National Park Week is August 22–30, and across the country, parks and their philanthropic partners are inviting people to celebrate, explore, learn, and connect. The 2026 National Park Week theme is “Celebrate America’s Story,” recognizing the many stories preserved and shared through our national parks. This is the first year that National Park Week has […]

I recently attended a retirement party for a good friend and mentor from the early days of my career. Like a lot of people, I graduated college without a clear sense of what I was going to do for work. Happily, I stumbled into a paid internship at the Bell Museum of Natural History in […]

We, the National Park Foundation, the National Park Friends Alliance, and the community of official national park philanthropic partners listed below, urge Congress to reauthorize the Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) by passing the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act (S.1547 / H.R.9250) to continue supporting, protecting, and enhancing America’s 433 national parks.The LRF was first established […]