National Parks Conservation Association
Description
The National Parks Conservation Association is a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for the protection of the United States National Park System.
Founded in 1919 as the National Parks Association, it began as a citizen watchdog for the newly created National Park Service and later took its current name in 2002. With more than 1.9 million members and supporters, it describes itself as the leading voice for America’s national parks, working to protect them on the ground, in the courtroom and in Congress.
From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 27 regional offices around the country, the organization employs program and policy experts, lobbyists, community organizers and communications specialists. It educates decision-makers and the public on issues facing the parks, including air and water quality, climate change, energy development, park funding and wildlife, and it has pursued litigation such as its challenge over the delisting of Yellowstone grizzly bears. It publishes a quarterly magazine, National Parks, for its members.
Latest news
Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement
"Permitting the Ambler mining road ignores the cost, the wishes of the people of the region, the impact to America’s wildlife and national parks, and the engineering challenges of building a 211-mile road across melting permafrost" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
23 Oct 2025
Court Filings Reveal Secretary Burgum’s Plans to Terminate Key National Park Staff
"Secretary Burgum’s actions are making it impossible for the Park Service to protect the very places and resources Americans hold dear." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
21 Oct 2025
The National Park Service has lost more than 25% of its permanent staff. History has been literally erased from parks. And in the midst of a government shutdown, more mass firings are looming. These were all decisions made by leaders in Washington, and those decisions will have disastrous...
10 Oct 2025
Position on S.J. Res. 63, Central Yukon
NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate ahead of expected floor votes the week of October 6, 2025.
7 Oct 2025
Gates of the Arctic: Scenes from a Park at a Crossroads
By bush plane, canoe and dog sled, a traveler experiences the priceless landscape threatened by the proposed Ambler mining road.
7 Oct 2025
Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape
“This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Nothing has changed in terms of impacts of this destructive road, or the thousands of Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of Americans who are opposed to it" -- NPCA's Jim Adams
6 Oct 2025
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