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Think Outside A Box Full of Water
For those who have a competition pool and wonder what else you can do other than have swim meets—this article is intended to help you literally think outside your box full of water.
Emerging From A Sand Trap
Closing a city golf course is a decision more and more communities are facing, given the past 15 to 20 years of declining interest (albeit, 2020 is an outlier), budget shortfalls, and a golf community’s resistance to change.
Destination: Waterloo Park West
The city of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, installed its only splash pad facility in the early 1990s on the east side of Waterloo Park. Called Lions Lagoon, the pad was constructed over a former outdoor pool.
Showing Its Age
The Patuxent River is considered one of the most beautiful sites in Prince George’s County in Maryland. The Patuxent River Watershed Act of 1961 recognized the river as a valuable natural resource worthy of protection.
Pond Management
Whether you’ve recently stepped into a new role as parks manager or simply decided to give more attention to the aesthetic needs of the facilities, there’s a good chance your responsibilities include overseeing a lake or stormwater pond. Maintaining a fully interactive aquatic ecosystem that will be aesthetically pleasing, functional, and safe for the community can be daunting!
The Turkey River Water Trail
The Turkey River flows through Northeast Iowa in a place known as the “Driftless Area.” It is unique to the Midwest as it was not glaciated and flattened by the last ice age. The topography varies from gently rolling hills to steep valleys framed by palisading limestone bluffs.