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Park Glacier National Park Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
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Park Zion National Park Free-flowing rivers cut through multi-hued sedimentary rock to form Zion's deep and spectacular canyons. Park trails lead visitors to dramatic rock formations, hanging gardens, scenic vistas, ancient rock art and natural arches. People have lived in Zion’s landscape for at least 8,000 years, and the park's prehistoric art and artifacts tell the stories of the area’s previous inhabitants. The park also provides habitat for a variety of wildlife and large mammals, hardy desert plants like cholla and juniper, and rare and threatened birds like the peregrine falcon, California condor and Mexican spotted owl.
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Park Haleakalā National Park This park protects a portion of the dormant 10,000-foot-tall shield volcano that makes up most of the island of Maui, including a 2-mile-wide crater at the volcano's summit.
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Report Polluted Parks: How Dirty Air is Harming America’s National Parks “Polluted Parks” graded the pollution-related damage in the 48 national parks required by the Clean Air Act to have the highest possible air quality.
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Park Blackwell School National Historic Site This historic three-room schoolhouse in West Texas helps preserve the complex story of segregated education that affected Latino students in the Southwest from the late 19th century until the 1960s.
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Park Greenbelt Park An urban oasis in the historic New Deal Era town of Greenbelt, Maryland, this park offers nine miles of peaceful wooded trails and 174 secluded camp sites just 12 miles outside of Washington, DC.
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Magazine Article Overrated How artist Amber Share turned the rants of national park killjoys into a viral sensation.
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Magazine Article 401 And Done Visiting all 401 national park sites was Chris Calvert’s longtime dream—and then it became a reality.
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Magazine Article Blazes and Colors The 1947 fire ravaged Acadia National Park — and transformed the park’s autumnal display.
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Blog Post Where to See Waterfalls This Season Early spring is one of the best times of the year to see waterfalls, and these 10 picture-perfect parks are great bets for a natural rush.
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Blog Post San Antonio Missions Nominated for Prestigious International Recognition Earlier this month, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar had a difficult decision to make. Each year, the Department of the Interior can officially nominate just two sites to be recognized as World Heritage Sites by the World Heritage Center (part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO). NPCA is pleased that Salazar officially authorized the San Antonio Franciscan Missions for the nomination this year. This site includes the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park as well as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, better known as the Alamo.
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Blog Post Parks in the Arctic Alaska is home to nearly two-thirds of the land in the entire National Park System — some 54 million acres in all. But only four U.S. national park sites lie entirely north of the Arctic Circle.
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Magazine Article The Long Way Home Opening a tribal house and closing a divide in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
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Blog Post Top 5 Ways Frances Perkins Made Your Life Better Many of the benefits and safeguards we take for granted today started with this advocate for worker safety and rights — and her home could soon become a national park site.
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Magazine Article An Uncertain Future As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
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Magazine Article The Soundtrack NPCA teams up with The National Parks—the band—to share some music and raise money for park protection.
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Blog Post What Park Should You Visit When It's Safe to Travel Again? Stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep yourself safe ... but keep dreaming of park adventures and take time to plan ahead for your next trip.
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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 Plan for Energy Development in Southwest Colorado Moves Forward Collaborative Planning Will Help Mesa Verde National Park
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Blog Post Significantly Steamy Parks The National Park Service has designated the thermal features such as geysers and fumaroles at 16 national park sites as "significant," a label that affords them more stringent protections. Only one of these parks lies east of the Rockies.
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Press Release Parks, outdoor groups celebrate strengthened air pollution standards as a win for people and parks "These stronger standards will provide additional clean air protection for national parks, from Sequoia and Kings Canyon in California to Gateway Arch and Mammoth Cave National Parks in Missouri and Kentucky." —Ulla Reeves, Interim Director of NPCA's Clean Air Program
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Blog Post Ticket to Ride: Free Trolley Service Expands Access to Everglades and Biscayne This Winter Thirty miles south of Miami, the community of Homestead, Florida, sits in a lucky spot. Equidistant from two major national parks, with Everglades National Park about ten miles to the west and Biscayne National Park about ten miles to the east, residents and visitors are perfectly situated to enjoy some of the most beautiful lands, waters, and wildlife in the entire country.
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Magazine Article A Monumental Effort Almost a century after Virginia pushed out mountain people to make way for Shenandoah National Park, monuments to honor their memory are helping their descendants heal.
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Blog Post Your Guide to 3 Hikes Within the Rim of the Valley Get out there and make a connection with this land in California that could one day be part of the National Park System.
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Magazine Article The Retirement Cure Making the most of retirement with a 40-foot RV, a patch of dirt and full-time seasonal volunteer work in the national parks.
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Press Release Final Yellowstone Winter Visitation Plan Released National Park Service final winter use regulation guarantees a cleaner, quieter national park
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Magazine Article Prairie Portal At Wind Cave National Park, the search for rare prairieland leads to an escape, a descent and a nighttime pursuit.
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Magazine Article If You Build It Can partnering with beavers help restore a long-degraded valley in Rocky Mountain National Park?
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Press Release Generational Opportunity to Expand Yellowstone Bison Conservation “The National Park Service and its cooperating partners must manage bison, America’s national mammal, like other valued wildlife, protecting its seasonal migration in and out of the park." - Stephanie Adams, NPCA's Wildlife Director
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Press Release Mount Rainier Rolls Out Limited Seasonal Reservation System "In these times of staffing cuts and uncertainty, we’ll take this glimmer of hope for Mount Rainier, but the national park and its visitors deserve a more reliable experience" -- NPCA Northwest Regional Director Rob Smith
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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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Magazine Article Parks After Dark National parks are offering a growing number of nighttime programs for visitors looking for novel experiences or those eager to avoid daytime crowds and rising temperatures.
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Magazine Article Peak Parenting The joys of hiking in Pinnacles National Park with — and without — a baby in tow.
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Blog Post New Report: Air Quality in the Smokies Is Headed in the Right Direction A new report from Colorado State University confirms that air quality in our most-visited national park is measurably better, thanks to the Clean Air Act.
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Blog Post Why We Celebrate Labor Day: Two of the Little-Known Heroes of Pullman Chicago's first National Park System unit showcases the rich history of a model town that shaped the nation.
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Blog Post The Poacher and the Bootleg Lady Thanks to a recent purchase by the National Park Service, we can all remember the colorful story of an unusual couple from the early days of Glacier National Park.
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Resource Laws Waived for Border Wall Construction The Department of Homeland Security is waiving the following laws to build proposed sections of border wall in Arizona and California near national park lands.
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Staff Tim Koenning Based in Chicago, Tim is NPCA's Midwest Program Manager, leading campaigns at Indiana Dunes National Park and in the broader Calumet region along the southern shores of Lake Michigan. He also supports NPCA’s efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes and the national parks in the Great Lakes Basin.
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Video Jeff Bridges: A Voice for Yellowstone Grizzlies We asked Jeff Bridges what he thinks about grizzly bears.
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Resource Glossary of Unbearable Terms Maps and illustrations showing Alaska's War on Wolves and Bears.
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Mark Wenzler Mark oversaw NPCA’s programs focused on protecting and restoring the air, lands, water, and wildlife in our national parks from 2005 to 2021. He is an avid outdoor recreationist who loves to ski, bike, backpack and paddle, especially in our national parks.
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Stephanie Kodish As Senior Director and Counsel for Clean Air and Climate Programs Stephanie Kodish led NPCA's effort to drive solutions towards a healthy climate and clean air for national parks and communities.
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Qwynne Lackey Qwynne recently graduated with her Ph.D. in Parks, Recreation and Tourism from the University of Utah and is currently working in the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Studies at SUNY Cortland.
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Report Research Regarding Drakes Estero Wilderness Oyster mariculture in Drake’s Estero causes a number of environmental impacts.
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Chris Liu Chris was a member of the 2018 class of NPCA's Next Generation Advisory Council. He comes to the field of conservation with a strong background in business and government affairs.
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