Press Room

Upon Bill Wade's announcement that he would step down as chair effective February 26, 2010, a special election was held among the Executive Council members to determine his replacement. Richard B. (Rick) Smith was elected.

An amendment to the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009, authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), and promoted by the NRA, passed by the Congress and signed into law by the President on May 22 of last year, permits park visitors to possess firearms in national park areas consistent with the laws of the state in which the area is located.

Climate change from human activity is the leading threat to wildlife, plants, water and ice in 25 of America’s national parks, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO).

Dr. Richard Sellars (CNPSR member) and Yale University Press announce an updated version of Preserving Nature in the National Parks, featuring a new preface and epilogue, is available now.

As the U.S. Department of Interior finalizes its plans to spend $750 million as as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the 715-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) is urging Americans to honor the memory of the original U.S. parks economic stimulus and jobs program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and its predecessor programs.

During a small ceremony in Washington D.C. on March 19, the Chairman of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, Bill Wade, presented Representative Raúl Grijalva with the Coalition’s George B. Hartzog Jr. award. The award is presented annually to the individual or individuals who demonstrate outstanding support for the mission of the National Park Service and/or the National Park System.

Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2009) - Several national park ranger organizations today praised the ruling by the U.S. District Court that made a preliminary finding that suspends the Bush Administration’s Department of the Interior (DOI) regulation that authorized loaded, concealed firearms in national parks.

Today, the 700-member Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) released a list of 10 of the best foreign national parks, spanning the globe from Australia, Africa, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Current and former National Park Service employees, many of them Law Enforcement Rangers and Park Interpretive Rangers today expressed serious alarm over the potential risks of the new rule to be implemented by the Department of the Interior that would allow concealed firearms in national parks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s leading voice for America’s national parks, the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court that seeks an injunction against enforcement of the Bush Administration’s new regulation allowing loaded, concealed firearms in national parks at the risk of visitors, park staff, and wildlife, and to have the new rule declared unlawful. The rule is scheduled to take effect this Friday, January 9.