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Western National Parks Association (WNPA) announces discounts at all WNPA-managed stores to new and current members of the Park Protector program during National Park Week. TUCSON, Ariz., April 18, 2023— National Park Week runs from April 22 to April...

On March 21, 2023, President Biden announced the designation of two new national monuments in the Southwest: Avi Kwa Ame (Ah-VEE kwa-meh) National Monument and Castner Range National Monument. WNPA joins many advocacy groups in celebrating this step...

Michael Matthews brings more than twenty-five years of marketing leadership experience to Western National Parks Association. TUCSON, Ariz., March 28, 2023—On March 20, 2023, Western National Parks Association (WNPA) announced the appointment of...

Nicodemus’ noted culinary star was Ernestine VanDuvall. She passed in 2004 at the age of 83. Her grandmother, Emma Williams, came with her parents and two siblings and was with the first settlers arriving at Nicodemus in 1877. Emma was the mother of...

Board Member John Koprowski Earns The Wildlife Society’s Aldo Leopold Memorial Award Tucson, Arizona (December 29, 2022)—One of the nation’s most prestigious environmental awards was presented to Western National Parks Association (WNPA) board member...

Award recipients recognized for contributions to WNPA and national parks Tucson, Arizona (December 16, 2022)—On November 9, 2022, Western National Parks Association (WNPA) announced the recipients of its annual awards. For more than 30 years, WNPA...

From the grassy mall on the University of Arizona, one can look east and gaze upon the pine-topped peaks of the Rincon Mountains east of the sprawling city of Tucson. I often stand on that mall and imagine what that same scene may have looked like in...

The end of the school year is always awash with excitement, but particularly so for the fourth graders at Sanford-Fritch Elementary in Texas. Each spring, 40-plus students spend the day outdoors at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area learning...

Imagine the unblinking eyes of a half-buried plastic baby doll staring up at you from the beach sand. Looking out toward the ocean, you see a dozen baby doll heads bobbing before you. It happens—and only a stone’s throw from Padre Island National...

Contents of Mexican Spotted Owl Pellets Inform Forest Management Policy in Walnut Canyon National Monument By Susan E. Swanberg, Associate Professor, Associate Director, School of Journalism at the University of Arizona In the fall of 2021, more than...