Release Date: December 19, 2024 Media Contact: Emily Thompson, Em************@********ps.org, 202-758-3936 Coalition Condemns Looming Government Shutdown Phil Francis, Chair of The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, issued the following statement on the potential government shutdown: “We are deeply concerned about the potential of a government shutdown, particularly during the holiday season when federal
Coalition Comments on the Evaluation of Proposed Easements for the Johnson Tract mine within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Submitted via email December 5, 2024 Susanne Fleek-Green Superintendent Lake Clark National Park and Preserve 240 West 5th Avenue, Suite 236 Anchorage, AK 99501 Su***********@*ps.gov Re: Draft NHPA Sec. 106 Programmatic Agreement for the Johnson Tract Transportation & Port Site Easements Dear Superintendent Fleek-Green: The undersigned individuals, organizations, and businesses provide the following comments to
Coalition Members Comment on the EPA’s Proposed Response to Texas’ Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Comments Submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0539-0048 December 3, 2024 Jennifer Huser EPA Region 6 1201 Elm St. Suite 500 Dallas, Texas 75270 Hu************@*pa.gov Subject: Comments on EPA’s proposed response to Texas’ Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. Dear Ms. Huser and Dr. Nance: We are writing on behalf of more than 3,000 members of the Coalition
Coalition Joins Comments on the Nevada BLM 2025 First Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale Draft EA and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD November 27, 2024 SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING Jon Raby State Director Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Project Contact: Melissa Jennings mj*******@*lm.gov (775) 482-7840 Re: Comments on the Nevada Bureau of Land Management 2025 First Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease
Coalition Joins Comments on the New Mexico BLM 2025 Second Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale Draft EA and Draft Finding
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD November 25, 2024 SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING Melanie Barnes State Director Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico (505) 954-2222 Project Contact: David I. Alderman da*******@*lm.gov (208) 478-6369 Catherine Brewster cb*******@*lm.gov (505) 954-2170 Angelica Varela av*****@*lm.gov (505) 954-2040 Re: Comments on
Coalition and NPCA Provide Comments on Arches Visitor Access and Experience Plan.
November 23, 2024 Delivered via the Planning, Environment & Public Comment Portal Lena Pace, Superintendent 2282 SW Resource Blvd. Moab, UT 84532 RE: Visitor Access and Experience Plan and Environmental Assessment Dear Superintendent Pace, On behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), we write
Coalition and Over 60 Environmental Organizations Urge Congress to Advance Bipartisan Funding Increases in FY 2025 with No Poison Pill Riders
November 21, 2024 United States Senate U.S. House of Representatives Dear Members of Congress, The 64 undersigned groups write to you today to urge you to follow the Senate Appropriations Committee’s lead and advance bipartisan, sensible funding increases for environmental programs in Fiscal Year 2025 free of new poison pill policy riders or attacks on
Coalition Provides Comments on BLM’s Proposed Updated Western Solar Plan
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW Submitted by email to: rp*****@**hp.gov November 7, 2024 Rodney Parker Jr., ACHP BLM Liaison Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 401 F Street NW, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20001 Subject: ACHP Section 106 Review of the Bureau of Land Management Western Solar Plan Dear Mr. Parker: I am
Coalition Submits Comments on Padre Island NS Draft Feral Exotic Invasive Species Management Plan and EA
Comments submitted to: National Park Service – PEPC – Environmental Assessment October 29, 2024 Superintendent Eric Brunnemann Padre Island National Seashore PO Box 181300 Corpus Christi, TX 78480 Subject: Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) Draft Feral Exotic Invasive Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment Comments Dear Superintendent Brunnemann: I am writing on behalf of the
Coalition Joins Scoping Comments on Parcels for the Wyoming BLM 2025 Second Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY AUDUBON ROCKIES * COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS * FRIENDS OF THE EARTH * NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY * ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD * WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL October 28, 2024 SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING Andrew Archuleta State Director Wyoming Bureau of Land Management 5353 Yellowstone Road Cheyenne, WY 82009 Project Contacts: Lindsay Abercrombie la**********@*lm.gov
Coalition Comments on Cumberland Island National Seashore Proposed Land Exchange
Comments submitted to: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=137987 October 16, 2024 Melissa Trenchik Superintendent Cumberland Island National Seashore 101 Wheeler St. St. Mary’s, Georgia 31558 Subject: Cumberland Island National Seashore Land Exchange Dear Superintendent Trenchik: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents over 2,800 current, former, and retired employees
Coalition Comments on Ohio’s Flawed Regional Haze Plan
October 10, 2024 Submitted to EPA Docket No. EPA-R04-OAR-2023-0220-0001 via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R05-OAR-2021-0544-0141 Subject: Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed approval of Ohio’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Dear Regional Administrator Shore and Ms. Liu, I am writing on behalf of more than 2,800 members of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), who collectively represent
Coalition Joins Amicus Brief in Opposition to Data Center Development Near Manassas National Battlefield Park
For Immediate Release October 4, 2024 Contact: Elena Schlossberg Coalition to Protect PW County el*********@*****il.com LEADING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT Groups say Prince William Digital Gateway will cause irreparable harm to Manassas Battlefield and other historic, natural and cultural resources (Manassas, Virginia) —On October 3,
Coalition Joins Administrative Protest of BLM Western Solar Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2024 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER, (303) 898-0798, cr********@**er.org Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, (775) 764-1080, at**************@***il.com Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lc*********@***************ds.org Conservationists File Protest Against Plan for Massive Solar Development on Public Lands, Citing Neglect of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail WASHINGTON, DC – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Coalition Submits Comments on Yosemite National Park Visitor Access Management Draft Plan
Submitted to https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=138824 ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW September 27, 2024 Cicely Muldoon Superintendent Yosemite National Park P.O Box 577 Yosemite, CA 95389 Subject: Yosemite National Park Visitor Access Management Draft Plan (VAMP) Dear Superintendent Muldoon: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents
Coalition Joins Letter to Vice President Harris Urging Protections for Minidoka NHS
September 16, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Vice President Harris: We appreciate your acknowledgement that the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is an “act that we cannot forget … it is only by understanding our past that we build a better
Coalition Submits Comments to ACHP Regarding Termination of Section 106 Consultation on the Lava Ridge Wind Project
September 20, 2024 Rodney Parker Jr., ACHP BLM Liaison Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 401 F Street NW, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20001 Subject: Termination of Section 106 Consultation on the Lava Ridge Wind Project Dear Mr. Parker: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents
Coalition Joins Opposition to EPA’s Approval of North Carolina Regional Haze Plan
7 Directions of Service * Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine Center for Biological Diversity * CleanAIRE NC Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks * Dogwood Alliance Forest Keeper * Friends of Big Ivy * I Heart Pisgah * MountainTrue National Parks Conservation Association * North Carolina Black Alliance Toxic Free North Carolina September 19, 2024 Dear
Coalition Comments on EPA’s proposed response to Utah’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Comments Submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R08-OAR-2024-0389-0001 September 18, 2024 Clayton Bean Air and Radiation Division EPA Region 8 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado 80202-1129 Subject: Comments on EPA’s proposed response to Utah’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. Dear Mr. Bean and Regional Administrator Becker: We are writing on behalf of more than 2,800 members of the
Coalition Speaks with Inside Philanthropy on Gifts and Budgetary Shortfall
Coalition Chair Phil Francis spoke with Inside Philanthropy following the Lilly Endowment’s $100 million gift to the National Park Foundation about why fundraising success can also belie a deeper funding gap. Read more at this link.
Coalition Protests Grand Teton National Park, Moose-Wilson Road-NEPA Reversal of Bicycle Use
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW September 4, 2024 The Honorable Charles F. Sams, III Director National Park Service 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Subject: Grand Teton National Park, Moose-Wilson Road-NEPA Reversal of Bicycle Use Dear Director Sams: I write on behalf of more than 2,800 members of the Coalition to
Coalition Supports Protection of Scripps’s Murrelet in and around Channel Islands National Park
September 6, 2024 Samantha Murray President Marine Resources Committee California Fish and Game Commission 715 P Street 16th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: Market Squid Fishing within Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Dear Ms. Murray: It has recently come to our attention that conservation community members appointed to the Squid
Coalition Applauds Congressional Support for Sáttítla National Monument
Release Date: September 4, 2024 Media Contact: Emily Thompson 202-758-3936 Coalition Applauds Congressional Support for Sáttítla National Monument Last week, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla sent a letter – co-signed by Senator Laphonza Butler and Representative Adam Schiff – to President Joe Biden, calling for the President to use the Antiquities Act to designate Sáttítla National
Coalition Submits Comments to EPA Region 8 Proposed Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan.
Comments Submitted Via submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R08-OAR-2023-0489-0001 September 3, 2024 Jaslyn Dobrahner Air and Radiation Division EPA Region 8 Mailcode 8ARD-IO 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-1129 Subject: Comments on EPA Region 8’s proposed response to Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan. Dear Ms. Dobrahner and Regional Administrator Becker: I am writing on behalf of more
Coalition Joins Comments on the New Mexico BLM 2025 First Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale Draft EA
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS * FRIENDS OF THE EARTH * NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION * ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD August 29, 2024 SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING Melanie Barnes State Director Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico (505) 954-2222 Project Contact: Catherine Brewster cb*******@*lm.gov (505) 954-2170 Re: Comments on the New Mexico Bureau
