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Ignoring Public Outcry, House Votes for National Park Service Staffing Cuts
"Lawmakers must do better before we become the generation that stands by as our national parks and the American legacy collapse.” - Daniel Hart, NPCA's Director of Clean Energy and…
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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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Read more about Stop the destructive mining in Mojave National Preserve.
ActiveAction Stop the destructive mining in Mojave National Preserve. The Trump Administration is allowing industrial mining in Mojave National Preserve, disregarding National Park Service jurisdiction and overriding policies that protect our national parks. We cannot allow these iconic places to be carved up for the benefit of foreign interests and big corporations.
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Read more about Secretary Burgum must protect our monuments.
ActiveAction Secretary Burgum must protect our monuments. We are on the verge of what could be the largest rollback of protections for national parks and monuments in U.S. history.
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Read more about Secretary Burgum must preserve Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
ActiveAction Secretary Burgum must preserve Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Department of the Interior is threatening to consider using protected public lands for energy development. Tell Secretary Burgum this cannot be justified as an energy strategy, when millions of acres of surrounding public land are already open to oil and gas development.
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Read more about Stop Unauthorized Mining in Mojave National Preserve
Advocacy in Action Stop Unauthorized Mining in Mojave National Preserve National parks are no place for foreign-owned mining operations
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they are the best of America. They are truly the most special places we have left that haven't been sacrificed to development or resource needs. — Perry
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Read more about Protect Parks from Reckless Mining
Advocacy in Action Protect Parks from Reckless Mining Our public lands are more precious than minerals
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Read more about Don't Drill Near Dinosaur
NPCA at Work Don't Drill Near Dinosaur The Bureau of Land Management is considering offering oil and gas leases within 5 miles of Dinosaur National Monument, but drilling has no place at the doorstep of this Southwestern park and its world-class fossils.
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Read more about Don’t Risk Wild Land and Fish for a Massive Mine Near Lake Clark
NPCA at Work Don’t Risk Wild Land and Fish for a Massive Mine Near Lake Clark Plans for a massive open-pit mine threaten wild salmon and bears at two of Alaska's wildest national parks.
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Read more about An Oil Refinery Has No Place Next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park
NPCA at Work An Oil Refinery Has No Place Next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park Protect the iconic North Dakota badlands from an ill-conceived facility that would pollute the air
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Read more about The Problem with Methane
NPCA at Work The Problem with Methane Methane is a powerful pollutant that speeds the warming of our climate. Oil and gas development is responsible for most of the methane emissions in the United States, threatening the health and air quality of our national parks.
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Read more about Don’t Put Endangered Wildlife at Risk to Drill Big Cypress
NPCA at Work Don’t Put Endangered Wildlife at Risk to Drill Big Cypress A private energy development company wants to conduct seismic testing on 70,000 acres within Big Cypress National Preserve for oil and gas development — paving the way for drilling to begin on an unprecedented scale on national park land.
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Read more about Protect Eagle Mountain from Dangerous Development Proposals
NPCA at Work Protect Eagle Mountain from Dangerous Development Proposals Just outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, the region known as Eagle Mountain has been at the center of controversy over inappropriate, harmful development proposals for years. Incorporating these lands into the park could help protect them from the latest threat, the Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Project. This massive energy development stands to pump millions of gallons of water from the fragile desert aquifer in and around the park.
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Read more about Victory for 20 Million Acres of National Park Lands
NPCA at Work Victory for 20 Million Acres of National Park Lands The Biden administration protected America's largest national park landscape by stopping a 211-mile industrial mining road that would have sliced through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, disrupted caribou migration and threatened the subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans
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Read more about Local Stakeholders Give Strong Protections to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
Victory Local Stakeholders Give Strong Protections to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Plan finds a unique balance between conservation, recreation, and energy development, and shows just how much Utahans love their national parks.
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Read more about Trump's Disastrous First 100 Days for National Parks
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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Read more about Public Lands Rule Reversal Would Abandon Progress for National Park Protection
Press Release Public Lands Rule Reversal Would Abandon Progress for National Park Protection "This expected rescission is not just a bureaucratic rollback but a fundamental rejection of the idea that our public lands should serve all people, not just the extractive industry."—Beau Kiklis, NPCA's Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation
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Read more about The New Land Rush: Mining Claims Encroaching on National Parks
Resource The New Land Rush: Mining Claims Encroaching on National Parks Critical minerals shouldn't cost us our national parks and surrounding landscapes.
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Read more about Parks Group Responds to Order Expanding Mining on Public Lands, Risking National Parks
Press Release Parks Group Responds to Order Expanding Mining on Public Lands, Risking National Parks "National parks and their surrounding landscapes are not industrial mining zones. They are cherished landscapes that belong to all Americans, meant to be protected from rushed and reckless energy development."—NPCA’s Charlie Olsen, Energy and Public Lands Policy Manager
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Read more about Save the Dinosaurs
Podcast Episode Save the Dinosaurs Dinosaur National Monument preserves one of the richest collections of Jurassic remains on Earth. But could a push for energy development threaten this beloved park and its rare fossils?
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Read more about Celebrating 2024’s Top 5 Park Victories
Blog Post Celebrating 2024’s Top 5 Park Victories NPCA applauds another year of incredible victories we, and our supporters, made possible to protect our parks!
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Read more about Can a Lame Duck Congress Get Anything Done?
Blog Post Can a Lame Duck Congress Get Anything Done? Yes, and here’s what Congress can do for national parks.
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Read more about What’s Next for Parks in a Second Trump Administration?
Blog Post What’s Next for Parks in a Second Trump Administration? Since 1919, NPCA has been an independent voice, outside of the government and nonpartisan. We will continue to be a strong, unwavering voice for our national parks.
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Read more about Why Do We Need Mining Law Reform? Just Look to Grand Canyon’s Pinyon Plain Mine
Blog Post Why Do We Need Mining Law Reform? Just Look to Grand Canyon’s Pinyon Plain Mine The 1872 Mining Law – yes, that’s when it was written! – is out of date. NPCA is among the groups advocating for mining law reform to better protect national parks and public health.
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Read more about Parks Group Welcomes Western Solar Plan, Calls for Responsible Development to Protect National Parks and Surrounding Landscapes
Press Release Parks Group Welcomes Western Solar Plan, Calls for Responsible Development to Protect National Parks and Surrounding Landscapes “We see the dramatic impact of climate change on our national parks every day. That’s why we need a transition to renewable energy that makes sure solar development is sited quickly and where it makes the most sense, minimizing harm to national parks and the communities they support."–Matt Kirby, NPCA's Senior Energy and Landscape Conservation Director
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Read more about Position on S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act
Policy Update Position on S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a business meeting scheduled for July 31, 2024.
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Read more about NPCA Position on Energy Bills that Could Result in Harm to National Parks
Policy Update NPCA Position on Energy Bills that Could Result in Harm to National Parks NPCA sent the following positions to the House of Representatives ahead of anticipated votes scheduled for the week of March 18, 2024.
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Read more about Speaking Up for the Swamp
Report Speaking Up for the Swamp Revealing Persistent Oil and Gas Impacts in Big Cypress National Preserve
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Read more about Making Things Whole
Podcast Episode Making Things Whole Soon, decades of work by the Chumash people could lead to the country’s first Tribally nominated national marine sanctuary near Channel Islands National Park.
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Read more about Below the Surface
Podcast Episode Below the Surface An unusual predicament is pitting private oil rights against one of the world’s most treasured places. Could the National Park Service allow a private energy company to build oil wells in the Everglades?
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Read more about Report: Alaska’s economic claims for Ambler Mining Road don’t pan out
Report Report: Alaska’s economic claims for Ambler Mining Road don’t pan out New analysis indicates it is far too soon for the State of Alaska and Ambler Metals to promise financial prosperity – or breaking even – with the proposed mining road
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Read more about Alaskan Mining Operations Severely Underestimated Hazardous Spills
Report Alaskan Mining Operations Severely Underestimated Hazardous Spills New analysis compares the predicted impacts described in permitting documents to actual spill records from five major operational hardrock mines.
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Read more about Orphaned Wells Near National Parks
Interactive Map Orphaned Wells Near National Parks This National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) interactive map provides users access to orphaned wells data based on our assessment of publicly available information collated to identify sites near all 423 national park service units. This dataset is conservative in its estimate of number of wells, is a snapshot in time (varying by state dataset), and is varying by state.
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Read more about Tens of Thousands of Orphaned Wells Threaten National Parks
Resource Tens of Thousands of Orphaned Wells Threaten National Parks Orphaned oil wells emit pollution, block wildlife migration, and threaten our climate and parks.
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Read more about Map of Pebble Mine
Resource Map of Pebble Mine The Pebble Mine proposal includes a road that cuts between Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves.
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Read more about Spoiled Parks
Report Spoiled Parks The threat to our coastal national parks from expanded offshore drilling
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Read more about Pipelines and National Parks
Resource Pipelines and National Parks Congress is trying to make it easier to build gas pipelines through national parks.
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Read more about Parks Under Threat
See a Map Parks Under Threat This map shows the proximity of coastal national parks to areas opened by the Department of Interior in January 2018 to offshore oil drilling.
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Read more about Oil and Gas Photos in North Dakota
interactive map Oil and Gas Photos in North Dakota The FracTracker Alliance (FTA) and National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) arranged a joint data collection trip to North Dakota in May 2014.
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Read more about Oil, Gas Leasing Threatens 7 Western National Parks
Report Oil, Gas Leasing Threatens 7 Western National Parks New report details dangers of development near park lands
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Read more about Planning 2.0 Protects Park Landscapes
Fact Sheet Planning 2.0 Protects Park Landscapes The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is tasked with managing millions of acres of public lands in the West. In order to ensure they are exercising good stewardship and balancing their dual mandate for managing public lands, each BLM Field Office is required by law to complete a Resource Management Plan (RMP).
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Read more about Protecting Sensitive Resources near Mesa Verde National Park
StoryMap Protecting Sensitive Resources near Mesa Verde National Park NPCA and our partners at FracTracker invite you to explore this interactive map documenting some of the wildlife habitat, scenic views, recreational opportunities, and cultural sites that deserve protection under the Master Leasing Plan.
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