Protecting & Restoring Water
Water gives life to our national parks, shaping land and sustaining plants and animals. Yet, outside the parks, the health of these waters is being jeopardized.
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More about Water
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Advocacy in Action Don’t Drain Our Desert Water Help stop a private company from moving forward on a harmful water-mining project near several beloved national park sites in California
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Advocacy in Action Don’t Risk Wild Land and Fish for a Massive Mine Near Lake Clark Plans for the largest open-pit mine in North America threaten one of Alaska's wildest national parks and the region’s thriving fisheries.
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Press Release BLM Removes Lands Near Zion from Oil, Gas Lease Sale Move will protect national park resources from impacts of energy production.
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Advocacy in Action New Monument in Maine's Spectacular North Woods Is Under Threat In August 2016, President Barack Obama designated more than 87,500 acres of land along the East Branch of the Penobscot River in Maine as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. But the Trump administration could attempt to alter or rescind the national park site’s federal protections following an April 2017 executive order mandating a federal review of national monuments created since 1996.
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Blog Post Unlikely Activists Help Defend Yellowstone from Mining Threat How a trio of Montanans found themselves persuading members of Congress to defend the world’s first national park from two proposed industrial-scale mines
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Press Release Pennsylvania Bill Would Fund Critical Conservation Programs that Support State’s National Parks Investment in the Growing Greener Environmental Stewardship Fund will support environmental programs that benefit Pennsylvania’s national park sites
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Press Release EPA Favors Mining Over Salmon, Parks and People in Pebble Mine Settlement The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its previous science-backed ruling surrounding the proposed gold and copper mine for the Bristol Bay region, just 15 miles from Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The Bristol Bay watershed supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
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Blog Post Sometimes You Need a Little Hubris A teenage cancer survivor shares why he chose to “Make a Wish” for the Boundary Waters
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Press Release Florida Legislature Moves to Restore Everglades National Park, Florida’s Estuaries Senate Bill 10 will improve health of larger ecosystem impacted by polluted waters.
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Fact Sheet What Is a National Monument? A brief explanation of what these important public lands are and how they differ from national parks and other sites managed by the federal government.
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Blog Post National Monuments Under Threat Last week, the Trump administration issued an executive order that could alter or even attempt to rescind national monument designations that have been established since January 1, 1996.
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Press Release Federal Licensing Board Hearing to Discuss Threats from Florida Power and Light’s Proposed Nuclear Expansion at Turkey Point in Biscayne Bay Local groups and concerned citizens continue to challenge federal licensing with future of nearby national parks and region’s drinking water supply at risk.
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Policy Update Position on the WOTUS Rule NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing entitled “A Review of the Technical, Scientific, and Legal Basis of the WOTUS Rule."
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Blog Post Why I’m Speaking Out to Protect the Park I Love Meridian Energy Group is just a few permits away from building a proposed oil refinery 3 miles from the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt’s namesake park, but economic growth in North Dakota does not have to come at the expense of one of America’s most special places.
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Advocacy in Action Don't Cut Funding to the Chesapeake The Chesapeake watershed supports the health of more than 50 national parks, and we can't afford to reverse important gains to water quality and habitat restoration
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Advocacy in Action Keep the Great Lakes Great: Support Restoration Funding in the Midwest Since 2010, a federal program known as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has funded a variety of projects to help water quality, wildlife habitat and a range of other issues. Congress could slash this funding — a move that could reverse years of progress for the region’s 13 national parks.
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Video Join Us Our national parks preserve some of the most inspiring places and stories. These places belong to us all. They deserve to be celebrated and protected. It’s up to us to ensure that America’s favorite places have clean water, clear air and healthy wildlife.
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Advocacy in Action We Need Our Rangers! No Cuts to National Park Service Staff A January 2017 memorandum by President Trump aims to halt most federal hiring. But the National Park Service is already understaffed, and cuts to personnel would make a bad situation worse.
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Advocacy in Action Congress Fails the Public: Why NPCA Will Continue to Defend Clean, Safe National Park Waters In February 2017, Congress voted to dismantle the Stream Protection Rule, which would have safeguarded streams from pollution created by mountaintop removal and surface coal mining.
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Advocacy in Action Monitoring National Park Laws and Policies During the Presidential Transition An overwhelming majority of voters support national park protection, and we must ensure our federal government maintains high standards for clean air and water, robust funding, responsible energy development, and other critical issues
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Fact Sheet Water for America’s Everglades Florida’s waters are in crisis. Everglades National Park and Florida Bay are starved for freshwater, while the northern Caloosahatchee River and St. Lucie River are inundated with polluted Lake Okeechobee discharges. The solution to this crisis is to send clean water south to the Everglades, restoring some of the historic “River of Grass” that once dominated this unique ecosystem.
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Advocacy in Action Help Stop an Egregious Development Proposal on the Rim of the Grand Canyon If a dangerous new proposal becomes a reality, developers could build a massive 420-acre resort hotel right on the rim of the Grand Canyon with an aerial tramway shuttling thousands of visitors a day into the heart of this revered landscape.
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Infographic A Marine Reserve for Biscayne?
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Interactive Map Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study Area
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Advocacy in Action Protect Biscayne from Nuclear Expansion Plans to expand Turkey Point by adding two new nuclear units would make Turkey Point one of the largest nuclear power facilities in the country, in an area that is ground zero for sea level rise. The proposed expansion threatens our national parks, endangered wildlife, Everglades restoration, and the health of park water resources.
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Fact Sheet Turkey Point Expansion Turkey Point Power Plant is located directly along the shores of Biscayne National Park, one of America’s largest marine national parks.
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Letter Sugar Hill Sector Plan Sugar Hill Sector Plan Letter
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Fact Sheet Voyageurs National Park at Risk from Sulfide Mining Recent mining proposals could pose a significant threat to this watershed. Even small amounts of contamination could harm the park's fish and wildlife.
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Report Partnering to Build Resilience to Climate Change Communities and Sandy Hook: Partnering to Build Resilience to Climate Change
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Testimony Senate Legislative Hearing on Water and Wildlife Testimony of Chad W. Lord, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
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Resource Proposed Lone Star Coastal NRA Resources View the related maps and documents. Read what others are saying about the project. Learn more about the rich cultural heritage, the outstanding wildlife diversity, and the recreation opportunities of the bays and their gateway communities.
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Report Alternatives for Coral Reef Ecosystem Protection Alternatives for coral reef ecosystem protection within Biscayne National Park
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- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area ›
- Dinosaur National Monument ›
- Everglades National Park ›
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