Search results for “Keiko Takioto Miller”
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Keiko Takioto Miller Keiko Takioto Miller is an NPCA member living in Los Angeles. She gained her U.S. citizenship in 1998.
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Nathan Miller Nathan Miller joined NPCA in 2009. He believes that everyone deserves clean air, and works to make sure that’s a reality in our national parks.
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Daphne Miller, MD Daphne Miller, MD, is a physician, author, hiker, and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been involved in the National Park Service’s “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” initiative since 2008. Her books include Farmacology and The Jungle Effect.
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Staff Caitlin Miller In her role as Associate General Counsel, Caitlin manages litigation on behalf of NPCA to and provides general legal counsel services to the organization related to air pollution and climate issues that negatively impact national parks and surrounding communities.
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Blog Post How National Parks Led Me to My U.S. Citizenship Public lands belong to all of us. Sometimes, they help us realize that we belong to them, too.
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Magazine Article A Prescription For Nature A physician who prescribes outdoor activities for her patients believes that time spent in nature could become the next vital sign.
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Magazine Article Getting Some Distance Is social distancing in busy national parks achievable? During the pandemic, some researchers headed to Arches to find out.
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Magazine Article Isle of Cats In the 1980s, an ambitious predator reintroduction helped restore an island ecosystem. But what does the future hold for the Cumberland bobcats?
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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 A Different Kind of Field Work Farmers help preserve the historic feel at parks by keeping traditional crops on their landscapes.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 7608 and Amendments NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor debate and votes on July 23, 2020.
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Magazine Article A Road Less Traveled Students reconnect with African-American history on an 1,800-mile journey along the Underground Railroad.
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Magazine Article What is going to happen to national parks in the next century? We asked a handful of writers, activists, scholars and conservationists about their hopes, dreams and fears about the National Park System. Here’s what they had to say.
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Magazine Article Homecoming Exactly 40 years after completing the Appalachian Trail, nine hikers reunited in Maine. How had walking those 2,193 miles changed the course of their lives?
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Magazine Article Parks, Interrupted How COVID-19 has shaped national parks.
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Letter Fund Our Parks. Fix Our Parks. Thousands of park advocates are calling on Congress to fund and protect America's national parks. See the petition and add your name!
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Resource Awards and Recognition The National Parks Conservation Association has had the privilege of presenting awards to decision makers, organizations, and individuals that have made a difference for national parks. The contributions these award-winners have made are vital to the continued excellence of our National Park System.
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Resource 2019 National Park Heritage Awards NPCA awarded the 2019 National Park Heritage Award to members of Congress who were sponsors or original cosponsors of bills within the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act and voted in favor of final passage.
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Blog Post The Only Nobel Prize-Winning U.S. Playwright Two-thirds of America’s national park sites were created to preserve history and culture — but relatively few represent achievements in the arts and humanities. One notable exception is the park site preserving the home of Eugene O’Neill, the only U.S. playwright to win a Nobel Prize.
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Press Release Permanent Uranium Ban for the Grand Canyon Introduced in the Senate Senate legislation would permanently ban new uranium mining on nearly one million acres within and near the Grand Canyon.
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Blog Post 8 Easy Adventures for Hikers of All Fitness Levels New independent film features a series of low-effort, high-reward hikes for finding joy in the outdoors.
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Magazine Article A Chilly Refuge Rock glaciers, long neglected by science, may help creatures from pikas to stoneflies endure climate change.
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Press Release Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Decisions from Tainted Monuments Review Dozens of organizations have endorsed the following joint statement in response to reports about serious issues with the Department of the Interior’s national monument review.
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Press Release Protections Sought for Endangered Frogs, Snakes at Pacifica's Sharp Park Protections needed for endangered species in habitat adjoining national park properties
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Blog Post Mormon Pioneer Highlights Fierce Determination in a Rugged Landscape This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s cultural history.
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Press Release Minnesotan to Receive National Award for Unwavering Commitment to Protect Midwest National Parks NPCA honors Peter L. Gove with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for his commitment to protecting national parks in Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Magazine Article Warm With A Chance Of Crowds A study forecasts how climate change could affect national park visitation.
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Blog Post Budget Cuts Hit Home—Harry Truman’s Home Somewhere in the visitor center of the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri, I worry that the park rangers pass around my photograph, my name, and a note saying: “Warning! He asks too many questions.”
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Blog Post Beautiful Nature, an Hour from Chicago We often talk about “connecting with nature” and how important it is for urban residents to have access to green space. It improves our physical health, reduces our stress, and even improves our mood to have a world-class park near home.
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Press Release Colorado Could Lead Nation in Fighting Air Pollution, But Isn’t National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice call for improvements on Colorado’s regional haze plan to better protect air quality and public health.
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Press Release Local Businesses and Park Community Representatives to Secretary Zinke: Don’t Price Families Out of National Parks Increasing entrance fees would harm gateway communities that depend on park visitors.
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Press Release Environmental Coalition Open Letter Demands Updated Pollution Regulations in Alabama The Alabama Department of Environmental Management must hold polluters accountable to the law and ensure our national parks and wilderness areas and their rangers, visitors, wildlife and surrounding communities have clear skies and clean air to breathe.
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Press Release NPCA Joins Nationwide Coalition Lawsuit to Defend the People’s Environmental Law Represented by Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, 20 organizations challenge the Trump administration’s assault on the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Magazine Article The Anniversary Gift As Civil War sites continue to mark 150 years since America's most important conflict, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg tell old stories in a new light.