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Public Lands Alliance Appoints Theresa McMullan as Interim Chief Executive Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Long-time nonprofit and corporate executive to ensure PLA continues to deliver for its membership WASHINGTON, DC – Public Lands Alliance (PLA) announced today that Theresa McMullan, currently the organization’s ...
Public Lands Alliance President and CEO Dan Puskar to Step into New Conservation Role

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WASHINGTON, DC – Dan Puskar announced that he will resign as President and CEO of the Public Lands Alliance (PLA) on June 15 and step into a new conservation opportunity later this summer. The Board of Directors ...
PLA Sends Letter to Department of Interior on Federal Lease Impacts

The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) authored the letter below that was sent March 7th to the Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, along with the acting-Directors of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish & Wildlife Service. ...
Public Lands Alliance congratulates Brooke Rollins on her confirmation as the Secretary of Agriculture.

Washington, DC – The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) congratulates Brooke Rollins on her confirmation as the Secretary of Agriculture. PLA President and CEO Dan Puskar released the following statement: “PLA looks forward to working with Secretary Rollins ...

Get Outdoors and Celebrate Nature During National Wildlife Refuge Week (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 10.9.24)
Maintenance Backlog Grows at National Parks as Funding Tightens (Roll Call, 10.3.23)
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)