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Blog Post
Hanging by a Thread
Unsustainable tactics are keeping some national parks open during the federal government shutdown. What happens when those tactics are no longer workable?
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Press Release
The East Wing of the White House was part of the National Park System. Now it’s gone.
Like so many Americans, we are horrified that the president just took a wrecking ball to the People’s House. If our most important symbol of freedom and democracy can be…
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Press Release
Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement
"Permitting the Ambler mining road ignores the cost, the wishes of the people of the region, the impact to America’s wildlife and national parks, and the engineering challenges of building…
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Press Release
Court Filings Reveal Secretary Burgum’s Plans to Terminate Key National Park Staff
"Secretary Burgum’s actions are making it impossible for the Park Service to protect the very places and resources Americans hold dear." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Blog Post Secretary Burgum, Tell Us Why The National Park Service has lost more than 25% of its permanent staff. History has been literally erased from parks. And in the midst of a government shutdown, more mass firings are looming. These were all decisions made by leaders in Washington, and those decisions will have disastrous impacts for national parks. On behalf of our 1.9 million members and supporters and all who love our national parks, NPCA is demanding that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum explain why he is unraveling the very fabric of our national parks.
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Blog Post Gates of the Arctic: Scenes from a Park at a Crossroads By bush plane, canoe and dog sled, a traveler experiences the priceless landscape threatened by the proposed Ambler mining road.
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Policy Update Position on S.J. Res. 63, Central Yukon NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate ahead of expected floor votes the week of October 6, 2025.
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Press Release Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape “This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Nothing has changed in terms of impacts of this destructive road, or the thousands of Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of Americans who are opposed to it" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
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Press Release Parks Group Warns Shutdown Leaves National Parks Open and Unprotected, While Visitors Remain Confused and at Risk "It’s day six of the government shutdown, and our national parks are already feeling the strain. Nearly two-thirds of park staff are furloughed, leaving only a skeleton crew to protect resources and keep visitors safe." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Blog Post Erasing History, Silencing Science ICYMI: Acting upon a March executive order, the Department of the Interior removed from national park sites in September undeniable historical and scientific truths it decided it didn’t like.
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Blog Post What a Federal Government Shutdown Means for National Parks Congress has failed to pass legislation to extend federal funding beyond Sept. 30. Our FAQ explains how this impacts national parks ― and your plans to visit.
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Press Release Parks Group Warns Shutdown Impacts Only the Beginning, Urges Congress to Act Immediately “The government has shut down, and the administration is once again putting our national parks and visitors at risk, effectively directing staff to open park gates and walk away... It’s not just irresponsible, it’s dangerous." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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Blog Post 6 Ugly Oil and Gas Outcomes From the ‘Beautiful’ Bill We break down how the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ pushes reckless development that will threaten our national parks and monuments for years to come — and what we can do about it.
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Blog Post The Southernmost National Park The U.S. national park site closest to the bottom of the map may be difficult for most of us to visit — but is well worth the trip. Just do so responsibly, please.
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Press Release Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks “NPCA will not stand by and watch history repeat itself... We know what happened last time park staff were forced to leave parks open and unprotected, and the impacts were disastrous... If the federal government shuts down, unfortunately our parks should too." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Ongoing Staffing Crisis and Looming Government Shutdown Create More Risks to National Parks, Visitors and Communities Nationwide “It’s unthinkable that we’re once again staring down a government shutdown. But this time, the stakes are even higher.... A shutdown now would leave our national parks and communities even more vulnerable." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President & CEO
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Press Release Administration Doubles Down on Erasing History and Silencing Science in National Parks "NPCA has spent months speaking out against actions that deny the legacies spread across America's parks, battlefields, monuments and historic sites. And we are not backing down." - NPCA's SVP of Government Affairs, Kristen Brengel
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Press Release Groups Denounce Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments "In Arizona and across the country, our national monuments hold our history, identity, and culture."—Sanober Mirza, NPCA's Arizona Program Manager
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Press Release VICTORY: Court Rules Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield Can Proceed Litigation to save this precious landscape and hallowed ground, home to some of America’s most impactful history, will continue.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 4467, Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification 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 September 18, 2025.
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Press Release Parks Group Demands Truth: History of Slavery Cannot Be Erased From Our Parks The decision to remove this photograph from the interpretive displays at national parks is as shameful as it is wrong.
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Press Release BLM Moves to Roll Back Public Lands Rule, Threatening National Parks and Public Access "Our public lands should serve everyone, not just oil, gas, and mining interests."—Beau Kiklis, NPCA's Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 4503 & H.R. 4776 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 10, 2025.
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Press Release House Dismantles Central Yukon Plan, Jeopardizing America's Largest Park Landscape "Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting America’s largest national park landscape in the crosshairs” -- NPCA's Senior Alaska Director Jim Adams
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Blog Post 6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests. See how healthy, roadless national forests benefit national parks, larger ecosystems, and the people and wildlife who enjoy them.
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Blog Post Park Service Programs You Benefit From, But May Not Know About The National Park Service contributes more to our country than you might realize — including conservation and history in your own backyard.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 1366 & H.R. 4090 NPCA submitted the following positions to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 3, 2025.
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Policy Update Position on H.J. Res. 106 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House of Representatives ahead of an expected floor vote the week of September 1, 2025.
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