Why This Election Matters for National Parks
By Jennifer Errick, Editor, Online Communications Note: This is the first of several stories on the upcoming presidential election. You can sign NPCA’s petition urging the candidates to pledge their support for national parks. I will be watching tonight’s presidential debate closely, and I hope park lovers around the country will be watching with me. The decision American voters make [...]
Focus on Water: National Parks Play Vital Role in Restoring Great Lakes
Our national parks on the Great Lakes offer 620 miles of shoreline, beaches, dunes, and wetlands. These parks–like Sleeping Bear Dunes along Lake Michigan, Isle Royale in Lake Superior, and Perry’s Victory in Lake Erie–have tremendous biological, historical, and recreational value for the more than six million people that visit each year. And these national parks are economic generators, with [...]
What’s Floating in the Mississippi? New Report Reveals Progress but Also Challenges for Historic River
The Mississippi River is an icon of our nation that conjures up images from the pages of Mark Twain. Yet at the same time, the river has been a target for industrial waste that basically choked the life out of the river. Now, forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, it is time to find out just how healthy our [...]
Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended
By Pamela Goddard, Chesapeake and Virginia Program Manager We did it! NPCA supporters and thousands of others convinced Old Dominion Electric Company (ODEC) to suspend their plans to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Surry County, Virginia! NPCA has been fighting this plant for several years. As designed, the Cypress Creek power plant would have been three times larger [...]
Did You Know? Only 28% of Civil War Battlefields Have National Park Protections
In 1993, the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP)—a National Park Service program created to provide funds and assistance for battlefield preservation—documented 383 significant recognized Civil War battlefield sites around the country. Of these sites, the group indicates in its latest report that only 106 battlefields—28 percent—are entirely within or partially overlap 43 national park units. Fifty-eight of the 383 battlefields [...]
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