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Press Release
Trump Administration Continues to Unlawfully Bulldoze National Mall Parks
“This egregious destruction continues to show how the Trump administration operates as if laws don’t apply. They continue to move forward, disregarding the will of the American people for which…
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Blog Post
Fossils: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Celebrating ancient trackways, and all fossils, for National Fossil Day, Oct. 14.
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Press Release
Federal Court Blocks Border Barrier Construction at Big Bend National Park
Congress designated Big Bend National Park to protect our country’s natural wonders, and people come from all over the world to experience its star-filled skies and striking mountain ranges. Big…
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Press Release
Swing and a Miss: Grand Teton Safe at Home After MLB Withdraws Proposal
"The bases were loaded with opposition, and this news is a grand slam for Teton county communities and the enduring legacy of Grand Teton National Park" -- NPCA Grand Teton…
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Press Release
NPCA and Partners Appeal State of Alaska’s Decision to Grant an Easement for the Ambler Mining Road
“...the proposed 211-mile Ambler Road would be a disaster for Gates of the Arctic National Preserve and the Western Arctic Caribou herd that crosses it" - Naawéiyaa Tagaban, NPCA Alaska…
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Blog Post We Toured Grand Staircase-Escalante After the Boundary Was Shrunk. Here’s What We Experienced With few signs and no detailed map to guide us, we drove down the geologic Grand Staircase — which is no longer fully protected, putting treasured natural and cultural resources at risk.
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Blog Post FAQ: Sell-Off Efforts at Yosemite We answer frequently asked questions about the administration’s proposal to sell off a piece of the park for private development.
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Press Release In Less Than a Month, Mining Claims Filed in Bears Ears Already Triple the Total Number Filed During Previous Trump Reduction “With 72 mining claims staked on lands withdrawn from Bears Ears over the last three weeks alone, the threat of a modern-day mineral rush has arrived at one of our nation’s most treasured landscapes." -Sara Cawley, Energy Director at the National Parks Conservation Association
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Press Release No Baseball Stadium in Grand Teton, Now or Ever. It’s long past time for this administration to start treating our national parks with the respect they deserve
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Blog Post Postcards from Roadless Areas What do designated roadless areas look like and what do they mean to national parks? NPCA colleagues share their experiences from walks through three roadless woods.
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Blog Post 8 Park Sites That Tell the Gullah Geechee Story Among the Sea Islands of the Southeast, aspects of African culture live on through food, spiritual traditions, the arts, community — and even a language spoken nowhere else in the world.
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Blog Post Fat Bears at a Crossroads As Fat Bear Week 2026 begins, a proposed mining project in Alaska threatens the future of brown bears.
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Press Release Proposed Arctic Mine, Ambler Road Threatens America’s Largest Park Landscape “All Americans should be outraged that our taxpayer dollars are being wasted to fund international companies that seek to destroy our country’s largest park landscape" -- NPCA Alaska Campaign Director Naawéiyaa Tagaban
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Press Release Atrocious Reported Changes to the ESA Could Threaten Extinction to Park Wildlife, Wild Nature "This memo appears to suggest that it’s no longer the purpose of the ESA to ensure animals such as grizzly bears, North Atlantic right whales, or Florida panthers are protected" - NPCA Wildlife Program Director Stephanie Adams
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Press Release First Mining Claims Filed in Lands Cut from Bears Ears National Monument "National park units and their surrounding landscapes are no place for energy development, but outdated laws elevate mining above all other uses on these lands. We will continue to fight to prevent these special places, surrounding communities, and sovereign tribes from being undermined and exploited." - Sara Cawley, NPCA Energy Director
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Press Release Groups File Injunction to Stop Development at West Potomac Park “West Potomac Park is treasured green space and we will not stand for the unlawful destruction of public lands that belong to all of us."
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Press Release State of Montana Moves to Drop Yellowstone Bison Suit Ahead of Park Service Analysis “Those of us who live in Montana understand that bison belong on the land. Bison are woven into America’s conservation legacy and Montana’s history and cultures” - NPCA Greater Yellowstone Senior Program Manager Michelle Uberuaga
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Blog Post FAQ: Border Destruction at Big Bend The Trump administration destroyed parts of Big Bend National Park in August. We share updates, answer frequently asked questions and share how you can help.
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Press Release NPCA, Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah "Support for these monuments has never wavered and neither will our fight to protect them" -- NPCA Southwest Campaign Director Erika Pollard
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Blog Post Selling Off and Selling Out Three main patterns by the federal government are chipping away at national parks and public lands. Our experts break them down.
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Blog Post 25 Years Since 9/11 For over a century, the National Park Service has helped us learn and reflect on the history of our nation. The terrorist attacks on the U.S. are among those stories.
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Blog Post 10 Must-Do Experiences at Katahdin Woods and Waters If you need any motives to visit Maine’s north woods, we offer one for every year of this young park site’s existence. Once here, you’ll likely find even more.
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Blog Post Standing with Those Affected by the Grand Canyon Floods In the immediate response and long recovery ahead, NPCA supports Grand Canyon National Park.
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Blog Post The Great Mayfly Swarms of Lake Erie Summer mayflies along Ohio’s Great Lakes coastline may be nasty and annoying, but they share glad tidings about environmental recovery. NPCA and its partners played a role.
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Press Release Yosemite for Sale? NPCA Objects to Alarming New Report “The Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle America’s conservation legacy are now taking aim at Yosemite with this secretive, backroom deal that would turn over Park Service land to a private developer" - NPCA Sierra Nevada Senior Program Manager Mark Rose
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Press Release National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club Back Lawsuit to Stop Border Destruction at Big Bend National Park NPCA joins the Sierra Club along with its Lone Star Chapter in challenging the administration’s use of sweeping waivers to sidestep protections for wildlife, habitat, and public lands. We must not permit further destruction at Big Bend National Park.
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Press Release National Park Advocates Unite on August 25 to Show Support for Park Staff and Urge Washington to Defend America’s Legacy To honor the 110th birthday of the National Park Service and commemorate America’s 250th, National Parks Conservation Association sends a message to Congress and the Administration
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Press Release Construction for Second Border Wall Tears Through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Federal contractors are clearing protected Sonoran Desert habitat in a national park after the administration waived laws designed to protect natural resources and cultural sites, sidestepping extensive review typically required before large-scale project construction.
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Press Release 45 Million Acres of Public Lands, Parks Threatened by Proposed End of Roadless Rule Protections "When combined with the recent administrative actions including advancing mining and oil and gas development on public lands and removing habitat protections from threatened and endangered species, ending the roadless rule is a recipe for destruction" -- NPCA Wildlife Program Director Stephanie Adams
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