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• Fact Sheet Protecting and Connecting Our Nation's Treasured Park Landscapes National parks are key to protecting and connecting our most revered places.
• Press Release NPCA Joins Nationwide Coalition Lawsuit to Defend the People’s Environmental Law Jul 2020 Represented by Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, 20 organizations challenge the Trump administration’s assault on the National Environmental Policy Act.
• Blog Post What’s Next for Bears Ears? Dec 2017 | By Jennifer Errick Earlier today, NPCA joined a coalition of partners suing the federal government to keep Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument fully protected.
• Press Release Trump Administration Aims to Gut Environmental Law that Protects Public Health, Environment and National Parks Jan 2020 The administration is attempting to gut a law that has protected America’s public lands and national parks for the last 50 years. 
• Press Release Restoration Plans Must Maximize Freshwater Flow to Everglades National Park, Florida Bay Aug 2018 Florida Bay advocates are calling on government agencies to develop alternatives that maximize the amount of freshwater flowing into Everglades National Park and provide immediate benefits to the Bay.
• Press Release NPCA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oppose EPA Proposal to Devalue Co-Benefits of Air Pollution Rules Aug 2020 Our nation should be moving towards a cleaner, safer future, not gutting commonsense health and safety solutions.
• Press Release Burnett Oil Seeking to Drill in Big Cypress National Preserve, Part of America’s Everglades Feb 2021 The preserve has not even begun to heal from the severe impacts of Burnett’s last hunt for oil. NPCA and partners vehemently oppose this new effort to create more destructive oil development in Big Cypress.  
• Blog Post No Trophy Homes in Our National Parks Sep 2015 | By John Garder Support the Fund that Improves and Protects Public Land
• Policy Update Testimony: S. 414 California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act Oct 2015 Written testimony by David Lamfrom for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing on October 8, 2015.
• Blog Post Unlikely Activists Help Defend Yellowstone from Mining Threat May 2017 | By Kati Schmidt How a trio of Montanans found themselves persuading Congress and the administration to permanently protect Yellowstone and their homes from industrial-scale mines.
• Press Release NPCA Joins Community & Business Partners to Applaud Progress of Bipartisan Legislation that Protects Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake & North Fork Flathead River Valley Dec 2014 NPCA thanks Montana's Congressional leaders for their bipartisan work toward passage of North Fork Watershed Protection Act.
• Press Release Park Proposal for National Monument a Distraction Dec 2017 Move by Utah Congressman Seen as Another Attempt to Dismantle Protections for Public Lands.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act Jul 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote on July 26, 2017.
• Blog Post 3 Lessons Learned from a Desert Tortoise in Joshua Tree Jul 2024 | By Luke Basulto NPCA has been working to expand Joshua Tree National Park and establish Chuckwalla National Monument to protect desert tortoise habitat. Here’s why an intact desert landscape matters for the tortoise – and us. 
• Blog Post 5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Biden Administration Dec 2021 | By Christina Hazard These issues are some of NPCA's biggest priorities for national parks in 2022
• Press Release Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Can’t Come at Cost to Parks Jan 2018 Dismantling conservation laws non-starter for national parks group.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 200, H.R. 1349, H.R. 1350, H.R. 2888, H.R. 4266, and H.R. 4568 Dec 2017 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for December 12-13, 2017.
• Press Release Wild Lands Win: Interior Retires 32,000 Acres of Oil and Gas Leases Near Glacier National Park Nov 2016 Choosing wild lands over oil and gas development, the Department of the Interior retired 32,254 acres of leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area, adjacent to Glacier National Park in Montana.
• Magazine Article A Raw Deal Spring 2012 | By Amy Leinbach Marquis Marine wilderness is at stake in the ecological heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
• Press Release New Law Elevates Pinnacles National Monument to Become 9th National Park in California Jan 2013 Statement by Neal Desai, Pacific Region Associate Director, National Parks Conservation Association
• Press Release Park Service Limits Bear Baiting but Fails to Protect Alaskan Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups Jul 2024 “Stopping bear baiting in preserves is important for visitor safety and ecological health. The rest of this rule is disappointing. The agency has flat out decided not to do its job of protecting parks and park wildlife.”—Jim Adams, NPCA's Alaska Senior Regional Director
• Press Release Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road Mar 2020 "At a time when we are facing a global health crisis, this administration is ramming through a proposal to build the Ambler industrial mining road in one of the wildest places in America." -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 3905, Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act Nov 2017 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup scheduled for November 7-8, 2017.
• Press Release Parks Group Calls on EPA to Hold Polluter Accountable Nov 2017 Intent to sue filed today against U.S. Steel following chemical Spill affecting Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
• Press Release Craters of the Moon Removed from Monument Review Chopping Block Jul 2017 NPCA's response to Interior Secretary Zinke's decision today to remove Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, one of two national park sites, from the list of 27 national monuments under review.
• Press Release Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park Sep 2018 “Time does not erase the original error, and there is no statute of limitations for correcting this assault on lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation” -- NPCA's Michael Jamison
• Press Release President Biden Designates Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument Oct 2022 This site honors our veterans’ sacrifices and preserves critical lands and waters in Colorado.
• Policy Update Testimony: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Dec 2015 Written testimony by Joan Frankevich for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on December 3, 2015
• Policy Update Position on FY2020 Border Wall Appropriations Dec 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to the Senate and House of Representatives during appropriations negotiations in December 2019.
• Policy Update Position on Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 Sep 2019 NPCA submitted the following statement to members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations ahead of a markup scheduled for September 26, 2019.
• Policy Update Position on H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Oct 2017 NPCA, along with partners, submitted the following position to the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote the week of October 30, 2017.
• Staff Nik Moy Senior Program Manager, Conservation Science & Policy Nik is a landscape conservation and science communications expert who directs the organization's databases, cartography, and geographic information systems to best empower the connection of science and advocacy. Additionally, he leads geospatial science for NPCA's priority national park landscapes work.
• Report Supporting Comments on North Fork Watershed Protection Act North Fork Watershed Protection Act Passage: Comments by Community & Business Partners
• Kelsie Huyser Former Senior Program Coordinator Kelsie manages the Yellowstone Pronghorn Antelope connectivity program from the Yellowstone Field Office, protecting and restoring habitat and migration corridors through community engagement and on the ground fence modifications to facilitate pronghorn migration beyond park boundaries.
• Aaron Wolf U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Candler, North Carolina Aaron Wolf served with 10th Marines including a tour of duty to Iraq in 2007. Prior to his service, Aaron spent his time exploring local preserves in suburban Chicago, biking and hiking through forest and prairie landscapes, and practicing critical survival skills like tree climbing and frog catching.
• Fact Sheet Spreader Canal Project at Florida Bay The C-111 Spreader Canal Project is a key step to restoring Florida Bay
• Letter Sugar Hill Sector Plan Sugar Hill Sector Plan Letter
• Letter Opposing the Nevada Water Pipeline On March 29, NPCA and leading Utah and Nevada organizations sent a letter to Governor Herbert, urging him not to sign the water proposal with Nevada.
• Miché Lozano Former Arizona Program Manager Miché Lozano (they/he/el) is the Arizona Program Manager for the Southwest Regional Office and joined NPCA in March of 2022. They hold a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management from Northern Arizona University and have an extensive background as a conservationist and a community organizer committed to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI).

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