NPCA’s Writing on National Parks

• Press Release Administration Orders Sham Review of Park Gift Shops Dec 2025 "Banning history books from park stores and cracking down on park T-shirts and keychains is not what national park visitors want from their Park Service."
• Policy Update Position on S. 446, S. 573, S. 791, S. 1131, S. 1777, S. 1870, S. 2270, S. 2308, S. 2385, S. 2708 & S. 2970 Dec 2025 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 9, 2025.
• Policy Update Position on S. 90, S. 764, S. 1228, S. 1319, S. 1476, S. 1737, S. 2042 Dec 2025 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 2, 2025.
• Blog Post 10 Facts You May Not Know About the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Dec 2025 This majestic herd in Alaska travels a distance equivalent to New York City to Seattle each year. But can it continue in the face of human-caused threats? 
• Press Release Parks Group Raises Questions and Concerns Over New National Park Fee Policy Dec 2025 "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 Douce, NPCA's Deputy VP of Government Affairs 
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 4931 & H.R. 5063 Dec 2025 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 2, 2025.
• Blog Post The Longest Government Shutdown in US History Has Ended. What’s Next for National Parks? Nov 2025 | By John Garder We break down the impacts to parks and their staff during the 43-day shutdown and the outlook for the months ahead.
• Blog Post Indigenous Earthworks and Where to See Them Nov 2025 | By Linda Coutant These structures once dotted a large section of North America. Most have been lost over the past 150 years, but the National Park Service preserves and interprets some of those that remain.  
• Press Release Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction Nov 2025 “The proposed changes, coupled with the mass firing of dedicated staff at US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service, put the fate of species like Pacific salmon, the ghost orchid, and the red-cockaded woodpecker in a potentially dire position. Once a species is extinct, it’s gone. Is that the legacy we want to leave behind?”–Stephanie Adams, NPCA's Director of Wildlife
• Blog Post 2025 Holiday Gift Ideas from NPCA Experts Nov 2025 | By Alana Garibaldi Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the park lover in your life? Our NPCA staff and volunteer experts share their top gift recommendations from our partners who support NPCA’s park protection work.  
• Press Release Parks Group Urges Congress to Protect National Park Funding and Staffing as Budget Agreement is Made to End Longest Government Shutdown in History Nov 2025 "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 Affairs
• Press Release ‘Nobody Wants This’: New Poll Finds Majority of Americans Oppose Attacks on National Parks and Park Staff Nov 2025 “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
• Blog Post Turkey Trotting Through Our National Parks Nov 2025 | By Linda Coutant Think you know where to find this bird? Its roaming spaces might surprise you.
• Blog Post Hanging by a Thread Oct 2025 | By Emily Douce Unsustainable tactics are keeping some national parks open during the federal government shutdown.  What happens when those tactics are no longer workable?   
• Policy Update Position on S.J. Res. 69, Barred Owl Management Strategy Oct 2025 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate ahead of an expected floor vote the week of October 27, 2025.
• Press Release The East Wing of the White House was part of the National Park System. Now it’s gone. Oct 2025 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 destroyed in the blink of an eye, what’s next?
• Press Release Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement Oct 2025 "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 
• Press Release Court Filings Reveal Secretary Burgum’s Plans to Terminate Key National Park Staff Oct 2025 "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 
• Policy Update Position on S. 1376, Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act Oct 2025 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 21, 2025.
• Blog Post Secretary Burgum, Tell Us Why Oct 2025 | By Theresa Pierno The National Park Service has lost more than 25% of its permanent staff. History has been literally erased from parks. And in the midst of a government shutdown, more mass firings are looming. These were all decisions made by leaders in Washington, and those decisions will have disastrous impacts for national parks. On behalf of our 1.9 million members and supporters and all who love our national parks, NPCA is demanding that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum explain why he is unraveling the very fabric of our national parks.
• Blog Post Gates of the Arctic: Scenes from a Park at a Crossroads Oct 2025 | By Connie Sargent By bush plane, canoe and dog sled, a traveler experiences the priceless landscape threatened by the proposed Ambler mining road.
• Policy Update Position on S.J. Res. 63, Central Yukon Oct 2025 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate ahead of expected floor votes the week of October 6, 2025.
• Press Release Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape Oct 2025 “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
• Press Release Parks Group Warns Shutdown Leaves National Parks Open and Unprotected, While Visitors Remain Confused and at Risk Oct 2025 "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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