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Michael Ray Taylor Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism at Henderson State University in Arkansas and is the author of several books on caving and cave science. This story is adapted from his new book, “Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves,” published by Vanderbilt University Press.
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Letter 47 organizations urge EPA to protect parks and communities from haze Leaders of organizations across the country urged the Environmental Protection Agency to act swiftly and hold polluters accountable in the name of national parks and the communities who rely on them.
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Magazine Article Tunnel Top Triumph How the Presidio of San Francisco got rid of an aging, ugly freeway — and scored new national parkland in the process.
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Magazine Article Astronauts on Planet Earth Following in the footsteps of an early adventurer, an intrepid group explores the surreal landscape at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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Magazine Article Untold Stories The Park Service strives to tell the history of all Americans, but one group has gone almost entirely overlooked.
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Staff Lauren Cosgrove Having grown up in New England as a Brooklyn native, Lauren currently serves as campaign director for NPCA’s Northeast Region. Since Lauren started with NPCA in 2014, she has worked to bolster nation-wide park funding, restore natural, historical and cultural resources and build a movement for community-led stewardship and advocacy for Northeast national parks.
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Letter Fund Our Parks. Fix Our Parks. Thousands of park advocates are calling on Congress to fund and protect America's national parks. See the petition and add your name!
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Press Release Telling Our Stories: Assemblymember Bigelow Presents Resolution Recognizing the Contributions of Chinese Americans to Yosemite National Park California Assemblymember Frank Bigelow presented today the State Resolution ACR 262, recognizing the contributions of Chinese Americans to Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada.
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Press Release Defending Chaco: New Mexico Conservation Groups Praise State's Decision to Extend Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leasing Nearly 70,000 acres of state land surrounding Chaco Canyon will be protected from oil and gas leasing for the next 20 years.
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Press Release Groups Urge Continued Focus on Faulty Permitting Process for Factory Hog Farm Near Buffalo National River Concentrated animal feeding operation damages Buffalo River and surrounding community
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Magazine Article Legal Lifeline Celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act
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Press Release Tribal and National Parks Groups File Lawsuit to Defend Mojave Desert Sacred Lands, Wildlife and Water from Cadiz Lawsuit challenges a fast-tracked decision in the final days of the Trump administration that threatens Mojave National Preserve and a deeply sacred cultural landscape for California Tribes.
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Press Release Defending Chaco: New Mexico Communities, Parks Groups Reject Legislative Attacks "Attempts to nullify the withdrawal perpetuate the harmful legacy of oil and gas exploitation and completely dismiss Tribal and community voices calling for an end to reckless drilling in the area” -- NPCA's Emily Wolf
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Press Release Regional haze plan calls for earlier retirement for Colorado coal-fired power plants National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club proposal reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, improving public health and visibility at parks
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Press Release Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Address California’s San Joaquin Valley Clean Air Crisis Suit challenges EPA’s failure to develop a federal plan to address PM-2.5 pollution in the San Joaquin Valley
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Press Release Federal Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit for Cadiz Water Project Federal judge vacates key permit for controversial pipeline rushed through in final days of the previous administration
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Press Release Amache National Historic Site Act Passes Senate Committee, Heads To Full Senate Consideration Japanese American survivors and descendants of the Amache Incarceration site are one step closer today to preserving the area into a national park site.
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Magazine Article ‘A Very, Very Long and Vast Rabbit Hole’ Fifty years ago, someone stole an antique pistol from the Springfield Armory Museum. This spring, the case finally came full circle.
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Magazine Article Yellowstone Family Five decades ago, they spent their summers working at Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Inn. The experience transformed them — and bonded them for life.
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Press Release Biden Administration Defends Desert Water, Sacred Lands and Wildlife from Cadiz Mining Proposal Administration moves to invalidate key permit for controversial Cadiz pipeline rushed through in final days of the previous administration
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Press Release Conservation Groups to Defend Postponement of Oil & Gas Lease Sales Wyoming, industry double down on failed attempt to rewrite the law for oil and gas companies
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Press Release National Park Service Agrees: Till Story Should Be Preserved “This study confirms what many Americans across the country instinctively understand: the story of Emmett Till’s lynching, one of the most infamous hate crimes in American history, is nationally significant and worthy of preservation." -- NPCA's Alan Spears
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Blog Post Reflections on the Clean Water Act 50 years after the Clean Water Act brought the Cuyahoga River back to life, an NPCA staffer looks back on the progress made — and what still needs to be done — to ensure clean water in national parks.
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Press Release $1B Investment in Toxic Pollution Clean-up a ‘Game-Changer’ for Great Lakes, Parks and Communities Cleaning up this corridor, which extends for 100 miles through northern Ohio and Cuyahoga Valley National Park, will be good for the people and wildlife that visit and call this area home.
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Blog Post Fictional Heroes Saving Parks What if a radical domestic terrorist group sought to destroy national parks? NPCA interviews the fiction writers of “Leave No Trace,” an action thriller set in iconic places people value and adore.
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Press Release New Poll Finds National Parks Are Unifying, Bipartisan Issue in West Virginia Across party lines, West Virginians support their representatives in Congress taking a strong stand in supporting policies to protect and strengthen national parks.
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Press Release Protecting Chaco Canyon: Advocates Applaud Legislation to Safeguard the Cultural Landscape Indigenous communities, conservationists, preservationists, and other stakeholders in New Mexico push for a mineral withdrawal on public lands
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Press Release Parks Group Joins Conservation Community, Files Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Bears Ears National Monument President’s abuse of authority strips protections from a priceless cultural and natural heritage that belongs to all Americans.
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Press Release California Legislation Protects Desert, Calls Water Mining Proposal Into Question Legislation defends California's national parks and monuments from the greatest, most urgent threat.
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Press Release National Trail and Conservation Groups Blast New DOI E-Bike Order Groups Fear Order Paves Way for Motorization of America’s National Trails, Parks and Public Lands
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Blog Post The Fight to Save 30% Congress has a new opportunity to meaningfully address the climate crisis by setting an ambitious land and water preservation goal for the United States.
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Magazine Article The Last Wild One After the chance discovery of a Franciscan manzanita, the rare plant was carefully relocated to a secret location in San Francisco’s Presidio. Can it survive in the wild?
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Magazine Article Candid Cameras In national parks around the country, camera traps capture images that astonish, delight, inform, reveal — and have the power to change human behavior.
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Press Release Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Approval of California’s Cadiz Water Pipeline A federal court ruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it approved plans to construct a 43-mile-long pipeline through Mojave Trails National Monument and other public land in southern California.
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