Search results for “Robert Sterling Yard”
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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 10 National Park Cameos in Movies Check out — or revisit — these 10 films where parks played a starring role.
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Magazine Article A People’s Historian Talking about the past and the future with the Park Service’s new chief historian.
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Press Release Renowned Arkansas Hydrogeologist Calls on ADEQ to Suspend C & H Hog Farms Permit to Address 'Significant Omissions and Potential Problems' Dr. John Van Brahana Highlights Potential for Substantial Impacts Due to Region's Karst Geology in Letter to ADEQ Director Teresa Marks
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Press Release National Parks Group Praises U.S. 9th Circuit Decision to Stand-By Ruling to Protect Joshua Tree National Park from Eagle Mountain Landfill Trash dump would have impacted park resources and wildlife
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Magazine Article The Long and Winding Recovery The Anacostia River and the national park site that flanks it were long mistreated and neglected. Are the tides finally turning?
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Magazine Article Raisin’ Expectations The country’s newest national park in southeast Michigan details a key battle in the War of 1812.
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Magazine Article Chasing the Dream Nebraska’s Homestead National Monument celebrates the independent farmers who shaped the American landscape.
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Magazine Article Reflections on a Man in his Wilderness Remembering Richard Proenneke.
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Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
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Magazine Article Naming Matters Should Devils Tower be called Bear Lodge? Is Tacoma a better moniker than Mount Rainier? Around the country, activists are fighting to change place names they deem offensive, hurtful or arbitrary, and national parks are frequently the targets of these campaigns.
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Blog Post How Mukuntuweap National Monument Became One of the Nation's Most Popular Parks A century ago this Sunday, Zion National Park lost its Paiute-inspired name, in part because the National Park Service felt it was hard to pronounce and deterred prospective visitors. Now this Southwest park is the country’s third most popular national park and is struggling to deal with increasing crowds.
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Magazine Article A Front-Row Seat A naturalist watches as seals return to Cape Cod National Seashore—and marvels at the human response.
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Spotlight An Insider's Guide to Everglades & Beyond The greater Everglades area of South Florida is a biodiverse subtropical wilderness that rewards visitors with the chance to paddle through meandering, mangrove-lined channels, see egrets, alligators and manatees, or dive deep to experience a living coral reef.
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Magazine Article Where the Birches Bend A family’s journey to Isle Royale National Park.
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Policy Update Public Lands Bills in the 118th Congress NPCA has been working with Congressional champions over the last two years on many bills that will enhance resource protection, historic preservation and visitor access to parks. Leaders in the 118th Congress are working to pull together a package of bills that could pass before the end of the current session. NPCA is hopeful that most of the bills we have been working on will be in the package.
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Press Release U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior Place a Time-Out on Gold Mine Proposals Near Yellowstone National Park Two-year pause on new gold mine exploration on more than 30,000 acres of public lands near Yellowstone.
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Magazine Article Symphony in Bronze Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site celebrates the sculptor who gave form to some of our nation’s memories.
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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 Home of the Brave Boston’s national parks lead visitors back in time to our nation’s beginnings.
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Magazine Article An Audacious Fight Force-feeding and imprisonment could not stop suffragist Alice Paul’s march forward. A new park site would tell her story.
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Blog Post Placing Washington, D.C. The paradox of how 10 square miles between Maryland and Virginia became the nation’s capital — through a culture of slavery and a coincidence of geography
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Magazine Article The Meaning of the Chug For years, abandoned Cuban refugee boats were considered trash. Now the Park Service and others are preserving the chugs and their stories.
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Blog Post The Country’s Oldest Trail-Running Race Is a Grueling Trip Through Beautiful Parks The Dipsea Race began as a bet between friends 115 years ago and now passes through two national park sites on its strenuous 7.5-mile route. The history and rules of this longstanding contest are as quirky as the scenery is beautiful.
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Magazine Article Seeing the Light A weekend getaway to the country’s only national park site devoted to painting.
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Blog Post Saving a Piece of History at Harpers Ferry Four historically significant acres at risk of becoming a mini-mart will now be preserved as part of the national park.
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Blog Post Objects at Hand: 10 Curious Park Artifacts The National Park Service manages one of the largest museum systems in North America, preserving more than 45 million artifacts, from the artful to the odd.
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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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Magazine Article Beyond the Views How smells bring national parks to life — and why we need to protect those aromas.
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Press Release Yellowstone Bison Plan Memorializes Progress for America's National Mammal "The final plan memorializes the progress made by the park, Tribal, state and conservation partners over the years for Yellowstone bison" -- NPCA Senior Yellowstone Program Manager Michelle Uberuaga
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