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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.
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We're protecting and enhancing America's National Park System for present and future generations.
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What’s Next for Parks in a Second Trump Administration?
Nov 6, 2024 · That’s worth fighting for. And that’s why we were able to forge strong bipartisan alliances during the last Trump administration — resulting in landmark victories like the Great American Outdoors Act.. So during this transition time, that’s what we’re doing again.
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National Parks Are Native Lands
Tribal Co-Management and Leadership. In 2021, Chuck Sams became the National Park Service’s first Indigenous leader in the agency’s 105-year history, and Deb Haaland became the first Native American Cabinet Secretary in U.S. history …
The Lost Colony — An Outer Banks Mystery
Oct 30, 2023 · “We don’t have any way to solve the mystery at this point, but the colonists’ story does set the stage for what happens next — the founding of Jamestown,” Spier said.. In 1607, Capt. John Smith led the establishment of Jamestown near the Chesapeake Bay, a site deemed secure from Spanish ships and safer for ships to navigate than Roanoke Island.
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.
What Is a National Monument? - National Parks Conservation …
Nov 9, 2022 · A brief explanation of what these important public lands are and how they differ from national parks and other sites managed by the federal government.
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 ...