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Weehawken and Union City have purchased the dormant Hackensack Reservoir No. 2 from United Water, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced. read more »
Hundreds turned out March 27 for the grand opening of they city’s newest waterfront jewel, J.C. Weaver Park. read more »
A ho’olaule’a was held here along the scenic stretch of coast… where land parcels in Kaiholena, Pao’o, and Lapakahi were recently purchased for preservation, protecting public access to this beautiful natural area. read more »
A pact to preserve 97 acres of coastal land in Biddeford may fail unless conservationists raise $1.6 million by Sept. 15. read more »
Acquisition of 570 acres to establish a national wildlife refuge along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque has been approved, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today in Albuquerque. read more »
In October 2008, as the economy became a gray expanse of toxic rubble, this spot in the historic Fourth Ward was a gray expanse of toxic rubble. The neighborhood flooded often. Broken concrete and tainted soil buried ironically named Clear Creek. A hundred or so optimists gathered on a hot fall day and broke ground for a park. read more »
The LMF distribution depletes the funding source, news that comes on the heels of a new survey showing Maine voters overwhelmingly support land conservation. read more »
Two things struck me as I sat in the East Wing of the White House late yesterday afternoon, listening to President Obama release his America's Great Outdoors report. The first was that we have a president who truly understands, and is committed to, the responsibility he, and all of us, have to protect our nation's wonderful legacy of natural splendor. read more »
The Trust for Public Land and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center announced Tuesday that the trust has reached a preliminary agreement to purchase 34 acres of the 63-acre Coogan Farm so it can be preserved as open space. read more »
The Trust for Public Land has received an approval for $3 million from the California Coastal Conservancy to help buy 63 acres at the eastern gateway of the Gaviota Coast near the UCSB. read more »
A local citizens group and a national public trust have raised $1.1 million in pledges toward purchasing the site of what was Walpole’s last working farm. read more »
The Trust for Public Land this week released their 2011 City Park Facts. The report discloses a variety of public park-related data from America's 100 largest cities. As USA Today has already noted, the fastest-growing park type in the country is now dog parks. But how do cities stack up on a variety of park types? read more »
Two dumpsters full of greenery, with four more to come, add a bit of nature to the streets of a paved-over downtown neighborhood. Some scoff, but others are willing to give the 'parkmobiles' a go. read more »
Dog owners breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as the Tigard City Council voted unanimously to purchase Potso Dog Park, saving the off-leash park from closure. read more »
More than a decade after saving scores of community gardens from the auction block, The Trust for Public Land has signed over the deeds to 32 gardens to the Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, the organizations announced today. To date, TPL has invested more than $4 million in improvements to 69 gardens, which cover nearly eight acres and are worth more than $7 million. read more »
