Search results for “Northern Rockies”
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Infographic Yellowstone Pronghorn Project: Restoring Ancient Paths Fences have long been a barrier for Yellowstone pronghorn antelope, as they migrate to crucial winter habitat beyond park borders. Despite being the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, pronghorn are not built to jump. Fences in their historic migration pathways caused the pronghorn population in Yellowstone to plummet. By 2004, park biologists estimated that fewer than 200 remained in the northern herd. The small herd was extremely susceptible to disease and severe weather threatening the long-term survival of this population.
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Resource Working to Significantly Reduce Waste at National Parks We're working to keep our parks cleaner for all of us and you can help!
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Press Release Incomplete Environmental Review Prompts Lawsuit to Protect President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch National Parks Conservation Association Files Complaint against the US Forest Service
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Press Release Eliminating Species Act: Senate Legislation Threatens Wildlife and Wild Lands Senator John Barrasso's draft Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 legislation proposes to radically weaken the Endangered Species Act.
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Magazine Article Ghosts of the Gorge Coal, culture and the transformation of New River Gorge National River.
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Press Release Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument.
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Press Release Eliminating Species Act: Congress Threatens Wildlife and Wild Lands Legislation threatens the long-term conservation of American wildlife and wild lands, and the national parks that call them home.
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Magazine Article The Case of the Shrinking Moose A new study reveals the surprising effects of climate change on this iconic species in Isle Royale National Park.
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Magazine Article The Life Aquatic At New York City’s Harbor School, students use Gateway National Recreation Area’s maritime environment as their classroom—and preparation for life after graduation.
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Blog Post How National Parks Led Me to My U.S. Citizenship Public lands belong to all of us. Sometimes, they help us realize that we belong to them, too.
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Magazine Article Dress Rehearsal An emergency at the Grand Canyon provides plenty of lessons for Park Service staff and other federal agencies.
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Magazine Article From Rim to River In the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, night skies and astounding geology enchant visitors.
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Magazine Article 500 Islands, 2 Paddlers, 1 Scrabble Board The writer and his wife’s aunt pack up their gear and grub, hop into a canoe, and venture into Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park.
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Policy Update Perspective on National Park Visitation NPCA submitted the following statement to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 6, 2022.
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Policy Update NPCA Position on select legislation before the House Committee on Natural Resources NPCA shared the following position with members ahead of a full committee legislative markup held by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources scheduled for September 30th, 2020.
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Magazine Article Gift of the Glaciers Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers visitors beaches, bluffs, clear waters, and 10,000-year-old hills of sand.
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Blog Post To Have a Functioning Democracy, We Need Truth and Justice I lived through three bloody coup d’états before coming to the U.S. To move forward from violence and division, we must be able to denounce propaganda, speak our truth and find common ground.
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Press Release Last Oil and Gas Lease in the Badger-Two Medicine Retired Blackfeet traditionalists and conservationists reach historic settlement agreement with leaseholder, ending 40-year struggle to prevent oil and gas drilling on public lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation.
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Spotlight Amy Robert's Story The Outdoor Industry Association’s Amy Roberts in Colorado has an insider’s view of recreation, her local national park and consumer activism.
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Magazine Article Battle Lines For decades, advocates have defended Manassas National Battlefield Park from one threat after another. Now with the specter of a massive data center project looming, they may be facing their biggest fight yet.
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Magazine Article Over the River and Through the Woods A wintry return to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
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Blog Post 10 (Truly) Hidden National Park Gems Many of the national parks’ wonders are out in plain sight, but some are nearly impossible to see. Here are 10 of those frustratingly out-of-reach attractions as well as easier-to-get-to alternatives.
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Press Release Biden Administration Acknowledges Legal Problems with Interior’s Ambler Road Approval But the administration’s action does not stop flawed approvals of the Ambler Road through the wildlands of Northwest Alaska, including Gates of the Arctic National Preserve.
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Magazine Article John Brown’s Soul John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history.
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Magazine Article Hush... A growing body of research shows that noise can be harmful to humans and animals. Can natural quiet be saved?
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Magazine Article A Thousand Miles in a Hundred Days Photographer Carlton Ward, Jr., leads a team of explorers on an ambitious, self-propelled journey through the Everglades and beyond.
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Magazine Article A Chance for Freedom During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting.
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Press Release Colorado Could Lead Nation in Fighting Air Pollution, But Isn’t National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice call for improvements on Colorado’s regional haze plan to better protect air quality and public health.
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Blog Post If These Parks Could Talk 150 years ago, Grant’s Overland Campaign changed the course of the Civil War. See where it happened this spring.
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Press Release NPCA Welcomes 2024 Reservation Systems in Popular National Parks, Calls for Permanent Solutions "We applaud the National Park Service for advancing its bold and creative actions to protect natural and cultural resources and preserve high-quality visitor experiences" -- NPCA Senior Visitation Program Manager Cassidy Jones
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Magazine Article The Swiss Model Switzerland conveys millions of hikers to alpine landscapes on trains, buses and gondolas. Is a Swiss-like transportation network the solution to overcrowding in U.S. national parks?
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Blog Post Could These Trees Disappear from National Parks? A warming climate is altering the distribution of trees across the eastern United States, and species looking for colder temperatures may have nowhere to go.
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Report Research Results and Mitigation Strategies to Improve Wildlife Connectivity and Human Safety along I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge
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Resource Our National Parks and a Changing Climate How NPCA and its supporters are working to address climate change.
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Fact Sheet Forward, Not Backward Climate change is the greatest threat facing our national parks and people across the world. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking strident measures to strip the U.S. of necessary rules to curb climate pollution.
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