Search results for “Joy M. Oakes”
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Blog Post Coastal Parks Offer Climate Solutions NPCA is working to ensure coastal national parks are part of the climate solution. The more we protect national park waters from climate impacts now, the more they will protect us and our parks for generations to come.
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Blog Post Civil War-Era Cemetery and Hospital Found Under Water A small, long-submerged island is revealing Civil War mysteries in Dry Tortugas National Park. The National Park Service is conducting an in-depth survey to learn more.
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Blog Post A More Complete Story at Gettysburg Marking the 160th anniversary of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle, Gettysburg National Military Park has expanded its historical interpretation. Visitors now can learn more about the history of free and enslaved Blacks and the context of Confederate monuments.
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Magazine Article Bird’s Best Friend Turning to the very goodest dog in the race to save Hawaii’s endangered seabirds.
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Blog Post Getting Close to Katmai's Bears in the Hopes of Protecting Them Katmai is one of the best places in the world to see brown bears. How officials manage bear hunting in Alaska could affect their ability to thrive in this essential habitat.
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Press Release Parks Group Expands Expertise, Opens First-Ever Maine Field Office “Maine has and will forever be my home. From the western mountains to the inland lakes and rugged coast, I am inspired by the beauty of our state and am thrilled to join NPCA to advocate for our national park sites here." -- NPCA's Todd Martin
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Blog Post ‘Hiking America’s National Parks’ – a Q&A with the Author From half-mile nature walks on accessible boardwalks to strenuous full-day hikes and backpacking adventures, this new book has information for all skill levels. Or, you can just sit back and enjoy the pictures.
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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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Magazine Article Yellowstone Family Five decades ago, they spent their summers working at Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Inn. The experience transformed them — and bonded them for life.
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Magazine Article Flavors of Acadia The dishes one food writer dreamed up during a residency in Maine’s national park.
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Magazine Article Land of Steam An Apsáalooke writer shares three stories that shed light on his people’s connections to the lands of Yellowstone National Park.
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Press Release Wildlife Protection Documentary Makes Film Festival Debut The Boone Docs Film Festival will feature short-form documentary films focusing on or from the Appalachian region, including The Search for Safe Passage, produced by NPCA and Wildlands Network.
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Magazine Article Time Travel An illustrated journey through John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Press Release Victory! Blackwell School Becomes America’s Newest National Park Site With a stroke of his pen, President Biden directed the National Park Service to save history at this former segregated school for Latinos
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Press Release Clemson Institute for Parks Honors NPCA Leader on History and Cultural Resources For more than twenty years, Alan Spears has been a powerful driving force for protecting many chapters of our country’s diverse history.
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Magazine Article Paradise Found? A century ago, a college student in “cavewoman” attire reportedly braved bears, freezing temperatures and a bearskin-clad suitor in the wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park. Did any of it actually happen?
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Magazine Article To Collect or Not to Collect As higher visitation and climate change increasingly threaten artifacts, can the Park Service afford to leave them in place?
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Magazine Article Rocky Days How Chiricahua National Monument’s hoodoos and history helped one writer find her footing in the great outdoors.
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Blog Post Take Pride in These 5 Parks Celebrate Pride Month by learning about the not-so-hidden LGBTQ+ history at these national park sites.
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Press Release Blackwell School Poised to Become One of the First National Park Sites Dedicated to Modern Latino History The Blackwell National Historic Site will soon shed light on an often-overlooked injustice in American history and will be an important step forward for including Latino stories at our parks.
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Magazine Article From Peak to Sea A group of backcountry skiers realized their dream of taking on the remote mountains of Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park. Photographer Craig Wolfrom documented 10 wild days.
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Blog Post Take Better Park Photos It can be difficult to capture the beauty of our national parks in photos. One NPCA staffer shares tips to get more confident with your camera and make your images stand out!
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Magazine Article Full Circle At Bears Ears National Monument, a crew of young men from the Pueblo of Zuni is caring for the cliff dwellings their ancestors built 800 years ago.
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Magazine Article Etched in Stone The Wall endeavors to list every U.S. service member killed in the Vietnam War. How much does it get wrong?
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Blog Post 3 Reasons We're Excited About ‘Our Great National Parks’ A new Netflix docuseries highlights the splendor of national parks around the world — with a familiar face as host.
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Blog Post Arlington House May Get a New Name Legislators and descendants of Robert E. Lee and the families he enslaved want to drop the Confederate general from the formal name of the manor house at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Blog Post Why Stonewall Matters Now More Than Ever As inflammatory rhetoric and even violence against LGBTQ people accelerate, Stonewall National Monument in New York remains a powerful symbol of the community’s resilience and permanence.
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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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Blog Post Pushing the Limits “There is nothing like pushing your physical limits to help you remember you're alive and capable of pushing,” my coworker and teammate Elizabeth Jordan reflected.
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Magazine Article Out with the Old, In with the New A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. Did it work?
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