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FEATURED STORY

National Park Love Stories

NPCA staff share five tales that affirm what many of us have always
believed: that aside from their ability to connect us to nature,
national parks have the power to connect us to one another.

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TOP STORIES

Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act

Draft regulations released by the Trump administration would undermine
a bedrock environmental law that has protected America's public
lands and national parks for the last 50 years.

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Speaking Out

A current Park Service employee shares their concerns about the
removal of sexual orientation from workplace protections for Interior
Department staff.

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Accidental Hero

Crispus Attucks is believed to be the first casualty of the American
Revolution, but 250 years later, it's still difficult to
untangle fact from myth. Read about this and more in the Winter issue
of National Parks magazine.

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Dismantling the Clean Water Rule

The administration's rollback of clean water protections is a
devastating blow to our national parks and surrounding communities.

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TRIVIA CHALLENGE

The National Park Site That Was Almost Blown Up

Nearly a century ago, a movie crew was about to dynamite a
picture-perfect cinder cone to create an avalanche. Public outrage
ensued, and President Herbert Hoover designated the volcano as a
national monument. Do you know this park?

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Come Alive in the Desert This Fall!

Hike the startling, sublime, surreal and exquisite landscapes of
Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks with NPCA this fall, and
discover the fascinating complexities of the Mojave Desert
wilderness.

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A Bright Idea

You can help protect clean air in national parks by going solar. Click
to find out more about your NPCA member benefit with solar panel
industry leader, SunPower!

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Quote of the Month

"This freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing,
needful to man as air, usable as earth..."

- Robert Hayden (from the poem "Frederick
Douglass")


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