Search results for “Grand Canyon National Park”
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Park Pinnacles National Park The jagged rocks at this park formed from the remains of an ancient volcano. This volcano used to be located about 200 miles south of its current location, but tectonic forces along the San Andreas Fault moved these rocks at a pace of a little more than half an inch per year over a period of 23 million years to what is now the national park. Today, these towering spires attract hikers and climbers, as well as falcons, golden eagles and California condors. The park also features grasslands, chaparral, forests and rare talus caves.
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Park Joshua Tree National Park This iconic park preserves portions of two spectacular desert ecosystems. The Colorado Desert in the eastern portion of the park features natural gardens of creosote bush, ocotillo and cholla cactus. The higher, slightly cooler Mojave Desert offers dazzling vistas of Joshua trees and yucca. The vast park also contains spectacularly sculpted formations of a type of rock known as monzogranite and is a mecca for rock climbers around the world.
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Fact Sheet National Park Service Infrastructure Repair Backlog As the National Park Service enters its second century, the new administration and Congress have an extraordinary opportunity to provide needed and overdue resources to address the nearly $12 billion infrastructure repair backlog.
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Park National Mall and Memorial Parks A walk through the heart of the nation’s capital brings visitors face to face with larger-than-life presidents and visionaries, open park lands, and elaborate memorials honoring our nation’s veterans and military history. This green space in downtown Washington, D.C., includes more than 1,000 acres of land showcasing such iconic sites as the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Approximately 25 million people visit each year to experience this unique collection of structures and spaces honoring the nation, its democracy and its citizenry.
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Report National Parks of the Colorado River Basin This report focuses on the ways in which management of the dams along the Colorado River and its major tributaries affects resources in five national parks in the Colorado River Basin.
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Report Poll: Strong Bipartisan Support For National Parks According to a new poll commissioned by the National Parks Conservation Association and the National Park Hospitality Association, national parks are cherished by Americans and voters want the federal government to ensure they are protected for the future. The survey was conducted by Hart Research Associates and North Star Opinion Research from June 12-17, 2012, among a national sample of 1,004 registered voters.
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Park Fort Necessity National Battlefield Fort Necessity was the site of the first battle of the French and Indian War, the first and only military surrender of George Washington's military career.
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Park Salem Maritime National Historic Site Salem Maritime National Historic Site consists of 12 historic structures, including the replica of a 1797 trade ship, and the half-mile-long Derby Wharf, which hosted hundreds of ships during the height of the East India trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The site also brings to life the early colonial trade and the time of the American Revolution, when American privateers would dock their ships in this bustling port.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Announces David Lamfrom as Vice President of Regional Programs Lamfrom will bring focus on community, movement building, and inclusive campaigns to forefront as NPCA’s new Vice President
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Announces Former Discovery Channel Head W. Clark Bunting As New President and CEO W. Clark Bunting to oversee NPCA as President and CEO
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Blog Post Who Counts? A Closer Look at Parks’ Record Visitation Numbers Every year, the Park Service releases its official statistics on visitation at national park sites around the country. How does the agency come up with these numbers? With vehicle multipliers, regression formulas, and other unusual procedures, the answer is anything but simple.
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Press Release Climate Change Biggest Threat Facing National Parks; NPCA Supports Selection of Gina McCarthy for Domestic Climate Advisor “With our public lands and waterways at the forefront of the climate crisis, they offer one of our country’s best defenses for addressing these threats. Protecting, restoring and preserving them is key to combating it." -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Press Release Biden Administration Finds Ambler Road Proposal Threatens Alaska Native Tribes, Water, National Parks and Wildlife "The Ambler Road to speculation is the last thing the people and wildlife of the Brooks Range need, and it is good see the Biden administration looking carefully at the actual costs of this bad idea" -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Press Release Parks Group Responds to Removal of Trans Contributions at Stonewall National Monument "Erasing letters or webpages does not change the history or the contributions of our transgender community members at Stonewall or anywhere else." -- NPCA's Timothy Leonard
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Magazine Article A Rare Tuft Can grass nerds save an extremely rare grass that lives high in the mountains of Big Bend National Park?
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Magazine Article Angling for Cash Glen Canyon National Recreation Area tries a novel approach to control brown trout.
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Magazine Article Home on the Range? Bison are destroying Grand Canyon’s fragile meadows, but removing the animals is no easy task.
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Blog Post We Love Our Park Rangers and Environmental Stewards! Send a Valentine to those working hard to protect our nation’s land, air and water
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Blog Post Park Allies Target an Unwelcome Guest at Petrified Forest: Tumbleweed I love living in Arizona. The natural landscapes have always been among my favorite places to explore, with its many climates and ecosystems, including the desert, forests, mountains, and canyons. Yet, the native flora and fauna in my state face a serious threat: invasive species.
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Magazine Article Wranglers of the West A fully loaded mule train is a rare sight in most parts of the country, but traditional livestock packing is still thriving in Glacier National Park.
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Magazine Article Killer on the Road Cars helped make national parks America’s most beloved landscapes — and wreaked havoc on wildlife. What will it take to repair the damage?
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Press Release Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals NPCA is fighting a fracking plan that could allow drilling near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, which already suffer from some of the worst air quality in the country.
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Press Release Congressman Matt Cartwright Joins Advocacy Groups to Discuss Potential Impacts of Fracking Near National Parks and Trails Discussion examines the impact of existing, proposed, and potential oil and gas development near America's parks
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Blog Post Celebrate Colorado! 5 reasons my state’s national parks should be on your bucket list — and how NPCA works to protect them.
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Press Release Veterans Lead the Way in Protecting National Parks with Launch of Parks Group’s Veterans Council "With the launch of the Veterans Council, we will further elevate our veterans as essential partners in our work to safeguard some of our country’s most treasured places.” - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release NPCA Finds Air Pollution Harms 97% of National Parks Parks group releases 2024 report underscoring air pollution, climate threats and need for action
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Press Release Parks Group’s Report Finds Flawed Methods and Modeling Fails to Identify 90 Percent of Southeastern Sources Polluting Air in National Parks and Communities Due to the flawed information, Southeastern states are on track to ignore more than 300 sources of pollution.
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Welcomes New Director to Head New York City Office Cortney Worrall to serve as Northeast senior regional director
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Press Release National Parks Group Praises Obama Nomination of Sally Jewell for Interior Secretary Statement by NPCA President Tom Kiernan
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Press Release EPA Proposes Strong Rule to Curb Haze in National Parks Groups applaud regulation that would reduce pollution from Texas coal plants
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Welcomes Jim Adams to Lead Alaska Regional Office Jim Adams brings 20 years of conservation experience to NPCA as new Alaska Regional Director
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Press Release Delaying Methane Waste Rule Threatens National Parks Continued pollution degrades air quality, wastes taxpayer dollars.
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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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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 Parks Group Applauds Landmark Collaborative Tribal Management Plan to Protect Bears Ears National Monument “This landmark management plan is proof that through collaboration and elevation of voices traditionally underrepresented in public lands management, our country can preserve culturally important places and ecosystems while also balancing recreational opportunities." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Press Release EPA Puts 15 States on Notice Regarding Clean Air for National Parks States' failure to submit required regional haze pollution reduction plans sets a two-year deadline to comply.
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Press Release Helen Hernandez Joins Board of National Parks Conservation Association NPCA welcomes Helen Hernandez as a member of their Board of Trustees.
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Blog Post Protecting an Amazing Migration A proposed mining road would cut through national park land critical to one of the longest land migrations on Earth and harm communities that depend on Arctic caribou for food.
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Fact Sheet Water for America’s Everglades Florida’s waters are in crisis. Everglades National Park and Florida Bay are starved for freshwater, while the northern Caloosahatchee River and St. Lucie River are inundated with polluted Lake Okeechobee discharges. The solution to this crisis is to send clean water south to the Everglades, restoring some of the historic “River of Grass” that once dominated this unique ecosystem.
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Staff Kristen Sykes Kristen is the Northeast Regional Director where she oversees NPCA's work in New Jersey, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont and leads advocacy campaigns to benefit the forty-nine national park sites in the region.
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Staff Cheryl Swaby As the Senior Coordinator, Cheryl oversees administrative functions of the Sun Coast office, and supports the regional and national program efforts while embodying a positive and productive character as part of the Sun Coast team.
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Kelsey Barnett-Fischels Kelsey Barnett-Fischels is a freelance writer based in Huntsville, Alabama, covering science and the environment. She’s passionate about uncovering the wonders of the natural world around us, including within our national parks.
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Resource NPCA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement of Intentions Our vision for incorporating these principles into our work.
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Aaron King Aaron King is a Director at JS&A, an economic development consulting firm based in Washington, DC. At JS&A, he combines his background in public policy and urban planning to help create more resilient communities.
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Lauren Hatcher Trovato An Appalachian at heart, Lauren Hatcher Trovato has always been tied to the mountains of West Virginia long before moving there 8 years ago.
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