Alongside nearly 1.9 million members and supporters, NPCA has been fighting to protect America's national parks for over a century.
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"Allowing sport hunters to lure bears with greased donut bait piles to kill them on those lands is baffling and counter to the mission of the Park Service.” - Jim Adams, NPCA Alaska Regional Director. bit.ly/484FczM
To mark America turning 250, NPCA asked artists across the country to create a personal art piece that captures their hopes for national park protection over the next 250 years.
And now…the long-awaited United by Parks: Artist Sessions reveal! 🎊
“This egregious destruction continues to show how the Trump administration operates as if laws don’t apply." -Ed Stierli, NPCA's vice president of government relations
Read the rest of NPCA's statement: bit.ly/4yKDO0V
Take meaningful action this Indigenous Peoples Day. Urge California decisionmakers to oppose Cadiz's groundwater extraction proposal and protect these sacred lands! 📢 bit.ly/4yGKVHT
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COMING UP FROM CAPITOL HILL at 11 AM ET:
@RepStenyHoyer on his final months in Congress and what he still wants to get done.
Plus, the fight over America’s parks with @NPCA's @T_Sittenfeld and the authors of Draw the Line in Ohio on who really gets to draw the political maps.
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🚨 This is our FINAL day to voice our support for the Roadless Rule and save 45 million acres of roadless areas.
Tell the U.S. Forest Service that our public forests are NOT for sale. 📢 Leave a unique public comment before it's too late: bit.ly/3VcbhTg
BREAKING: a federal court in El Paso has issued a preliminary injunction BLOCKING border construction in beloved Big Bend National Park.
Say it with us: Big Bend is no place for border barriers.
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VICTORY: MLB will no longer consider Grand Teton National Park for a baseball stadium.
We are grateful that Major League Baseball heard the roar of the crowd and rightfully recognized that Grand Teton is already a field of dreams.
In the fourth episode of United by Parks: Artist Sessions, Shar Tui’asoa honors the resilience of Hawaii’s national parks. Create your own art and capture the parks that tell your story: npca.org/unitedbyparks
Like the plan to give a private developer special access to Yosemite, the proposal for a baseball stadium in Grand Teton should have been immediately rejected.
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"It is irreplaceable... the idea that we would put a baseball stadium in Grand Teton National Park is just -- what would the word be? -- ludicrous. Crazy. Ridiculous. I mean, I just can’t fathom." -NPCA's Betsy Buffington
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Happy National Public Lands Day and greetings from the Roadless Rule! 🌲
Leave a public comment by the Oct. 6th deadline and let’s save these magical places! Help us 'Keep it Roadless' 📢 bit.ly/3VcbhTg
"Good-faith efforts to streamline government can improve how agencies operate. But dismantling the people and expertise required to carry out their missions isn’t efficiency; it’s diminished capacity." - Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior on.wsj.com/3TPdIL1
“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" -- Naawéiyaa Tagaban, NPCA.
The time for public comment is NOW! Add yours: bit.ly/3Vt5hFE
Artist Shar Tui’asoa captures the beauty and culture of Hawaiian national parks through an exploration of negative space, for the fourth episode of NPCA’s United by Parks: Artist Sessions.
Meet the artist: bit.ly/4yOGbiV
Of the more than 45 million acres of national forest lands that are designated roadless, nearly 30% are within 30 miles of national park sites.
📢 Tell the U.S. Forest Service that our public forests are NOT for sale. Leave a unique public comment today. bit.ly/4AsuuQz
✅ Urge Congress to support the America the Beautiful Act and invest in our national parks. It's more important than ever that our parks have funding to address deferred maintenance and repairs.
💥 Add your name: bit.ly/3SOkhNG
"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. bit.ly/3V2Pcq2
"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. bit.ly/4xu7vlC
This gigantic, unnecessary arch would become the largest in the world, towering 250-feet, and impede on the doorstep to the final resting place of hundreds of thousands of service men and women, including Jimi's relatives. npca.org/mall