NPCA's Park Advocate

[...] California outdoorswoman Teresa Baker doesn’t just love national parks. She encourages thousands of people around the country to love them, too. For two years, she [...]

[...] bill passed the House is extremely disappointing and a sign that Congress isn’t giving national parks the respect they deserve. NPCA is also concerned about what could happen with this kind of [...]

[...] cool off during a family camping trip. However, more than half of our 401 national parks have waterways that are considered “impaired” under Clean Water Act standards. These waters [...]

[...] of the USA,” which she wrote and produced to benefit NPCA’s work to protect national parks; 50% of all proceeds from the song will go directly to NPCA. Doreen began her remarkable [...]

[...] Conservation Association (NPCA) congratulates Leslie Knope on her decision to join the National Park Service as Midwest Regional Director. The newly created position will keep Leslie in her hometown [...]

[...] park visitor center and parking lots on the heights of historic Cemetery Ridge, while the National Park Service’s largest collection of Civil War artifacts quietly molded in the visitor center& [...]

[...] Above: A rendering of how the power lines would have looked in Everglades National Park. National Park Service photo. Imagine Everglades National Park, and what comes to mind? For many people—even [...]

[...] Current and Jacks Fork Rivers by establishing the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. This National Park Service site includes 80,000 acres of lands protected from development and open for a wide range [...]

[...] Photo © Aaron Bates. Have you marked your calendar yet? National Park Week begins this weekend! What’s National Park Week? It’s a celebration of all 401 [...]

[...] country. These fun celebrations offer great incentives to get out and enjoy the season in a national park. Note: Modest fees apply for many of these events. Each month, NPCA puts together a slideshow [...]

[...] Q: One U.S. national park boasts that it contains “the snowiest place on Earth where snow is regularly recorded.” This [...]

[...] for all time. But as America continues to grow and prosper, the experience of being in a national park is changing. The annual amount of oil and gas produced in the United States has more than [...]

[...] Petrified Forest,” in the Painted Desert Inn starting in August. Traveling with kids to the Grand Canyon and other classic stops in the American West can be an exercise in expensive hotels, bus [...]

[...] something much bigger than ourselves. And so we are drawn, year after year, to the rim of the Grand Canyon, the floor of Yosemite Valley, the base of Denali, and we measure ourselves against those [...]

[...] two to three nights a week throughout the spring and summer at Bryce Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon’s annual star party from June 21-28 on the North and South Rims of the park. For more [...]

[...] 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, [...]

[...] ’s Madison River or Glacier’s Flathead River, the scenario is always the same. Although 170 national park sites offer opportunities for recreational fishing, many people may overlook this unique [...]

[...] . While important moments in LGBT history have happened at national parks, no official national park sites have been created specifically to preserve LGBT history. Park Service officials are [...]

[...] National Park System—some 54 million acres in all. But only four of our 401 U.S. national park sites lie north of the Arctic Circle. Can you name these four sites? A: Cape Krusenstern [...]

[...] 27, 2014. Have you found an NPLD event near you to participate in? Last year, 139 national park sites held NPLD events, joining more than 2,200 sites across the country to celebrate the [...]

[...] This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s [...]

[...] This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s [...]

[...] Parks Passport stamp before you leave! This story is part of our monthly series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America& [...]

[...] structures. In 2000, Congress approved the creation of the YCNHA, one of the first national heritage areas west of the Mississippi River. Early management of the YCNHA focused on three [...]

[...] parks around the country. Each month, NPCA puts together a slideshow exploring our National Park System. To get these features delivered to your inbox each month, sign up for Park Lines, NPCA’s [...]

[...] classrooms, our national parks. Each month, NPCA puts together a slideshow exploring our National Park System. To get these features delivered to your inbox, sign up for Park […] [...]

[...]  places: Yellowstone National Park. Long before America had a National Park Service or a National Park System, mountain men and […] [...]

[...] close to major cities. Each month, NPCA puts together a slideshow exploring our National Park System. To get these features delivered to your inbox, sign up […] [...]

[...] . The bill specifically protects 32,500 acres at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a national park site in Michigan famous for its immense sand dunes and bluffs, as well as its beaches, forests, [...]

[...] lines in northwestern Utah, completing the world’s first transcontinental railroad. What national park site commemorates this historic event?   A: About 90 miles north of Salt Lake City, the Golden [...]

[...] Q: Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the country’s largest national park site, covering more than 8 million acres. Can you guess the smallest? This historic home in [...]

[...] or Florida or Hawaii—it’s in a whole other hemisphere. Can you name the one U.S. national park site below the equator? A: Coral reefs, cloud forests, tropical flowers, crystal-clear [...]

[...] of the then-U.S. Customs House, known today as West Virginia Independence Hall, a National Historic Landmark. While there, visit the Civil War Flag Exhibit, one of our nation’s best-preserved [...]

[...] Inn and Conference Center, a riverfront hotel in keeping with its location within a National Historic Landmark. The hotel’s interior features photographs and artifacts of Yuma’s history [...]

[...] stories in the park system. Despite the lack of national park sites, one National Historic Landmark does play a central role in LGBT history. The Stonewall Inn in New York City was the [...]

[...] were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and later declared a National Historic Landmark. In 1989, the Georgia State Legislature created the Augusta Canal Authority, the body [...]