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President’s Budget Proposal Slashes National Park Service Funding Amid Ongoing Attacks on National Parks

A cut this massive would be catastrophic. This proposal would only accelerate the damage, putting our national parks at even greater risk and further cut the park staffing that is needed to care for ...
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Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Would Risk A Thousand Years of History

Yesterday, the Trump administration proposed eliminating protections for the Greater Chaco Region that safeguard the area from new oil and gas leasing, undoing a 20-year mineral withdrawal that has ...
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VICTORY: Court Ruling Halts Destructive Data Centers Adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park

NPCA applauds today’s ruling, which affirms that the Prince William Board of Supervisors did not follow the law in their ...
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My Most Prized Possession

What item do you value most? For this park advocate, it was his stamp-filled Passport to Your National Parks® — and then he ...
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Why Chaco Culture’s Buffer Matters

Years of work to defend Chaco Culture National Historical Park are at risk if the Trump administration removes a 10-mile ...
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Committee Chooses Gulf Coast Oil Drilling Over Wildlife Protection, Threatening Park Species

"Visitors don’t flock to the Florida Keys to see dying fish, and they certainly don’t travel to Florida’s coastal parks to ...
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Alan Spears

Alan joined NPCA in 1999 and is currently the Senior Director of Cultural Resources in the Government Affairs department. He serves as NPCA's resident historian and cultural resources expert. Alan is ...