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| 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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| Budget Deal Boosts Park Funding but Hurts Border Parks |
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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 |
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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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| The Only Nobel Prize-Winning U.S. Playwright
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| 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 |
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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
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