Search results for “Amanda John Kimsey”
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Blog Post Wild and Scenic Summer Destinations This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, a law preserving some of America’s most outstanding and remarkable waterways.
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Blog Post 5 Park Landmarks with Curious July 4 Histories What sings ‘America the Beautiful’ more loudly than the natural landscape of our country? Here are five distinctive national park features named for events that took place on this U.S. holiday.
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Press Release Bowing to Political Pressure, Acadia Allows for Some E-Bike Use on Historic Carriage Roads "Without properly evaluating impacts, and without adequate time for the public process to help inform this decision, the park is opening itself to unnecessary visitor conflicts," NPCA's Lauren Cosgrove.
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Magazine Article The Burro Quandary Wild donkeys are cute but destructive, and park officials don’t know what to do with them.
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Press Release Plan that Fails to Protect Yellowstone Grizzlies Advances Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears are one step closer to losing Endangered Species Act protection, through a disappointing vote by state and federal decision-makers
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Blog Post ‘A Silent but Most Effective Voice’: Ansel Adams and Advocacy One famed photographer used his gift to protect the landscapes that gave him inspiration.
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Blog Post Trivia Challenge: The Park That Helped Americans Hide in Plain Sight In 1917, the United States entered World War I. It was also a century ago that the U.S. military created its first camouflage unit, and many of the pioneer "camoufleurs" either resided in or visited regularly what is now a national park site. Can you name this park?
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Policy Update Position on Draft Onshore Energy Bills NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 6, 2018.
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Magazine Article Winter Wonderland After a 15-year battle to reduce the noise and pollution from snowmobiles, a happy ending in Yellowstone National Park.
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Magazine Article Following In Their Footsteps Could they ever understand what their ancestors endured? They biked hundreds of miles along the Trail of Tears to find out.
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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 A National Ballpark Only one national park site in the country includes a baseball stadium. And no, it's not Nationals Park.
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Magazine Article Wood Blocks & Water Colors Painter Chiura Obata combined Eastern and Western techniques to capture Yosemite in a new light.
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Press Release National Parks Group Defends Park Service’s Authority to Manage Its Waterways NPCA is siding with the National Park Service as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Sturgeon v. Frost, a lawsuit challenging the park service’s authority to manage activities on navigable rivers within parks in Alaska.
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Magazine Article Songs of the Wild Celebrating national parks with new music in the great outdoors.
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Blog Post This Land Is Their Land Honor Indigenous history at these 15 sites where visitors can learn about the extensive connections tribes have with today’s national parks.
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Magazine Article A Rising Star Could the Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area become the country’s next park unit?
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Press Release On Earth Day, Everglades National Park Gets Critical Freshwater with Additional Bridging of Tamiami Trail Major milestone for restoring America’s Everglades with the kickoff of an additional 2.6 miles of bridging on Tamiami Trail.
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Magazine Article In Good Conscience During World War II, thousands of conscientious objectors worked to restore and preserve our national parks and other federal lands.
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Policy Update Position on S. 2839, S. 1662, S. 1696, S. 2412, S. 2548, S. 2627, S. 2805, S. 2807, S. 2954, S. 3020, S. 3027, S. 3028, S. 211, S. 1623, S. 1690 and S. 1824 NPCA submitted the following positions on bills being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee National Parks subcommittee during a hearing on June 15, 2016.
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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 Secrets of the Tombs Archaeologists at the Kingsley Plantation in Florida shed light on the slaves who lived, worked and died there 200 years ago.
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Press Release New Everglades Management Plan Means Improved Visitor Experiences and More Access to the Park After more than a decade of research, planning, and an extensive public comment process, the National Park Service released their final General Management Plan for Everglades National Park.
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Press Release Congress Approves North Fork Watershed Protection Act and Most Significant National Park System Expansion in Nearly Three Decades Senate passes North Fork Watershed Protection Act safeguarding the North Fork Flathead River Valley (headwaters to Glacier Park and Flathead Lake).
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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 The Space Between Things A writer returns to the Grand Canyon again and again. And again.
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Magazine Article Claiming the Rock The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism.
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Blog Post 10 (Truly) Hidden National Park Gems Many of the national parks’ wonders are out in plain sight, but some are nearly impossible to see. Here are 10 of those frustratingly out-of-reach attractions as well as easier-to-get-to alternatives.
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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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Press Release National Parks Benefit from Public Lands Rule, Ushering in Stronger Conservation Stewardship “Across the West, people are rallying behind more conservation for the places we love—the desert landscapes, the sandstone vistas, the sagebrush steppe and the wildlife that thrives there. The impact of the Public Lands Rule goes beyond BLM-managed lands, benefiting 80 neighboring national parks and countless communities."– Matthew Kirby, NPCA's Senior Director for Energy and Landscape Conservation
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