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| FEATURED STORY |
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| What the Fire Took |
| An NPCA staff member documents the aftermath — both ecological and personal — of a wildfire that devastated 44,000 acres of the world’s largest Joshua tree forest at Mojave National Preserve last month.
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| NPCA Files Suit to Protect Wildlife from Cruel Hunting Practices |
| NPCA and 12 other organizations are taking legal action against the Department of the Interior and National Park Service to overturn egregious sport hunting practices in Alaska, including killing bears and wolves in their dens while they hibernate and killing mother bears and wolves with their young. |
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| Advocates Save 85,000 Acres in Utah from Development — for Now |
| A broad coalition of elected officials, tribal leaders, small business owners and outdoor enthusiasts successfully pressured the Bureau of Land Management to remove all Moab-area parcels from its oil and gas lease sales this month. |
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| The Complicated History at One of America’s Segregated Schools |
| One student of Mexican descent shares her experiences at the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a site many want preserved in the National Park System.
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| The Space Between Things |
| What could someone possibly learn by seeing the same place over and over? A writer reflects on her desire to return to the Grand Canyon during different stages of her life, from the archives of National Parks magazine. |
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| Suffrage and Seneca Falls |
| Last week marked the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution nationalizing women’s suffrage. Although many women still could not vote after the amendment passed, including African American, Native American and Asian American women, the hard-fought measure prohibited voter discrimination on the basis of sex. NPCA organized a Park Talk on this milestone and its roots in the first women’s convention at Seneca Falls, a national park site. |
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| 5 Sharks You'll Want to Meet — from a Distance |
| Learn about some of the most majestic and fascinating wildlife at our coastal national parks. |
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© Minda Haas Kuhlmann |
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| National Pastimes |
| COVID-19 has upended every aspect of daily life, putting a damper on some of our favorite summer traditions — but these 7 baseball teams with park-inspired names still bring smiles to our faces and remind us of what we miss. |
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© Courtesy of the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum |
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| The First Organization to Picket the White House |
| Washington, D.C., has a long history of hosting protests on every imaginable issue, and the White House is a frequent setting for organized rallies, marches and demonstrations. The first organization to picket the White House operated out of a building that is now preserved as a national park site just a couple of miles away. Do you know what park? |
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| Share Your Opinion: National Park Travel Program Survey |
| With much travel still on hold, we are taking this time to seek your input and guidance to make sure our educational travel program provides you with the very best national park experiences once we feel confident we can safely run trips again. This survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. |
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| Quote of the Month |
"The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we."
— David Brower |
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