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FEATURED STORY

Urban Stargazing: See More of the Universe at Night

The longer nights and clearer skies make winter an ideal season for
stargazing, but most Americans live in light-polluted areas where the
stars are difficult to see. Fortunately, some national parks feature
darker skies not far from major urban areas.

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TOP STORIES

Budget Deal Boosts Park Funding but Hurts Border Parks

Last month, Congress increased funding for the National Park Service
and other agencies that manage public lands. But lawmakers also
included border wall funding measures that will continue
putting sites such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument at risk. See
our new infographic to learn more.

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Ban Mining from the Grand Canyon Watershed

Mining companies have long targeted the Grand Canyon area, threatening
the park's waters and valuable tourism industry. The House of
Representatives recently passed a bill that would permanently ban this
harmful practice from nearly 1 million acres within and near this
awe-inspiring park. Please ask your senators to support this ban.

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An Honest Reckoning

Hundreds of people were once enslaved at the opulent Hampton estate,
but for decades after the site became part of the National Park
System, their stories remained hidden. That is changing. Read about
this and more in the Winter issue of National Parks magazine.

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Fighting for Stronger Oversight at Indiana Dunes National Park

NPCA took legal action last month seeking to file an amicus brief opposing a settlement between the United States, the state of Indiana and U.S. Steel Corp. following U.S. Steel's repeated violations of the Clean Water Act. In
2017, the company spilled highly toxic hexavalent chromium into a
waterway near the park, forcing beach closures and public health warnings
-- and NPCA and other litigants want this repeat polluter held
accountable.

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TRIVIA CHALLENGE

The Only Nobel Prize-Winning U.S. Playwright

Two-thirds of America's national park sites were created to
preserve history and culture -- but relatively few represent
achievements in the arts and humanities. One notable exception is the
home of the country's only playwright to win a Nobel Prize. Do
you know which famous author earned this literary distinction?

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American Samoa Awaits You

Join us in the only U.S. national park in the Southern Hemisphere: the
National Park of American Samoa. Explore the cultural and natural
wonders of this remarkable place with your local guide. Enjoy a feast
made in a traditional oven, learn how to grow taro, weave baskets from
palm fronds found along the beach, hike rainforest-lined cliffs and
snorkel some of the clearest waters in the Pacific.

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Exclusive $500 Rebate on SunPower® Solar

Support NPCA and help keep park air clean.

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Quote of the Month

"Parks are not to be placed on the economic scales to be weighed
against kilowatts, productive acreage, school buildings, housing
developments, parking spaces and what not. They are not to be valued
in money. ... Parks are inviolate. This is the strategic stance to
assume when attacks are made to dissipate park lands or values."

- Charles "Cap" Sauers, Chicago-area forest preserve
superintendent, 1952


Park Notes is a publication of the National Parks Conservation Association

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