National Parks Conservation AssociationOpinion

Administration Claims to Lift Hiring Freeze, But Continues to Hamstring Park Staffing

National parks are powered by people, and without enough staff, some of our country's most iconic landscapes and its ...
National Parks Conservation AssociationOpinion

Parks Group Responds to Reports of Interference With Park Staff Performance Reviews

Ordering superintendents to arbitrarily grade their staff lower than they deserve, with little regard for the truth or the ...
National Parks Conservation AssociationOpinion

Administration Orders Sham Review of Park Gift Shops

"Banning history books from park stores and cracking down on park T-shirts and keychains is not what national park visitors ...
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Parks Group Raises Questions and Concerns Over New National Park Fee Policy

"Any policy that keeps people from visiting our national parks is a problem...it’s unclear how these changes will be ...
National Parks Conservation Association

10 Facts You May Not Know About the Western Arctic Caribou Herd

The majestic Western Arctic Caribou Herd in Alaska travels a distance equivalent to New York City to Seattle each year. But ...
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New Bill Would Better Protect National Parks from Mining Threats

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) celebrates the introduction of a bill that takes steps to protect America’s national parks from the harmful impacts of mining ...
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Position on H.R. 6373, Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act

NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce ahead of a markup scheduled for December 10, 2025.