Search results for “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
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Park Navajo National Monument At Navajo National Monument, you can see three well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. Walking trails along the mesa and into the canyon provide excellent views of these 700-year-old structures.
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Park Yucca House National Monument The large Ancestral Puebloan village hidden beneath the earth mounds at Yucca House National Monument has yet to be excavated.
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Park Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Martin Van Buren National Historic Site honors the nation's 8th president, who planned three presidential campaigns from his home, Lindenwood.
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Park Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park The story of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the story of conservation in America. Tour the mansion, gardens, carriage paths, and forest.
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Park Johnstown Flood National Memorial Johnstown Flood National Memorial commemorates one of the most devastating and deadly disasters in American history.
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Magazine Article Drilling in National Parks? Oil and gas development already is harming dozens of national park sites around the country. It could get much worse.
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Blog Post 10 Owls to Look (and Listen) for in National Parks Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles of these elusive birds, which have been both revered and feared throughout human history.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Canyonlands National Park Utah’s national parks offer very different experiences, but all of them feature distinctive and amazing geological formations, whether you are looking down into a deep canyon, peering through an otherworldly arch, or scratching your head at formations like the Upheaval Dome that even geologists couldn’t definitively explain (until recently).
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Blog Post Want to Feel Happy and Appreciated? Help Out at a National Park It’s a joyful, even goofy grin that I’ve learned to look for on the faces of National Park Service staff managing volunteer service projects. It’s a look that says, “You didn’t have to be here today, but you came anyway, and I’m so happy that you did.”
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Report Analysis of Options for Transferring Valles Caldera National Preserve Analysis of options for transferring the Valles Caldera National Preserve to direct federal agency management
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Blog Post Cut Hundreds of Rangers from National Parks? Unacceptable. Even in tight times, we can't afford to underfund our national parks and the people who protect them.
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Blog Post What’s at Stake: Staff Shortages at Acadia National Park If Congress does not act to avoid the "fiscal cliff," the Park Service could lose 8 to 10 percent of its funding next month. What could this mean in real terms for national parks? Here is one example of how the cuts could affect a park already facing staff shortages.
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Magazine Article Our New Parks A sweeping public lands law paves the way for the addition of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument to the National Park System.
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Blog Post Not-So-Beaten Paths: 11 Lesser-Known Hikes in Popular National Parks Hit the trail and avoid the crowds! NPCA staff selected 11 lesser-known hikes in some of the country’s most popular parks.
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Blog Post The Only Marsupial in U.S. National Parks National parks are some of the most biodiverse places in the country. Only one kind of marsupial can be found anywhere in the U.S. park system, however. Do you know which one?
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Blog Post Video: Theresa Pierno on Challenges National Parks Face Post-Shutdown NPCA's president and CEO spoke on C-SPAN's Washington Journal this morning, sharing the importance of national park issues now that the federal government has reopened but long-term funding issues remain unresolved.
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Blog Post The National Park That Inspired a Gaming Trend Before Minecraft, Tetris or even Pac-Man existed, people played text-based computer games. The earliest such game, released in 1975, was inspired by a national park.
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Blog Post VIDEO: Native Birds and Wildlife Make a Comeback at Channel Islands National Park Yesterday, the Park Service released more good news from Channel Islands National Park. Just a few weeks after biodiversity advocates celebrated the recovery of the night lizard on these protected islands, park officials and their partners are now sharing dramatic findings on improvements to bird populations and other native wildlife at Anacapa Island, one decade after removing invasive rats from the ecosystem.
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Blog Post 5 Sharks You'll Want to Meet — from a Distance — at National Parks Just in time for Shark Week: Learn about some of the most majestic and fascinating wildlife at our coastal parks.
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Press Release Fact: Dismantling the Stream Protection Rule Endangers National Park Waterways A resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to dismantle the Stream Protection Rule, which safeguards streams from pollution created by mountaintop removal and surface coal mining.
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Infographic National Parks Need Help Infographic: National park funding
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Blog Post Which National Park Beach Should You Visit Next? Sunny or cool? Wild or urban? Oceanfront or lakeside? The National Park System offers so many exceptional beach vacations. Take our quiz to get a great option for your next place to bask in the sun and sand.
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Blog Post Test Your National Park Knowledge Love national park trivia? Want to learn more about the park system? Take our quiz with a roundup of fun facts from our trivia series.
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Blog Post Veterans to Volunteer in Cleanup Efforts at Gateway National Recreation Area When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the Northeast late last October, many of New York's beaches were inundated with damage and debris. As the area recovers and rebuilds, a group of veterans will help with cleanup and beach restoration efforts at Gateway National Recreation Area, which has remained closed since the storm.
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Press Release National Park Service greenlights lessened protections in favor of off-road vehicle use in Glen Canyon Increasing off-road vehicle use threatens park resources and remote solitude
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Blog Post No Trophy Homes in Our National Parks Support the Fund that Improves and Protects Public Land
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Press Release Fighting for Commonsense Protections for Washington’s National Parks Washington State Pollution Control Hearing Board decision to allow expansion of oil refinery in Puget Sound appealed
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Press Release Parks group files lawsuit over off-road vehicle usage at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area The Park Service's decision to authorize off-road vehicles in Glen Canyon will harm the landscape and disrupt other visitors
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Press Release Florida Legislature Moves to Restore Everglades National Park, Florida’s Estuaries Senate Bill 10 will improve health of larger ecosystem impacted by polluted waters.
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Press Release Moab Master Leasing Plan Alternatives Could Provide Critical Protections for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Statement by NPCA Southwest Senior Regional Director David Nimkin
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Press Release Puget Sound Oil Refinery Permitted to Harm National Park Air Quality The refinery expansion will go ahead without stringent pollutant controls to protect Washington's parks
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Press Release National Park Service to Receive $90 Million Grant for Most Urgent Memorial Bridge Repairs $250 Million Estimated Needed to Complete Repairs
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Press Release National Park Groups Warn of Water Pipeline's Threats to Health, Habitat, and Heritage Bureau of Land Management's Final Environmental Impact Statement for Nevada Water Pipeline Released Today
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Press Release Conservation Groups Call on Interior Secretary to Protect Clean Air in Rocky Mountain National Park Groups Take Aim at Hazy Skies, Inadequate State Rules; Call for Better Pollution Controls for Coal-Burning Power Plants
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Press Release Zion National Park Property Protected Anonymous donation allows for major land purchase
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Press Release New Report Examines Repercussions, Damage from Oil and Gas Testing in Big Cypress National Preserve Industrial machinery tore through this wild landscape, razing hundreds of cypress trees and leaving miles of destroyed habitat in their wake.
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Press Release National Geographic and Groups in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Launch Geotourism Project for Upper and Middle Delaware River Area Community-Based Initiative Will Identify and Promote Uniqueness of Area, Boost Tourism
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Fact Sheet Winter in Yellowstone National Parks Conservation Association is working to protect Yellowstone National Park’s wildlife and restore the park's unique soundscape and pristine air quality by promoting a winter snowcoach only transportation system.
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Letter Considering the Mason-Dixon Casino Letter regarding Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board consideration of application for the Mason-Dixon Casino in close proximity to the Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Letter Comments on Yellowstone’s Draft Winter Transportation Plan Comments on Yellowstone National Park’s Draft Winter Transportation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
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Staff Mary Chandler Blankenship Mary Chandler joined NPCA in November 2023 after working previously for The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital and the American Hiking Society.
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Amy Leinbach Marquis Amy Leinbach Marquis is former associate editor at National Parks magazine.
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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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