Good Park News! 🎉 As of today, the America the Beautiful bill has 60 bipartisan cosponsors, split evenly between the two parties. If passed, this bill would provide $11.2 billion over eight years to address critical repair needs. 💡 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tRTsEK

Win big and support park protection with NPCA’s silent auction. Only 1 hour left to bid on trips, gear, experiences and more: npca.org/auction

Last chance! ⏰ NPCA’s silent auction is ending today 5/20 at 7pm ET. Get in your final bids to win exclusive items for you or the park lover in your life and be ready for your next road trip! ❗Bid now: npca.org/auction

We asked NPCA staff to share what makes their park trips unforgettable and give YOU ideas for your next adventure. Follow Ryan’s journey with his dog, Abbey on budget-friendly van life or Eboni’s tips for having the best time with family. Tips: npca.org/roadtrip

"Using it [Congressional Review Act]...to discard the product of years of planning, consultation, compromise and public engagement is not democratic repair. It is a way of nullifying the process after the fact." -Erik Stanfield on Grand Staircase-Escalante https://bit.ly/4dUrLGg

Park Protectors, we are made for this moment. 💪 We’re celebrating 107 years of NPCA with a new video! https://youtu.be/BHuTTAFsmo8

Come on in! It’s a United By Parks road trip. 🚗 As America celebrates 250 years, we’re asking ourselves: “What lands and stories do we want future generations to inherit from us?” Drive, bike and hike through America’s parks with us this week! npca.org/roadtrip

Today, the Trump administration rescinded the Public Lands Rule, which mandated that conservation is put on an equal footing with other uses of public lands. Read More: https://bit.ly/4ddEl1T 📸: © Ben Graham/Dreamstime.

Get your gear! 🥾 NPCA’s silent auction is the place for your park essentials this year. The auction starts today 5/11 and closes 5/20. Don’t miss out on some amazing park-related goodies from Teva, Wilderness Inquiry, HOMAGE, and more! ✅ Bid: npca.org/auction

Alarming changes are being implemented in more than 50 national park sites in the Lower 48 states. A leaked memo directs park staff to weaken hunting and trapping regulations, threatening the long-term protection of wildlife and visitor safety. https://bit.ly/4umwvtG

"As factual history and science in our parks is being called into question, we're grateful for Rep. Davids' leadership that protects the integrity of the truthful and inclusive stories told within the National Park System." - Terrius Harris, NPCA. bit.ly/3R8Ak7t

Public comment periods are essential to how public lands are managed. "The American people have a right to participate in a public process and give considered responses with an appropriate amount of space and time to learn about an issue." https://bit.ly/4vTwvmE

"National Park staff are being asked to do more with less as they are dealing with longer and more dangerous fire seasons. Wildfire response in national parks is an all-hands-on-deck effort." - Priya Nanjappa, NPCA vice president of conservation programs. https://bit.ly/4t1vJBt

Border wall construction through Coronado National Memorial is creating irreversible damage to the area, cutting off hikers' access to parts of the historic Arizona Trail and blocking safe passage for wildlife. https://bit.ly/3OFuObC

Putting international mining companies over protecting America's public lands? Not on our watch! NPCA, represented by Earthjustice, is suing to stop an illegal greenlight to mine at Mojave National Preserve. https://bit.ly/3Qg6y0t

Take action for our national parks' more than 600 threatened and endangered species! The vote on H.R. 1897 the ESA Amendments Act is likely to happen this week, so urge your reps. TODAY to vote NO. 📝Take action now: https://bit.ly/3OHBuGa

Crumbling roads. Worn-out trails. Failing water and sewer systems. Growing maintenance issues. The America the Beautiful Act can help FIX our parks. Tell your reps. to support it today at npca.org/dial. ☎️ #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek

NPCA and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today to protect park wildlife and stop an illegal attempt to bypass Endangered Species Act compliance that benefits oil and gas companies. https://bit.ly/4eqnSJT

BREAKING: NPCA, represented by @earthjustice.org, is suing to stop destructive mining at Mojave National Preserve and protect its irreplaceable cultural sites, plants and wildlife. bit.ly/4cq3BBF

Fix our parks! The backlog of repair needs at our national parks has now exceeded $23 billion. 📢 Join us TODAY and tell your reps. FIX our parks with the America the Beautiful Act. npca.org/dial #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek

The America the Beautiful Act is a solution right now for fixing the maintenance issues plaguing our parks. 💥 Take action NOW at npca.org/dial. CALL your representative & tell them to SUPPORT the America the Beautiful Act and FIX our parks. #NationalParkAdvocacyWeek

Cesar E. Chavez National Monument is not about one man, but the countless Americans of Latino and Filipino descent who fought for dignity, better working conditions and fair wages. That important history should not and cannot be erased. https://bit.ly/3QnZ7nH

United In Action. 📢 United By Parks. We’re boots on the ground in Washington, DC this week to stand up for the protection of our 430+ national park sites. See what we’re fighting for & join our advocacy virtually tomorrow! npca.org/npaw

For Kai Tran, his national park passport was a treasure trove of memories – until he lost it. Discover Kai’s story, if his prized possession was returned and how it inspired him to be on Capitol Hill with NPCA this week fighting for parks: https://bit.ly/3OfhzOU

Baiting bears? Killing wolves in their dens? Speak up against extreme hunting practices that could set the tone for weakened wildlife protections throughout our national parks before the deadline on April 9. 🐻🐺 https://bit.ly/3PPPbTW

⚠️ There is only ONE day left to protect Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new drilling. This decision not only affects Chaco; it could open the door to new drilling on public lands across the country. Make your voice heard before 4/7! 📢 https://bit.ly/47OFb3s

The president’s 2027 budget proposal makes sweeping cuts across the Park Service budget, including a $736 million reduction (over 25%) to park operations, likely eliminating thousands more park staff after a year of severe losses. More details: https://bit.ly/3PGkO2e

"Visitors don’t flock to the Florida Keys to see dying fish, and they certainly don’t travel to Florida’s coastal parks to watch gas flares light up the night sky" - Melissa Abdo, NPCA https://bit.ly/4trGptP

VICTORY in Virginia! “National park advocates were never going to sit idly by and watch developers build one of the world’s largest data center complexes in the shadow of Manassas National Battlefield Park.” - Kyle Hart, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4bZg5js

A company wants to mine just outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. “This is truly one of the most iconic landscapes in America. It just emphasizes this company’s blatant disregard for our nation’s crown jewels." - Chance Wilcox, NPCA https://lat.ms/4uYlos2

National park sites are an opportunity to see yourself in America's story. NPCA's Alan Spears shares his story of connection at Gettysburg National Military Park with Judy Woodruff at PBS News, & why erasing these stories is a disservice to park visitors. https://to.pbs.org/4byEs8R

Earth Month is right around the corner 🌎 Some of the most stunning nature sites on Earth are found right here in our national park system! Show off your national park pride with our Parks for the Planet collection. Order by 4/6 to receive by Earth Day: https://bit.ly/3PxTrHr

As a scientist, NPCA’s Melissa Abdo used to search Big Cypress National Preserve for the ultra-rare ghost orchid. Now, she’s fighting to protect it. Hear her story on Plant People, a New York Botanical Garden podcast. https://bit.ly/4tvSUVl

“When we’re approaching America’s 250th birthday this year. What does it mean to take care of the places that we said we were going to protect?” Cary Dupuy, NPCA’s Texas regional director. https://wapo.st/4uLMsKX

"We want to maintain [the National Park Service’s] ability, unimpaired, to be able to talk about the full scope of our history, wonder, warts, and all." - Alan Spears, NPCA’s Senior Director of Cultural Resources, on CBS Sunday Morning. https://cbsn.ws/4uMYB2r

The future of our parks is up to us 💪 Join our Park Talk on Tuesday, March 24 with NPCA’s new president and CEO, Tiernan Sittenfeld, to learn how NPCA is fighting for their protection and how YOU can join us to make your voice heard. Register: https://bit.ly/3NO9foU

It's time to speak out 📢 Take action to ensure that Grand Staircase-Escalante and national monuments nationwide continue to be managed through a thoughtful, public, science-driven process ➡️ https://bit.ly/4snlV5j

The push for AI is driving the expansion of massive data centers across the Mid-Atlantic, with little regard for nearby national park sites. Our new report sounds the alarm on these threats and our policy recommendations for protecting parks & communities. https://bit.ly/3PhN4YI

Our lawsuit with Democracy Forward & partners seeks to STOP the erasure of history and science in our national parks. Americans deserve to know the full truth about our country and our parks. Read more: https://bit.ly/4lD43AQ

Erasing history and censoring science in our national parks violates the very ideals our country was built on and completely undermines the mission of the National Park Service. We’re standing up for history and science; will you join us? Take action: https://bit.ly/4scfoKy

Penelope Barker. Tyonajanegan. Phillis Wheatley. These are some of the women who helped shape the American Revolution and our country. This #WomensHistoryMonth, get to know them and which national park sites hold their stories: https://bit.ly/4rBKDh7 #UnitedByParks

Chaco Culture National Historical Park holds thousands of years of history in its incredible cultural landscape. But this history is under threat from oil and gas development. Take action today, on its anniversary, to protect this site. https://bit.ly/3NhkfuE

NPCA is fighting the Interior Department's decision to open 2 million acres to industrialization and attempts to fast track the Ambler mining road. #NoAmblerRoad #DefendTheBrooksRange https://bit.ly/4s5irEt

The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association was formed by mill workers to combat dangerous working conditions. Now, two films detailing its history have been removed from the NPS site following a Trump executive order. via @bostonglobe.com: bit.ly/4sHe5TY

"Allowing baiting brown bears on Alaska’s national parklands is not what Americans expect for their national parks. This proposed rule is the latest attack on our incredible but beleaguered park system.” - Jim Adams, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4stp7fc

We're boots on the ground this week 🥾 NPCA regional staff traveled to Washington DC to speak with our representatives about the most important issues facing our parks, like staffing, funding and the erasure of history and science. We’ll never stop fighting for parks 💪

“If you go to a national park site and history or science is removed, you’re not learning about this place. You’re not getting the full story.” - Kristen Sykes, NPCA. https://bit.ly/46JoDJE

This could set a dangerous precedent for national monuments. If the resolution passes, it will open the door for management plans to be retroactively targeted, threatening protections for public lands nationwide. Read more: https://bit.ly/3MIE3Hl

Today is Manzanar National Historic Site's anniversary. Advocates across the country share how important this story is, so history never repeats itself. Parks are our greatest storytellers & advocates are the reason this story is protected. https://bit.ly/402wgXR

Canceling reservation systems at Archer, Glacier, Mount Rainier and Yosemite will lead to hours-long lines, parking difficulties and other long-term trouble for parks. This couldn't come at a worse time as parks gear up for their busy summer season. https://bit.ly/4cVEZCA