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Blog Post Park-Made Beer One national park has an on-site brewery that serves beer made from the park’s own water.
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Blog Post National Parks Are a Grand Bargain Park officials are grappling with how to enact budget cuts from the federal sequester, and people around the country are feeling the effects.
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Press Release New Legislation Brings Proposed Chesapeake National Recreation Area One Step Closer to Reality Working together to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area would expand public access to the largest estuary in the nation, bring economic growth to nearby communities, and help the National Park Service, native Tribes, and Chesapeake watermen interpret thousands of years of impactful history.
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Press Release President’s Budget Threat to National Parks If enacted, would be biggest cut to National Park Service since World War II.
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Press Release National Parks Group Honors Three Parks Champions at Annual Celebration Hosts of television show “Rock the Park,” longtime conservationist to receive awards
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Blog Post Vacation Planning? These Park Movies Will Help These 10 films can help inspire travel ideas from the comfort of your armchair with visions of national parks around the country.
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Press Release Congress Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Help Build Back and Strengthen National Parks and Communities “This investment in America is also an investment in our 423 national parks." The Park Service will receive more than $1.7 billion, to support efforts including bridge and roadway repairs, modernizing transit systems and better protecting wildlife and motorists.
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Press Release National Parks Continue to Set Visitation Records but Remain Underfunded and Understaffed The 2021 visitation report continues to prove what we have long known to be true - America’s beloved national parks are popular. At odds with this steady surge in visitation is an alarming decline in park staffing.
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Blog Post If Americans Overwhelmingly Love Our National Parks, Why Isn’t Congress Fully Funding Them? If lawmakers continue chipping away at the National Park Service budget and offering only short-term funding solutions, we will continue to see cutbacks, closures, crumbling infrastructure, and disrepair in these places we love—the very places that should represent the best we have to offer as a nation.
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Press Release President Proposes Large Funding Boost for National Parks President's budget for fiscal year 2017 calls for significant increase in funding for the National Park Service as the agency celebrates its centennial year
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Blog Post Positioning Pullman: What’s Next for Chicago’s New National Monument? Pullman National Monument is a must-see treasure of Chicago’s South Side. The formerly independent industrial town, now a landmark Chicago neighborhood, was entrusted last February to the National Park Service via a presidential proclamation.
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Press Release Interior Targets Alaska Park Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups with Final Hunting Plan “Amid the global pandemic, the Trump administration is declaring open season on bears and wolves through its sport hunting rule on national parklands in Alaska" -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Blog Post Tule Springs Could Be Our Newest National Monument, Thanks in Part to One Dedicated Volunteer When Jill DeStefano moved from Florida to Las Vegas in 2006, she pictured leisurely mornings, afternoons of mahjong or bridge, and quiet evenings on the patio, watching the sun set. Little did she know she would take on a campaign to make the area near her home a new national monument, managed by the National Park Service.
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Blog Post 4 Myths about Creating a New National Monument in Maine’s North Woods A generous land donation would pave the way for the creation of the new Maine Woods National Monument. Don't believe these 4 myths about the proposed park.
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Press Release Obama Designates National Monument in Maine Move comes in advance of 100th anniversary of National Park Service
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Blog Post Exploring South Park, Colorado The South Park National Heritage Area lies squarely in the center of Colorado and remains largely unchanged from the time prehistoric men and women spent their summer months near the headwaters of the South Platte River. This high-altitude valley spans 1,800 square miles in Park County with vast grasslands and ancient forests framed by two separate ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The area is known for its natural beauty and still captures the spirit of the western frontier, but it’s most famous for the gold that once drew an estimated 100,000 prospectors there during the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush.
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Press Release Groups Urge AZ Governor to Close Uranium Mine in Newly Designated Grand Canyon National Monument The mine, which began extracting uranium ore on January 8, is 7 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park and inside the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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Press Release Groups Urge Immediate Investigation into Use of Park Funds for President Trump’s July 4th Takeover The Department of the Interior is diverting millions of dollars of national park funds, a decision that may violate federal law.
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Press Release Results of LGBT Theme Study Points to More Inclusive Future for America’s National Parks New National Park Service theme study identifies many nationally significant LGBT stories and sites.
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Press Release National Parks to Fully Re-Open with Budget Deal Government shutdown shows importance of national park rangers.
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Magazine Article A Park-Loving Justice? Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has a soft spot for national parks.
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Press Release Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Will Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights History Newly designated national park site represents a critical chapter in America’s civil rights story
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Press Release Congressman Schiff, Senator Feinstein Announce Legislation to Expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act, introduced by Representative Adam Schiff and Senator Dianne Feinstein, would expand the boundary of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include sites ranging from Griffith Park to the Santa Clarita Valley.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: Guess This Park-Inspired Poet Q: What famed 19th century poet was inspired to serve as a nurse during the Civil War after spending time at Chatham Manor at what is now the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park?
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Press Release Proposal to Allow Commercial Rocket Launches Threatens Cumberland Island National Seashore If this proposal moves forward, rockets would be launched over Cumberland Island National Seashore, putting park resources and visitors at risk.
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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 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 National Parks Witnessed Record-Breaking Visitation in 2016 The National Park Service releases new data showing more than 330 million visits during its centennial, up more than 7 percent from 2015
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Blog Post Want to Be a Park Scientist? Counting birds. Looking for dragonfly larvae. Analyzing coyote scat? National park visitors can help the places they love by taking part in meaningful science around the country.
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Press Release Santa Monica Mountains Park Ranger Honored with Stephen T. Mather Award “I love that the national parks are acknowledging and working toward becoming more reflective and representative of our country's beautiful diversity -- which makes us stronger” -- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Ranger and Stephen T. Mather Award recipient Antonio Solorio.
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Infographic National Parks Need Help Infographic: National park funding
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Park Russell Cave National Monument Russell Cave National Monument marks the site of a cave that sheltered native people for 10,000 years. See spear points and pottery excavated from the cave and hike a nature trail up Montague Mountain.
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Park Roger Williams National Memorial The Roger Williams National Memorial tells the story of the founder of the first secular state, Rhode Island. It includes a museum and lovely landscaped grounds.
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Park Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail The Potomac Heritage National Scenic will eventually extend 830 miles from Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Highlands to the mouth of the Potomac River. Many locally managed sections are open now.
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Park Yucca House National Monument The large Ancestral Puebloan village hidden beneath the earth mounds at Yucca House National Monument has yet to be excavated.
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Park Pony Express National Historic Trail The Pony Express National Historic Trail maps the 1,800-mile route intrepid mail carriers took to deliver mail across eight states in ten days in 1860.
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Letter Comments on Yellowstone’s Draft Winter Transportation Plan Comments on Yellowstone National Park’s Draft Winter Transportation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
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Letter Considering the Mason-Dixon Casino Letter regarding Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board consideration of application for the Mason-Dixon Casino in close proximity to the Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Letter Comments Regarding Tamiami Trail Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Everglades National Park Tamiami Trail Modifications: Next Steps project.
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Lynn Davis Lynn Davis joined NPCA in April 2008 to open and manage a new strategic field office in Nevada. As the Las Vegas Senior Program Manager, she worked on behalf of the interests of several national parks in Nevada and throughout the American Southwest.
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Vincent Nguyen Vincent Nguyen believes that National Parks can serve as impartial sanctuaries. An equitable space that actively inspires rather than lay void. He believes the outdoors can be a communal space where everyone’s personal interpretation, reflection, and growth find safety.
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Ani Kame’enui Ani Kame’enui is the Deputy Vice President for the Government Affairs team and responsible for managing NPCA's policy portfolio across a range of park issues. She comes to NPCA with a background in geology, water resources engineering, and a love for natural resource science and policy.
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Jennifer Barton As Associate Director for Donor Relations, Jennifer Barton works to help donors understand the connection between their philanthropy and NPCA’s efforts on behalf of the national parks.
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Machiko Yasuda Machiko Yasuda grew up in Palos Verdes with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains — but it would be decades later until she hiked, rock climbed and even cross-country skied there.
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Report US District Court for Alaska Decision US District Court For Alaska Decision, US v. James Wilde Case
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