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Following a recent memo from the Trump administration, there are reports that Pride flags have been removed at Stonewall National Monument.
We say: Keep them flying! https://bit.ly/4acRYhO
We say: Keep them flying! https://bit.ly/4acRYhO
Keep Them Flying! Parks Group Calls for Pride Flags to Remain at Stonewall National Monument
"The Pride flag is undoubtedly part of the living history and historical significance connected to Stonewall National Monument. And it should remain." -- NPCA's Timothy Leonard
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February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Following a recent memo from the Trump administration, there are reports that Pride flags have been removed at Stonewall National Monument.
We say: Keep them flying! https://bit.ly/4acRYhO
We say: Keep them flying! https://bit.ly/4acRYhO
In January, park advocates across the country celebrated the passage of the fiscal year 2026 funding bill that includes the National Park Service budget. But what does this hard-won funding mean for our national parks and the people who care for them?
Inside the FY26 National Park Service Budget
NPCA explains what the fiscal year 2026 funding bill means for the National Park Service budget and the park staff.
www.npca.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
In January, park advocates across the country celebrated the passage of the fiscal year 2026 funding bill that includes the National Park Service budget. But what does this hard-won funding mean for our national parks and the people who care for them?
Don’t drain our desert water! 💧
A proposed groundwater mining project in the middle of Mojave Trails National Monument would take more out of nature than it can naturally replenish. Studies have shown this is a really, really bad idea. ❌
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46tJ2C4
A proposed groundwater mining project in the middle of Mojave Trails National Monument would take more out of nature than it can naturally replenish. Studies have shown this is a really, really bad idea. ❌
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46tJ2C4
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Don’t drain our desert water! 💧
A proposed groundwater mining project in the middle of Mojave Trails National Monument would take more out of nature than it can naturally replenish. Studies have shown this is a really, really bad idea. ❌
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46tJ2C4
A proposed groundwater mining project in the middle of Mojave Trails National Monument would take more out of nature than it can naturally replenish. Studies have shown this is a really, really bad idea. ❌
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46tJ2C4
Support for the Roadless Rule has never been louder: "Americans cherish their public lands and they’re never silent when the places they love are under attack." https://bit.ly/4brvR8g
Democrat or Republican, Americans want their National Forests kept intact
Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule would not be in the long-term interest of the American people.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Support for the Roadless Rule has never been louder: "Americans cherish their public lands and they’re never silent when the places they love are under attack." https://bit.ly/4brvR8g
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Congratulations to my dear friend Tiernan Sittenfeld on being named the next CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association!
Tiernan brought exceptional leadership to the League of Conservation Voters and has long been a powerful advocate for protecting our public lands.
Tiernan brought exceptional leadership to the League of Conservation Voters and has long been a powerful advocate for protecting our public lands.
Parks face more challenges than ever before, and Tiernan Sittenfeld is ready to meet them as NPCA's next CEO. Sittenfeld has spent more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water. Learn more: https://bit.ly/49Uw8Oy
National Parks Group Names Longtime Conservation Leader Tiernan Sittenfeld as New President and CEO
Sittenfeld joins NPCA after spending more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water for the League of Conservation Voters.
www.npca.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Congratulations to my dear friend Tiernan Sittenfeld on being named the next CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association!
Tiernan brought exceptional leadership to the League of Conservation Voters and has long been a powerful advocate for protecting our public lands.
Tiernan brought exceptional leadership to the League of Conservation Voters and has long been a powerful advocate for protecting our public lands.
The Washington Post reports that the administration’s efforts erase history and science at national parks has spread. These orders are unwanted by Americans and violate the core tenets of the National Park Service’s mission. https://bit.ly/4t2mke9
Erasure of History and Science Spreads At National Parks Across the Country
The administration is forcing National Park Service staff to censor everything from climate science at Glacier to the mistreatment of Native Americans at the Grand Canyon, a place of worship and origi...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The Washington Post reports that the administration’s efforts erase history and science at national parks has spread. These orders are unwanted by Americans and violate the core tenets of the National Park Service’s mission. https://bit.ly/4t2mke9
Parks face more challenges than ever before, and Tiernan Sittenfeld is ready to meet them as NPCA's next CEO. Sittenfeld has spent more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water. Learn more: https://bit.ly/49Uw8Oy
National Parks Group Names Longtime Conservation Leader Tiernan Sittenfeld as New President and CEO
Sittenfeld joins NPCA after spending more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water for the League of Conservation Voters.
www.npca.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Parks face more challenges than ever before, and Tiernan Sittenfeld is ready to meet them as NPCA's next CEO. Sittenfeld has spent more than two decades fighting for public lands, bold action on climate change, and clean air and water. Learn more: https://bit.ly/49Uw8Oy
BREAKING: The administration has dismantled the President’s House exhibit — which explored the lives of enslaved people at President George Washington’s residence — at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. www.npca.org/articles/112...
Park Advocates Condemn Erasure of America’s History at Independence National Historical Park
Forcing the Park Service to dismantle the President’s House exhibit is an insult to the memory of the enslaved people who lived there and to their descendants.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
BREAKING: The administration has dismantled the President’s House exhibit — which explored the lives of enslaved people at President George Washington’s residence — at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. www.npca.org/articles/112...
Park Protectors, it’s time to unite 📢 NPCA continues our commitment to speak out in support of our parks, the people who protect them, and the stories they preserve.
Will you join us? Sign the pledge today! 📝 https://bit.ly/4sT4E4v
Will you join us? Sign the pledge today! 📝 https://bit.ly/4sT4E4v
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Park Protectors, it’s time to unite 📢 NPCA continues our commitment to speak out in support of our parks, the people who protect them, and the stories they preserve.
Will you join us? Sign the pledge today! 📝 https://bit.ly/4sT4E4v
Will you join us? Sign the pledge today! 📝 https://bit.ly/4sT4E4v
“Censoring climate science at national parks is a disservice to the American people, who deserve to learn the truth about the dire threat facing the places they know and love most.” - Kristen Brengel, NPCA www.npca.org/articles/112...
Administration Censors Climate Science, Harms Visitor Experience at Historic Fort Sumter
To censor and erase sound science at this park, where the first shots of the American Civil War rang out, is a deep insult to the Park Service’s hard work and legislative mandate.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“Censoring climate science at national parks is a disservice to the American people, who deserve to learn the truth about the dire threat facing the places they know and love most.” - Kristen Brengel, NPCA www.npca.org/articles/112...
A foreign-owned company is trying to mine toxic sulfide-ore copper in the headwaters of Voyageurs National Park and Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Wilderness.
Tell your representative: defend and protect these irreplaceable wild lands and waters. https://bit.ly/4qvL7p5
Tell your representative: defend and protect these irreplaceable wild lands and waters. https://bit.ly/4qvL7p5
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A foreign-owned company is trying to mine toxic sulfide-ore copper in the headwaters of Voyageurs National Park and Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Wilderness.
Tell your representative: defend and protect these irreplaceable wild lands and waters. https://bit.ly/4qvL7p5
Tell your representative: defend and protect these irreplaceable wild lands and waters. https://bit.ly/4qvL7p5
From the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail to the MLK National Memorial, our national park sites tell the story of the civil rights movement and the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read more about MLK's legacy: https://bit.ly/4jIMgHh
Read more about MLK's legacy: https://bit.ly/4jIMgHh
January 19, 2026 at 5:59 PM
From the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail to the MLK National Memorial, our national park sites tell the story of the civil rights movement and the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read more about MLK's legacy: https://bit.ly/4jIMgHh
Read more about MLK's legacy: https://bit.ly/4jIMgHh
A mine in a national park?! We visit the site of the controversial mine to explain how things got here and how we're fighting back. https://youtu.be/ei_D5dKFIpY
This Mine Should NOT Exist In a National Park
The National Park Service's authority is being disregarded by a foreign mining company looking to drill within the boundaries of Mojave National Preserve.
We visit the site of the controversial mine to explain how we got here and how we're fighting ba...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A mine in a national park?! We visit the site of the controversial mine to explain how things got here and how we're fighting back. https://youtu.be/ei_D5dKFIpY
Good news! Congress PASSED the Senate Interior Appropriations bill with bipartisan support. This bill rejects cuts to national park funding and staffing after a devastating year of attacks by the administration. https://bit.ly/3YKgNLl
Senate Rejects Devastating National Park Funding and Staffing Cuts but Leaves Door Open to Future Threats
“NPCA and park advocates across the country have been sounding the alarm on the need for park funding and staffing for months, and Congress listened." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
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January 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Good news! Congress PASSED the Senate Interior Appropriations bill with bipartisan support. This bill rejects cuts to national park funding and staffing after a devastating year of attacks by the administration. https://bit.ly/3YKgNLl
"Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access."- Bart Melton, NPCA Senior Wildlife Program Director. https://bit.ly/4pMpQ9J
Secretarial Order Aims for Access that Already Exists Across Many National Parks
"Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access." ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access."- Bart Melton, NPCA Senior Wildlife Program Director. https://bit.ly/4pMpQ9J
“It’s tough to see how harming a national park, subverting science and wasting taxpayer funds is good politics for the State of California.” - Neil Desai, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4jDnYOZ
State officials recommend approval of controversial solar project near Baker
An alternative design would include a quarter-mile buffer zone to protect desert bighorn sheep habitat, migration and grazing.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
“It’s tough to see how harming a national park, subverting science and wasting taxpayer funds is good politics for the State of California.” - Neil Desai, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4jDnYOZ
For years, leaders at the state and national level have stood in rare bipartisan lockstep on two key issues: opposing offshore oil drilling in Florida and restoring the Everglades. But drilling threats have re-emerged. Read more from NPCA's Cara Capp: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
For the sake of Florida’s national parks, keep offshore drilling off the table | Opinion
The second Trump administration is proposing offshore oil drilling that could harm Everglades restoration efforts. | Opinion
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January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
For years, leaders at the state and national level have stood in rare bipartisan lockstep on two key issues: opposing offshore oil drilling in Florida and restoring the Everglades. But drilling threats have re-emerged. Read more from NPCA's Cara Capp: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
“We are really happy that appropriations leadership on the Republican and the Democratic side are making a very clear statement that our national parks should be supported in terms of funding and in terms of staffing." - John Garder, NPCA. https://bit.ly/3NbOXVU
Public lands budgets largely skirt major cuts in bipartisan proposals
Congress' budget proposal for the National Park Service rejects the major slashes requested by the Trump Administration last year.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
“We are really happy that appropriations leadership on the Republican and the Democratic side are making a very clear statement that our national parks should be supported in terms of funding and in terms of staffing." - John Garder, NPCA. https://bit.ly/3NbOXVU
What could our parks be in the next 250 years? That’s up to us all.
In honor of America’s 250th year, NPCA is commemorating everything that makes our national parks extraordinary — the landscapes, the wildlife and the stories that make us who we are. https://bit.ly/49RKDDY
In honor of America’s 250th year, NPCA is commemorating everything that makes our national parks extraordinary — the landscapes, the wildlife and the stories that make us who we are. https://bit.ly/49RKDDY
The Places That Make Us
2026 marks our country’s 250th anniversary. National parks unite us, allowing us to revel in natural beauty, reflect on our history and renew our promise to protect these special places.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What could our parks be in the next 250 years? That’s up to us all.
In honor of America’s 250th year, NPCA is commemorating everything that makes our national parks extraordinary — the landscapes, the wildlife and the stories that make us who we are. https://bit.ly/49RKDDY
In honor of America’s 250th year, NPCA is commemorating everything that makes our national parks extraordinary — the landscapes, the wildlife and the stories that make us who we are. https://bit.ly/49RKDDY
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule turns 25 today. It protects 45 million acres of national forestlands from clear-cutting and roadbuilding. 2026 is the year that we must do everything in our power to defend the rule. https://bit.ly/4pD8IDd
6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place
NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests — for national parks, wildlife, recreation and more.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule turns 25 today. It protects 45 million acres of national forestlands from clear-cutting and roadbuilding. 2026 is the year that we must do everything in our power to defend the rule. https://bit.ly/4pD8IDd
NPCA's Vice President of Conservation Programs Priya Nanjappa's 2026 prediction: The administration may try to use the guise of energy development to shrink or erase national monuments - but will be met with serious public outcry. https://bit.ly/4jwXEG5
The Rush for Energy Development Near National Parks Catalyzes Public Outcry
This year will test Congress’s relationship with public-land management policies under an administration intent on rushing industrial energy development over sound science, transparency, and the inter...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
NPCA's Vice President of Conservation Programs Priya Nanjappa's 2026 prediction: The administration may try to use the guise of energy development to shrink or erase national monuments - but will be met with serious public outcry. https://bit.ly/4jwXEG5
Update: While this Senate appropriations bill will not cut funding or staffing from parks, it does strip key language affirming that national parks must remain federal lands. This removes an important guardrail preventing the selloff of national parks. www.npca.org/articles/112...
Senate Rejects Devastating National Park Funding and Staffing Cuts but Leaves Door Open to Future Threats
“NPCA and park advocates across the country have been sounding the alarm on the need for park funding and staffing for months, and Congress listened." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
www.npca.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Update: While this Senate appropriations bill will not cut funding or staffing from parks, it does strip key language affirming that national parks must remain federal lands. This removes an important guardrail preventing the selloff of national parks. www.npca.org/articles/112...
It's another year, Park Protectors. Let's do this 💪
January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It's another year, Park Protectors. Let's do this 💪
Promising news for wildlife and habitat connectivity! 👏 https://www.npca.org/articles/11274-parks-group-applauds-bipartisan-support-for-reducing-wildlife-vehicle
Parks Group Applauds Bipartisan Support for Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions
"Polling finds that 87% of Americans support restoring or preserving wildlife habitat connectivity and improving migration corridors on lands and waters within and beyond park borders" - NPCA Legislat...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Promising news for wildlife and habitat connectivity! 👏 https://www.npca.org/articles/11274-parks-group-applauds-bipartisan-support-for-reducing-wildlife-vehicle
The Endangered Species Act just turned 52! This year, we're more thankful - and worried - for it than ever before. The ESA is under attack, and for the sake of our fauna & flora we must protect it.
Listen via National Parks Traveler Podcast: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2025...
Listen via National Parks Traveler Podcast: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2025...
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Endangered Species Act just turned 52! This year, we're more thankful - and worried - for it than ever before. The ESA is under attack, and for the sake of our fauna & flora we must protect it.
Listen via National Parks Traveler Podcast: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2025...
Listen via National Parks Traveler Podcast: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2025...