Search results for “Carrie Madigan”
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Magazine Article Revolutionary Roles For historical reenactors in Lexington and in Minute Man National Historical Park, the past is present.
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Blog Post There Is No Precedent We must learn from the grave injustices of Manzanar and other World War II incarceration camps — not doom ourselves to repeat one of America’s darkest mistakes.
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Blog Post She Was the First 7 more women who broke barriers at national parks
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 974, H.R. 1452, and H.R. 2406 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered during the House Natural Resource Committee markup on October 7-8, 2015.
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Magazine Article Open Roads & Endless Skies At Great Basin National Park, a father and son gaze at stars, touch ancient trees, and reflect on space, time and the universe.
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Blog Post One Step Closer to Chicago’s First National Park Today, just days after the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, Congress is one step closer to preserving a Chicago site rich with Civil Rights and labor rights history by introducing legislation that would name the historic Pullman neighborhood as the city’s first national park.
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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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Magazine Article Circling the Mountain Another season, another ceremonial circumambulation of Mount Tamalpais. What draws hikers to this 55-year-old ritual?
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Magazine Article The Old Man of the Lake How has a giant hemlock managed to float upright in Crater Lake for more than a hundred years?
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Magazine Article Breathe It In A blockbuster settlement involving the Tennessee Valley Authority, NPCA, EPA, and others guarantees clear skies in the Great Smokies’ future.
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Blog Post National Park Construction Projects in Jeopardy In Massachusetts, park officials barricaded a bridge leading into Lowell National Historical Park because bricks in the structure could fall on people's heads. In Washington, D.C., a bridge on the George Washington Parkway that leads to Arlington Cemetery and is used daily by thousands of people is so structurally deficient, the National Park Service could close it to heavy vehicles such as tour buses within two years if it isn't repaired. In Wyoming, important sections of the Yellowstone National Park Grand Loop Road are in such need of repair that they threaten visitor safety.
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Policy Update Position on S. 4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 23, 2020.
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Blog Post Get on a Boat: Tips for Choosing a Responsible Cruise It's hard to beat the convenience and simplicity of a cruise, but when it comes to sustainability, the industry has a bad reputation. Fortunately, this fast-growing sector offers responsible options, too. Here are issues to consider and questions to ask when researching a boat-based adventure.
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Press Release Landmark Settlement Requires Feds to Revisit Plan for Coal-friendly Energy Corridors Across West Feds Urged to Avoid Sensitive Lands, Support Renewable Energy
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Magazine Article A Leap of Faith What will it take to save California’s yellow-legged frog?
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Blog Post What Happens When the Saguaros Disappear? If the climate continues to warm, weird weather patterns and invasive grasses could wipe out an icon of the American Southwest.
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Magazine Article Swept Away A disaster in Johnstown, Pennsylvania stunted a town and changed a nation.
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Blog Post Inspiring Teen Puts a Spotlight on a Pervasive Trash Problem National parks benefit from Georgia’s Plastic Pollution Awareness Day
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Magazine Article The Aftermath Revisiting Gulf Islands National Seashore two years after the biggest offshore oil disaster ever.
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Magazine Article The Wolverine Way Despite a ferocious reputation, the wolverine is far more complex than the legends that surround it. And even in a place as vast and wild as Glacier National Park, its future is uncertain.
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Blog Post The Largest Concentration of Glaciers in North America Glaciers around the world are melting due to climate change, but in one U.S. national park, approximately one-quarter of the land is still covered by these slow-moving masses of ice.
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Magazine Article Lost Bears Will grizzly bears return to the North Cascades?
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Press Release Conservation, Citizen Groups Send Letter to USDA and Small Business Administration; Request Review of Faulty Assessment that Led to Loan Guarantee for Industrial Swine Facility in the Buffalo National River Watershed Animal waste from factory farm threatens America's first national river, public health, and a multi-billion dollar Arkansas tourism economy
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3668, the SHARE Act NPCA submitted the following position to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for September 13, 2017.
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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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Blog Post Your Mileage May Vary: 9 Parks to Explore Without a Car Spend time off the beaten path — literally. These 9 national park sites offer slower, quieter, human-paced alternatives to automobile-powered excursions.
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Press Release House Passage of Key Legislation Poises Senate for Approving the Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Decades National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
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Press Release Federal Legislation Could Mean Largest National Park System Expansion in Decades National Parks Conservation Association, with Local Communities and Businesses, Spent Years Advocating for Key Park Sites, Expansions and Studies
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Magazine Article The Guardian During his reign as Park Service director from 1964 to 1972, George Hartzog paired a passion for the parks with political savvy to lead the agency through an era of tremendous growth.
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Magazine Article A Swallow’s Tale A 35-year study of cave swallows at Carlsbad Caverns has solved some abiding mysteries about the songbird.
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