National Park Trust

Everyone will have an American park experience

NPT has launched an initiative called 'Where's Buddy Bison Been?™' which encourages children and their families to get outside and share their American Park Experience. Click here to learn more.

NPT’s mission is to provide important recreational and educational parkland opportunities for current and future generations. As we spend more time indoors and as successive generations grow up with less of a connection to nature we need to build greater awareness and appreciation for the importance of our country’s public lands and parks.

Our vision is that ‘everyone will have an American park experience'. To achieve this we seek to champion the acquisition and preservation of critical national, state and local parklands and to build a greater awareness through education - focusing on our youth, especially those that are underserved.

RECENT NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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MAPPING OUR PROGRESS

Click on the map to chart our progress. Green pins show the location of each land project. Clicking on the pin will bring up more information about the project.

What Makes Us Unique?
The National Park Trust is the nation’s only organization dedicated to the completion of the American system of National and State Parks through the identification of key land acquisition needs and opportunities, the convening of potential funders to acquire these lands. Through our Youth to Parks programs, NPT is also ensuring that future generations appreciate and experience this important national heritage.

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Where's Buddy Bison Been?™

Where's Buddy Bison Been? Riding High with Basketball Legend, Dikembe Mutombo

The 7 ft. 2in. basketball star, Dikembe Mutombo, met Buddy Bison at his home in Atlanta, Georgia and sent NPT this photo. Mr. Mutombo recently retired from the Houston Rockets and is considered one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players of all time, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times. He thinks Buddy Bison is a winner, too!

If you'd like to join Dikembe Mutombo by getting your own Buddy Bison for the New Year, become a member of NPT by clicking here and we'll send you one!