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Two Million Gallons of Pig Waste Next to a National River? What a Load of Hogwash!

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By Emily Jones, Senior Program Manager, Southeast Region Imagine a factory farm with thousands of confined pigs and tons of waste just six miles upstream from a pristine river where hundreds of thousands of people fish, boat, and swim each year. Gross as it sounds, this place exists. A supplier for the international meat conglomerate Cargill recently built an industrial [...]

Posted on: June 19 2013
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A Boaters’ Paradise That Preserves Coral Reefs: Creating an Anchorless Park

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By Joe Kessler, President of the Friends of Virgin Islands National Park Imagine boating to paradise and then—without meaning to—causing it harm. Thanks to more than a decade of work in the Virgin Islands, a national park visit by boat is now gentler on the marine environment. The spectacular coastal scenery, crystal clear waters, reliable winds, and beautiful bays of [...]

Posted on: May 9 2013
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An Online Tour of Beautiful Biscayne

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Water, water everywhere: That’s the beauty of Biscayne, where 95 percent of the park is covered by the sea. With only one mile of paved roadway in 170,000 acres, this marine wonderland is a perfect place to boat, snorkel, or dive—if you take care not to damage the delicate reefs below. Each month, NPCA puts together a slideshow exploring one [...]

Posted on: January 28 2013
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Exploring the Chesapeake? There’s an App for That

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The holiday season has returned, and many of us will be shopping for the perfect gift. Remember that phone or tablet from last year? Well, by now newer versions have been released—slimmer, faster, and more advanced. This year, the National Park Service and other partners in the Chesapeake are offering advanced new apps to go on those devices—but the good [...]

Posted on: December 6 2012
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Connecting Youth with the Great Outdoors in the Chesapeake

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During a beautiful October afternoon on the Anacostia River near Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, the only noise disrupting the silence was the sound of 70 small paddles gliding into the water. There was complete stillness among the dozens of third and fourth graders navigating their large Voyageur canoes as they sat captivated by their afternoon entertainment–a [...]

Posted on: November 20 2012
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