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Coalition Continues to Support Haaland as Interior Secretary Nominee

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 admin

  Coalition Continues to Support Haaland as her Nomination for Interior Secretary Heads to a Full Senate Confirmation Vote WASHINGTON, DC — Earlier today, the Senate Committee on Energy and

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News Release, Press Release, Secretary of the Interior

Coalition Encourages More Diversity Within National Park System

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 admin

  Black History Month provides us with an opportunity to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans. It is also a time to reflect on the work we must

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News Release, Press Release, Statementnational park management

Coalition Statement on NPS Employees and COVID-19

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 admin

Phil Francis, Chair of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, issued a statement regarding the safety of National Park Service (NPS) frontline employees as the country continues to navigate

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National Health Emergency, News Release, Press Release

Coalition Praises DOI’s Actions to Restore Intent of LWCF

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 admin

  WASHINGTON, DC — Moments ago, the Department of the Interior repealed former Secretary David Bernhardt’s Secretarial Orders on the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) which imposed unnecessary, top-down

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LWCF, News Release, Press ReleaseGreat American Outdoors Act

Coalition Applauds Biden’s Executive Actions on Climate Crisis

January 27, 2021 admin

  Moments ago, President Biden took bold executive action by signing a slate of executive orders that would help to protect America’s national parks and public lands and tackle the

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News Release, Press ReleaseOil & Gas Lease, oil and gas leasing

Coalition Applauds Federal Mask Mandate

January 22, 2021 admin

January 22, 2021 Media Contact: Emily Thompson, Emily_Thompson@protectnps.org, 202-758-3936 Coalition Applauds Federal Mask Mandate President Biden recently signed an Executive Order that requires all federal employees and contractors, as well

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National Health Emergency, Press Release, Statement

Former NPS Director Gary E. Everhardt Passes Away

December 29, 2020 admin

  December 29, 2020 Former NPS Director Gary E. Everhardt Passes Away Gary Everhardt, former director of the National Park Service (NPS), passed away on the evening of December 27,

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News Release, Press Release, Statement

Coalition Calls on DOI for Transparency and Leadership 

December 18, 2020 admin

  The Washington Monument Was Shut Down After Secretary Bernhardt, Who Had Been “Giving Private, Nighttime Tours,” Tests Positive for Coronavirus A recent internal Interior report revealed that over 2,000 Department

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National Health Emergency, Press Release, Secretary of the Interior, Statement

Coalition Praises Representative Haaland’s Historic Nomination for Interior Secretary

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 admin

  WASHINGTON, DC — Moments ago, it was reported that President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Representative Deb Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. She would be the

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News Release, Press Release, Secretary of the Interior

Coalition Speaks Out On NPS Alaska Jurisdiction Rule

November 16, 2020 admin

For immediate release: 11/16/20 Contact: Emily Thompson; Emily_Thompson@protectnps.org; (202) 819-8622 The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a final rule that has gone far beyond a precedent set in Sturgeon

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News Release, Press Release, StatementAlaska

Coalition: The Secretary Bernhardt’s Attempt to Undermine LWCF is Unacceptable

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 admin

  WASHINGTON, DC — Moments ago, Secretary David Bernhardt announced that the Interior Department would issue new orders that will impose unnecessary, top-down requirements that will potentially delay the National

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LWCF, News Release, Press Release, Secretary of the Interior, Statement

Coalition Slams DOI Over Its LWCF Funding Projects List

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 admin

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2020  WASHINGTON, DC — This morning, the Department of the Interior published a list of projects it intends to allocate with the Land and

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News Release, Press Release, StatementLWCF

Coalition: NEPA Directive a “Waste of Taxpayer Money.”

November 10, 2020November 11, 2020 admin

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/10/20 MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Thompson; Emily_Thompson@protectnps.org; 202-758-3936 Coalition Calls NEPA Directive a “Waste of Taxpayer Money.” The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo

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News Release, Press Release, Statement

Coalition Concerned Over Failure to Hit LWCF Project Deadline

November 3, 2020 admin

As per the guidance laid out in the Dingell Act of 2019 and the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020, the Department of the Interior was required to publish a

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LWCF, News Release, Press Release, StatementGreat American Outdoors Act

Decision to Open Up Tongass National Forest to Development is Devastating

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 admin

  The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks slammed President Trump’s decision to open up Tongass National Forest to logging and industry, jeopardizing the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. This

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Press Release, StatementOil & Gas Lease

Coalition Joins Groups in Lawsuit Over Destructive Hunting Practices

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 admin

  August 26, 2020 Thirteen groups sue Interior, NPS for paving way for destructive hunting practices that threaten bears and wolves on national preserves ANCHORAGE, AK—A lawsuit filed today in

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News Release, Press ReleaseAlaska, Hunting, national park management

Fort McHenry Should Not Be Used For Political Gain

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 admin

  Fort McHenry Should Not Be Used For Political Gain Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday from Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic

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News Release, Press Releasenational park management

Coalition: Acting Director Does Not Understand How Parks Operate

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 admin

  Margaret Everson, the recently named Acting Director of the National Park Service, has stated that a lack of park employees due to the pandemic should not be a reason

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National Health Emergency, News Release, Press Release, Statementnational park management

Coalition Submits FOIA Requests

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 admin

August 19, 2020 The Coalition submitted two FOIA requests this month. The first was yet another request sent to the NPS, asking for the number of COVID-19 cases to date

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Press Release, StatementFOIA

Coalition Condemns Decision to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling

August 18, 2020 admin

  The Trump administration announced its plan to open up portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas development, a move that overturns six decades

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Press Release, StatementAlaska, national park management

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