Search results for “Mary Collins”
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Magazine Article A First Lady Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves, grew up to start a university and advise presidents.
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Magazine Article The Loneliest Land In 1888, writer Mary Hunter Austin began exploring the desert. Her love of the blunt, burned land of little rain led to a book, a career, and an environmental legacy.
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Blog Post Mojave Is a Magical Place. Let’s Protect My Former Home Say no to Soda Mountain Solar! A former Mojave superintendent shares her memories and opposition to this dangerous project.
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Magazine Article The Wright Stuff The origins of flight are revealed at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
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Magazine Article Something in the Water Meet a few of the people who are joining forces to secure the region’s lifeblood, and ensure New River Gorge National River's future for the next generation.
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Magazine Article The National Park Next Door Nearly six million people in the D.C. region live within a short drive of Oxon Cove. Why aren’t more of them visiting it?
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Magazine Article Nesting Instincts What happens when species protection trumps historical interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield?
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Press Release NPCA Applauds Senate Passage of Key National Park Bills that Tell More of America's Stories Senate package includes significant national park bills
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Press Release Clean Air, Park, Public Health Advocates Blast EPA Statement To Delay Critical Air Pollution Protection Press report indicates EPA planning to push back deadline for Regional Haze Rule
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Blog Post FAQ: New National Monument at Pullman Shines a Spotlight on Community Spirit and Our Shared Heritage Earlier today, President Obama stood in front of hundreds of community advocates in Chicago and declared Pullman a national monument. This long-awaited event is the result of years of work by NPCA and so many people that care about this place’s significant contributions to our shared history, from the U.S. labor movement to Civil Rights.
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Magazine Article Bearing Witness Bearcams in Katmai National Park and Preserve are capturing impressive scenes from the wild—and changing the nature of park visitation.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Most Celebrated People in the Park System Q: National parks don’t just preserve spectacular landscapes and wildlife. They also honor the people who have changed history and influenced American culture, from the Wright brothers to Harriet Tubman to Eugene O’Neill. Two noteworthy people have more national park sites named after them than anyone else, with four sites each. Can you name these two celebrated historic figures?
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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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Press Release Legal Agreement Reached to Reduce Power Plant Pollution Damaging Southwest's National Parks, Navajo People Consent Decree will Cut Emissions from New Mexico's Four Corners Plant
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Press Release Pullman Partner Groups Honored with National Award for Work to Create Chicago's First National Park NPCA honors eight organizations with the national Marjory Stoneman Douglas Conservation Award for their work to establish Chicago’s first national park.
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Magazine Article Landscapes for the People Photographer George Grant has never been widely known, but his skillfully crafted work helped popularize the idea that the national parks belong to everyday Americans.
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Magazine Article Shindigs, Jamborees, & Jubilees Traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway for some fast dancing, sweet music, and old-fashioned fun.
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Blog Post Best Bet for Families Traveling the American West: Petrified Forest Traveling with kids to the Grand Canyon and other classic stops in the American West can be an exercise in expensive hotels, bus shuttles, huge crowds, and less-than-child-friendly trails. Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona offers a surprising alternative.
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Magazine Article Untold Stories The Park Service strives to tell the history of all Americans, but one group has gone almost entirely overlooked.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: Guess This Park-Inspired Poet Q: What famed 19th century poet was inspired to serve as a nurse during the Civil War after spending time at Chatham Manor at what is now the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park?
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Magazine Article Seeing Green Decades of conservation efforts pay off for the endangered green sea turtle.
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Magazine Article Catching a Ride A new, free shuttle connects the city of Homestead, Florida, to Biscayne and Everglades National Parks.
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Magazine Article Divine Providence The 17th-century minister Roger Williams risked his life to be the first American to preach religious freedom.
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Magazine Article Shifting Tides Once nearly extinct, sea otters have staged a remarkable comeback, but some coastal parks still struggle to retain these curious, sensitive mammals.
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Magazine Article Rebuilding the Past The National Park Service is finding new ways to preserve historic buildings that would otherwise crumble into disrepair.
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Blog Post Walking to Protect Glacier's Water Pauline Matt dreamed that the water was dying and that she had the power to stop it. Her dream was not far from the truth, with fracking arriving on the Blackfeet Indian Nation and adjacent to Glacier National Park in Montana. Instead of allowing the dream to paralyze her, she kept herself moving—literally—by organizing the six-day, 80-mile Chief Mountain Water Walk to help focus the eyes of the nation on this corner of Montana.
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Press Release New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule New policy would obstruct efforts to protect cherished national parks and wildernesses, and their surrounding communities from air pollution
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Magazine Article Mathew Brady, the War Correspondent If you’ve ever seen a portrait of a Civil War soldier or the landscape of a battlefield just after the cannon-fire has been silenced, then you’re familiar with the work of Mathew Brady. Now meet the man behind the images.
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Press Release Clean Air Advocates Applaud EPA's Decision in North Dakota to Require Proven, Cost-Effective Systems for Reducing Pollution at Antiquated Coal-Fired Plants New systems at the Leland Olds and MR Young plants will significantly lessen the nearly $500 million burden in air pollution regional health care costs each year
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Press Release Blockbuster Agreement Takes 18 Dirty TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant Units Offline Southeastern U.S. Takes Huge Step to Slash Air Pollution Thanks to Pressure from Environmental Groups, State and Federal Officials
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