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Luke Maier
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Staff Luke Basulto Luke recently joined NPCA in 2022 but has worked in desert conservation for most of his life. As the California Desert Program Manager, Luke works with desert communities and assists in conservation efforts to protect the beautiful and sensitive desert landscape.
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Press Release Representative Ruiz, California Desert Advocates Support Monumental Proposal "The Chuckwalla National Monument and Joshua Tree National Park expansion, as envisioned, are poised to become the largest protected area of the Colorado Desert bioregion." —Luke Basulto, California Desert Program Manager with the National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Saving Shores Saves Money Close your eyes and imagine a national park. Did you think of mountains, towering redwoods, dense forests, or perhaps the sublime rock formations at places like the Grand Canyon? What many people don't immediately associate with national parks are the sandy beaches, sapphire waters, and sparkling vistas of the coastal world.
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Magazine Article Call in the Wild Search and rescue, CPR, a hair-raising ambulance ride. All in a day’s work for a paramedic in Yosemite.
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Report Our Parks, Our Stories Our National Park System contains so much more than beautiful landscapes and iconic wildlife. The African-American experience lives here, too, captured in the remarkable stories of the men, women, and places that shaped our history.
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Blog Post A Galaxy Not So Far Away After All Two national parks in California literally portrayed a galaxy far, far away in the original 1977 Star Wars film and the 1983 sequel, Return of the Jedi.
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Magazine Article Of Cats and Men Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails offers a cat’s-eye view of battle.
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Lukas Lamb-Wotton Lukas Lamb-Wotton is a PhD candidate at Florida International University who has been studying the impacts of sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion on coastal Everglades sawgrass peat marshes since 2017.
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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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Letter 47 organizations urge EPA to protect parks and communities from haze Leaders of organizations across the country urged the Environmental Protection Agency to act swiftly and hold polluters accountable in the name of national parks and the communities who rely on them.
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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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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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Magazine Article Lost and Found College students make a stunning discovery that benefits Maggie Walker National Historic Site.
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Blog Post Hamilton: More Than a Musical! NPCA’s traveling park lover delves into the fascinating life of the Founding Father who has become Broadway’s latest sensation
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Magazine Article The Mysteries of the Panama Hotel What treasures did Japanese-Americans abandon when they left for internment camps?
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Blog Post Preserving Chinatowns: How Many Are at Risk of Being Lost? The National Park Service has said Asian American and Pacific Islander history is “dramatically underrepresented” among registered landmarks and historic places. NPCA and other groups are seeking to correct that.
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Press Release Biden administration to Cadiz: Pipeline cannot be used for controversial water mining project Decision sets up "intensive” federal environmental review of the controversial proposal
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Blog Post Four Stops, One Destination It was hands-down the most impressive lightning storm I have ever seen.
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Magazine Article Fire on the Mountain A dozen family members gathered in Glacier for a vacation and birthday celebration. Then the perfect storm of fire approached.
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Press Release Emerging Evidence Shows Looming Sequester Cuts Threaten National Parks and Local Businesses Nationwide Closed parks & facilities, shortened hours, reduced maintenance, and elimination of educational programs will cut jobs and devastate tourism-dependent economies
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Magazine Article The Long Way The 4,600-mile North Country Trail has been painstakingly constructed by a devoted group of supporters over four decades. It’s only two-thirds done and largely unknown, but step by step that is changing.
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Blog Post 8 Holiday Adventures in National Parks These celebrations offer fun ways to get out and enjoy the season in a national park.
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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.