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36-508: NPCA may stand for: National Parks Conservation Association National Peace Corps Association Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority , in Ontario, Canada Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy , a high school in Erie, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

72-551: A bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States in order to use public lands . According to opponents, the bill is too broad. They believe the bill "could also block federal fisheries agencies like the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from requiring flows that help salmon find fish ladders and safely pass over dams ." In June 2017

108-766: A number of annual awards. These awards include the William Penn Mott Park Leadership Award recognizing the efforts of a public official standing as a strong advocate of the national parks. Other awards include the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Citizen Conservationist of the Year , National Park Achievement Award , Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks , and Stephen Tyng Mather Award Recipients . The NPCA received an overall 3 star (out of 4) rating from Charity Navigator for fiscal year 2015, based on

144-499: A score of 76.73 (out of 100) for Financial, and 97.00 for Accountability and Transparency. Its fiscal year 2014 tax filing (form 990) shows that staff salaries were equal to 50.0% of revenues. Federal lands In Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 the United States Constitution empowers the federal government with exclusive legislative authority like that exercised for Washington D.C. over "Places purchased by

180-426: A state's area. Supporters of the movement wanted more state and local control over the lands, if not outright transfer of them to state and local authorities and/or privatization. From 1990 to 2018, the overall acreage held by the federal government decreased by 4.9% (i.e., from 646.9 million acres (2.618 million km ) to 615.3 million acres (2.490 million km )). Over that time period,

216-466: Is a bill that would withdraw 430,000 acres of federal lands in Montana from programs to develop geothermal and mineral resources. The law would forbid mountaintop removal mining and other natural resource development. The affected lands lie adjacent to Glacier National Park and already have some protections. The bill follows up on an agreement between Canada and the United States on how to protect

252-731: Is controlled by other federal agencies, including the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation , the United States Postal Service , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , and the U.S. Department of Energy . Federal land is concentrated in the Western United States . Nationwide, the federal government owns 27.4% of all land area. There are significant variations regionally;

288-638: Is managed by the United States Department of Defense (DOD). The majority of federal lands are located in Alaska and the Western states. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the broad powers of the federal government to deal with federal lands, for example having unanimously held in Kleppe v. New Mexico that "the complete power that Congress has over federal lands under this clause necessarily includes

324-452: Is on ensuring that as the leading advocate for national parks these places continue to be protected and have the resources and infrastructure they need to thrive in their second century." The NPCA publishes a quarterly magazine, National Parks , the print version of which is distributed primarily to its members with a circulation of 320,000 while articles are also available on its website. The North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013

360-610: Is the only independent, nonpartisan membership organization devoted exclusively to advocacy on behalf of the National Parks System . Its mission is "to protect and enhance America's National Park System for present and future generations." Founded in 1919 as the National Parks Association , the organization was designed to be a citizen's watchdog for the National Park Service (NPS) created in 1916. Among

396-534: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Park Service (NPS), or United States Forest Service (USFS). BLM, FWS, and NPS are part of the United States Department of the Interior , while the Forest Service is part of the United States Department of Agriculture . An additional 11.4 million acres (46 thousand km ) of land (about 2% of all federal land)

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432-642: The Clean Power Plan , which if cut would increase the levels of carbon emissions and sulfur dioxides found in the parks which could lead to potential loss of life in and around the parks. The NPCA is using their strong grassroots base to petition the EPA, its Administrator Scott Pruitt , and the Trump Administration to keep the Clean Power Plan practices. The National Parks Conservation Association presents

468-545: The Homestead Act of 1862 and the Desert Lands Entry Act of 1877. Several different types of patents existed. These include cash entry, credit, homestead, Indian, military warrants, mineral certificates, private land claims, railroads, state selections, swamps, town sites, and town lots. A system of local land offices spread throughout the territories, patenting land that was surveyed via the corresponding Office of

504-479: The 11 contiguous states of the West (a 3% decrease in federal land, or 10.7 million acres (0.043 million km )). The four primary federal land holders are: The fifth largest federal landowner is the United States Department of Defense , which owns, leases, or possessed 26.1 million acres (0.106 million km ) worldwide, of which 8.8 million acres (0.036 million km ) are located in

540-668: The Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dock-yards, and other needful Buildings." The federal government manages about 640 million acres (2.6 million km ) of land in the United States, which is about 28% of the total land area of 2.27 billion acres (9.2 million km ). The majority of federal lands (610.1 million acres (2.469 million km ) or 95 percent area in 2015) are administered by

576-575: The Crown of the Continent/Glacier ecosystem, depriving both populations of the genetic diversity they need to thrive." "It fails to provide the National Park Service with a formal seat at the table to work with state agencies to manage bears that move beyond park borders." "It fails to properly consider how climate change will impact the grizzly bears long-term." The NPCA opposes the cutting of

612-669: The Surveyor General of a particular territory. This pattern gradually spread across the entire United States. Homestead entries peaked in 1910, when they amounted to 18.3 million acres (0.074 million km ), and sharply declined after 1935 and were eliminated in 1986. The laws that spurred mass federal land transfers, with the exception of the General Mining Law of 1872 and the Desert Land Act of 1877, have since been repealed or superseded. Between 1781 and 2018,

648-532: The United States (this figure excluded United States Army Corps of Engineers land). DoD thus administers approximately 1% of federal land. DOD land is mostly military bases and reservations. The largest single DOD-owned, all-land tract is the 2.3-million-acre White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico . Together, the BLM, FWS, NPS, Forest Service, and DOD manage about 96% of federal land. The remaining 4% of federal land

684-593: The United States Fish and Wildlife Service removed the Grizzly Bear from Yellow Stone National Parks "endangered species list". The National Parks Conservation Association is suing the Fish and Wildlife Services for not going through the proper channels in their decision to remove the species from the endangered list. Citing that the Fish and Wildlife Service, "fails to provide long-term and enforceable regulations to ensure

720-669: The United States from Spain , France , Native American Nations and other countries, the United States Congress directed that they be explored, surveyed, and made available for settlement. During the Revolutionary War, military bounty land was promised to soldiers who fought for the colonies. After the war, the Treaty of Paris of 1783 , signed by the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain , France , and Spain , ceded territory to

756-478: The United States. In the 1780s, other states relinquished their own claims to land in modern-day Ohio . By this time, the United States needed revenue to function. Land was sold so that the government would have money to survive. In order to sell the land, surveys needed to be conducted. The Land Ordinance of 1785 instructed a geographer to oversee this work as undertaken by a group of surveyors. The first years of surveying were completed by trial and error; once

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792-557: The federal acreage held by the Bureau of Land Management and Department of Defense decreased by 10.2% and 56.8%, respectively, and the federal acreage held by the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service increased by 0.8%, 2.7%, and 5.0%, respectively. Over the 1990–2018 time period, the largest decline in federal acreage was in Alaska (a decrease of 9.4%, or 23.0 million acres (0.093 million km )) and in

828-404: The federal government divested itself of estimated 1.29 billion acres (5.2 million km ) of public domain land. The vast majority (97%) of transfers of federal land to private ownership occurred before 1940. Beginning in the early 20th century, U.S. government policy shifted from disposing of public land to retaining and managing it. Congress took additional steps toward recognizing

864-466: The federal government for individual Natives. Although the United States holds legal title to these lands, the tribe or individual holds beneficial title (the right to use and benefit from the property). As a result, Indian Country is "quasi-private, not public, land." Nevertheless, "because the United States is a legal title holder, the federal government is a necessary part in all leases and dispositions of resources including trust land. For example,

900-429: The federal government owns 61.3% of the land area in Alaska, 46.4% of the land area in the 11 contiguous Western states; and 4.2% of the land area of other states. The state with the highest percentage of land held by the federal government is Nevada (80.1%); the states with the lowest percentage of land held by the federal government are Connecticut and Iowa (0.3%). In the United States, acquired lands refer to

936-533: The founders of NPA was Stephen Mather , the first director of the National Park Service. Robert Sterling Yard was NPA's first employee. Although Yard received personal financial support from Mather, the two often differed on development issues in the parks. Taking a strong preservationist position, Yard objected to such commercialization of the parks as the jazz bands and bear shows at Yosemite National Park . The association continued to resist commercial efforts to build dams and promote mining, logging and hunting in

972-400: The grizzly population remains stable and is able to increase in both size and geographic scope." "It could open the way to hunting grizzly bears on private and state-owned land inside and adjacent to the area’s national park sites, further jeopardizing the long-term health of the grizzly population." "It does not include measures that would encourage connectivity with grizzly bears that live in

1008-483: The most pressing issues facing national parks". At its headquarters in Washington, DC, and 27 regional offices around the country, it employs 153 staff members, including program and policy experts who work together with committed volunteers, staff lobbyists, community organizers and communications specialists. Under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Theresa Pierno, "the organization's strategic focus

1044-565: The national parks. In 1970, the organization changed its name to the National Parks and Conservation Association, in response to the national attention to a new range of emerging environmental issues, including air and water pollution. This was shortened to National Parks Conservation Association in 2000. In pursuit of its core mission to protect the national parks of the United States, the NPCA "works to educate decision-makers and opinion leaders about

1080-421: The power to regulate and protect wildlife living there, state law notwithstanding." Lands held by the United States in trust for Native American tribes are generally not considered public lands. There are some 55 million acres (0.22 million km ) of land held in trust by the federal government for Indian tribes and almost 11 million acres (45 thousand km ) of land held in trust by

1116-578: The public rangelands by establishment of advisory boards that set grazing fees. The Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of 1937, commonly referred as the O&;C Act, required sustained yield management of the timberlands in western Oregon. The Sagebrush Rebellion movement in the Western United States in the 1970s and the 1980s sought major changes to federal land control, use, and disposal policy in 13 western states in which federal land holdings include between 20% and 85% of

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1152-552: The secretary of the interior must approve any contract for payment or grant by an Indian tribe for services for the tribe 'relative to their lands' (25 U.S.C. § 81)." The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided for the survey and settlement of the lands that the original Thirteen Colonies ceded to the federal government after the American Revolution . As additional lands were acquired by

1188-646: The territory of Ohio had been surveyed, a modern public land survey system had been developed. In 1812, Congress established the United States General Land Office as part of the Department of the Treasury to oversee the disposition of these federal lands. By the early 1800s, promised bounty land claims were finally fulfilled. In the 19th century, other bounty land and homestead laws were enacted to dispose of federal land. These included, among others,

1224-518: The title NPCA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NPCA&oldid=933022361 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Parks Conservation Association The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)

1260-549: The trans-border area from the effects of mining. In the 2010 agreement, Canada agreed not to do any additional mining on the British Columbian Flathead with the expectation that Montana would do the same thing to its land. The NPCA supported the bill, saying the bill "protects both our outdoor heritage and our economic future for generations to come." The NPCA opposed the Water Rights Protection Act ,

1296-528: The value of the assets on public lands and directed the Executive Branch to manage activities on the remaining public lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 allowed leasing, exploration, and production of selected commodities, such as coal , oil , gas , and sodium to take place on public lands. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 established the United States Grazing Service to manage

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