• Image of Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range

    Denali

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

What is NEPA?

Park staff engaging the public in discussion
Park staff and partners engaging in discussion
NPS PHOTO / KENT MILLER
 

NEPA is the acronym for the National Environmental Policy Act. This act, passed in 1969, laid the foundation for environmental protection in the United States by setting policy goals for the federal government. Two major requirements of the act are that agencies analyze the environmental impacts of federal actions and engage the public in the decision-making process.

Learn more about NEPA by clicking on any of the following links:

NEPA Statute

Citizen's Guide to NEPA

NEPA website

Did You Know?

Image of Arnica flowering in the park

Did you know that over 650 species of flowering plants as well as many species of mosses, lichens, fungi, algae, and others grace the slopes and valleys of Denali National Park and Preserve?