Articles

Time To Re-Focus
Parks, Editor's Pick Clement Lau Parks, Editor's Pick Clement Lau

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.

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On The Road To Remediation
Parks Darwin Baranski and Brian Keenan-Lechel Parks Darwin Baranski and Brian Keenan-Lechel

On The Road To Remediation

Saginaw River Headwaters Rec Area is giving a long-abandoned piece of property a new lease on life.

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More Than A Makeover
Parks, Features Jenny Hannon Parks, Features Jenny Hannon

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.

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Getting The Rust Out
Parks, Features Bryan Buchko Parks, Features Bryan Buchko

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

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Back On Solid Ground
Parks Bryan Buchko Parks Bryan Buchko

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.

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A Lesson Worth Learning
Parks Bryan Buchko Parks Bryan Buchko

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

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From Grazing To Gazing
Parks Bryan Buchko Parks Bryan Buchko

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.

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Purposeful Preservation
Parks Bryan Buchko Parks Bryan Buchko

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.

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Pour Performance
Aquatics Bryan Buchko Aquatics Bryan Buchko

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.

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Bryan Buchko Bryan Buchko

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

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