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Park Badlands National Park This park's sharply textured rock formations share a 244,000-acre landscape with the largest protected mixed-grass prairie in the United States.
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Park Saguaro National Park It’s the iconic image of the American Southwest: The giant saguaro cactus, standing tall amid the arid desert, arms perpetually raised to the sky. At Saguaro National Park, you can see more than 1.6 million of these giant saguaro — the largest forest of its kind on the planet.
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Park Women's Rights National Historical Park Every time women exercise their right to vote, purchase their own home, or control their own wages, they owe a debt to the women of the First Women's Rights Convention of 1848. Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, preserves the historic site where Americans began to shift their conceptions about the role of women in our society.
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Fact Sheet Power Lines & Everglades National Park Florida Power and Light is seeking a land exchange with the National Park Service that would grant the utility ownership over 260 acres of wetlands in the eastern portion of Everglades National Park in exchange for 320 acres it currently owns in the western Everglades Expansion Area.
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Press Release Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Jump Start Overdue Maintenance Projects in National Parks Bipartisan legislation from Kilmer, Hurd, Hanabusa, and Reichert would help reduce the more than $11 billion park maintenance backlog.
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Press Release High Visitation, Low Funding and Staff Jeopardizing Parks National park visitation nears 331 million in 2017.
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Press Release National Parks and Public Lands Are Key to President Biden’s Plan to ‘Build Back Better’ President Biden ran on the promise to build our nation back better, and our national parks, public lands and waters play a critical role in achieving this ambitious goal.
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Press Release Administration Takes Science Out of Park Management “DO 100” Policy Brought Better Science, Climate Concerns to Park Planning
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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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Blog Post An Insiders’ Guide to Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone: It’s one of the most remarkable and revered travel destinations in the world and the place that defined the very concept of public land conservation. Get a taste of why this park and the larger ecosystem that surrounds it are so special — and how to plan an extraordinary trip.
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Blog Post Congress: Keep Our National Parks Open One beloved national park is already closing facilities in reaction to budget cuts.
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Press Release Successes Mount as Funds Fix Our National Parks, Create Jobs and Support Local Economies “These funds brought hope and once again showed where the American people want Congress to invest. Congress must build on this momentum and extend this funding to fix more national parks.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release Made in America: New Report Finds National Parks at a Tipping Point Leading Into Super Committee Deadline National Parks Group Urges the Need for Wise Investments to Support Jobs and Communities Nationwide
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Press Release Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Honored with Stephen T. Mather Conservation Award National Parks Conservation Association Award Given at 37th Annual Ranger Rendezvous Conference
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Policy Update Background: National Park Transportation Needs If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hopped on a shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, taken the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, or hiked along the Half Dome Trail in Yosemite, you’ve experienced some of the wide variety of transportation infrastructure found in our national parks.
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Press Release Proposed Manhattan Project National Historical Park Would Help U.S. Remember and Learn From History Three sites are proposed for park to interpret and facilitate discussion surrounding the complex stories of the Manhattan Project and the resulting impacts of atomic power and nuclear technology
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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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Policy Update Background: The Economics of National Parks Not only are America’s national parks some of the most awe-inspiring places in the world, they are also huge economic generators for the local communities that surround them.
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Press Release New National Poll Finds Parks Are Political and Physical Solution to Address Climate "As the worsening climate crisis continues to threaten our health and our communities, this poll shows national parks unite us and offer solutions for addressing it."
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Press Release New Study Valuing America’s National Parks at $92 Billion Underscores their Value, Illustrating the Need to Better Fund Them But Pending Spending Bill would Harm Parks
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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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Press Release Data Center Developers Take Aim at Manassas National Battlefield Park "As national park advocates, we will be there every step of the way, fighting for this priceless place and looking for every opportunity to protect its history."
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Press Release Trump Proposals Fail National Parks Park repairs come at expense of cuts to budget and environmental protections.
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Press Release Administration Raids More Funds from Parks for Independence Day Spectacle Siphoning off desperately needed money from our national parks to pay for a spectacle on our National Mall is both reckless and a breach of the public’s trust.
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Blog Post New "FracTracker" Tool Can Help Safeguard National Parks Concerned visitors are helping to document oil and gas development on the border of Theodore Roosevelt National Park through an innovative crowdsourcing campaign.
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Press Release National Parks Group Says Funding Bill Begins to Set a Trajectory for Restored Funding by 2016 Centennial Next steps key to national parks recovering from years of damaging cuts
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Press Release National Parks Group to Honor Champions on Capitol Hill National Parks Conservation Association Recognizes Bipartisan Senators and Representatives with Heritage Award
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Press Release Acting Interior Secretary’s Directive to Keep Parks Open Without Resource Protection Violates Century-Old Bedrock Law This action blatantly disregards the fundamental duties of park staff who have dedicated their careers to ensuring our nation’s most precious natural and historic places are enjoyed not only today, but for years to come.
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Press Release Carlsbad Caverns National Park the Latest Target of Rushed Oil and Gas Leasing Process The BLM's minuscule 10-day public scoping comment period for the nearly 200 parcel proposal comprising nearly 89,000 acres, some of which are about a mile from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, closes tonight.
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Press Release Inadequate air quality monitoring in national parks requires urgent investment New report finds a shortage of air quality monitors and a system in disrepair leaving many parks unable to address the extent of the pollution crisis
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Press Release Parks Groups File Brief Against Administration’s Weak Air and Climate Rule At a time when the climate crisis facing the planet is undeniable, the administration continues to prioritize polluters’ interests over communities and national parks.
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Press Release Concerns Over Plan to Use Appropriated Funds to Repay Parks’ Fee Accounts Drained During Shutdown This move further highlights the lack of a strategic, long-term plan to account for the avoidable damage our parks are now dealing with.
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Press Release Jackson Hole Airport Decision Extends Lease within Grand Teton National Park Until 2053 Critical that NPS assess significant impacts of an airport within a national park
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Press Release National Park Service Proposes Updated Policy for Philanthropy and Partnerships Statement by National Parks Conservation Association
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Letter Mount Rainier National Park's Air Tour Management Plan Scoping comments on the Environmental Assessment guiding development of Mount Rainier National Park's Air Tour Management Plan
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Jamie Varner Jamie joined NPCA's Center for Park Management in 2008. His current programmatic areas of focus are urban parks and NPCA's Find Your Voice initiative.
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Joan Frankevich Joan was a Program Manager for the Alaska Regional Office. Since 1997, she has worked on topics in nearly every park in Alaska helping to ensure that wildlife is protected, visitor experience is enhanced and environmental laws are upheld.
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Ben Sander As the Travel Program Manager, Ben Sander helps NPCA members experience the national parks through unique educational small group tours.
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Park Buck Island Reef National Monument This Caribbean park protects a small uninhabited island and the pristine elkhorn coral barrier reef that surrounds it, all about a mile and a half off the coast of St. Croix. Considered one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean, the monument protects a pristine underwater environment and habitat for rare and threatened species, including endangered leatherback and hawksbill turtles. Snorkelers can enjoy an interpretive underwater trail, one of only three such trails in the country.
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Park Andersonville National Historic Site Located in southwest Georgia, this 515-acre historic site is a tribute to the prisoner of war experience. Etched on memorials throughout the park is the phrase, "Death Before Dishonor," symbolizing the American resolve to uphold the value of freedom and liberty in the face of adversity. The site consists of Andersonville Prison, the National Prisoner of War Museum and the national cemetery. The museum opened at Andersonville in 1998 and is dedicated to all brave men and women of the United States who have suffered captivity.
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Report Paradise Valley Corridor Study: Saving Lives by Incorporating Wildlife Passage Opportunities We are recommending that Montana Department of Transportation undertake a cost-benefit analysis of mitigation measures that will increase public safety and decrease the potential for wildlife-vehicle collisions on US 89.
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Letter Buoy and Mooring Plan at Biscayne NPCA public comments to Biscayne regarding a buoy and mooring plan.
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Linda Rancourt In her role as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications, Linda oversees both the Communications and Membership departments.
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Jonathan Tyrrell Jonathan Tyrrell is a program manager at the Next 100 Coalition, where he’s focused on advancing policy solutions at the intersection of environment and equity for communities of color.
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Report Lower New River State of the Watershed The goal of this report is to highlight the Lower New River’s significance to local communities and the nation, clearly define and communicate the clean water challenges facing the river, and recommend strategic actions to promote clean water in the river and its tributary creeks.
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