Search results for “Southwest”
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Press Release EPA Plan Paves the Way for Cleaner Air in Utah & Southwest National Parks Park, clean air and health advocates celebrate EPA decision
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Press Release New Agreement Means Cleaner Air for Rocky Mountain National Park and People in the Southwest Coal-Fired Power Plants to Reduce Substantial Pollution by 2022, 2025
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Press Release Legal Agreement Reached to Reduce Power Plant Pollution Damaging Southwest's National Parks, Navajo People Consent Decree will Cut Emissions from New Mexico's Four Corners Plant
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Press Release New Colorado River Study Finds Water Uses Impair the Health of National Parks in the Southwest NPCA report finds alterations to natural water flows damage national parks
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Press Release BLM Moves Forward With Oil, Gas Lease Sales, Threatens Nearby Southwest National Parks Oil, gas sales scheduled to occur Near Utah, New Mexico park sites.
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Press Release Plan for Energy Development in Southwest Colorado Moves Forward Collaborative Planning Will Help Mesa Verde National Park
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Blog Post Overcoming Barriers in the Southwest Will future generations love national parks as much as we do? It’s a question that is as old as the parks themselves, and one that will be asked as long as parks exist. How do we make sure future Americans care about our parks? How do we do it when the face of America is changing?
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Land Based Trip Southwest Family Fun Hiking, Horseback Riding, and Jeep Safari - Everything about this trip is kid and family friendly. Don’t tell the kids, but you’re traveling in an amazing outdoor classroom with lessons all around you. Each day brings active fun and discovery in higher-elevation destinations where summer temperatures tend to be more moderate.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Grand Canyon National Park America’s Southwest is full of amazing canyons, but none perhaps as famous or as widely visited as the Grand Canyon. This world-famous landmark is actually the youngest of the canyons in the region, despite its immense size. The Colorado River has been carving its way through the Southwest for nearly 70 million years, but the Grand Canyon is only 6 million years old.
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Blog Post Why See Utah If You Can't See It Clearly? A new plan to clean up haze in the Southwest could help both parks and people—but without public action, Utah could be subjected to the same pollution problems it's had for years.
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Press Release EPA Urged to Protect Parks from Coal Plant Haze Groups Urge Agency to Finalize Rule that Protects Southwest National Parks and Wilderness Areas from Preventable Coal Plant Haze
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Blog Post What Happens When the Saguaros Disappear? If the climate continues to warm, weird weather patterns and invasive grasses could wipe out an icon of the American Southwest.
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Magazine Article An Uncertain Future As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
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Magazine Article Generating Controversy The Navajo Generating Station was supposed to improve the lives of the native people living in its shadow, but its only real legacy is the polluted skies over the American Southwest.
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Press Release NPCA Responds to Draft Moab Master Leasing Plan and EIS Statement by David Nimkin, Southwest Senior Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release BLM Continues to Threaten National Parks with Inappropriate Oil and Gas Development "Once again, this administration has chosen to ignore concerns raised by the public when making decisions on our public lands" - Jerry Otero, Southwest Energy Program Manager for National Parks Conservation Association
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Blog Post Federal Government Unleashing a Flood of Oil and Gas Leases in the West, Leaving Parks Surrounded NPCA worked with an aerial photographer to document the spectacular beauty and serious threats to five national parks in the Southwest where oil and gas development is rapidly encroaching on the landscape.
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Blog Post A Sacred Trust: New Video Highlights Navajo and Hopi Perspectives on Clean Air Many Native American families in the Southwest are sorely affected by pollution from coal-fired power plants, yet their concerns often go unheard by decision-makers
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Press Release Moab Master Leasing Plan Alternatives Could Provide Critical Protections for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Statement by NPCA Southwest Senior Regional Director David Nimkin
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Press Release New Colorado River Basin Study Provides Important Analysis, Misses Opportunity by Omitting National Parks Perspective Statement by David Nimkin, Southwest Senior Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release New Report Shows NPS Management of Valles Caldera Would Result in Better Protection of Site, Increased Economic Benefits for Local Communities and New Mexico Statement by NPCA Senior Southwest Regional Director David Nimkin
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Blog Post How Mukuntuweap National Monument Became One of the Nation's Most Popular Parks A century ago this Sunday, Zion National Park lost its Paiute-inspired name, in part because the National Park Service felt it was hard to pronounce and deterred prospective visitors. Now this Southwest park is the country’s third most popular national park and is struggling to deal with increasing crowds.
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Staff Tracy Coppola Tracy Coppola is based in Denver and serves as the Colorado Program Manager for the Southwest Regional Office. She is proud to have the opportunity to celebrate her state's incredible parks and advocates.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Zion National Park One of the most widely visited national parks in the Southwest, Zion is famous for its colorful sandstone rock formations with high cliffs and narrow canyons carved into shape by the power of the Virgin River.
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Magazine Article Buried Treasures Just north of Las Vegas, a vast stretch of land entombs the richest Ice Age fossil beds in the Southwest. Could this become America’s next national monument?
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Staff and Media Personnel Kati Schmidt Kati Schmidt is based in Oakland, CA, and leads media outreach and communications for the Pacific, Northwest, Northern Rockies, Alaska, and Southwest regions, along with NPCA's national wildlife initiatives.
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Matt Abele Matt joined NPCA in November 2018 as the West Coast Communications Manager. He currently manages media outreach and communications for the Northwest and Southwest regions, along with NPCA's national energy initiatives.
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Park Fort Davis National Historic Site Curious about life at a frontier military post? Wondering what it would have been like to serve in the military at a remote barracks during the Indian Wars? Fort Davis is one of the best examples of a frontier fort in the Southwest. The site is also widely recognized for its role in the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, African-Americans who enlisted in the frontier Army and served as some of the nation's first national park rangers. The undeveloped and historic views at the site are just as much a part of the experience as the fort itself, letting visitors experience the wide-open vistas much as the soldiers did in the 19th century.
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Park Coronado National Memorial In the 1540s, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led 339 European soldiers and more than 1000 Aztec allies on a quest for gold through the Southwest. The expedition didn't find treasure, but it did have an enormous impact on the culture of the region. The memorial is located in a region known as Sky Island where four major biogeographic provinces meet. As a result, the park features a varied geology and rich biodiversity.
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Park Bandelier National Monument On the slopes of the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico, this monument commemorates the rich cultural history of the American Southwest. Humans have inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Bandelier area for more than 10,000 years. The Ancestral Puebloan people inhabited the region for more than 400 years, and their homes, carved from the rock walls of the Frijoles Canyon, are the primary attraction of the monument. The Bandelier Museum exhibits Ancestral Puebloan artifacts and tells the story of the evolution of the culture. The park also offers 70 miles of rugged trails for hikers of different abilities.
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Park Andersonville National Historic Site Located in southwest Georgia, this 515-acre historic site is a tribute to the prisoner of war experience. Etched on memorials throughout the park is the phrase, "Death Before Dishonor," symbolizing the American resolve to uphold the value of freedom and liberty in the face of adversity. The site consists of Andersonville Prison, the National Prisoner of War Museum and the national cemetery. The museum opened at Andersonville in 1998 and is dedicated to all brave men and women of the United States who have suffered captivity.
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Park Saguaro National Park It’s the iconic image of the American Southwest: The giant saguaro cactus, standing tall amid the arid desert, arms perpetually raised to the sky. At Saguaro National Park, you can see more than 1.6 million of these giant saguaro — the largest forest of its kind on the planet.
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Blog Post Plan a Desert Getaway to Glen Canyon Water may be rare in the desert, but it is also one of the most powerful forces affecting the landscape—sculpting natural bridges, shaping arches, and carving canyons. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers some of the most dynamic and unique demonstrations of the power of water, with its 156,000-acre lake, the world’s largest natural bridge, and some of the most beautiful slot canyons in the Southwest.
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Blog Post Reconnecting a Desert Town with Its River Situated in the corner of the Southwest where Arizona, California, and Mexico converge, the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area (YCNHA) has literally been shaped by the Colorado River. Two granite outcroppings narrowed the river at Yuma, allowing safe passage on what was once a wild and uncontrollable waterway. Some 60,000 people passed through Yuma during the California Gold Rush of 1849, and later, the first rail and car bridge across the Colorado River was built here.
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Blog Post View a "Ring of Fire" from National Parks This Sunday Making weekend plans? National park visitors in the Southwest and parts of California are in for a treat this Sunday, May 20: the first annular solar eclipse visible from North America since 1994. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the sun and the earth, creating a shadow that blocks the sun's light.
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Press Release All Pueblo Council of Governors Receives National Conservation Award for Efforts Opposing Oil & Gas Development Near National Parks The National Parks Conservation Association recognizes Pueblo group for protecting Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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Blog Post What Happens When the Water Runs Out? A short visit to a narrow canyon reveals stories from the distant past on water and climate that feel surprisingly relevant today
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Press Release BLM Removes Lands Near Zion from Oil, Gas Lease Sale Move will protect national park resources from impacts of energy production.
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Blog Post Finding Beauty and History in New Mexico’s Sandstone NPCA’s traveling parkie beats the heat at an ancient watering hole and reads messages from the past at El Morro, the country’s second national monument
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Report Center for State of the Parks: Zion National Park Current overall conditions of Zion’s known natural resources rated a “good” score of 82 out of 100.
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Report The U.S. National Park System: An Economic Asset at Risk The U.S. National Park System is an economic asset at risk. The park system generates at least four dollars in value to the public for every tax dollar invested in its annual budget.
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Testimony Support for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Testimony in support of S. 3300, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act
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Report Dark Horizons: 10 National Parks Most Threatened by New Coal Fired Power Plants NPCA's report highlights the 10 national parks most threatened by new coal-fired power plants, and calls on the Administration to abandon its effort to permit more harmful air pollution near national parks.
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Report Turning Point Through individual stories from parks around the country, this report describes how air pollution harms our national treasures. The report also recommends ten specific steps that our government representatives and all of us can take to clean up harmful air pollution and protect our national parks for future generations.
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Land Based Trip Classic Canyon Medley With Grand Canyon and Zion anchoring this journey with full days to hike and explore at each along with a float on the Colorado River and a visit to the Cameron Trading Post this tour is a true medley of the area.
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Land Based Trip Zion and Beyond Surprise and delight abound as you hike through twisting canyons, over slickrock, along shallow streams, and past multi-hued cliffs in Southern Utah’s canyon country.
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Land Based Trip Sonoran Desert Mystique The Sonoran Desert holds mesmerizing contrasts—driven by the most interesting paradox of all: The Sonoran is our hottest North American desert, while it is also our wettest. Light but consistent rains in winter and spring foster more diversity than in perhaps any other desert in the world, from cactus to cottonwoods to cougars.
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Staff Sharon Mader Sharon joined NPCA in July 2007. She works as a Senior Program Manager in the Northern Rockies region, advocating for the protection of Grand Teton’s outstanding natural and historic resources, and promoting NPCA’s national strategic priorities in Wyoming.
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Zachary Bolick Zachary Bolick works as a Conservation Program Manager for the Student Conservation Association (SCA) out of their Alaska office.
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Advocacy in Action Our Southwestern National Parks Deserve Cleaner Air Clean air is still out of reach for Southwestern national parks.
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Advocacy in Action Oil and Parks Don’t Mix We can't let Congress and the Trump administration prioritize oil and gas development over the health and safety of national parks and the people who love them.
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Victory Local Stakeholders Give Strong Protections to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Plan finds a unique balance between conservation, recreation, and energy development, and shows just how much Utahans love their national parks.
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