National Parks Conservation Association
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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, …
Careers - National Parks Conservation Association
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 …
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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.
The Lost Colony — An Outer Banks Mystery
2023年10月30日 · “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.
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 …
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.
The Woman Behind Thanksgiving · National Parks Conservation …
2024年11月4日 · 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 …
Parks Group Troubled by Looming Impacts of Budget Cuts on …
2024年3月4日 · Washington, DC – After weeks of negotiations, Senate and House Appropriations Committees released several fiscal year 2024 spending bills, including the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies bill that funds the National Park Service. The new, conferenced spending bill will cut $150 million from the National Park Service’s budget.
5 Facts You Might Not Know About Harriet Tubman
2022年2月8日 · 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.