The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status in December 2024. With more than ...

A national park site in downtown Philadelphia preserves epic tales of war and freedom in just 0.02 acres of space. Explore ...

"This bill is an affront to park lovers near and far, and could destabilize the places people go to hike, fish and connect ...

When you think of sand dunes, you might think of the ocean, but on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, there are plenty of dunes — and more! — at Indiana Dunes National Park. Spanning 15 miles of the ...

Floridians of every political stripe, including members of the Trump administration, have fought to make the Everglades the ...

NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands ...

The program ground to a halt with the onset of Covid. The aging True Grit needed extensive repairs, and the Park Service, lacking the funds and staff to make them, put the boat in dry storage.

NPCA believes that as this complex nation continues to grow and evolve, so must its protected lands. All across the country, we’re hearing from communities calling for the creation of new national ...

In the early 1980s, Baron was working in what is now the Park Service’s water resources division in Washington, D.C., when she wrote a proposal to collect sediment cores from lakes in Rocky Mountain ...

The Four Corners A thousand years ago, this region was the center of an incredibly complex and influential civilization that flourished over several centuries throughout the entire Southwest. The ...

Dozens of national parks around the country have earned designations as International Dark Sky Parks and Sanctuaries. These distinctions by DarkSky International recognize exceptional or distinguished ...

Advocacy is a powerful tool for change. NPCA and our community of park advocates have been speaking out for national parks for over a century… and we’ve seen our work pay off time and time again.