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Congress Passes Historic Investment In America's Public Lands

The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) releases the following statement from President and CEO Dan Puskar: "The Great American Outdoors Act will do more to ensure the preservation, vibrancy, and accessibility of America's public lands than any legislation ...
PLA Congratulates Senate on Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act

SILVER SPRING – The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) releases the following statement from President and CEO Dan Puskar: "The Public Lands Alliance supports the Great American Outdoors Act for its commitment to a simple promise: our national parks and ...
PLA Statement on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) releases the following statement from President and CEO Dan Puskar: "All Americans have the right to explore, discover and enjoy their public lands. Public parks, forests, wildlife refuges, lakes and other lands are owned ...
PLA Corporate Partners Pivot Production in Wake of COVID-19

As land management agencies and public lands partners begin to navigate what it will take to reopen our nation's most treasured landscapes in the time of COVID-19, safety measures for staff and visitors are top of mind. PLA is proud of the work that ...

Federal Parks Just Got a Massive Shore-Up From Trump. They Need Billions More. (Courthouse News Service, 8.4.20)
Why the Great American Outdoors Act will be a game changer for WNC (6.28.20)
NRDems Forum: Not So Grand Opening: Examining Local Perspectives on the Department of the Interior’s Plan to Reopen National Parks During the Coronavirus Pandemic (6.2.20)
National Parks Traveler Episode 60 (podcast, 4.5.20)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Dan Puskar, president and CEO of the Public Lands Alliance (Politico, 12.2.19)
Trump wants the national parks to generate revenue; critics see creeping privatization (Yahoo! News, 9.3.19)
Make Forest Service Lands Great Again (Outdoor Life, 8.12.19)
Federal Lands Behind in Maintenance (The Register-Herald, 6.19.19)
PLA testifies on deferred maintenance needs and potential solutions (Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 6.18.19)
Dan Puskar on the Natural Resources Management Act (C-SPAN, 3.2.19)
PLA testifies on the impacts of the government shutdown on public lands nonprofits at a House Democratic Forum. (Facebook video, 1.24.19)

Member Spotlight

Smokies Hikes for Healing: Great Smoky Mountains Association

In June 2020, Great Smoky Mountains Association teamed up with their park's Superintendent Cassius Cash to create Smokies Hikes for Healing. Additionally ...
Creating Refuges in Your Own Backyard

The Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge is dedicated to helping shape and support the development of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. ...