National Parks Conservation Association Help Do Your Part for the World

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Keeping our national parks and forests safe is the duty of the National Parks Conservation Association. They are intent on protecting our natural treasures, so that future generations may enjoy them as well. It is important to remember, however, that the NPCA cannot do this alone. They have made clear the need for Americans to help them. If we want to continue to enjoy the benefits and beauty our national parks have to offer, we will have to do our part as well to keep them alive and thriving.

The most direct way to help the National Parks Conservation Association protect our national parks and monuments is to become a member. Membership is given to anyone who wants to join with a minimum $15 donation. All donations go towards the NPCA's goal of improving our national parks. Along with the comfort of knowing your money is going towards a great cause, you receive the benefits of free travel guides, maps, newsletters, and invitations to special NPCA guided tours of your favourite national parks and monuments.

Perhaps your budget is a bit tight, but you still want to help the NPCA. Organizing a group of your friends or asking others in your community to help could be a good place to start. If you can't do this, look into some of their programs. For example, you might want to participate in their Spring Cleaning campaign. Every little bit helps and is a positive step in the right direction where our world is concerned.

It's spring and it's a good time to get rid of any unwanted clutter around the house. Throw a yard sale and donate a percentage of your sales to the NPCA. While you're at it, print out one of their petitions from their website (www.npca.org) to have anyone who drops by sign to improve the air quality in our national parks and forests.

If you don't have enough clutter to warrant a sale, you can sign one of the National Parks Conservation Association's petitions on your own. One such petition is named the Fix Our Parks Pledge. This purpose of this pledge is to make the government and the general public aware of the impending crisis of underfunding and pollution plaguing our national parks and monuments. By the National Park System's 100th birthday in 2016, the goal is to have fifty thousand pledgers who'll reach out and write the President, Congress, and local newspapers asking to support our national parks by funding programs that'll save these wonderful areas before it's too late. If you feel that you can't come up with a letter eloquent enough to write to the President or your member of Congress, the NPCA provides pre-written letters as well where all you have to do is sign the bottom. Saving our national parks and forests has never been so easy.

The National Parks Conservation Association's causes aren't so broad that they ignore local park issues. Whether it is petitioning the increase in daily snowmobile access at Yellowstone National Park, or updating signs and washroom access at the National Mall in Washington D.C., you can find the NPCA involved in upholding the standards of these parks.

The internet is a rich resource for finding more information to help national parks. If you'd like to learn more about the National Parks Conservation Association, their successes, and their other causes, please visit their web site (www.npca.org), or contact them toll-free at 1-800-628-7275.

I hope that any questions you may have had have now been answered.

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