Search results for “Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River”
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Report Making Connections: Roots of Prosperity in New York and Pennsylvania’s Upper Delaware River Region In October 2018, National Parks Conservation Association and partners released a new report to highlight stories from the emerging economy in the Upper Delaware River region, an area in Pennsylvania and New York stretching from Hancock, NY downstream to Port Jervis, and anchored by the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (S&RR).
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Report Sourcebook for National Park Gateway Communities: Delaware River Preserving community character, promoting park and community health, and stimulating local economies
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Video NPCA King Gillette Hike For people to become protectors of our national parks, they must first have opportunities to know and love them. NPCA’s Los Angeles team including Young Leaders Council members recently explored Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area with San Fernando Valley community members, and reflected on our work to connect people with parks and help empower park advocates.
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Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park commemorates one of the pivotal battles in the Revolutionary War. Drive or walk 2.5 miles of trails through this interesting, scenic site.
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Park Lewis & Clark National Historical Park The Park encompasses sites along the Columbia River (between Oregon and Washington) and the Pacific Coast. Follow the explorer's footsteps and have an adventure in history, including kayak tours and ranger talks about Lewis and Clark’s early days of survival!
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Park Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Saugus Iron Works National Historic Siteprovides a trip back in time to the 17th and 18th centuries when the site was used for producing iron. A short stroll behind the visitor’s center and museum takes visitors to the main area of the site–a handful of reconstructed buildings clustered around–and with a lovely view of–the Saugus River.
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Park Fort Washington Park More than 180 years old, Fort Washington was built on a high bluff above the Potomac River to defend Washington, DC.
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Park Fort Smith National Historic Site At Fort Smith National Historic Site, you can walk three-quarters of a mile along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail to the Trail of Tears Overlook. Here, more than 46,000 American Indians crossed the river into Oklahoma, completing their forced relocation from Georgia and Florida. Tens of thousands died en route.
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Press Release Battlefield Coalition Unveils Findings of Year-long 'Wilderness Gateway Study' Cooperative effort provides framework for balancing preservation, development around national parks
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Magazine Article The Sustainable Spread National park eateries are serving more healthy, local, sustainable fare, and you can already taste the difference.
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Blog Post President Obama Preserves Three Important Sites in America’s History, Honors Civil War Hero Harriet Tubman The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, First State, and Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monuments will enhance and diversify our National Park System to more adequately reflect our cultural heritage.
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Magazine Article Reflections on a Man in his Wilderness Remembering Richard Proenneke.
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Magazine Article Coyotes and the City Researchers in Los Angeles are tracking urban coyotes and collecting scat to find out how humans and these wild canids can live peaceably side by side.
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Magazine Article Early Birds & Night Owls Could a trio of devoted birders break a Washington, D.C., bird-watching record set in 1989?
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Blog Post Commemorating Yellowstone's 150th Birthday with the Park's 'First Family' The world's first national park marks a significant milestone today — but its history reaches much further back than 1872 and involves the stories and cultures of more than two dozen Tribes.
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Press Release Future of Blue Ridge Parkway to Be Determined by Park's First General Management Plan Four public meetings scheduled to help guide resource management at the park for next twenty years
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Press Release Already Short-Staffed Park Service Asked to Support Border Patrol Security This decision could have serious consequences for national parks already struggling with a reduction in staff.
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Blog Post President Trump Chooses Time of National Crisis to Remove Protections from Marine Monument Two and a half years after illegally slashing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, the president attempts to roll back protections at sea.
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Magazine Article Art on the Rock Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei explores freedom and creative expression using Alcatraz as his canvas.
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Press Release One Year After Hurricane Sandy: National Parks Benefit from Recovery Efforts Statement by Theresa Pierno, Acting President for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Remembering a Site of Resistance History books have long taught us that Christopher Columbus first landed on the American continent in October 1492. Less well known is the first documented act of Indigenous resistance to European encroachment, which took place soon after, in 1493, at what is now a national park site.
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Magazine Article Digging in Native Soil At Bighorn Canyon in Montana and Wyoming, an innovative archaeological field school partners with descendant communities.
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Press Release Key Stakeholders Endorse Presidio Exchange but Urge Trust Board to Delay Crissy Field Development Decision Lucas Museum proposal rejected as wholly inappropriate for and unrelated to prized national park land
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Blog Post The Land Beyond Hate One woman's journey to uncover her history and other missing stories of the American landscape
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Press Release Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road "At a time when we are facing a global health crisis, this administration is ramming through a proposal to build the Ambler industrial mining road in one of the wildest places in America." -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 974, H.R. 1452, and H.R. 2406 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resource Committee markup on October 7-8, 2015.
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Press Release Coalition of Public Health, Environmental and Conservation Groups Speak Up to Protect National Park Waterways Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule threatens clean water protections and puts communities at risk
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Press Release Conservation Groups Push for Long Overdue Air Pollution Controls at Wyoming's Coal Plants Local residents and groups appeal to federal court for clean air standards
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Blog Post Super Blooms: Park Flowers and Where to See Them April is National Native Plant Month. These flowering plants welcome the warmer weather with bursts of color — and national parks are the perfect places to see them.
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Blog Post How Congress Can Preserve Thousands of Acres of America’s Heritage For over 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has preserved nationally significant lands across the country from development. Congress recently voted to permanently authorize this program — but it still needs dependable funding.
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Magazine Article Over/Under On the outskirts of Glacier National Park, dozens of new wildlife crossings allow animals to traverse areas that once posed serious risks to human and critter alike. And it’s just the beginning.
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Press Release House Bill Aims to Restore Water Protections Gutted by U.S. Supreme Court Decision “With communities today still living with unsafe drinking water and more than two-thirds of our national park waters already impaired, this Congressional action begins to restore long-fought protections for clean water." NPCA's Chad Lord
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Press Release America's Great Waters Coalition Urges Senate to Reject Cuts to Clean Water Programs A national coalition of conservation organizations, America’s Great Waters Coalition, today urges the U.S. Senate to reject cuts to clean water programs in a U.S. House-passed Continuing Resolution that will significantly reduce protections for America’s Great Waters.
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Blog Post Explore the Smokies 8 reasons to add Great Smoky Mountains National Park to your bucket list — from its biodiversity and bluish haze to long human history.
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Press Release National Park Service Heads to Maine Woods to Hear Views on National Park Site Proposal Public meeting set for Maine to discuss proposal considered by the Obama Administration to establish The Maine Woods National Monument, a national park site in the Katahdin region of northern Maine.
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Policy Update Position on S. 414 and S. 1971 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests and Mining Subcommittee on October 8, 2015.
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Blog Post The Long Road to Recovery at Yellowstone On June 13, historic floods severely damaged this iconic park and its surrounding communities. What happens next?
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Press Release VICTORY: Parks Group Celebrates Designation of Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona, Forever Protecting Sacred Lands and Vital Waterways "Today, we celebrate the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument with all who cherish this special place." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Report Midwest Regional Office Field Reports NPCA's Midwest Regional Office produces a newsletter twice a year. These field reports provide timely updates and perspectives on issues of interest in the more than 50 diverse national park sites throughout the region.
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Report The Future of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore This marvel of a national park, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, visited by some 2 million people each year, was created and survives in one of the most heavily populated places in the United States.
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