Search results for “Carrie F. Smith”
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Carrie F. Smith Carrie joined NPCA in late 2014 and serves as its Sr. Director of Corporate Partnerships, Marketing & Licensing, providing experience, leadership and strategic direction to our growing corporate programs.
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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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Stephen Lias Stephen Lias teaches composition at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he is busily gearing up for 2012 residencies in Alaska.
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Park White Sands National Park They may look like mounds of snow, but the dunes in this park are made of a rare form of crystallized gypsum. Because gypsum dissolves easily in water, rain would normally wash it away and carry it to the sea. In this part of the Chihuahuan Desert, however, the land forms a basin, trapping the mineral; water evaporates, leaving the gypsum behind, and wind and weather erode it over time into an ocean of glittering sand. The entire dune field is a massive 275 square miles (by comparison, the second-largest gypsum dune field in the world, Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico, is only 8 square miles). Hiking and sledding over this vast white expanse of powder is a singular, otherworldly experience.
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Park Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth assassinated 16th President Abraham Lincoln in this building just five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered in April 1865, signaling the end of the Civil War. Still an active theater, this site includes the compact performance space where the president and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln watched the production of Our American Cousin from a box above the proscenium arch. Beneath the theater, a basement museum now houses artifacts from the event, including the president’s greatcoat, the assassin’s diary and the actual .44-caliber Derringer from the fatal attack. Across the street, visitors can also explore the home of the German tailor William A. Petersen where Lincoln was carried after the shooting and was tended to until his death hours later.
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Park El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail El Camino Real de los Tejas will carry you through 300 years of Louisiana and Texas frontier settlement and development on a Spanish colonial "royal road" that originally extended to Mexico City, Mexico.
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Report Dominion’s Proposed Transmission Towers - Issues and Alternatives This report finds that the basis for the proposed project is flawed and there is time to determine – and implement – better ways of supplying reliable electricity to the area.
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Blog Post Happy Birthday, Denali 7 things you might not know about Alaska’s most famous national park, which celebrates its centennial this weekend
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Blog Post Power Line Proposal Threatening Historic Jamestown Based on Flawed Projections According to a new report commissioned by NPCA, Dominion Power's harmful plan to build 17 giant towers across the James River is not only detrimental to irreplaceable historic resources—it's also unnecessary.
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Press Release Parks Group Appeals Judge’s Ruling that Allows Construction of Dominion Transmission Line at Historic Jamestown NPCA continues to fight in court to protect one of our nation’s most historic regions.
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Press Release Victory! Court Ruling Supports Park Advocates for Protecting Historic Jamestown Today’s decision could resolve six-year battle to preserve American history
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Magazine Article A Classroom with a View As students paddle through the raging rapids and placid pools of the Colorado River, they learn about the challenges facing the Grand Canyon, and a whole lot more.
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Blog Post Call Me Ranger … National Park Ranger With the recent release of Skyfall, the new James Bond adventure, I’m reminded of how my love of the secret agent’s adventures and my passion for national parks led to writing a Bond-style thriller, set in Yellowstone National Park.
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Magazine Article After the Fire Months after a devastating fire consumed 100,000 acres in and around Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a traveler finds new life and beauty among the ruins.
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Magazine Article Lost Bears Will grizzly bears return to the North Cascades?
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Press Release Recovery Planning Proposed for North Cascades Grizzly Bears Washingtonians, conservation groups say now is the time to save a threatened species
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Magazine Article Higher on the Mountain A small, threatened population of bighorn sheep defies the odds in Grand Teton National Park.
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Magazine Article Walking the Walk Sixty-five years ago, park advocates joined a Supreme Court justice on an epic hike to save the landscape he loved.
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Magazine Article A Fruitful Mission As the park system’s fruit trees reach the end of their lifespans, staff are scrambling to save them.
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Press Release Public Meetings on North Cascades Grizzly Bears Announced Conservation groups call for a show of support for restoring a Northwest native
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Magazine Article The Farthest Edge Chasing solitude — and Thoreau — on the Outer Beach of Cape Cod National Seashore.
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Magazine Article A Newbie in Denali Meet the first new bumblebee species found in North America in a century.
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Magazine Article Hidden Names, Hidden Stories A journey to the depths of Mammoth Cave to record signatures left by Civil War soldiers.
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Magazine Article Lest We Forget One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
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Blog Post Counting Caves Mammoth Cave National Park may boast the world’s longest cave system, but one national park site includes hundreds more caves within its boundaries. Learn about the site with the most known caves in the National Park System.
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Magazine Article Branching Out Is there more than one species of Joshua Tree?
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Magazine Article Creative Access Some visitors with disabilities are venturing farther into parks with the help of specialized backpacks, family and friends.
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Press Release New Law to Allow Loaded Guns in National Parks Puts Park Visitors, Wildlife, and America's Heritage at Risk New law creates unnecessary dangers
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Magazine Article Finders Weepers Every year, national parks receive dozens of rocks and artifacts returned by remorseful visitors. What are parks to do with the stuff?
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Magazine Article Hot on the Trail So-called supercorals in the National Park of American Samoa may hold clues to saving coral reefs everywhere.
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Policy Update Position on S. 599, S. 1644, S. 1993, S. 2015, S. 2604, S. 2870, S. 2889, S. 2831, S. 3176, S. 3827 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee ahead of a hearing scheduled for August 15, 2018.
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Magazine Article Mercury Rising? How dragonflies are helping scientists understand mercury pollution in parks.
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Magazine Article Fighting for the Grizzly NPCA and others have worked for decades to protect Yellowstone’s grizzlies. Is the long-term recovery of the iconic species now in jeopardy?
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Policy Update Position on Management of Marine Conservation Areas NPCA submitted the following position to the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on March 15, 2017.
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Magazine Article The Long Haul They came, they saw, they collected 1,812 pounds of trash over 4,840 miles of hiking trails.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for October 11, 2017.
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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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Laura Loomis Laura Loomis joined the Government Affairs staff of NPCA in 1976 and is currently the department's Deputy Vice President.
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Karen Allen Karen Allen joined NPCA in 1999, initially as a consultant, and a year later as a full-time employee. Currently serving as Vice President of Human Resources, Karen has more than 30 years of human resources experience. Prior to joining NPCA, she worked for 15 years at a Fortune 100 corporation.
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Hayley Mortimer Hayley Mortimer offers over twenty years of experience incubating and scaling up innovative solutions that meet a pressing public need. She currently manages our field program as Vice President of Regional Operations, which includes 55+ staff across the country.
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Park John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site The building where one of America’s most revered presidents began his life was tiny as well as modest. Eight people shared the home with its small but comfortably furnished rooms and its single bathroom.
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Resource The Art and Science of Camera Trapping The rise of camera trapping has allowed a growing number of volunteers to make significant contributions to academic research. Here’s a look at the practice, how these devices are used, and ways to get your own glimpses at wildlife “selfies” and help with ongoing research.
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Resource Visitor Management Position Statement NPCA supports a variety of management strategies at overcrowded parks to help protect natural and cultural resources and improve the visitor experience.
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Resource Laws Waived for Border Wall Construction The Department of Homeland Security is waiving the following laws to build proposed sections of border wall in Arizona and California near national park lands.
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Comment Technical Comments Submitted to National Monuments Review In response to a Department of the Interior review of national monuments, as directed by Executive Order 13792, NPCA has submitted technical comments in defense of specific sites.
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