill to Increase Funding for National Park Roadways Jul 2019 This bill includes a 21 percent increase in funding for national parks, which would be used to repair and update roads, bridges and transportation systems within America’s national parks.
• Press Release Trump Administration Issues Flawed Plan for Bears Ears National Monument Lands Despite Active Litigation and Overwhelming Opposition Jul 2019 This management plan is an insult to the public, who overwhelmingly spoke out in favor of protecting Bears Ears — and all our national monuments.
• Press Release Interior Reopens Public Process to Restore North Cascades Grizzly Bears Jul 2019 Restoring grizzly bears populations is the last step in returning all major native carnivores to the North Cascades ecosystem -- an opportunity remaining in few places in the world. 
• Press Release Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Park Service Must Take Bold Action to Protect Biscayne National Park Marine Wildlife Jul 2019 Decades of overfishing have severely depleted Biscayne’s reef fish, and it’s time for Florida and the Park Service to take action to protect them.
• Press Release California Passes Vital Legislation to Protect Desert Water, Parks, Wildlife and Tribal Resources Jul 2019 Bill halts Cadiz Groundwater Mining Proposal, heads to Governor Gavin Newsom for signature
• Press Release National Parks Group Challenges President on His Environmental Record Jul 2019 Trump Administration has Taken Nearly 100 Actions Impacting National Parks, Dismantling Environmental Protections
• Press Release Groups Urge Immediate Investigation into Use of Park Funds for President Trump’s July 4th Takeover Jul 2019 The Department of the Interior is diverting millions of dollars of national park funds, a decision that may violate federal law.
• Press Release Administration Raids More Funds from Parks for Independence Day Spectacle Jul 2019 Siphoning off desperately needed money from our national parks to pay for a spectacle on our National Mall is both reckless and a breach of the public’s trust.

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