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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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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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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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3 Competing Visions for the Future of Our National Parks
Do you know what’s behind doors 1, 2 and 3? It’s not one-size-fits-all when gambling with the future of our National Park System. We outline the differences in three potential…
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Our National Parks Are at a Crossroads
The landmark Great American Outdoors Act funded more than 600 long-overdue repair projects in national parks. Continued investment is needed to finish the rest.
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Blog Post 10 Owls to Look (and Listen) for in National Parks Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles of these elusive birds, which have been both revered and feared throughout human history.
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Blog Post ‘Protect Every Park’ Report: National Park Service’s Mission Is in Jeopardy After months of attacks by the Trump administration, here’s the state of affairs at national parks and what NPCA says Congress must do — now — to save our National Park System.
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Blog Post What We’ve Lost on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim Places like Grand Canyon Lodge aren’t just buildings. They hold pieces of our collective stories, where generations have gathered.
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Blog Post 80 Years Since the Bombings of Japan The Manhattan Project culminated in the dropping of atomic weapons on Japan by the U.S. in early August 1945, a move that ended World War II. A national park site in three time zones tells the complex story of this pivotal time in human history.
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Blog Post When Heartbreaking Wildfire Overtakes a Canyon The South Rim Fire at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park continues to burn. Here’s what we know.
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Blog Post A Park Personality for Everyone We’ve found that most national park lovers fit into four basic types we call ‘park matches.’ Which one are you? Our staff profiles might inspire you to find out.
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Blog Post Summer Victories We’re Celebrating … and Striving For Park advocates staved off Okefenokee mining and the sale of public lands. We’re now tackling the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades as we continue advocating for park staff.
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Blog Post The Country’s Smallest National Park Site A memorial in downtown Philadelphia preserves epic tales of war and freedom in just 0.02 acres of space.
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Blog Post Park Visitation Is Up, Staffing Down. How to Prepare for the Rest of Summer Visiting a national park this summer? Here’s the latest scoop on what’s happening in parks and how you can prepare.
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Blog Post Special Treatment Given for Mining? That’s Got to Stop NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands stops harming the environment.
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Blog Post Make Them Hear You New signs ask visitors to report to the Department of the Interior anything that portrays U.S. history in a negative light. Tell the administration, instead, to stop meddling.
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Blog Post Trouble Ahead: How Staffing Cuts Threaten Air, Water and Wildlife at Your Favorite Parks Vital conservation projects in national parks are grinding to a halt following sweeping staff reductions. We outline the threats.
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Blog Post 6 Worst Things That Happened to National Parks Last Month ICYMI: May was a bad month for national parks under the Trump administration and congressional Republicans. We sound the alarm on the last 30 days’ most distressing actions.
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Blog Post The Only ‘Wild and Scenic’ Subterranean River The River Styx winds underground at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
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Blog Post Hands Off Our History The president’s shameful “skinny budget” would decimate our parks. We must continue to defend the integrity of our historic sites.
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Blog Post Selling Off Our Public Lands? A Line We Cannot Cross. Congress will vote next week on U.S. House legislation that could hand over public lands next to Zion National Park to county and possibly private interests. NPCA is working to stop it.
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Blog Post ‘Hollowed Out’ — 3 Retired National Park Superintendents Speak Up After devoting their careers to protecting our country’s natural and cultural treasures, Dan Wenk, Jeff Mow and John Donahue are watching harmful staff cuts and more gut the National Park Service — and for what gain?
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Blog Post Cut to the Bone The Trump administration has threatened to close the National Park Service’s regional offices and cut even more staff in the coming weeks. We examine what that would mean for parks and visitors.
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Blog Post 5 Courageous Asian American Women You May Not Have Heard Of These women became part of public lands history as they demonstrated the principles of equality and justice celebrated each May during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Blog Post Trump's Disastrous First 100 Days for National Parks The new administration has targeted staff, threatened conservation rules and censored our nation’s history. But we think there’s still time to reverse course.
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Blog Post Thinking Like a Black Bear NPCA works to preserve landscapes and wildlife in the East’s last fully connected wilderness with its Safe Passage initiatives.
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Blog Post Our National Parks Need Sound Science The National Park System’s breathtaking landscapes and cultural and historic sites serve as living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, conservation and research science that support national parks are threatened.
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Blog Post 4 Activities for Connecting Your Family to Nature Try these fun ways to engage the whole family next time you’re exploring your favorite national park or place in nature.
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Blog Post Helene Recovery, 7 Months After the Storm Recovery is underway at national park sites hit hard by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. We offer updates as visitors consider spring and summer travel.
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