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Western National Parks Association Receives New Capacity Building Grant from National Park Foundation

GRANT EXPANDS WNPA’S IMPACT AT WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS Western National Parks Association (WNPA) is one of 36 park partner organizations to receive a Strong Parks, Strong Communities capacity building grant from the National Park Foundation, the...

Picturing a Healthier Future

After more than a year of virtual outreach and engagement, the Udall Foundation’s Parks in Focus® program recently resumed its in-person programming to get youth back outside and exploring their national parks and public lands through photography...

Teapots and Ancient Games: What we know about the Chinese railroad workers from what they left behind

What can we learn about people from what they leave behind? Can we learn about where they came from or glimpse into their life story? Golden Spike National Historical Park is a small park with a big story. It is a story that includes the labor of...

Junior Ranger Program Helps Naomie Both Academically and Personally

Visiting national parks is an amazing way for kids to learn and grow while experiencing the world around them. Western National Parks Association (WNPA) connects kids with parks, even when they’re closed. When COVID-19 prevented Junior Ranger Naomie...

Women and the History of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Just as extraordinary as the natural features of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, so was the undertaking that forward-thinking, strong-willed women in the San Luis Valley organized in 1930 to finally protect the dunes landscape as a...

Channel Islands National Park Book Receives Design Award

Tucson, Arizona—A book about Channel Islands National Park has received the Gold Award for Guide/Travel Book at the 2020 PubWest Book Design Awards. The award honors the book Channel Islands National Park, Second Edition—published by the park’s...

Saving Yoga at San Antonio Missions National Monument

A tranquil aura surrounds the grounds of 300-year-old Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, one of four preserved Spanish colonial sites that make up San Antonio Missions National Monument. It’s the perfect contemplative space for all-level yoga...

Western National Parks Association Names New Board Members

Tucson, AZ—Western National Parks Association (WNPA), a Tucson-based nonprofit partner of the National Park Service (NPS), announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors. The board is the governing body of the organization...