NPCA and park advocates across the country have been sounding the alarm on the need for park funding and staffing for months, ...

Washington, DC – Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who chairs the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resource Committee, recently introduced a shocking new amendment that would pave the way for the Trump ...

Theresa Pierno is President and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association. She joined NPCA in 2004 after a distinguished career in public service and natural resource protection, and has ...

A native of Baltimore Maryland, Ryan is a graduate of Marquette University and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Ryan is admitted to practice law in Maryland.

A new analysis, updated in December 2025, by the National Parks Conservation Association reveals more than 1,200 mine claims exist within the boundaries of units managed by the National Park Service.

We invite you to join Timucuan Parks Foundation and National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) who are proud to co-host the 11th Timucuan Science & History Symposium. This bi-annual event ...

These 40 parks have active oil and gas wells or are at risk of future oil and gas development within their boundaries. National Park Service 9B rules aim to safeguard these parks from the negative ...

Under the second Trump administration, we are in an unprecedented moment in the long history of national park protection. The situation has become dire, but a record number of park lovers are speaking ...

She forever changed the course of the civil rights movement in the United States. Here's what you should know about her legacy. In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and lynched ...

On the North Carolina coast, a 400-year-old unanswered question still piques people’s curiosity. What happened to the group of colonists who vanished while trying to start England’s first settlement ...

Washington, DC – The Trump administration is planning to terminate National Park Service leases and shutter offices across the country that function as visitor centers, law enforcement offices, ...

In changes seen and unseen, we outline what you can expect when visiting a national park this year in light of recent changes in the federal government. As a lifelong Utahn, former National Park ...