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• Park Hampton National Historic Site When Hampton was completed in 1790, it was the largest private residence in the country. Over the past two centuries, it has been home to the wealthy, the struggling, and the enslaved.
• Report Center for State of the Parks: Big Bend National Park In this report, the National Parks Conservation Association incorporates findings from an assessment by its State of the Parks program to describe the current condition of Big Bend National Park’s natural and cultural resources and many of the stewardship challenges ahead.
• Blog Post Q&A: Do Visitors Really Need to Be Shut Out of National Parks During the Government Shutdown? Oct 2013 | By John Garder As we enter week two of the government shutdown, closed signs and barricades at national parks have become powerful symbols of the fiscal standoff’s impact on people around the country.
• Press Release National Parks Group Opposes Water Board's Approval to Drain the Desert Aug 2012 Statement by Seth Shteir, California Desert Field Representative, National Parks Conservation Association
• Blog Post 11 of the Quirkiest National Park Animals Mar 2014 | By Jennifer Errick While a few types of wildlife like bears, moose, and wolves capture the imagination of throngs of tourists, there are many rare, charming, and oddly adapted species in national parks that get far less attention. Here are 11 of the quirkiest, as picked by NPCA staff.
• Blog Post Visits to National Parks in 2015 Top 300 Million for the First Time Feb 2016 | By Jennifer Errick National parks saw their highest visitation ever in 2015, with more than 307 million recreational visits. This marks a nearly 5% increase from 2014.
• Blog Post National Parks Witnessed Record-Breaking Visitation in 2016 Feb 2017 | By Jennifer Errick The National Park Service releases new data showing more than 330 million visits during its centennial, up more than 7 percent from 2015
• Blog Post Putting National Parks into the Debate Oct 2012 | By Kristen Brengel National parks matter to an overwhelming majority of Americans. They should matter to our political candidates, too.
• Press Release National Parks Group Urge Secretary Salazar to Protect California's Only Marine Wilderness Area Nov 2012 Statement by Neal Desai, Pacific Region Associate Director, National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release 75 National Parks Featured in New Keepsake, See America Book Mar 2016 National Parks Conservation Association and the Creative Action Network announce a new keepsake book
• Press Release Groups Support Stronger Rules for Oil Drilling in National Parks Jan 2016 Long-Overdue Rules Govern Development of Privately-Held Mineral Rights beneath 42 National Park Units
• Press Release Drawing the Line: Final National Park Service Proposal Aims to Protect Alaska's Bears and Wolves Oct 2015 Statement by Joan Frankevich, Alaska Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association.
• Press Release National Parks Group Supports Roundup of Illegal Cattle Grazing on Nevada's Public Lands Apr 2014 Statement by Lynn Davis, Senior Nevada Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release New Colorado River Basin Study Provides Important Analysis, Misses Opportunity by Omitting National Parks Perspective Dec 2012 Statement by David Nimkin, Southwest Senior Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release Feeling the Heat: Protecting Desert National Parks from Industrial Solar Sep 2012 National Parks Conservation Association Releases New Report, Video on Solar Development
• Press Release Public Interest Groups Tell EPA: Clean Up the Air in National Parks and Wilderness Areas Oct 2015 83 Groups Call for Improvements to Regional Haze Rule in Time for National Park Service’s 2016 Centennial
• Blog Post Do National Parks Matter to Millennials? May 2014 | By Josephine Hill Insights into some of the obstacles keeping university students from visiting national parks.
• Blog Post An Insiders’ Guide to Yellowstone National Park Jul 2018 Yellowstone: It’s one of the most remarkable and revered travel destinations in the world and the place that defined the very concept of public land conservation. Get a taste of why this park and the larger ecosystem that surrounds it are so special — and how to plan an extraordinary trip.
• Press Release Utah’s National Parks to Benefit from Innovative Oil and Gas Planning Effort May 2016 National Parks Group Commends ‘Smart-from-the-Start’ planning for oil and gas in the San Rafael Desert.
• Blog Post Funding Discussion Shares Creative Solutions for National Park Funding Woes Mar 2013 | By Tom Kiernan Make no doubt about it, the National Park Service is strapped for cash. Before grappling with the new federal mandate to cut 5 percent of its entire operating budget, the agency was already suffering from a funding shortfall in the hundreds of millions of dollars, had already taken a 15 percent cut in the last decade, and already has a staggering $12 billion maintenance backlog.
• Press Release Trump Administration Action Puts National Parks at Risk, Moves to Derail Clean Water Protections Jun 2017 Today, in a devastating blow to national parks and communities that depend on clean water, the Trump Administration calls for the repeal of the Clean Water Rule.
• Press Release EPA Declares Regions Exceeding Ozone Limits: Areas Include More than 95 National Parks May 2018 EPA unveils what national parks are in areas that are not meeting the new, more protective ozone limit.
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association on the Passing of Former Senator Howard Baker Jun 2014 Statement by Craig Obey, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release JustGreen™ Helps National Parks Conservation Association Offset their Carbon Footprint Apr 2014 "Promoting Green Travel to National Parks in the USA"
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds Reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Sep 2013 The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today applauds the leadership of U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (MD-3) for introducing a bill that will reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
• Policy Update National Parks Second Century Action Coalition Sep 2018 The National Parks Second Century Action Coalition is a national coalition dedicated to promoting the protection, restoration, and operation of the National Park System to benefit the health and well-being of current and future generations.
• Press Release New Bill Would Dismantle Critical National Park Protection Fund Nov 2015 National Parks Group Urges Reconsideration of Bill, Instead Extend Current Land and Water Conservation Fund
• Press Release Trump Administration Rollback of Environmental, Health and Safety Standards Puts Polluter Interests Ahead of the National Parks Oct 2017 Recommendations to eliminate or revise environmental, health, and safety standards favor the fossil fuel industry over clean air, water and the health of our national parks.
• Blog Post National Parks Under Threat Jun 2012 | By Jennifer Errick In Congress, lawmakers will often take a bill on one thing and "amend" it with legislation on another, totally different issue. And so, as lawmakers hash out the details of the Farm Bill--you know, the gigantic set of policies for food and agriculture programs?--one senator has proposed language that would allow this legislation to affect national parks far into the future.
• Press Release NPCA applauds Release of Critical Preliminary Plans for Grand Teton National Park Aug 2014 Moose-Wilson Road Corridor Plan will Shape future for sensitive and unique area within park
• Blog Post Can Technology Improve the National Park Experience? Jun 2013 | By Stephanie Clement Should national parks be respites where visitors, young and old, are encouraged to turn off their electronic devices? If so, do national parks risk losing relevancy? One youth group explores how technology can improve the park experience.
• Press Release New Members Appointed to the National Park System Advisory Board Dec 2018 Statement by Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for National Parks Conservation Association:
• Advocacy in Action Support Increased National Park Funding Preserving America’s heritage should be a bipartisan issue.
• Advocacy in Action Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Are National Treasures Worthy of Protection Protecting, interpreting and enhancing the history and environment at this urban oasis is critical. Unfortunately, development threats and underfunding have plagued this park site for decades.
• Report Resources Related to Mining Proposals at Glacier National Park Maps of mining proposals, relative to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
• Advocacy in Action Protect Marine Wildlife at Biscayne National Park We need responsible, science-based policies to manage Biscayne’s threatened fish populations.
• Park Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve Aniakchak is the country’s least-visited national park site, seeing fewer than 300 tourists in a typical year. The monument is only accessible by a long journey of flying, boating and/or backpacking, and its rugged, difficult environment features foggy, rainy weather and a high concentration of bears and wolves. Those brave few who do venture down the Alaska Peninsula and into the monument are rewarded with a jaw-dropping six-mile-wide, 2,000-foot-deep volcanic caldera. Within this deep, ashy crater is Surprise Lake, source of the Aniakchak River, as well as Vent Mountain, a 2,200-foot-tall cone formed by a volcanic eruption in 1931.
• Park Apostle Islands National Lakeshore During the Ice Age, huge glaciers advanced and retreated through this region of Wisconsin, sculpting the sandstone bedrock and enlarging channels between what would become the park's 21 islands in Lake Superior. Today, the lakeshore lies within a transitional zone where boreal and northern forests meet, offering visitors ample opportunities to hike and paddle among the beaches, cliffs, caves, islands and woods.
• Report Center for State of the Parks: Catoctin Mountain Park Current overall conditions of Catoctin’s known natural resources rated a “good” score of 82 out of 100. Overall conditions of the park’s known cultural resources rated 64 out of 100, indicating “fair” conditions.
• Park Appalachian National Scenic Trail One of the longest and most famous trails in the United States, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail traverses 14 states and leads explorers through mountains, forests, meadows and culturally important lands along the East Coast. Visitors can hike the entire 2,160-mile path between Georgia and Maine, or enjoy parts of the trail on weekend or day hikes.
• Park Antietam National Battlefield On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers battled for 12 savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people were killed, wounded or missing, making it the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. The Union Army’s performance led President Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, formally alerting the Confederacy of his intention to free enslaved Americans in those states. Today, Antietam National Battlefield is one of the best-preserved Civil War sites in the country where visitors continue to honor the legacy of the soldiers who fought there.
• Dorothy Canter Dorothy Canter is a long-time NPCA volunteer, having served on the Board of Trustees for nine years. In 2017, she founded the campaign to establish a National Historical Park honoring Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools.
• Fact Sheet On the Ground Solutions: Saving Pronghorn Our national parks are integral parts of a larger landscape and are deeply connected and vital to the health of surrounding wild lands and gateway communities. In Greater Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park’s 2.2 million acres serve as the core for a diversity of wildlife species that spend part of the year inside the park but must access vital seasonal habitat outside the park to survive.
• Staff Jeffrey Hunter Southeast Regional Senior Program Manager Jeff Hunter is a senior program manager with National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in Asheville, NC where he works on issues related to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
• Advocacy in Action Justice for Jamestown The fight continues against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which authorized Dominion Energy to construct enormous electric transmission towers across the James River and throughout a historic landscape without ever preparing an environmental impact statement.
• Julia Busiek Author Julia Busiek has worked in national parks in California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Washington state. She lives in Fairfax, California.
• Advocacy in Action Don’t Derail Clean Water Protections Dismantling the Clean Water Rule would put people and parks at serious risk.
• Gail Dethloff Gail Dethloff is former director of NPCA's Center for the State of the Parks.
• Report Opportunity Knocks Hurricane Ike tore through the upper Texas Gulf coast in 2008, unleashing devastation on communities and economies. Yet portions of the region fared better, showing that undeveloped lands along the coast serve as a natural buffer for a tremendous amount of storm surge tide.
• Staff and Media Personnel Kyle Groetzinger Communications Manager Kyle Groetzinger joined NPCA in June 2019 as Communications Manager for the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Sun Coast, and Texas regions.

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