National Parks Conservation Association
We're protecting and enhancing America's National Park System for present and future generations.
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When you join NPCA, you will become part of a highly supportive community that believes in respect through understanding and is guided by our core values: Commitment, Inclusion, Integrity and Respect.Our core values embolden us to achieve excellence, unites us and fuels our commitment to become leaders fulfilling our shared mission for protecting and enhancing America’s national parks for ...
Welcome · National Parks Conservation Association
As the independent voice for America’s national parks, the National Parks Conservation Association works to protect and preserve our nation’s most significant and beloved places by connecting parks, policy and people.
5 Facts You Might Not Know About Harriet Tubman
Feb 8, 2022 · Tubman is best known as a conductor for the Underground Railroad, and her legacy is awe-inspiring. She liberated about 70 people on more than a dozen dangerous missions to slave-holding states in the decade prior to the Civil War, and she assisted many others with her knowledge of safe spaces and escape routes.
An Insider's Guide to the Four Corners
Situated on the Colorado Plateau amid ancient volcanic mountains, statuesque buttes and sharp canyons, the Four Corners region where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona meet is rich in cultural and geological wonders. A thousand years ago, …
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Renew your membership today. As a member you've seen us win many important battles on behalf of our national parks. Your continued support will make us even stronger.
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Your tax-deductible gift of $25 or more entitles you to all the exclusive benefits of membership — and helps us protect our beloved national parks from the threats of lack of funding, pollution, overuse . . . and much more.
How National Parks and Monuments Are Designated
Jul 26, 2023 · Yellowstone National Park became the world’s first national park in 1872, with 2.2 million acres of geothermal and geological wonders. Soon afterward, the U.S. Congress soon began designating wilderness areas and historic sites to be administered by the Department of the Interior, such as Wind Cave’s prairieland and massive cave system in South Dakota, the forests and wildlife of Mount ...
The Woman Behind Thanksgiving · National Parks Conservation …
Nov 4, 2024 · In September 1863, less than three months after the Battle of Gettysburg, she published an editorial with her Thanksgiving message and also sent a letter to President Lincoln with her request for a “national recognition and authoritive fixation, only, to become permanently, an American custom and institution.” He took notice and issued his proclamation less than a week later, declaring the ...
The Inflation Reduction Act Readies National Parks for Climate …
Oct 3, 2024 · Some of the most astonishing experiences in national parks revolve around their distinctive wildlife. Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii is home to a wide range of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth, including more than 100 that are listed under the Endangered Species Act.