Search results for “Mark Schrope”
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Staff Mark Mesle Mark Mesle is the Midwest Field Representative in NPCA’s Chicago office. Mark works with community groups and local officials to build support for parks throughout the region.
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Mark Wenzler Mark oversees NPCA’s programs focused on protecting and restoring the air, lands, water, and wildlife in our national parks. He is an avid outdoor recreationist who loves to ski, bike, backpack and paddle, especially in our national parks.
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Staff Crystal Davis Crystal M.C. Davis is a visionary executive leader, now serving as the Senior Midwest Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association. With a rich history in executive leadership, her career is marked by influential positions in both Ohio and Washington D.C., spotlighting her profound expertise in government affairs, public policy, and strategic relationship management.
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Blog Post Three Years Later: Gulf Coast Still Recovering from BP Oil Spill This Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the oil rig explosion that devastated coastal communities, waters, and lands in the Gulf of Mexico and imposed tragic loss among 11 families.
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Magazine Article The Anniversary Gift As Civil War sites continue to mark 150 years since America's most important conflict, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg tell old stories in a new light.
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Blog Post Fifty Years Later: Wilderness & Civil Rights in the Same Breath This summer marks the 50-year anniversary of two landmark pieces of legislation—the Civil Rights Act and the Wilderness Act—that are linked more closely than they might seem.
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Magazine Article Claiming the Rock The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism.
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Blog Post A More Complete Story at Gettysburg Marking the 160th anniversary of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle, Gettysburg National Military Park has expanded its historical interpretation. Visitors now can learn more about the history of free and enslaved Blacks and the context of Confederate monuments.
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Blog Post 100 Amazing Things You Can Only Find in National Parks These 100 things are just a few of the remarkable finds worth celebrating as we mark the National Park Service's 100th birthday.
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Press Release New National Park Service Report on Climate Change Statement by Mark Wenzler, Senior Vice President of Conservation Programs for the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post 4 Ways President Obama Can Create a Lasting National Park Legacy Last month, President Obama took the podium at Everglades National Park to publicly address the seriousness of climate change. That he chose the world-famous River of Grass as the setting for his Earth Day speech was no accident: Rising ocean levels and other effects of climate change threaten the very existence of this landmark park.
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Blog Post Why I Am Joining This Weekend’s Climate March The effects of climate change are wide-ranging and severe, but NPCA continues to fight the “greatest threat to the integrity of our national parks” — and it’s not too late to stand with us
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Blog Post Everybody Needs a Rock, and to Know Where to Find One Yellowstone isn’t just the world’s first national park. It’s a place full of millions of individual memories, some involving a single stone.
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Blog Post Trump Uses Executive Power to Shirk Responsibility on Climate Change Executive order ignores science and public opinion to outline a devastating future for people and parks
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Blog Post River Warriors: Building New Paths to Happiness through Our National Parks Thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers, new trails are making national parks like Shenandoah more accessible.
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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 In the Balance In his 1968 book about Arches, "Desert Solitaire," Edward Abbey warned that tourists and cars would destroy the park he loved. Was he right?
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Press Release California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act to Complete a Landscape-Level Conservation Legacy California Conservation and Recreation Act (CDCRA) would Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks and designate the Sand to Snow and Mojave Trails as National Monuments
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Magazine Article Mathew Brady, the War Correspondent If you’ve ever seen a portrait of a Civil War soldier or the landscape of a battlefield just after the cannon-fire has been silenced, then you’re familiar with the work of Mathew Brady. Now meet the man behind the images.
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Magazine Article Trailing Justice A double murder in Shenandoah and writer Kathryn Miles’ search for the truth.
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Magazine Article Sultan of Sweat Babe Ruth soaked and trained in what is now Hot Springs National Park. He also set a jaw-dropping baseball record.
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Magazine Article A Momentous Arrival Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into Point Comfort in Virginia. Was it the beginning of slavery in this country?
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Blog Post Happy Anniversary to a Hidden Gem 4 of my favorite spots in the vast, uncrowded park you’ve probably never heard of — but should.
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Press Release Everglades Coalition Releases Its 2020 Vision for Everglades Restoration Full funding is necessary to move restoration projects forward
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Magazine Article Nesting Instincts What happens when species protection trumps historical interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield?
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Magazine Article 'An Honest Reckoning' Hundreds of people were once enslaved at the opulent Hampton estate, but for decades after the site became part of the National Park System, their stories remained hidden. That is changing.
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Press Release California Passes Vital Legislation to Protect Desert Water, Parks, Wildlife and Tribal Resources Bill halts Cadiz Groundwater Mining Proposal, heads to Governor Gavin Newsom for signature
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Magazine Article Cosmic Vibes Abound Gram Parsons and his musical legacy at Joshua Tree
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Magazine Article The Wild Congaree Paddling the Blue Trail to South Carolina’s only national park.
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Magazine Article The Center Five weeks in the North Cascades with a sketchbook, a camera and a journal.
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Blog Post 20 Years of “Helping Hands for Public Lands” Celebrate National Public Lands Day this month by helping out at a park you love
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Press Release Nature Valley® Celebrates the Third Year of Its Preserve the Parks Program Encourages Americans to Visit National Parks and Support Park Preservation
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Magazine Article Frozen in Time Artifacts preserved in ice reveal a lost chapter of ancient life.
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Jerry Otero Jerry is NPCA’s Senior Energy Analyst
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