Search results for “Hamilton Grange National Memorial”
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Park Tupelo National Battlefield Tupelo National Battlefield is a monument to a two-day clash during the Civil War that enabled Sherman's army to continue its March to the Sea.
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Park Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park This national historical park celebrates the legacy of three talented men from Dayton — aviators Wilbur and Orville Wright and the poet, novelist and playwright Paul Laurence Dunbar. These men were lifelong friends who lived in the same neighborhood. The park site includes the Dunbar House where the author spent the last years of his life with his mother, the last surviving bicycle shop that the Wright brothers owned, and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field where the brothers tested some of their early flying machines.
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Park Cuyahoga Valley National Park This park preserves 22 miles of the Cuyahoga River and the mosaic of natural and man-made features surrounding it, including lush forests, rolling hills, wetlands, waterfalls, farm fields, historic buildings and dramatic rock ledges. Decades before this Midwestern site officially became a national park, severe pollution in the river outraged and embarrassed the country, helping to spur the creation of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency and Earth Day. Now the health of the river has improved significantly, and the park offers numerous recreational opportunities and even a scenic railroad for its millions of visitors each year.
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Park El Morro National Monument Travelers have stopped at the year-round freshwater pool at El Morro for centuries. Park visitors can see the 2,000 messages and pictures carved into the rock over the past 700 years and climb to the top of the park's dramatic sandstone bluff.
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Park Curecanti National Recreation Area These three reservoirs along the Gunnison River offer boating, fishing, camping and hiking in a spectacular Rocky Mountain setting. The park's Blue Mesa Reservoir is the largest body of water in Colorado and features one of the best Kokanee salmon fisheries in the country.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Kings Mountain National Military Park In recognition of the important historical and natural resources protected within Kings Mountain National Military Park, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Center for State of the Parks conducted an assessment to determine current conditions of the park’s resources.
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Cowpens National Battlefield In recognition of the important historical and natural resources protected within Cowpens National Battlefield, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Center for State of the Parks conducted an assessment to determine current conditions of the park’s resources.
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Letter Bridge Over St. Croix National Scenic River Opposition to H.R. 850, a bill that facilitates a mammoth and costly freeway-style bridge over and through the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
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Press Release On Earth Day, Everglades National Park Gets Critical Freshwater with Additional Bridging of Tamiami Trail Major milestone for restoring America’s Everglades with the kickoff of an additional 2.6 miles of bridging on Tamiami Trail.
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Press Release Cargill to Buffalo River Coalition: 6,500 Hogs are "Good Neighbors" to America's First National River Buffalo River Coalition is calling into question the effectiveness of mitigation and remaining firm in calling for the facility’s removal from the watershed.
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Blog Post Celebrating Places and Stories Within Nature: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area The third video in a new series showcases community activist Araceli Hernandez and her work to increase access to outdoor spaces in her community.
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Press Release Park Advocates Celebrate as Waco Mammoth Declared Newest National Park Site City of Waco, Baylor University, Waco Mammoth Foundation, NPCA and local school children worked for years to make mammoth fossil site part of Park System
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Press Release President to Designate National Park at Pullman, Marking America's Labor and Civil Rights Movement Statement by Lynn McClure, Midwest Senior Director, NPCA
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Press Release Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Park Service Must Take Bold Action to Protect Biscayne National Park Marine Wildlife Decades of overfishing have severely depleted Biscayne’s reef fish, and it’s time for Florida and the Park Service to take action to protect them.
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Press Release Nuclear Plant Expansion Could be Devastating to Nearby National Parks Turkey Point Proposal Could Seriously Harm Water Quality, Wildlife in Area
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Blog Post Love Letters to Mojave National Preserve Reflections and recommendations from an ever-growing base of fans, including #ThoseParkGuys from the hit show, “Rock the Park”!
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Press Release New Report Finds Proposed Data Centers in Northern Virginia Threaten National Parks, Drinking Water These protected places are the heart of Northern Virginia. Rezoning land on their doorstep for huge, loud, environmentally damaging industrial data centers is wrong.
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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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Press Release Students Help Restore Wetlands and Improve Great Lakes Water Quality at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore NPCA hosts college student volunteers in third year of restoration work at Great Marsh
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Press Release Oil, Gas Exploration to Begin Within Big Cypress National Preserve Despite ongoing lawsuit, destructive seismic exploration set to start in Big Cypress’ sensitive wetlands.
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Press Release Interior Favors Industry with Mining Road Approved through America’s Wildest National Park & Preserve The Department of Interior is turning a blind eye to the Park Service’s mission and rolling out the red carpet to international mining companies
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Press Release NPCA Joins Community & Business Partners to Applaud Progress of Bipartisan Legislation that Protects Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake & North Fork Flathead River Valley NPCA thanks Montana's Congressional leaders for their bipartisan work toward passage of North Fork Watershed Protection Act.
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Press Release Everglades National Park Protected by Court Decision to Prevent Expansion of Urban Development Boundary After lengthy appeal process, the state of Florida denies Lowe's Land Use Change to build outside of Urban Development Boundary
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Press Release Trump Administration Ignores Environmental Impacts of Mining 30 Million Tons of Coal near Bryce Canyon National Park Lawsuit seeks improved pollution and climate analysis of the Alton coal mine expansion in Utah.
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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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Blog Post Judge’s Ruling a Victory for Buffalo National River A win for Arkansas’ Buffalo River: A judge will hold two agencies liable for a flawed environmental review process of a factory farm six miles upstream.
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Press Release New Agreement Means Cleaner Air for Rocky Mountain National Park and People in the Southwest Coal-Fired Power Plants to Reduce Substantial Pollution by 2022, 2025
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Press Release Victory: President Biden, Parks Leaders Welcome Amache National Historic Site "By preserving Amache, we can ensure that as a country we confront our mistakes, honor the stories of those who were unjustly imprisoned, and protect the site for future generations" -- NPCA's President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Press Release Refinery Threatens Theodore Roosevelt National Park Requested water use would harm park, visitor experience
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Press Release Spreader Canal Project Will Restore Water to Florida Bay & Everglades National Park The South Florida Water Management District breaks ground on the C-111 Spreader Canal
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Press Release $11.1M in Sandy Recovery Grants to Benefit Jamaica Bay at Gateway National Recreation Area NPCA applauds Department of the Interior for providing $11.1M for four competitive grants for projects that will benefit the resiliency, ecology, and restoration of areas within Jamaica Bay
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Press Release New Agreement Means Cleaner Air for Rocky Mountain National Park Coal-Fired Craig Plant Unit to Reduce Significant Air Pollution
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Press Release Parks Group Reacts to Ranger Using A Taser On Native American Visitor at Petroglyph National Monument The excessive use of force by a park ranger on a Native American visitor in a routine encounter was shocking.
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Press Release NPCA applauds Release of Critical Preliminary Plans for Grand Teton National Park Moose-Wilson Road Corridor Plan will Shape future for sensitive and unique area within park
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Press Release Parks Group Disappointed by Administration's Decision Not to Protect Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Statement by NPCA Director of Legislative and Government Affairs Kristen Brengel
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Press Release Proposed Legal Deal Leaves Water Quality, Protections for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Question More information and public input needed to hold polluter accountable.
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Press Release Court Rules for Oil Refinery Over Clean Air Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park The proposed Davis Refinery will be the first newly constructed industrial crude oil refinery in the United States in nearly 40 years and poses a substantial threat to air quality in neighboring areas.
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Press Release New Mexico Delegation Repeats Call for Protection from Oil and Gas Development Around Chaco Culture National Historical Park Senators Heinrich and Udall, along with Representatives Lujan, Haaland, and Torres Small introduce legislation to withdraw lands considered for oil and gas development near New Mexico park
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Amy Leinbach Marquis Amy Leinbach Marquis is former associate editor at National Parks magazine.
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Report Depiction of Stillwater Bridge St. Croix river crossing bridge sections, including Stillwater
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Letter Opposing Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Dear Colleague letter on Grand Canyon uranium mining
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Juan Lazo Bautista Juan Lazo Bautista been a resident of the LA area for almost his entire life since immigrating from Oaxaca, Mexico. After college, Juan realized the importance of staying outdoors and the vital part of our livelihoods based on a healthy relationship with nature.
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Cassie Gogreve Cassie Gogreve a native Angeleno and urban planner, she enjoys any opportunity to get outside and catch a glimpse of the iconic San Gabriel Mountains.
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Liliana Griego Liliana Griego is passionate about connecting people to their natural environment, especially their local one. While growing up in Los Angeles, she never realized that she was living in a biodiversity hotspot. It wasn’t until she left Los Angeles, to study other ecosystems, that she began to appreciate the land she grew up on.
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Jennifer Ly Jennifer Ly's environmental consciousness was cultivated at a young age while spending time in the backyard with her Dad. She grew up in a Cantonese-speaking home in El Monte, where her parents settled after coming to the United States from Vietnam.
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