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Blog Post
Erasing History, Silencing Science
ICYMI: Acting upon a March executive order, the Department of the Interior removed from national park sites in September undeniable historical and scientific truths it decided it didn’t like.
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Blog Post
What a Federal Government Shutdown Means for National Parks
Congress has failed to pass legislation to extend federal funding beyond Sept. 30. Our FAQ explains how this impacts national parks ― and your plans to visit.
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Press Release
Parks Group Warns Shutdown Impacts Only the Beginning, Urges Congress to Act Immediately
“The government has shut down, and the administration is once again putting our national parks and visitors at risk, effectively directing staff to open park gates and walk away... It’s…
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Blog Post
6 Ugly Oil and Gas Outcomes From the ‘Beautiful’ Bill
We break down how the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ pushes reckless development that will threaten our national parks and monuments for years to come — and what we can do…
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Blog Post
The Southernmost National Park
The U.S. national park site closest to the bottom of the map may be difficult for most of us to visit — but is well worth the trip. Just do…
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Press Release Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks “NPCA will not stand by and watch history repeat itself... We know what happened last time park staff were forced to leave parks open and unprotected, and the impacts were disastrous... If the federal government shuts down, unfortunately our parks should too." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Ongoing Staffing Crisis and Looming Government Shutdown Create More Risks to National Parks, Visitors and Communities Nationwide “It’s unthinkable that we’re once again staring down a government shutdown. But this time, the stakes are even higher.... A shutdown now would leave our national parks and communities even more vulnerable." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Administration Doubles Down on Erasing History and Silencing Science in National Parks "NPCA has spent months speaking out against actions that deny the legacies spread across America's parks, battlefields, monuments and historic sites. And we are not backing down." - NPCA's SVP of Government Affairs, Kristen Brengel
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Press Release Groups Denounce Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments "In Arizona and across the country, our national monuments hold our history, identity, and culture."—Sanober Mirza, NPCA's Arizona Program Manager
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Press Release VICTORY: Court Rules Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield Can Proceed Litigation to save this precious landscape and hallowed ground, home to some of America’s most impactful history, will continue.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 4467, Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 18, 2025.
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Press Release Parks Group Demands Truth: History of Slavery Cannot Be Erased From Our Parks The decision to remove this photograph from the interpretive displays at national parks is as shameful as it is wrong.
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Press Release BLM Moves to Roll Back Public Lands Rule, Threatening National Parks and Public Access "Our public lands should serve everyone, not just oil, gas, and mining interests."—Beau Kiklis, NPCA's Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 4503 & H.R. 4776 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 10, 2025.
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Press Release House Dismantles Central Yukon Plan, Jeopardizing America's Largest Park Landscape "Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting America’s largest national park landscape in the crosshairs” -- NPCA's Senior Alaska Director Jim Adams
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Blog Post 6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests. See how healthy, roadless national forests benefit national parks, larger ecosystems, and the people and wildlife who enjoy them.
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Blog Post Park Service Programs You Benefit From, But May Not Know About The National Park Service contributes more to our country than you might realize — including conservation and history in your own backyard.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1366 & H.R. 4090 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 3, 2025.
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Policy Update Position on H.J. Res. 106 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote the week of September 1, 2025.
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Blog Post National Pastimes Did you know that several minor league baseball teams have monikers inspired by national park sites and the places and stories they preserve?
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Blog Post A Picture of What Can Be: Cuyahoga Valley National Park This land’s unlikely victory proves that national parks can evolve into centers of community, agriculture and environmental justice.
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Press Release Hands Off Public Lands: Parks Group Decries Proposed Rollback of Roadless Rule "This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development” -- NPCA Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation Beau Kiklis
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Press Release Shuttered Visitor Centers, Closed Campgrounds, Slower Emergency Response: Staffing Crisis Hits National Parks Nationwide “Losing a quarter of the Park Service’s permanent workforce has made it nearly impossible for some parks to operate safely or effectively. And sadly, this is just the beginning." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Magazine Article Life & Death in Bears Ears The national monument had been a source of inspiration over the years. After I lost my father, it called to me more urgently than ever.
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Magazine Article My Own Private Denali With most of the Alaska park closed to traffic, I heeded the call to explore the deserted backcountry.
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Magazine Article Niobrara River Dreams A writer explores one of America’s wildest grassland corridors.
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Magazine Article Mollusks on the Move To help save the endangered black abalone, scientists are relocating some of the marine snails from the Channel Islands to the coast of mainland California.
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Magazine Article Founding Father Closed for years, Carter G. Woodson's home is scheduled to reopen in 2026, the centennial of Black History Month.
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Magazine Article Insect Informants Studies in Joshua Tree, Yellowstone and Great Smoky Mountains suggest that flies could help solve murders and identify new species.
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