NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Press Release Future of Blue Ridge Parkway to Be Determined by Park's First General Management Plan Oct 2011 Four public meetings scheduled to help guide resource management at the park for next twenty years
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Unprecedented Effort to Revitalize Gateway National Recreation Area Oct 2011 New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Interior Secretary Salazar create partnership to enhance visitor experience at Gateway in New York City
• Press Release New Report Shows NPS Management of Valles Caldera Would Result in Better Protection of Site, Increased Economic Benefits for Local Communities and New Mexico Oct 2011 Statement by NPCA Senior Southwest Regional Director David Nimkin
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Files Suit Against Park Service for Failure to Protect Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida Oct 2011 General Management Plan limits protection of Florida Panther habitat in Addition Lands
• Magazine Article A Road Less Traveled Fall 2011 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Students reconnect with African-American history on an 1,800-mile journey along the Underground Railroad.
• Magazine Article Unusual Suspects Fall 2011 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis What triggered the fall of Organ Pipe’s acuña cactus?
• Magazine Article The Visionaries Fall 2011 | By Kate Siber Nearly 100 years ago, the work of best friends Stephen Mather and Robert Sterling Yard forever endeared the American public to the national parks—and gave birth to NPCA, the organization that would protect them.
• Magazine Article The Old Man of the Lake Fall 2011 | By Kevin Grange How has a giant hemlock managed to float upright in Crater Lake for more than a hundred years?
• Magazine Article The Movement Fall 2011 | By Stephen Lias A composer’s ascent of Longs Peak, and the sonata it inspired.
• Magazine Article The Lay of the Land Fall 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood Meet Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who created Central Park and defined landscape architecture.
• Magazine Article The Art of Gaman Fall 2011 | By Delphine Hirasuna Bearing the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.
• Magazine Article Out of Sync Fall 2011 | By Seth Shteir Climate change is affecting the national parks’ most ancient and critical cycles. Can citizen science help?
• Magazine Article On the Right Path Fall 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood Off-road vehicles have scarred the landscape of Wrangell St. Elias for years, but that’s about to change.
• Magazine Article A Grand Teton Winter Fall 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood Experience a simpler, quieter side of Grand Teton National Park.
• Magazine Article A Bigger Vision Fall 2011 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis A new bill would expand Oregon Caves National Monument.
• Press Release Ozone Levels in National Parks Continue to Increase, Parks Group Asks Congress Not to Strip Out Protections Against the Dangerous Pollutant Sep 2011 With ozone exceedances already at a three-year high, two pieces of legislation threaten to rollback important protections against unhealthy emissions known to cause premature death, asthma attacks, pulmonary problems and various other respiratory ailments
• Press Release Parks Group Opposes Efforts to Dismantle Antiquities Act Sep 2011 Proposed bills would diminish the President’s authority to protect public lands
• Press Release Clean Air Advocates Applaud EPA's Decision in North Dakota to Require Proven, Cost-Effective Systems for Reducing Pollution at Antiquated Coal-Fired Plants Sep 2011 New systems at the Leland Olds and MR Young plants will significantly lessen the nearly $500 million burden in air pollution regional health care costs each year
• Press Release More than 105,000 Americans tell Congress to stop cutting critical funding for our national parks Aug 2011 NPCA's National Park Protection Project surpasses goal of 100,000 petition signers
• Press Release Proposed Manhattan Project National Historical Park Would Help U.S. Remember and Learn From History Aug 2011 Three sites are proposed for park to interpret and facilitate discussion surrounding the complex stories of the Manhattan Project and the resulting impacts of atomic power and nuclear technology
• Press Release New Report Shows America's National Parks Are in Jeopardy Jun 2011 National Parks Conservation Association Says Obama Administration Must Address Threats Facing National Parks and Develop Comprehensive Long Term Plan for Parks
• Magazine Article Swept Away Summer 2011 | By Aimee Lyn Brown A disaster in Johnstown, Pennsylvania stunted a town and changed a nation.
• Magazine Article The Grouse Effect Summer 2011 | By Kelly Bastone An unlikely coalition is fighting to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse.
• Magazine Article In the Dark Summer 2011 | By John Grossmann How do animals adapt to cave life?
• Magazine Article Crossing Guards Summer 2011 | By Ethan Gilsdorf New highway overpasses protect key species that move beyond park boundaries.
• Magazine Article Completing the Tetons Summer 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood State of Wyoming to sell critical land to Park Service.
• Magazine Article Breathe It In Summer 2011 | By Scott Kirkwood A blockbuster settlement involving the Tennessee Valley Authority, NPCA, EPA, and others guarantees clear skies in the Great Smokies’ future.
• Press Release New Report Offers Recommendations for Revitalizing Floyd Bennett Field and Gateway National Recreation Area Jun 2011 Senator Schumer and Congressman Weiner presented with report by Floyd Bennett Field Blue Ribbon Panel to make Gateway America’s iconic urban national park
• Magazine Article Taking Out the Trash Summer 2011 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Legal victory means no landfill near Joshua Tree.
• Magazine Article Victory at Gettysburg Summer 2011 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Pennsylvania says “no” to casino near battlefields.

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