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Time To Re-Focus
On December 6, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the 2022 Parks Needs Assessment Plus (PNA+) Final Report as its 30x30 plan. The goal is to conserve 30 percent of lands and coastal waters by 2030 to address climate change and protect biodiversity.
On The Road To Remediation
Saginaw River Headwaters Rec Area is giving a long-abandoned piece of property a new lease on life.
More Than A Makeover
French for “an alley in a park lined with trees,” the Allée is a beloved setting for weddings, engagements, and family events, as well as for running, hiking, and horseback-riding on the connecting trails and bridle paths into the forest of Nashville’s Warner Parks.
Getting The Rust Out
Squeezing the last drops out of a budget is essential to making the most of any fiscal year. This includes improving the equipment on the property -- even the rusty stuff. One way to grind a few more years of life
Back On Solid Ground
Reverchon Park is a historic, open-space landmark in Dallas, Texas, that marks the entry of Turtle Creek into Trinity River floodplain.
Back To The Future
First, there was a vast forest punctuated with wetlands, streams, small openings, and maybe an isolated patch of prairie. The only features that would have broken the mosaic of trees were the Cuyahoga and the
A Lesson Worth Learning
“Kids,” now in their 60s, who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, remember Fish Creek as a babbling brook running through Blueberry Bog at the city’s southern edge. It was a place
From Grazing To Gazing
Fifty years ago, Forbes and Martha Merkley ran a successful dairy farm just a few minutes east of downtown Flint, Mich. It was a magnificent spread of land, a gently rolling landscape with open meadows, mature forests, wetlands, and ponds.
Purposeful Preservation
A collaborative effort by more than 20 national, regional, and local organizations provided enough labor and funding to restore a 29-acre preserve within the city of Gainesville, Ga.
Pour Performance
By 2012 the waterfall was in poor condition, and water flow had diminished to a trickle. A major renovation would be required to restore the historic waterfall to its original flow and capacity.
Sicilian Courtyard Restored
Early photographs of Sicilian Court at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., show the space serving as a quiet study court, a place for subdued conversations and a cup of tea. And that is how we see