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Blog Post
Which Presidents Have Created the Most National Monuments?
Presidents from both political parties have used the Antiquities Act to preserve the landscapes and historic places that help tell America's story. Some of these stories are now being threatened…
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Blog Post
Inside the FY26 National Park Service Budget
In January, park advocates across the country celebrated the passage of the fiscal year 2026 funding bill that includes the National Park Service budget. But what does this hard-won funding…
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Press Release
Erasure of History and Science Spreads At National Parks Across the Country
The administration is forcing National Park Service staff to censor science and history at parks. This is a violation of the core tenets of the National Park Service’s mission.
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Blog Post
8 Travel Tips from National Park Nomads
We quit our jobs, hopped in a vintage solar-powered RV and hit the road. After exploring 57 of the 63 national parks, we share our tips for low-impact RVing and…
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Press Release
National Parks Group Names Longtime Conservation Leader Tiernan Sittenfeld as New President and CEO
Sittenfeld joins NPCA after spending more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water for the League of Conservation Voters.
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Press Release Park Advocates Condemn Erasure of America’s History at Independence National Historical Park Forcing the Park Service to dismantle the President’s House exhibit is an insult to the memory of the enslaved people who lived there and to their descendants.
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Press Release Administration Censors Climate Science, Harms Visitor Experience at Historic Fort Sumter To censor and erase sound science at this park, where the first shots of the American Civil War rang out, is a deep insult to the Park Service’s hard work and legislative mandate.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5729 & H.R. 6365 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for January 22, 2026.
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Blog Post ‘The Power of Place’ In the shadow of the Wright brothers’ achievements, a group of high school students finished building a plane of their own — only the second ever constructed at the birthplace of aviation.
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Press Release Secretarial Order Aims for Access that Already Exists Across Many National Parks "Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access." -- NPCA's Bart Melton
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 926, Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for January 13, 2026.
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Blog Post The Places That Make Us This year marks our country’s 250th anniversary. National parks unite us as a people, allowing us to revel in natural beauty, reflect on our nation’s history and renew our promise to protect these special places.
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Press Release EPA Rejects Colorado’s Regional Haze Plan, Including Coal Plant Retirement Dates "Coloradans deserve a plan that protects the places we love for future generations. Dirty air is not the legacy we want to leave behind."—NPCA's Tracy Coppola, Colorado Senior Program Manager
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Blog Post A Retired Ranger Who Might Inspire You Lawmakers have until Jan. 30 to reach a long-term spending agreement to fund national parks so they can remain open, staffed and protected. A new documentary shows one retired ranger’s effort to galvanize public support for park funding and staffing.
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Press Release Senate Rejects Devastating National Park Funding and Staffing Cuts but Leaves Door Open to Future Threats “NPCA and park advocates across the country have been sounding the alarm on the need for park funding and staffing for months, and Congress listened." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Blog Post A Ranger Discovered Part of Yosemite’s Untold History. Now It's At Risk of Being Lost Again A dark laundry building in Yosemite underscores who helped build this national park and the National Park System — and the threat to preserving the history of these immigrants.
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Press Release Parks Group Applauds Bipartisan Support for Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions "Polling finds that 87% of Americans support restoring or preserving wildlife habitat connectivity and improving migration corridors on lands and waters within and beyond park borders" - NPCA Legislative Director Christina Hazard.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls On Senators to Oppose Amendment Greenlighting the Sale of National Parks “A vote in favor of Senator Lee’s amendment is a vote to sell America’s national parks. And we won’t stand for it." Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Blog Post Sen. Lee Wants to Pave the Way to Sell National Parks. We Must Stop Him A vote in favor of Sen. Mike Lee’s proposed amendment is a vote to sell America's national parks. That's unacceptable.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for December 17, 2025.
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Policy Update Position on S. 2881 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ahead of a business meeting scheduled for December 17, 2025.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 845, H.R. 1366 & H.R. 4776 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House of Representatives ahead of floor votes expected the week of December 15, 2025.
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Press Release Parks Group Responds to Reports of Interference With Park Staff Performance Reviews Ordering superintendents to arbitrarily grade their staff lower than they deserve, with little regard for the truth or the agency’s own standards, is wrong.
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Press Release Administration Claims to Lift Hiring Freeze, But Continues to Hamstring Park Staffing National parks are powered by people, and without enough staff, some of our country's most iconic landscapes and its invaluable history are at risk.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 5729, H.R. 6365 & H.R. 6380 NPCA submitted the following positions to member of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands ahead of a hearing scheduled for December 11, 2025.
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Press Release New Bill Would Better Protect National Parks from Mining Threats "We know the next boom-and-bust rush for critical minerals is coming for our public lands, and this bill takes long-overdue steps to protect our national parks and our American heritage."—Charlie Olsen, NPCA's Energy & Public Lands Policy Manager
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 6373, Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce ahead of a markup scheduled for December 10, 2025.
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Blog Post All Good Things... After 21 years at NPCA and more than a decade as president and CEO, Theresa Pierno gets ready to say goodbye.
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Press Release Administration Orders Sham Review of Park Gift Shops "Banning history books from park stores and cracking down on park T-shirts and keychains is not what national park visitors want from their Park Service."
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