Take action for our national parks' more than 600 threatened and endangered species!
The vote on H.R. 1897 the ESA Amendments Act is likely to happen this week, so urge your reps. TODAY to vote NO.
📝Take action now: https://bit.ly/3OHBuGa
Crumbling roads. Worn-out trails. Failing water and sewer systems. Growing maintenance issues.
The America the Beautiful Act can help FIX our parks. Tell your reps. to support it today at npca.org/dial. ☎️ #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek
NPCA and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today to protect park wildlife and stop an illegal attempt to bypass Endangered Species Act compliance that benefits oil and gas companies. https://bit.ly/4eqnSJT
BREAKING: NPCA, represented by @earthjustice.org, is suing to stop destructive mining at Mojave National Preserve and protect its irreplaceable cultural sites, plants and wildlife. bit.ly/4cq3BBF
Fix our parks! The backlog of repair needs at our national parks has now exceeded $23 billion.
📢 Join us TODAY and tell your reps. FIX our parks with the America the Beautiful Act. npca.org/dial #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek
The America the Beautiful Act is a solution right now for fixing the maintenance issues plaguing our parks.
💥 Take action NOW at npca.org/dial. CALL your representative & tell them to SUPPORT the America the Beautiful Act and FIX our parks. #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument is not about one man, but the countless Americans of Latino and Filipino descent who fought for dignity, better working conditions and fair wages. That important history should not and cannot be erased. https://bit.ly/3QnZ7nH
United In Action. 📢 United By Parks.
We’re boots on the ground in Washington, DC this week to stand up for the protection of our 430+ national park sites.
See what we’re fighting for & join our advocacy virtually tomorrow! npca.org/npaw
For Kai Tran, his national park passport was a treasure trove of memories – until he lost it. Discover Kai’s story, if his prized possession was returned and how it inspired him to be on Capitol Hill with NPCA this week fighting for parks: https://bit.ly/3OfhzOU
Baiting bears? Killing wolves in their dens?
Speak up against extreme hunting practices that could set the tone for weakened wildlife protections throughout our national parks before the deadline on April 9. 🐻🐺 https://bit.ly/3PPPbTW
⚠️ There is only ONE day left to protect Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new drilling.
This decision not only affects Chaco; it could open the door to new drilling on public lands across the country. Make your voice heard before 4/7! 📢 https://bit.ly/47OFb3s
The president’s 2027 budget proposal makes sweeping cuts across the Park Service budget, including a $736 million reduction (over 25%) to park operations, likely eliminating thousands more park staff after a year of severe losses.
More details: https://bit.ly/3PGkO2e
"Visitors don’t flock to the Florida Keys to see dying fish, and they certainly don’t travel to Florida’s coastal parks to watch gas flares light up the night sky" - Melissa Abdo, NPCA https://bit.ly/4trGptP
VICTORY in Virginia! “National park advocates were never going to sit idly by and watch developers build one of the world’s largest data center complexes in the shadow of Manassas National Battlefield Park.” - Kyle Hart, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4bZg5js
A company wants to mine just outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.
“This is truly one of the most iconic landscapes in America. It just emphasizes this company’s blatant disregard for our nation’s crown jewels." - Chance Wilcox, NPCA https://lat.ms/4uYlos2
National park sites are an opportunity to see yourself in America's story. NPCA's Alan Spears shares his story of connection at Gettysburg National Military Park with Judy Woodruff at PBS News, & why erasing these stories is a disservice to park visitors. https://to.pbs.org/4byEs8R
Earth Month is right around the corner 🌎 Some of the most stunning nature sites on Earth are found right here in our national park system!
Show off your national park pride with our Parks for the Planet collection. Order by 4/6 to receive by Earth Day: https://bit.ly/3PxTrHr
As a scientist, NPCA’s Melissa Abdo used to search Big Cypress National Preserve for the ultra-rare ghost orchid. Now, she’s fighting to protect it.
Hear her story on Plant People, a New York Botanical Garden podcast. https://bit.ly/4tvSUVl
“When we’re approaching America’s 250th birthday this year. What does it mean to take care of the places that we said we were going to protect?” Cary Dupuy, NPCA’s Texas regional director. https://wapo.st/4uLMsKX
"We want to maintain [the National Park Service’s] ability, unimpaired, to be able to talk about the full scope of our history, wonder, warts, and all." - Alan Spears, NPCA’s Senior Director of Cultural Resources, on CBS Sunday Morning. https://cbsn.ws/4uMYB2r
The future of our parks is up to us 💪
Join our Park Talk on Tuesday, March 24 with NPCA’s new president and CEO, Tiernan Sittenfeld, to learn how NPCA is fighting for their protection and how YOU can join us to make your voice heard.
Register: https://bit.ly/3NO9foU
It's time to speak out 📢
Take action to ensure that Grand Staircase-Escalante and national monuments nationwide continue to be managed through a thoughtful, public, science-driven process ➡️ https://bit.ly/4snlV5j
The push for AI is driving the expansion of massive data centers across the Mid-Atlantic, with little regard for nearby national park sites. Our new report sounds the alarm on these threats and our policy recommendations for protecting parks & communities. https://bit.ly/3PhN4YI
Our lawsuit with Democracy Forward & partners seeks to STOP the erasure of history and science in our national parks. Americans deserve to know the full truth about our country and our parks.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4lD43AQ
Erasing history and censoring science in our national parks violates the very ideals our country was built on and completely undermines the mission of the National Park Service.
We’re standing up for history and science; will you join us?
Take action: https://bit.ly/4scfoKy
Penelope Barker. Tyonajanegan. Phillis Wheatley.
These are some of the women who helped shape the American Revolution and our country.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, get to know them and which national park sites hold their stories: https://bit.ly/4rBKDh7 #UnitedByParks
Chaco Culture National Historical Park holds thousands of years of history in its incredible cultural landscape. But this history is under threat from oil and gas development.
Take action today, on its anniversary, to protect this site. https://bit.ly/3NhkfuE
NPCA is fighting the Interior Department's decision to open 2 million acres to industrialization and attempts to fast track the Ambler mining road. #NoAmblerRoad #DefendTheBrooksRange https://bit.ly/4s5irEt
The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association was formed by mill workers to combat dangerous working conditions. Now, two films detailing its history have been removed from the NPS site following a Trump executive order.
via @bostonglobe.com: bit.ly/4sHe5TY
"Allowing baiting brown bears on Alaska’s national parklands is not what Americans expect for their national parks. This proposed rule is the latest attack on our incredible but beleaguered park system.” - Jim Adams, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4stp7fc