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Talking Points FAQ: Golden Gate National Recreation Area Dog Accommodations and Rule The National Park Service has recognized that dog-related recreation in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is threatening the park’s natural resources and degrading the park experience for many user groups. GGNRA’s new zoning plan will replace an outdated, 1979 “pet policy” that was developed without considering scientific research and the diverse park uses.
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Resource Second Century Action Coalition: Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement The Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) authorizes several agencies, including the National Park Service, to collect and expend recreation fees on lands they manage.
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Staff Priya Nanjappa Priya Nanjappa has had a long history with National Parks, starting with her immigrant father who drove all around the country sightseeing while in graduate school. His love of scenic beauty was conveyed to Priya and her brother, driving them all around the country when they were kids so they could also see these same parks. This was part of the inspiration for Priya's career. She comes to NPCA with over 20 years of conservation science and policy experience.
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Park Mount Rainier National Park Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's wild landscape feels much further from civilization. The forests, parkland, wetlands, lakes and rivers offer 260 miles of trails and varied habitat to dozens of plant and animal species.
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Park John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Some 54 million years ago, this entire region of Oregon lay beneath the Pacific Ocean. Within the striated rock, scientists have found fossilized evidence of more than 2,200 plants and animals and of great shifts in temperature and precipitation that may reveal clues to the planet’s climactic cycles. The park’s 14,000 acres are divided into three parts — the Clarno, Painted Hills and Sheep Rock Units — offering rugged hiking trails, spring and summer wildflowers, scenic drives, and of course, a museum of fascinating fossils to help visitors reflect on the planet’s long history.
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Park Harry S Truman National Historic Site Harry S Truman lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from 1945 to 1953, but 219 North Delaware Street was always his home. The Queen Anne-style house built by his wife Bess’s grandfather is the centerpiece of the Harry S Truman National Historic Site. The site also includes the two homes his brothers occupied, the Noland home where his aunt and cousins lived, and the Harry S Truman Farm Home in Grandview, Missouri. A visit to the Truman home and a stroll through Independence, Missouri, provides important context to understanding this “uncommon common man.” A former farmer and tailor, Truman was a product of his small town upbringing. He brought the sensibility of his Midwestern roots to Washington, where he wanted to be remembered as the “People’s President.”
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Park Harpers Ferry National Historical Park As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a 1906 gathering of civil rights leaders. Its position at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers not only set the stage for such historic events but also makes the park a haven for rare native plants.
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Park Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve How can something that is constantly shifting stand up to 750 feet tall? This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America, and the key to their extraordinary height seems to lie in the combination of strong opposing winds and the presence of rivers and creeks, which capture drifting sands and redeposit them back on the dunes. Some of these remarkable hills are formations known as star dunes, molded by complex wind patterns into multi-pronged shapes, which look a bit like starfish from above.
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Policy Update Infrastructure needs in our National Parks NPCA sent the following letter to the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee outling infrastructure needs in our parks and park landscapes.
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Policy Update NPCA support for H.R. 3684 NPCA sent the following letter to Members of the House of Representatives expressing support for the passage of H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Blog Post 7 Dream Destinations Worth Planning For The pandemic is restricting travel for many people — but extra time stuck at home now could mean more extensive preparation for an epic park adventure when conditions are safe again.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to the Four Corners Situated on the Colorado Plateau amid ancient volcanic mountains, statuesque buttes and sharp canyons, the Four Corners region where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona meet is rich in cultural and geological wonders.
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Blog Post The Community-Supported Parks Congress Is Leaving Behind 30 national heritage areas, unique partnerships overseen by the National Park Service, could lose their federal funding this fall, sending a chilling effect throughout the many communities they serve.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3055 and Amendments NPCA submitted the following positions to the House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor votes starting June 20, 2019.
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Policy Update Position on S. 437, S. 1416, S. 3317, S. 2991 and S. 3203 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on September 22, 2016.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of expected floor debate and votes starting the week of September 4, 2017.
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Press Release House Advances Landmark bill to Protect More than 2 Million Acres of National Parks and Public Lands Today marks a great day in history for our national parks and public lands.
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Press Release Senate Moves to Protect More than 2 Million Acres of National Parks and Public Lands NPCA and Allies Worked for Years on Many of the Key Provisions in the Public Lands Package
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Press Release House Committee Passes Robust Investment in National Park Roads, Bridges and Transportation Systems "This legislation comes at a critical time for our nation and our national parks, as many parks across the country prepare for one of the busiest summer seasons while also trying to keep roadways, bridges and transit systems accessible and operational." - Emily Douce, NPCA's Director of Operations and Park Funding
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Blog Post Wild American Beauty: 10 Wilderness Areas to Explore Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act by exploring some of America’s wildest places, from remote windswept tundras to cactus-dotted mountains to serene rock-strewn beaches. Several spots are surprisingly close to major cities.
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Policy Update Position on Nomination of Scott Pruitt NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate regarding the Trump administration nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 7608 and Amendments NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor debate and votes on July 23, 2020.
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Blog Post How Can Congress Fund More Park Projects for the Next Century? Here’s One Way The Centennial Challenge will leverage funding from a variety of sources to improve the experience for national park visitors.
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Blog Post Stuck Indoors? 10 Great Books About National Parks These 10 nonfiction books will deepen your appreciation for pivotal events in American history and the national park sites that commemorate them.
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Policy Update Position on Amendments to H.R. 3055, FY20 Appropriations Minibus NPCA submitted the following positions to the Senate ahead of anticipated floor votes the week on October 28, 2019.
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Magazine Article Stewards & Storytellers Essex National Heritage Area in Massachusetts is one of dozens of heritage areas making America’s best idea even better.
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Magazine Article Harlequin Hardships Why is the Western population of Harlequin ducks declining?
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Press Release National Parks Group Applauds President Obama for Enhancing National Park System with Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, First State, and Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monuments Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
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Magazine Article Free Flowing For 30 years, activists talked about removing the Brecksville Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Now it’s gone.
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Fact Sheet A National Park for Stonewall: FAQs The Stonewall legacy is a part of the push for human rights and civil rights in the United States.
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Magazine Article In the Crosshairs What happens when a national park has too many deer?
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Blog Post Bridge over Troubled Water Restoring America’s Everglades to solve Florida’s water crisis
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Blog Post Crown of the Continent Showcases a New Model for Economic Prosperity When the folks at Zinc Air were looking to locate their high-tech manufacturing firm, they could have gone head-to-head with other energy innovators down in Phoenix, or in San Francisco, or even in far-flung Zhongguancun (also known as China’s Silicon Valley).
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Press Release Vela Steps Down as Acting Director of the National Park Service For more than three years, the National Park Service has been without a Senate-confirmed director.
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Blog Post You Made It Happen: Overwhelming Success for 7 Parks and Counting How advocates around the country helped protect our Parks in Peril
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Press Release Park Service Paves Way for Oil, Gas Drilling in Big Cypress National Preserve Plans Would Disrupt 70,000 Acres of Fragile Wetlands, Forest
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Blog Post Journey Through Hallowed Ground Commemorates Our National History The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area is a 180-mile long, 75-mile wide swath of land stretching from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Blog Post Three New National Monuments in the California Desert? Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed three new national monuments in the California desert that would preserve this spectacular region’s natural and cultural legacy for future generations. Urge President Obama to use the Antiquities Act to give these storied landscapes the protection they deserve!
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Press Release Groups Sue to Stop Oil and Gas Exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve Seismic Testing Threatens Endangered Florida Panther and Water Resources
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Resource Protecting Sensitive Resources near Mesa Verde National Park The serene, semi-arid landscape of the Four Corners region of southwestern Colorado once housed an early Native American civilization of ancestral Puebloan people. These ancient inhabitants left behind remnants of their culture that tell the story of a complex society that existed here for hundreds of years.
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Staff Sally Garcia As our Los Angeles Outreach Manager, Sally will connect underrepresented communities to our public lands and building a cadre of national park advocates reflective of Los Angeles’s, and the nation’s, diverse and changing demographics.
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Nicole Rawlinson Nicole Rawlinson is the spouse of an active duty United States Navy submariner and mother to two children who make up one amazing military family.
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Report Park on the Edge: Funding Shortfalls at Olympic National Park Olympic National Park, one of the most visited national parks in the country, currently receives only approximately 60% of the funds it needs to adequately serve visitors, maintain roads and trails, and protect internationally recognized natural resources.
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Dom Mullins Demond “Dom” Mullins is a U.S. Army veteran and academic who is well known in the outdoor adventure community. He is a member of the Full Circle Everest Expedition, a group attempting to be the first all-black expedition to summit Mount Everest in 2022.
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Staff Michaela Pavlat Michaela Pavlat is the Senior Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Region. She is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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