A Q&A with NPCA’s New Acting President on Transition and Opportunity
The journalist Linda Ellerbee once said, “What I like most about change is that it’s a synonym for ‘hope.’” This week, even as NPCA says goodbye to a valued leader, we feel hope for the future of our national parks and the strength of NPCA’s vision as we work toward the Park Service’s centennial in 2016. Yesterday, NPCA President Tom [...]
Best of the ’Net: The Photo Lovers’ Edition
Best of the ’Net is NPCA’s weekly roundup of fun park-related stuff online. Last weekend I dusted off my camera and adventured outside in the warming weather here in Virginia. I am by no means a professional, but I realized each of us can be a photographer. By taking images that intrigue us, we save memories that we want to [...]
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NPCA Petitions Park Service to Safeguard Park Wolves in Wyoming
By Sharon Mader, Senior Program Manager, Grand Teton Field Office Last September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) approved a plan to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List in Wyoming. This controversial delisting could someday allow state-run wolf hunting within the John D. Rockefeller Parkway, a 24,000-acre national park site that connects Grand Teton and Yellowstone National [...]
Take an Online Tour of Big South Fork, Featured in NPCA’s New Report on Fracking
Spanning two states and two time zones, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area preserves 125,000 acres in Kentucky and Tennessee with the Cumberland River and numerous tributaries at its heart. Enjoying this park, though, is as much about the spectacular gorges, natural arches, and plateaus that form its land as it is about the miles and miles of [...]
Vacationing in the Last Frontier: Four Travel Ideas with Tips for Exploring Alaska’s National Parks
By Jim Stratton, Director of NPCA’s Alaska Regional Office I’m guessing that a trip to Alaska is on your life list. It’s one of the few places left on earth where you can go deep into the wilderness and wander among bear, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, and other animals in their mostly untouched natural habitat. As we enter the temperate [...]
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