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NATIONAL PARKS

Preserving the country's most special landscapes for all Americans.

 

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Grand Canyon region still at risk despite nearly 100 years of fighting for protection

In the summer of 1923, the USGS organized an expedition to make a new map of the Grand Canyon

Credit: National Park Service

March 13, 2012 - When the Grand Canyon was named a National Park in 1919, the 44,000 guests who visited there that first year more than likely believed that the surrounding wild lands and waters would get the protection they need to ensure that generations would be able to hike, camp, raft, discover and explore this magnificent area. It is not likely those first visitors imagined this region would still be facing destructive threats more than 90 years later. The wild and remote greater Grand Canyon region is under threat though, from mining, road creation and other development that would ruin one of America’s most spectacular landscapes. more

The Sneak Attack on America’s Lands

Mallard Lake in Acadia National Park could be under Border Patrol jurisdiction under a bill in the House

Credit: USFWS

October 3, 2011 - While public attention has been intently focused on the economy and concerns about the federal deficit, members of the House Natural Resources Committee have quietly initiated a sneak attack on America's wild places -- our parks, refuges, forests, historical monuments, and wildlife habitats. more

Stand up to Congress! Don’t allow industry to buy out our wilderness

Great Blue Heron at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Mass. Refuges would suffer massive cuts under current proposals.

Credit: Ken Andrews, USFWS

September 23, 2011 - How is it that an oil and gas industry rolling in profits can manage to receive government subsidies and tax breaks while conservation programs that are only a small part of the federal budget are threatened with the ax as Congress attempts to balance America’s budget? more

Grand Canyon air traffic noise: Help us say enough is enough!

Grand Canyon National Park

Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

June 14, 2011 - The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most iconic places.  A stunning slash in the earth where we can go to experience the power of nature and hear ― the sound of helicopter blades and airplane engines?  Okay, so maybe this last part wasn’t quite what you had in mind.  But over 90,000 commercial air tours buzz the Grand Canyon every year, and the industry is pushing hard to keep that number growing.  more